Ari Heinonen wins the Nordics in Vantaa
Race reports by Hobbyfactory Oy, 25.8.2018
The 1/8 nitro and electric offroad Nordics were held at the Fullspeed RC racing arena in Vantaa, Finland.
Even tough the race is called the Nordics drivers from other countries were also welcomed to join. This time most drivers were from Finland and after that Estonia was the second most represented country. Friday was practice day and after the track dried up by noon practice started and went until the evening.
Saturday
Saturday was qualification day and from the morning Joseph Quagraine with his own JQ car and Lauri Ruotsalainen driving Team Associated showed good speed taking the first and second spot in Q1. After that Joona Haatanen showed the best speed taking Q2 and Q3 with his Team Associated before Joseph Quagraine and Max Mört.
The semi finals were also driven on saturday evening to find the first 12 for the main final. In the first semifinal Joona Haatanen took the win before Tomi Salonen. Max Mört was also quick but had some technical troubles still just managing to make the Main final. The second semi final was won by Lauri Ruotsalainen before Joseph Quagraine in second and Ari Heinonen in third. Since Lauris result was slightly faster than Joonas Lauri would start from the first place for the main final
On saturday there was a risk for rain so the Fullspeed crew decided to cover the track. This proved to be the right decision as there was rain during the night. On Sunday morning it was time to open and inspect the track which had survived pretty good. A big shout out to every one who helped cover the tracks.
Covering the track on saturday evening, the next morning it was then time to inspect the rain damage.
Sunday
Sunday started with a Last chance final for the drivers dropped in the 1/4 final. The 1/4 Last chance final was won by Tuomas Lindgren who was promoted to the Last chance final for the drivers dropped from the Semi final. The Semi final Last chance final proved to be a tight contest but in the end it was Markku Honkanen who managed to fight off fierce competition from Joona Lempiäinen and proceed to the Main final.
The Main nitro final
The 45min main final started with Lauri leading. Lauri kept the lead for the first 4 laps before a mistake let Tomi Salonen by. Joona Haatanen had bad luck when a bearing failed causing him to retire. On lap 8 Max Mört managed to pass Tomi and from that point on Max, JQ and Ari were fighting for the lead changing places through the final. JQ managed to pull away and even had a 14 second lead at one point but then the ultra demanding track started to take its toll and JQ made some mistakes giving Ari the opportunity to close the gap. A couple laps before the end Ari had managed to close down the gap to just one second. After fighting hard JQ made a mistake on the second to last lap and Ari took the lead. Ari managed to keep the lead and finished the race as the winner a couple of seconds before JQ. Max finished third and Lauri fourth.
Final results
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1
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Ari Heinonen
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Mugen
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2
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Joseph Quagraine
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JQ
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3
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Max Mört
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JQ
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4
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Lauri Ruotsalainen
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Team Associated
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5
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Tomi Salonen
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Mugen
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6
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Simo Ahoniemi
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Mugen
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7
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Pekko Iivonen
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JQ
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8
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Tony Liljeqvist
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Team Associated
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9
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Markku Honkanen
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Team Associated
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10
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Ilari Lamminsivu
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JQ
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11
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Hendrik Lainemäe
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Xray
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12
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Joona Haatanen
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Team Associated
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13
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Samppa Orhanen
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Team Associated
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Electric class
In the electric class the fight in the qualifiers was really tight but in the end Aleksi Vilkman driving his HB Racing car took the TQ in front of Jarno Siltanen in second with Mugen. Third was Hendrik Lainemäe with Xray. In the Final the fight for the win was between these 3 drivers but in the end Jarno managed to win the two first main securing the overall win. The last final was a tight battle of who was going to finish second between Aleksi and Hendrik. On the last lap Hendrik made a mistake and Aleksi managed to overtake Hendrik to secure the second spot.
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1
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Jarno Siltanen
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Mugen
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2
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Aleksi Vilkman
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HB
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3
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Hendrik Lainemäe
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Xray
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4
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Teppo Kauppinen
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Hobao
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5
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Rihard Lainemäe
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Xray
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6
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Martti Myllyntaus
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Tekno
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7
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Jani Hovi
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TLR
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8
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Tomi Mairue
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TLR
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9
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Ilus Robin
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TLR
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10
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Joonas Kekkonen
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Team Associated
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11
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Aapo Heinonen
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Team Associated
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12
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Jukka Ruuskanen
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HB
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Team Associated
Team Associated was the most popular car brand and the biggest team, hopefully we can grow the team even more next year!
Photo credit: Mikko Meriluoto!
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