The www.hrcr.dk club north of Copenhagen was also this year host for a great Xray Challenge in 1:8 offroad. It was a one day race and due limited time only 60 drivers were alowed to sign up â“ but it was a strong field with many top drivers from Scandinavia: Michael Palsson, Christoffer Svensson, Robert Gustavsson, Peter Harder.
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The weather was dry but only around 10 degrees. 3 rounds of qualification and 2 to count and 1 practice round in the morning were on the schedule. The first round was won by Michael Palsson/Mugen followed by Claus Nielsen/Xray. Second round was won by Peter Harder/Xray. Third round was close and went to Claus Nielsen/Xray.
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When we started the day the track was good and not bumpy but when we came to the semiâ™s it was really bumpy and a lot of driverâ™s had problems finding the right lines. Personally I had problems in my semi but managed to take second. For the final I decided to change the rear shocks from 1,5mm 400 oil to 1,5mm 300 and still keep the front with 1,4mm 400 oil. I also raised the rear dampers and what a difference that made. In the final warm up I could drive aggressive and push the car to the limit. Also on the jumps the car was good â“ at the big table top where almost every body takes it in two steps I could easily do it one and it showed to be for the whole 45 minutes final.
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Among the 10 finalist there were 3 Xray drivers â“ Robert Gustavsson with starting position 2, Peter Harder with pos. 3 and Joakim Hasson with pos. 8.
Right from start it was Michael Palsson, Rubert Gustavsson and Peter Harder who pooled away and it was a great fight. The positions changed a lot and people were shouting when a new driver took the lead. After around 15 minutes I had a small gap and the lead until about 30 minutes of driving when Robert Gustavsson again got close. With about 5 minutes left Robert made some small mistakes and I could drive home the victory with a 9 sec avenged.
Final results:
1. Peter Harder - XRAY XB8TQ
2. Robert Gustavsson - XRAY XB8TQ
3. Michael Pålsson - Mugen
4. Fredrik Mathiesen - Kyosho
5. Niclas Brunsberg - Kyosho
6. Michael Jönsson - Kyosho
7. David Ronnefalk - Kyosho
8. Rune Gustavsen - Mugen 9. Joakim Hansson - XRAY XB8TQ
10. Stefan Larsson - Crono
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A great race for Xray taking TOP 1 & 2. My Xray XB8 TQ and Novarossi Plus 21-5 did perfect and this combination was FAST.
Thanks to my dad and Claus Nielsen for some fast refueling â“ after all we had to do one extra compared to Robert Gustavsson.
Next week we have the first round of the Danish Championship and I hope that the speed can continue.
