The last Cayote Modified A-Main was all about the remaining positions on the podium. Bruno Coelho (Infinity) was starting from first place as race winner Michal Orlowski (Schumacher) was not on the line anymore. Bruno took the win ahead of Xray`s Alexander Hagberg and both secured their positions on the podium. Marc Rheinard (Xray) would finish fourth overall ahead of Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki). The modified class was (once again) highly competitive and it was spectacular to watch the cars driving (and sometimes crashing) on the Hudy Arena track!

Rahteisky wins for Xray, Bultynck got crashed out by Izsay – drama in Pro Stock A3

When the third Pro Stock A-Main started, the battle for the win between Ratheisky and Bultynck was expected with high expectations. Ratheisky took over the lead from his pole position and behind him it was Bultynck who had to defend his position against Izsay.

The Xray driver was right behind Bultynck and then it happened in lap three: Izsay was hitting Bultynck from behind when they both entered the infield section and the contact ended in a big crash in which other cars becoming involved as well. The race was ruined for both drivers, and Bultynck had no chance to fight for the win anymore – what a chaotic third Pro Stock A-Main.

However, out front it was Jan Ratheisky who brought home the win in A3 to seal a well-deserved overall victory at the Hudy Arena. It was his first Pro Stock win after a long time and he was super happy after the race but also said that “he hoped for a fight with Ollie which could not happen after the incident”.

Schmid wins A3 and takes second overall ahead of G. Valent

Race winner Robin van Gog was watching A3 relaxed (with a cold drink) from the side line and saw Kevin Schmid and Gergö Valent batteling for the win. They had been closley followed by Ethan Southall and Filip Bortoli and it was a nice four-horse race around the Hudy Arena track. Valent was all over Schmid and drove as careful as possible when the two leaders pulled a bit away from Bortoli and Southall.

Schmid worked really hard on his transmitter to keep every door slam-shut and Valent was still applying a lot of pressure in the last 60 seconds of A3. Their fight was for second and third overall on the podium and in the end it was Schmid who could withstand all the pressure from Valent to seal P2 in front of Gergö Valent at the Hudy Arena.

Kölbel takes A3 and second overall behind mighty race winner Ehrbar

Renè Kölbel (Xray) and Patrick Sommer (ARC) had to battle out second and third place in teh last 40+ Masters A-Main on SUnday afternoon. They were on a very similar pace during the entire run while Michel Zierold, Toni Mateo, and Anna Ehrbar had a nice fight for the positions right behind them.

Sommer was right behind Kölbel in the last 40 seconds of the race but Kölbel was able to hang on and brought home the win (and second overall) in A3. Zierold managed to make a nice pass on Sommer in the last lap of the race to finish second in the last final and to jump onto third place overall in the very last minute.

Kuschnarew wins big at ETS comeback

With everything on the line in A3, top qualifiern Hois was under pressure. He needed to deliver a win if he would keep his winning chances alive. This time, Hois managed his nerves and jumped into the lead with his Awesomatix A800MMX (!) on the sound of the tone. Behind him, David Kuschnarew was running in second place and he knew that aP2 would have been enough to win the overall race (he won A1 on Saturday) against Hois. Ben Gerhardt was right on the money too and the racce became a nice fight out front. After Gerhardt spun out in lap 10 of the race, Richard Oversloot took over the third position.

David Kuschnarew stayed calm and cool and drove to second place behind A3 winner Hois to seal the victory at his ETS comeback after many years. Filip Bortoli finished second overall and TQ Stefan Hois had to settle for third place after a thrilling set of Hobbywing 21.5 Stock finals.

Win on home soil: Hudy wins at the Hudy Arena

The third A-Main of the Formula class saw Jitse Miedema and Lukas Hoch batteling hard in the first minute of the race. After a little collision, Martin Hudy took over the lead and had the best shot for the win after taking A2 in the morning. Hoch lost his front wing during the crash with Miedema and tried to hold second place in front of David Ehrbar and Michal Wojcik.

Miedema had an even worse outcome and dropped down to sixth place. When the race came to an end, Martin Hudy celebrated his second ever ETS win and was super happy to do this on home soil, on the ground of the family`s company – what a great day for Martin Hudy and Xray. Lukas Hoch and Jacques Libar completed the podium of the Formula class.

