Time to sum up the weekend in EuroCrawl.
I arrived at Almuñécar already on sunday.
This was our great hotel during the week. 50m to the rocks.
We got some training with Arttu, who also had bought a super. Now I can really start training in Finland too!
Positive feelings in training. Nothing broke and the rig was performing well.
Eating lunch on friday before the super class.
Doing organisation stuff meant, that I really didn't have any time to "worry" about my performances and competing. I think this was a big key to success.
Finishing course one. Really long course with tricky gates.
Didn't have time to try the other bonus though.
Finished! That's good way to begin.
My buddy Fred a.k.a Cirederf asked if he could double start with me in super class. Why not?! It was awesome to see his progress during this one competition already! And it was great to see the rig making twelve courses without bigger problems.
Going for the bonus on Fanatic RC course.
On this course the rig really showed it's best side. Really easy to handle on these rocks. Only thing I noticed, that I might need smoother motors for this kind of grip. Or smaller pinions.
Here is the third course. "Norwegian revenge!"
This side up.
It was the worst course for me in the whole competition all classes included. -10 points only.
But hell, it was really hard.
Crawler Keller course on the way. I was the only one to finish this.
Really cool gate with super.
Gate four in progress. The course was really close to the cliff, so driver had to be extra cautious.
Not choosing the obvious line for fifth gate.
All or nothing!
Going for the bonus.
My christmas came early. You see the fishing wire in the front axle? That didn't have any effect on this performance, thank god.
With this kind of hurry, I didn't find the right line for this gate.
Rig posing in the sun before the fifth course.
Now a long waited section! Video corner.
Krawler Konceptz Course (-19/-40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq4Gi5T3QPs
First course since Nordics. Don't know what happened on the very first gate, where I hit a marker. Just a little change in the terrain and whole rig moved few inches.
I knew I had to be quick on this course, cause the distance between first and last gate was guite big. Didn't have time to drive the other bonus, but I'm relatively happy with this score as well. Only bummer was the first gate.
Fanatic RC Course (-40/-40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GnKkpdq-GU
I was one of the guys to build this course. I managed to throw in some serious lines and good gates. It was really fun to drive this. Allthough a little excitement on the seventh gate, when the rig rolled into a hole. Recovery of the century came right after that.
Really loved this course!
Holmes Hobbies Course (-10/-40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeXxDr_Rl3I
Then it was time for the trickiest course of the weekend. (At least for me) First gate was easy downhill, but gates 2 to 4 were really tough time killers. Gate two was familiar from the Nordics. I call it "Brumle edition".
No hard feelings Asle. This time it made no exception and I had to take the gate. Third gate was something spectacular as well. My plan almost worked out, until I bounced back on the gate again. Darn!
To gate four I had to find line for a long time. Luckily I had just enough ground clearance to make it from the easy line. Rushed off the rest of the course with one bonus and made it thirteen seconds before the bell rang.
Challenging, but extremely fun course!
Crawler Keller Course (-19/-40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8D9bqL7Fbs
In this course we had bit of problems with the camera. Battery died before the first gate and Sofi tried to turn it on again few times and managed to shoot few moments of the course. Too bad, cause this was one performance to remeber!
Right after first gate some fishing wire got round of my tire and axle. Fortunately it didn't have any effect on my performance.
I drove both of the bonuses, which were relatively easy, but relly close to the sea. At gate eight, I had wrong line approaching it, but didn't have enough time to fix it so I hit a marker. Tried gate nine several times from the bottom, but after hearing that there's fourty seconds left went to the top to straddle it. Managed to clear gate ten with five seconds remaining. No wonder nobody else made it through.
Team Ottsix Course (-18/-40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5UKVNMCFvI
Another course made by me. This time it didn't go as well as in Fanatic RC course. First three gates, no problem. At fourth gate, I wasn't able to climb on top of the cliff to hang my tire and climb up. Tried the line from the side, but rig got in bad position and I had to take the marker. This was a tough gate with all honesty. At eight gate my approach was poor and I dropped off from the cliff. Drove the other bonus and straddled the gate to make it in time. Few stupid mistakes, but no bigger harm done. Just need to practise more how the rig is reacting in sidehills.
RcBros Course (-30/-40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxI4mzKfpqY
Last course for me of EuroCrawl 2015. Wanted badly to make good performance here.
Everything went well up untill the fourth gate. I was already through the gate when the rig bounced back on it.
This is purely one of those reactions of the rig, that I know only by driving with it more. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Rest of the course went really well though, so this didn't feel too bad after all. Tasting the champagne at the end, was really perfect end to a perfect opening day of EuroCrawl!
Prize giving to top three of Super and 1.9 classes.
Happy to take the win for DravTech Super SuDu!!
Big congrats to Arttu, who came second in his debut comp with supers. I can already see some pontential with training together!
Congrats to David cathcing the third as well! Nice driving!
Previously unseen in the crawling competitions! Champagne!!
Here are the results. Ok, slight gap. I have to be proud of that!
This was important step in my path. I still think super is the class of kings.
All in all, I had great time in Spain!
Big thanks to the supporters of the competition! Raffle prizes were really cool this year! Huge thanks to DravTech being the title sponsor.
We went on top of Almuñécar at the morning of departure. This scenery is really one of a kind.
It really was great weekend and trip to the south. All of the guys who came there made it perfect. Big thanks to all of my friends! Another thank of this year goes to my current and previous sponsors/supporters:
DravTech
RC4WD
Team Ottsix
PURPMART
Krawler Konceptz
Offipaita.fi
Team Brood Racing
E.Y. Designs
It's good to continue from this in next year. Bagdaröök will be back. Even stronger.
Too bad I broke a bearing from the rear axle at the end. I haven't opened the axle yet, but I'm confident it's just a bearing and the gears are still in order. I'll put it back on the rocks very soon. 
