Novotny won Czech Open opener in XRAY debut

0 April 11, 2016, 5:31 p.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

Race report from XRAY:
www.teamxray.com

XB8 wins I. Czech Open 2016

The first round of the most popular series in the Czech Republic – Czech Open took place last weekend in Radotin. This was also my first ride ever with XB8 buggy and FX engine! As the weather forecast had been looking really bad (rain on both Friday and Saturday), nobody expected the race to happen but the opposite became true.

On Friday we had short practice where I was getting used to drive 1/8 IC again after 5 months break. Low temperature and bumpy conditions meant we had to change few things on my XB8’15 but at the end of the day my car was pretty fast.

On Saturday morning we tried few more things on the car and then went onto qualifications. In qualifications my FX powered XB8’15 TQed all three rounds of qualifications and started as number 1 in semi-A.

In semifinal I took easy win with more then a lap in front of second driver and also gained pole position to the main final. In final my XB8’15 on PL Blockades X3 ran flawless and took the win. Second was Max Gotzl, who drove great in final! Third overall finished Lukas Zeman – TOP 3 for XB8’15!

TOP 12:

Kaja Novotny (TQ) – XRAY
Max Gotzl – XRAY
Lukas Zeman – XRAY
Tomas Kapicka – Kyosho
Stepan Silhavy – XRAY
Jiri Mara – Serpent
Martin Zicha – Mugen Seiki
Adam Babka – XRAY
Martin Vins – Kyosho
Vladimir Pour – XRAY
Jan Horacek – Kyosho
Lukas Resetar - XRAY

I want to say big thanks to Martin Bayer, Otto Gotzl and my dad for making it possible for me to attend this race! Thanks a lot also to my sponsors for their support!