This was the first big race in years in Sweden with a total of 71 people signing up for the race.
The club hosting the race was Örebro Radiobilklubb (Örebro radio car club) which is located in the middle of Sweden. The weatherforcast was tropical summer heat with no risk of rain. It got realy hot and hit 31c in the pitting area on Saturday and it was only early May!

The track in Örebro is always very slippery and dusty. It is quite technical with a tight race line. With the lineup of drivers it was fun to see that some of the top swedish touring and 1:12 track guy's try this side of the rc sport.

2wd was the first class to run on Saturday and it was the biggest class of the event. After 3 rounds of qualification the home track favourite Magnus Hedqvist was on top. Magnus was really fast with his Losi. In second spot was the fast touring car driver Per Erik Nordman with his Kyosho RB5 and in third yours truly Daniel Persson with a Losi. The qualification format was the fastest time and not round by round.

The results after 3 rounds of qualification:

The finals didn't hold any suprises. Magnus was steady and secured an easy victory. The second place was open for grabs between me and Otto.With Magnus not driving the last final I got an early lead and pulled away. Otto got stuck in traffic but got loose and was chasing me like a mad man. I could feel him breathing down my neck and my nerves started to get to me, it was really hard to control them hehe . . . I slipped up, made a stupid mistake and Otto was all over me on the last lap. He managed to pass me, stupid nerves... =)

Final results after 3 finals 2wd:

Left to right: Otto Ausfelt 2nd, Magnus Hedquist 1st, Daniel Persson 3rd

Sunday and now it was time for 4wd.
The weather was almost the same but only 28c in the pit that day hehe. . . With Magnus' fast driving in 2wd, this being his home track and 4wd his favorite class I thought that it was going to be a hard task to beat him. Especially since I was driving a new car (Tamiya 501X Worlds) that I only had taken for a testdrive in my garage for 3 min at 2am Fridaymorning

The qualification showed that things were not what everyone thought they whould be! I was still learning the car but it was fast. The swedish touring- and 1:8 buggydriver Mathias Larsson was showing that his AE B44 was fast around the slippery track and took TQ spot. In second spot we had Otto and his Losi XX-4 and Magnus who we all thought whold take the TQ was only in third spot with his Losi XX-4

The results after 3 rounds of qualification:

4WD finals

this was wery exiting. First final were off and there was some tumble in the pack in the first few laps but after 2 laps it seteld down Otto was in the leed and i in second when Otto stripped the spurgear in his XX-4 and retired. i was now in front and Magnus was chasing me hard. He geind in the bumpy section and i with the Tamaiya pulled away in the flat smooth parts It was like this to the last lap when i rolled it and landed on my wheels but now Magnus was right on my tail. i did keep my cool this time an not like in the 3rd 2wd final were i lost it

Top 3 A1
1. Daniel Persson
2. Magnus Hedqvist
3. Daniel Tengvall

Second final was all Mathias! He saild away after a erly tumblejust behind him. People had alot of problems Otto got a stone stuck in his rear left outdrive when he was in 3rd place, Magnus car just diead on the straigtaway when he was in second. that all helped me secure 2nd place Jimmy got in on a 3rd place even after he got a stop n go

Top 3 A2
1. Mathias Larsson
2. Daniel Persson
3. Jimmy Visshed

Third final was the one! Who will win In the first corner i flipped and was dead last! Mathias was in the lead and going fast..
working my way up i hear that Mathias car broke down and that Tengvall was in the lead. It was all in my favor that Tenvall was was in the lead and magnus in second. Tengvall keept the leed to the finnish with some smooth driving with his
Atomised B44 and Magnus in second and Jimmy in third

Top3 A3
1. Daniel Tenvall
2. Magnus Hedqvist
3. Jimmy Visshed

Final results after 3 finals 4wd:

Left to right: Daniel Tengvall 2nd, Daniel Persson 1st, Magnus Hedqvist 3rd

Thanks to Daniel Persson for this report and podium photos - and Alexander Hagberg for the great action shots.

Links:
Alexander Hagberg's gallery for this event

Daniel Tengvall's gallery from the event