Last weekend we raced round 6 and last race of the Danish outdoor championship. One round was cancelled because of summer holiday and a Round of ETS same weekend.
So it will be 4 races out of 5 counting for the championship.
The final was to be raced at my local track in Glostrup, just outside Copenhagen, a track that we hope will be there at least 2 years on. Going in to the final leading the championship by 9 points, everything was looking great. Main competition was coming from 2 top ETS drivers, +40 Winner Casper Morgen and winner of round 1 of ETS in FWD class Steven Olsen.
Practice Saturday saw all 3 drivers within 1 sec over 5 minutes.
On Sunday somehow Casper just missed a tenth or 2 so top spot was between Steven and me. I took qual 1, Steven qual 2 so it was qual 3 to decide the all-important top spot for the finals. Steven had a small mistake, and so close racing, it was just enough for me to take qual 3.
Finals , well , I made a small mistake in A1 and Steven got by, and took that win , A2 was so close and I just got to defensive and Steven sat me up for a clean pass to take A2 and the race win. A3 I could take a tone to tone win, but most important, DANISH CHAMPION.
After many years of RC racing and getting older, I still can win a championship.
Had just seen Stefan Schultz win a ETS round a few weeks before with the all new XRAY(I would think it will be called) , I'm looking forward to the indoor season and to race the new car , as soon as it will be ready.
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FWD results round 6:
1. Steven Olsen 2. Michael Johnsen - XRAY
3. Caspar Morgen - XRAY
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FWD overall results:
1. Michael Johnsen - XRAY
2. Caspar Morgen - XRAY
3. Henrik Elklint
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All this would not be possible without the help and support from, Claus Ryeskov from RyeskovRacing , Orca and all of the Danish XRAY team. And last but not at least, my lovely wife.
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Super stock results round 6:
1. Patrick Danielsen - XRAY
2. Soren Boy Holst 3. Kasper Bjerggaard - XRAY
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Super stock overall results:
1. Patrick Danielsen - XRAY
2. Soren Boy Holst 3. Kasper Bjerggaard - XRAY