| Race report by Robert Hansen |
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| 6th round of the Danish Championship was on the SOS track, south of Copenhagen. The track is tight, lowspeed, and with some interesting jumps. i personally enjoyed the flow at this track. The weather forecast for this day was rain, but fortunately didn't we encounter even the slightest moist during the day. |
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The track was nice and flat and as a result of the previous days of rain before the race, the track condition were flawless. These track conditions suited me well, and i won the 2 first rounds of qualification. In the next 2 rounds I did get into some trafic, and had some trouble getting the right flow, but i managed to end 4th in the 2 following rounds 3rd round was wom by XRAY driver Rune Gustavson, and the 4th round was won by yet another
XRAY driver, Peter Harder. In the end i made tq, Peter and Rune on 2nd and 3rd position.
Qualification:
1. Robert Hansen, XRAY XB8
2. Peter Harder, XRAY XB8
3. Rune Gustavsen, XRAY XB8
4. Tim Culmsee
5. Max Pedersen
6. Ole Harder, XRAY XB8
7. Janus Harder, XRAY XB8
8. Steffen Culmsee
9. Anders Thue Pedersen, XRAY XB8
10. Johnny Rask |
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| In the semi, I got a terrible start, but after a few laps, I was in the lead. The car was running perfect, even though my engine was running a little rich. Right before my last pitstop the engine ran out of fuel, just before the finish line. In the end I did made the 3rd place in the semi, and through to the final. During the 45 minutes of the final I had a very close fight with Tim Culmsee for the first place. After the 3rd pitstop, Tim's car flamed out when he was leaving the pit, and I was comfortably in the lead by almost a lap. Immediately after my 5th pit stop, my engine flamed out, and the car was well away from the pit, and I ended up loosing about 50 secs, and Tim was now in the leading position. |
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It was not possible for me to catch up, and I ended up 2nd in the final. It was a great race, and a very clean fight with Tim.
The final results:
1. Tim Culmsee
2. Robert Hansen, XRAY XB8
3. Rune Gustavsen, XRAY XB8
4. Ole Harder, XRAY XB8
5. Henrik Søndergård
6. Michael Pedersen
7. Lars Jacobsen
8. Bjørn Aaholm
9. Johnny Rask
10. Anders Thue Pedersen, XRAY |
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A guy called SiGNOUT took some great pictures from the race, and can be found on http://foto.signout.dk/20050828/
Robert Hansen Set-up sheet.
Regards, Robert Hansen |
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