Novotny wins Czech Open Offroad Series

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Mike Garrison

0 May 9, 2012, 5:10 a.m.

The second race of the “Czech open off road series 1/8 nitro and 1/8e” was held on a large and nice track at Horní Jelení on Saturday 28/4/2012.

Saturday was a nice sunny day breaking a temperature records.
It was a first race on the dirt for DEX408 in Czech Republic as well as the first one for Charlie Novotny, who had just two races indoors with DEX408 previously.

It was another great experience. The day did not start as per our expectation. After a great performance in practice we made small changes on the car, which was prepared at home as per Jorn’s setup. In the first qualification, Charlie had to retire when leading, because the car stopped due to overheated speedo.When checked the car, we have learned that the fan is not working and because of extremely warm day, it was clear, that it was too much for the speedo. Vaclav Strupek finished third, next to another DEX408 driven by Pavel Otruba.

Above: Charlie Novotny’s Team Durango DEX408

We changed the fan and created a hole in a roof and gone to the second qualification. The second run was the usual performance of Team-Durango cars in Czech Republic – Vaclav Strupek was first and Charlie Novotny second. Last qualification was an easy win for Charlie and Vaclav was third.
So TQ for Charlie and second on the grid for Vaclav for the finals. In the finals, Charlie has won all three legs to dominate and take the overall win, with Vaclav Strupek coming in second.
The whole event had a nice and pleasant atmosphere and all Team Durango drivers enjoyed the day very much.