2017 Xray Racing Series finale – Report

The season ending race and grand final of the 2017 Xray Racing Series was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin this past weekend. The weather was good all days despite a not-so-brilliant forecast, making for excellent racing conditions for the several electric and nitro on-road classes. In the premier electric category, Touring Modified, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg brought home the win from IYRCA World Champion, Oliver Havranek while Patrick Gollner rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Touring Modified final results:
1. Alexander Hagberg – Xray
2. Oliver Havranek – Xray
3. Patrick Gollner – Xray
4. Martin Hudy – Xray
5. Roman Korinek – Xray
6. Arkadiusz Smyk – Xray
7. Nikolaos Georgiadis – Xray
8. Antonios Theofilou – Xray
9. Michal Wojcik – Xray
10.Jakub Simurda – Xray

In Touring Stock 13.5T it was again Oliver Havranek who scored a podium result, this time on the highest step after taking the win from Rene Kolbel and Filip Obora.

Touring Stock 13.5T final results:
1. Oliver Havranek – Xray
2. Rene Kolbel – Xray
3. Filip Obora – Xray
4. Arkadiusz Smyk – Xray
5. Ondrej Kohoutek – Xray
6. Laszlo Kiss-Orban – Xray
7. Jiri Svoboda – Xray
8. Antonios Theofilou – Xray
9. Dimitrios Lioussas – Xray
10.Matus Benetin – Xray

The 1/10th Formula class had Andrej Vnucko bringing home the winning honours from René Kolbel 2nd and Balint Rajki 3rd.

1/10 Formula final results:
1. Andrej Vnucko – Xray
2. René Kolbel – Xray
3. Balint Rajki – Xray
4. Jan Cerveny – Xray
5. Michal Milanowicz – Xray
6. Šimon Horak – Xray
7. Ivo Gombik – Xray
8. Svetlin Douhlevski – Xray
9. Fotis Agelakopoulos – Xray
10.Mariusz Zachacz – Xray

In the last of the electric classes, Pan Car/GT it was Jakub Novák who came out successful from Ondrej Kohoutek and Andreas Agelakopoulos.

1/10 Pancar/GT top 3 Results:
1. Jakub Novák – Xray
2. Ondrej Kohoutek – Xray
3. Andreas Agelakopoulos – Xray

Swinging over to the nitro categories and in 1/8th on-road it was Xray’s own Juraj Hudy who scored the win from Hartmut Rose 2nd and local star Tomas Lipták.

1/8th Nitro On-Road final results:
1. Juraj Hudy – Xray
2. Hartmut Rose – Xray
3. Tomas Lipták – Xray
4. Norbert Omelañczuk – Xray
5. Tomas Hrkel – Xray
6. Tono Sloboda – Xray
7. Wojciech Bukryj – Xray
8. Frank Wittke – Xray
9. Bo Nielsen – Xray
10.Alexander Oekajak – Xray

1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring saw former IFMAR World Champion, Alexander Hagberg taking a popular win from Juraj Hudy on the runner-up spot. Michal Abrahámek would round out the podium in 3rd.

1/10th Nitro Touring final results:
1. Alexander Hagberg – Xray
2. Juraj Hudy – Xray
3. Michal Abrahámek – Xray
4. Giannis Sotiropoulos – Xray
5. Pavel Jansa – Xray
6. Claus Ryeskov – Xray
7. Peter Spratley – Xray
8. Marcel Dostál – Xray
9. Tomas Cibulka – Xray
10.Michal Jansa – Xray

Finally in 1/8th Nitro GT off-road specialist Martin Bayer scored the win from Juraj Hudy 2nd and Igor Lipták 3rd.

1/8 Nitro GT Top 3 Results:
1. Martin Bayer – Xray
2. Juraj Hudy – Xray
3. Igor Lipták – Xray

Last but not least it was Simon Cermak who grabbed the most trophies and became the best junior driver of XRS Grand Final 2017.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]