Hungarian Offroad Championships Rd 4 Report

The 4th round of the Hungarian Offroad Championships took place in Bokor in great weather conditions around 34°C. Bokor village with 130 citizens is located about 90km away from the capital city of Budapest, at the foot and among the slopes of the scenic Cserhat Mountains; it is a dead-end settlement, meaning that there is only one high road leading to this peaceful little village, this Nature’s bosom. In the middle of this little paradise you can find the track named Bokor-Ring, mostly known as the best Hungarian RC facility. It is about 370m long and made from a mix of soil and sand with many different artificial surfaces like carpet, stones and rubber at different places. The are several kind of obstacles you need to clear during a lap: starting with the 5m height carpet covered wall after the long main straight, there are double jumps, table jump, washboard and finally the unique 2 step table jump with further 2 bumps on the top of it. Track owner Szebelledi family did a great job again to make it a superb event.

In Buggy class it was Cseko Gergely who grabbed the TQ winning 4 out of the 6 qualification runs. All the usual frontrunners bumped up into the main from the semis except young Palla Balazs who forced to retire. There is no room for any mechanical or driving mistake in Bokor which could easily result in a DNF. The main final started without Bruzsa Richard who looked to be the main contender for the win showing great pace in the semi but faced against throttle servo problem during the 3min warm-up and was out even before the start. After the start Gergely opened the gap ahead of the trio of Gabnai Gergo, Toth Bence and Szebelledi Laszlo. Laszlo looked to be the fastest among them but an inconsistent engine and several cut-offs prevented him to finish any of the top places. Later discovered the reason was a broken pressure line. Gabnai Gergo and Toth Bence continued to battle with mainly Gergo being in front. However at the closing stage of the race Bence succeeded to get in front of Gergo and finished 2nd.

1. Cseko Gergely – Losi / RB / Pro-Line Caliber XTR

2. Toth Bence – Losi / RB / PMT

3. Gabnai Gergo – Mugen / GO / Pro-Line Bowfighter M2

In Truggy class young talent Arvai Krisztian continued exactly how he finished the last race when he brought home his first victory in this class. He took the Pole Position winning each qualification rounds and made it clear that his intention of winning the title end of the year just get stronger. In the final his position was only scared by Fekete Robert who get in the to the lead several times but again Krisztian managed to keep his nerves and get back in front when it counts the most and took his 2nd win in a row.

1. Arvai Krisztian – Losi / RB / Pro-Line Caliber M2

2. Fekete Robert – Losi / RB / Pro-Line Caliber M2

3. Hajos Robert – Kyosho / RB / AKA

In Electric class Palla Csaba won 5 qualification heats and started from the pole in the A-mains. Also winning the first final he could almost feel the winner trophy in his hands but fast charging Kozma Peter starting from the 4th on the grid prevented it from happening. Peter put things together greatly for the last two finals and won. Another great performance came from Tozser Aron who grabbed the last podium spot starting from the last place.