Coelho and Orlowski driving in a world of their own – Hagberg recovers from A1with solid third place

The second Cayote Modified A-Main saw another impressive show of pure speed and performance from cars and drivers on track. Michal Orlowski sealed the deal with his Schumacher Mi10 in an impressive way (fastest lap 16.383) when he won A2 by 1.2 seconds from Infinity superstar Bruno Coelho (fastest lap 16.424). The Portuguese ace was squeezing everything he could out of his Infinity ride but Orlowski was just that litle bit faster and Bruno had no chance to attack Orlowski during the entire run.

Three to four seconds behind the leaders, Alexander Hagberg (who had a heartbreaking DNF in yesterday`s A1) was able to recover with a solid drive to P3 ahead of the much imoroved looking Xray of Marc Rheinard (4), and Mugen Seiki driver Ronald Völker (5).

A huge win for Orlowski at the Hudy Arena which he celebrated with his father and all his teammates after the run. The win is putting him now tied on points with Coelho (if Bruno will finish second overall) in the championship ahead of the next race at Arena 33 in Andernach (Germany).

Awesomatix strikes back: Bultynck wins A2 from Izsay and Ratheisky – A3 to be the Pro Stock decider!

Awesomatix driver Ollie Bultynck was able to strike back in A2 against all the Xray drivers. He was on new tires (same as Izsay) and found his way around TQ Jan Ratheisky quickly. Ratheisky was on used tires and did not defend too much – he would finish third in this race behind Bultynck and Izsay. Bultynck was driving a clean race and a very hard pushing Adam Izsay was not able to come close enough as he was sliding a bit here and there (especially in the right section of the track). The finishing order in A2: Bultynck, Izsay, Ratheisky, Kriz, Kretschmer, Sparbier, Dobnikar,  Havranek, Perez-Perez, Johannessen, and M.Valent.

Van Gog wins big at the Hudy Arena

After he won the first final on Saturday evening, Schumacher driver Robin van Gog started from the pole position again in A2 of the FWD class. Anther win would have been enough for him to seal the overall victory here at the Hudy Arena – and that was exactly what he delivered. Van Gog showed a great pace throughout the whole weekend and was in control of A2 from tone to tone. Awesomatix driver Kevin Schmid was trying all he could to stay close to van Gog and his pace looked very good too, but as van Gog made not the smallest mistake there was no way for Schmid to bring van Gog in trouble. Robin van Gog celebrated a well-deserved victory after A2 which he won ahead of Schmid, Ethan Southall, Filip Bortoli, and Gergö Valent.

Pure dominance from Ehrbar as he wins another 40+ Masters race

The 40+ Masters class is the David Ehrbar show since many years. Ehrbar was untouchable in A2 and secured another maximum point haul for the championship in the Hudy Arena. David won A2 by a MASSIVE gap of 6.6 seconds ahead of his Xray teammate Renè Kölbel, the ARC of Patrick Sommer, and the Awesomatix of Toni Mateo. Congratulations to David Ehrbar and Xray for another demonstration or pure perfection in the 40+ Masters class.

Bortoli takes Sunday morning A2 from Gnidiak and Gerhardt

TQ Stefan Hois had not a great first final on Saturday and was under serious pressure in the second leg. Filip Bortoli (started from P4) was chasing Hois around the track after the first minute of A2 and Hois never could pull a real gap to Bortoli. After Hois spun out in lap 4 of the run, Bortoli jumped into the lead and Hois found himself down in third place behind Juraj Gnidiak. Was it just too much pressure for Hois to start on TQ?

Bortoli was able to defend his lead for the rest of the main and crossed the line with a gap of almost 2 seconds ahead of Juraj Gnidiak, Ben Gerhardt, Max Weffers, and Mick Lätsch. The decision for the overall victory was shifted into the last and deciding third A-Main.

Hudy takes A2 from Libar and Stiebler

The second final of the Formula class saw Martin Hudy taking the win from third on the grid. Martin was able to take over the lead after Lukas Hoch had some trouble. Hudy won by 0.2 seconds ahead of Jacques Libar, Andreas Stiebler, and Jitse Miedema.

Michal Orlowski was the man in A1 of the Modified class. The Schumacher lead driver executed a clean race from his TQ spot and saw Bruno Coelho crashing out in lap eight of the run.

