Track Focus – Hudy Racing Arena
Name – Hudy Racing Arena
Country – Slovakia
Location – Trencin (120 km North East of Bratislava)
Host – Hudy/Xray
Surface – Asphalt
Direction – Anti-clockwise
No. of ETS Races hosted – 1 (2013)
Previous Winners – Ronald Volker (Mod)/Viljami Kutvonen (Pro)
Having had the honour last year of being the first international race to be held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia, the Yokomo Euro Touring Series is back for a second visit to the world’s greatest RC facility. Hosting its second international race earlier this year when the Euro Offroad Series travelled to Trencin, the Arena continues to leave a lasting ‘wow’ impression on visitors. Built in 2006 on the grounds of a former soccer stadium, the massive 25,000 square metre facility also includes the factory of both Xray, the only true r/c car manufacturer in Europe, and Hudy but it is the Arena which dominates the grounds. In typical Hudy fashion everything at the Arena is about attention to detail with even the food being served at the tracks upstairs restaurant being of the highest quality.
Housing three tracks, two asphalt and one carpet, the ETS is running on the 320 metre outdoor asphalt track. Featuring a 75 metre long straight away the 4.5 metre wide track covers a depth of 28 metre with the Ride Modified class running 18-lap seconds. Making his first visit to the Arena this weekend, reigning World Champion Jilles Groskamp summed up the common reaction of all visitors by saying the place is ‘unbelievable’. A former Xray team driver, when the now Tamiya Racing Factory driver was here before the Arena had not yet been build but said knowing Juraj Hudy he is not surprised by the high standard of finish and detail to everything from the track to the drivers stand. Commenting on the track, the Dutch ace said the ‘layout is really nice’ adding the Hudy’s have done an impressive job of incorporating so many different corner types in to the layout. With the surface as ‘smooth as snooker table’ and ‘curbs perfect’ he said the long straight with its left hand kink is quite challenging as there is just one line through there.
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