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The forecast at the beginning of last week was foreboding… with lots of rain predicted. However, when the weekend came the weather changed and a bright sunshine spilled down on us. Sunny day, beautiful track, and a top group of RC drivers = one fantastic raceday!

The 6th round of the Curitibano Championship of Modified Class was held on October 8, 2006 on the most beautiful track of Paraná – S.T.A.R (www.star-rc.com.br), which is a very big track located in the middle of a green area in Balsa Nova, 40km from Curitiba.

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The majority of racers were again using a brushless system. Fabiano Franco and Flávio Salinet were battling until heat 4 with 1 lap ahead of Otávio Langowiski, when Flávio’s brushless system cut off and his car stopped for 2 laps. Fabiano was still leading with 1 lap ahead of Otávio and now 2 laps ahead Flávio Salinet, dropping him to 5th place. Heat 5 confirmed that Fabiano Franco was the 2006 Curitibano Championship, giving XRAY TEAM BRASIL the title with 1 race left in the series! Fabiano and Flavio’s T2 were amazing, and XRAY TEAM BRASIL found an excellent setup for the S.T.A.R. track.

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XRAY TEAM BRASIL was very satisfied with this season. This round was full of XRAY T2 cars. In the TOP eight, 4 drivers were using the XRAY T2 chassis and 1 driver was using FK’05. FS MODELSPORT was very proud to see that and to announce that XRAY T2 was the champion of Modified Class.

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Jonas's pit
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The race format used in Curitibano Championship was the same as the Reedy Race, using 5 heats, and the winner being the one with the most laps in all heats. This time, XRAY TEAM BRASIL claimed the championship with Fabiano Franco.

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The most important event will be held in that same track on December 1–3… the Brazilian Nationals of Modified Class. XRAY TEAM BRASIL will be there and hope to debut the T2’007.

In this round, the TOP 8 were:

1- Fabiano Franco – XRAY T2
2- Otávio Langowiski
3- Hamilton JĂşlio Jr
4- Flávio Loures Salinet – XRAY T2
5- Jonas Ferstemberg – XRAY T2
6- Horácio Teixeira Ferreira – XRAY T2

7- Hamilton JĂşlio Neto
8- Jorge Salmini – XRAY T1FK’05

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Fabiano Franco - Curitibano Champion
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The overall championship TOP 13 is now the following:

2006 Curitibano Modified Championship
1- Fabiano Franco XRAY T2
2- Otávio Langowski
3- Flávio Loures Salinet XRAY T2
4- Jonas Ferstemberg XRAY T2

5- Hamilton JĂşlio Neto
6- Hamilton JĂşlio Jr.
7- Clarel Castilhos XRAY T2
8- Horácio Teixeira Ferreira XRAY T2
9- Gilnei Anselmo da Silva XRAY T1FK'05

10- Lincoln Almeida
11- Marcos Cesar Dimira XRAY T2
12- Nicolas Salmini
13- Jorge Salmini XRAY T1FK'05


Fabiano Franco Set-up sheet.

Flávio Salinet Set-up sheet.