Coelho was riding the curb at the very end of the infield a bit too much and rolled his Hobbywing powered Infinity car onto the roof. It was a very costly mistake for Coelho (lost four seconds) who then needed to fight his way back to second in an intense fight with the Mugen of Ronald Völker, and the Xray of Alexander Hagberg.

Hagberg was running in second place after Coelho`s mistake and it looked like he could get a P2 from this final until a ballstud in his car came loose – bad luck for Hagberg who was out of the race after three and a half minutes.

Meanwhile, Coelho was showing great patience behind Völker and after the Mugen driver was riding a curb to hard, Coelho was able to pass and get his second place back. Before this scene, Coelho once touched Völkers car but immediatley waited for Völker to continue in the same order again – great sportsmanship!

Out front it was the Michal Orlowski show. He broke the Hudy Arena track record (16.207) and had not a lot of pressure in the last two minutes of the race. He was able to control everything until the end. The finishing order in A1 was Orlowski, Coelho, Völker, Lauter, Collina, Greiner, Rheinard, Havranek, Brunet, Wilck, and Hagberg.

Ratheisky converts TQ spot into A1 victory for Xray – Bultynck defends his second place

The first Pro Stock A-Main was a great show of Pro Stock racing throughout the field. TQ Jan Ratheisky converted his pole position into a start to finish win ahead of Ollie Bultynck (fastest lap of the race 18.883) and Jaroslav Kriz. Adam Izsay lost a position (dropped from P3 to P4) after he had put a lot of pressure onto Ollie Bultynck during the early stages of the final.

This helped Ratheisky for sure to maintain his lead out front. In the end, Ratheisky had an advantage of 1.8 seconds over Bultynck and Kriz when he crossed the finish line after five minutes. Adam Izsay and Oliver Havranek completed the top five.

Van Gog executes a perfect first A-Main in Slovakia

Top qualifier Robin van Gog had a clean start off the line and was leading A1 ahead of Kevin Schmid and Gergö Valent. After three laps, Valent made a mistake and dropped down to fifth place while van Gog and Schmid were pulling a big gap over the rest of the field. But when Schmid also made a mistake after 3 minutes, it was Czech racer Filip Bortoli who found himself in second place which he needed to defend until the end of the race against Ethan Southall.

Somehow, Southall and Valent found their way around Bortoli in the last lap and took P2 and P3 over thew line. Robin van Gog brought home an unchallenged win in A1 ahead of Southall, Valent, Bortoli, and Schmid.

Dominant Ehrbar leaves no doubt who is the BOSS in Trencin

On the sound of the tone, TQ David Ehrbar was putting his head down and checked out immediately from the rest of the field. He already had an advantage of 1.1 seconds after the first lap and his teammate Renè Kölbel had no chance to match Ehrbar`s lap times while running in second place. Michel Zierold was running in third place, followed by Toni Mateo and Patrick Sommer.

The field was pretty much sorted and not a lot happened in this final which David Ehrbar won by a very impressive gap of 3 seconds ahead of Renè Kölbel, Michel Zierold, Toni Mateo, and Patrick Sommer.

Amazing pass earns Kuschnarew the win in A1 – bad luck for Hois afterwards!

Stefan Hois brought the field around the first lap and had the mirror full of David Kuschnarew`s ARC, and Ben Gerhardt and Filip Bortoli followed them also in striking distance making it a four-horse race on top of the field. Hois had a lot of work to do to not miss any apex but in lap 6 it happened. Hois was a bit wide in the sweeper before the straightway and Kuschnarew made a clean and very nice pass on the inside to take over the lead.

Hois lost a bit of ground in the following lap and got involved in a crash as well which dropped him back to fourth place. Kuschnarew had a huuuge lead ahead of a hard fighting Max Weffers who defended like a lion against Dutch racer Richard Oversloot. After an intense race, Kuschnarew brought home the win in front of Weffers, Oversloot, Hois, and Mick Lätsch.

Hoch takes A1 in style and leads impressive Xray 1-2-3

The first A-Main of the Matrix Formula class was fully in the hands of top qualifier Lukas Hoch and his Xray car. He drove a clean race and took the win with a gap of one second over Martin Hudy who had a great battle with Jacques Libar. Jitse Miedema and Luke Lee completed the top 5 on Saturday evening with two more finals to come up on Sunday.