XB4, XB2 and XT2 win at Czech Masters R1, Czech Republic
Oct. 29, 2019
Race Report by Max Gotzl
The first round of the new Czech series, Czech Masters, took a place last weekend in Sport Arena Prague.
The race plan was to run 4 qualifying rounds and 3 finals, with enough break for everyone and acceptable end time. Unfortunately, some technical/IT problems came right in the morning, something with the loop and program of the system. Due to this, we ran only 3 qualies and 3 finals.
I started the qualifying off with TQ in Truck, 2WD and 4WD. I was able to take another one with all three classes in the Q2 to secure overall triple TQ! In Truck it was Frank Hempel 2nd and Miroslav Loupy 3rd, in 2WD and 4WD Jiri Mara lined up 2nd on the grid. Michal Blahovsky was 3rd in 2WD and Dominik Vlasek 3rd in 4WD.
4WD finals were pretty ok for me as I was able to stay on 4 wheels the whole time in A1 and A2 to take the overall win! Jiri finished again on 2nd place and Michal Blahovsky took the overall 3rd.
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4WD Buggy Results
1. Gotzl Max â“ XRAY XB4
2. Mara Jiri
3. Blahovsky Michal
Me and Jiri had a great fight in the A1 of 2WD, I was easily pulling away and I already had a comfortable lead, but because of my stupid mistake he overtook me a few laps to go, but I was able to take the win as I passed him on the last corner. A2 was similar, but this time I made the mistake earlier, so the fight was on from the first laps. I made a great pass on him and then lead the race to the finish to take the overall win! Jiri took overall 2nd and Matej Sulc 3rd, after a bad luck in the A3.
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2WD Buggy Results
1. Gotzl Max â“ XRAY XB2
2. Mara Jiri 3. Sulc Matej â“ XRAY XB2
In Truck finals I was able to take an easy win in A1 and A2 to take the win, in front of Frank Hempel in 2nd and Miroslav Loupy took the 3rd place.
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Stadium Truck Results
1. Gotzl Max â“ XRAY XT2
2. Hempel Frank 3. Loupy Miroslav â“ XRAY XT2
All my three cars were doing great the whole race, I tried some ideas I had in the A3 of 2WD and 4WD, and it was really good, so at least I know for the next races! Thanks a lot to all my sponsors and parents for the support, and also to Marcel Dostál for a great race and for the invite!
Now we have two weeks off, and then the 2nd round of Mibo is coming.
