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Report by Danielius Staliunas

The first round of Lithuania nationals was long awaited and major changes to track were made. The track from grass type was made into the clay/dirt type track.

Race day started with lots of rain and the schedule was postponed and we were waiting. Some drivers were impatient and went home and some stayed and waited till the last minute to get on racing.

1/8 nitro buggy class has made a comeback to Lithuania and this is amazing news. We managed to run one qualifying run before the rain started and I managed to get P1. Unfortunately after the rain stopped, as scheduled, the nitro final should have been run last and we ran out of day time and results were taken from the qualifying run. I managed to get the win, but it was not sweet, because there was no real final, but next time it will be a payback run!

1/8 electric buggy class was a whole different story. First qualifying run was already in the rain. And the track was pretty heavily flooded, the bravest drivers still decided to run, I have decided to skip. Same thing went to Q2 and Q3. The ones that were running were starting first, and the rest of the drivers were ordered by registration date. It meant I was starting the finals in 5th place.
During the wet conditions it was not such a bad place to start. During warm-up before the first final I noticed how fast my XRAY XB8E was. It was just flying. During the first final in the first 1.5 minutes I managed to take a lead and gained a huge gap behind me and got the win in the first final. The second final was pretty similar, unfortunately one fast driver in front of me had a collision, I slowly overtook the remaining guys one by one, made a gap and snapped the second final, winning overall.

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Ebuggy results:
1. Danielius Staliunas - XRAY XB8E
2. Tadas Baltrunas
3. Kasparas Staliunas - XRAY XB8E
4. Vaidas Mainonis
5. Andrius Suckelis - XRAY XB8E


This was an amazing race, despite the rain, the day was amazing and there was tons of fun. Long awaited season has started and a lot of close battles are coming up. It will be a hot summer season to watch and to race in. Huge thank YOU to EuroRc for supporting and having the best quality service! The drivers with Xray cars showed amazing result and congrats to them!