Boots tops first controlled practice

Britian’s Elliot Boots topped the opening controlled practice this morning on Day 2 of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Frehing, Austria, where drivers were greeted with a very different conditions to yesterday’s dusty track following some overnight rain.  Getting 10 minutes of track time, the second half of the run was timed for the purpose of being used to reseed drivers for tomorrow’s qualifying heats with Boot’s Novarossi powered Kyosho managing 8-laps in 5:00.504 which was 1 second faster than Renaud Savoya who in turn was 3/10th of a second faster than defending Champion Robert Batlle.

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