Wednesday , 13 November 2024

Hugo Honigl Wins 2011 Electric Championships

Hugo Honigl Wins 2011 Electric Championships
Hugo Honigl Wins 2011 Electric Championships

The ‘Electric Champs 2011′ was held last wekend at the Fanatix Racing Track in Stamata Attikis, near Athens, Greece. RCDevil.gr were organising the race and Greek Team Durango distributor Nick Nikolakopoulos from RCring.eu brought over Hupo Honigl to compete at the event.

The track is an 8th scale track and whilst it was large – it was still good to race. Qualifying took place on Sunday and Hupo managed to take all 4 rounds in 2WD with his prototype DEX210 buggy – and did the same in 4WD with the DEX410 for a domination of qualifying ahead of the likes of Shin Adachi who’d flown in from Japan to race.

In 2WD no one could touch Hupo as he blitzed the finals to take the win with the proto-DEX210. 4WD was a real fight however between Hupo and Shin Adachi and going into the 3rd leg of the A final either of these drivers could take the win. Hupo had bad luck when he lost a wheel early into the race however and had to settle for 2nd overall in 4WD.

Other Team Durango drivers in the 4WD A-Main were:

6th Fotinos Dimitris
8th Chiras Spyros
10th Drivelas Alexandros
11th Nikolakopoulos Nick

Big thanks to Nick Nikolakopoulos from RC-Ring, the Greek Durango Distributor for bringing Hupo over and also Anthony and his whole Crew from DSAW Hobbies for the awesome hospitality and a great race meeting.

[source: www.team-durango.com]

About Tony Phalen

Tony Phalen - As an avid RC enthusiast, Tony has been building, bashing and racing RC Cars for over 30 years. He has participated in every kind of surface racing events - 1/18 scale trucks, 1/10 scale TC, Rock Racers, Rally - if it had wheels, he's raced it! He's also worked on both sides of the industry fence; collaborating with many major manufacturers (as well as being a sponsored driver) to working for a high-profile industry magazine. During this time he has learned many tricks, tips and techniques and is sharing that knowledge on CompetitionX - the most informative RC website on the internet!

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