Round 8 of the Cyprus National 1:10 ITC took place on July 20 at the Daytona RC Circuit in Nicosia. The weather was very hot with a temperature that reached 42°C. Unfortunately, this negatively influenced the number of drivers attending, but most of the top Cyprus RC drivers attended the event.
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During Expert qualifying, XRAY driver Stelios Procopiou TQ'ed ahead of Thirsos Charalambous, Vasilis Christoforou (XRAY) and Charis Theodosiou. J&S Pro team driver Stelios Procopiou with his powerful NT1/Sirio car was the only one that achieved 15 laps. The fastest lap time was set by Nitro Hobbies team driver Thirsos.
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In Expert class main final, XRAY NT1 driver Stelios Procopiou started from pole position and stormed to his first winning victory on his debut race with Team XRAY (and as we know, the J&S driver recently moved from Mugen to XRAY). Vasilis Christoforou - the second XRAY NT1 racer and J&S driver as
well - was runner up. Charis Theodosiou came in third place, while young driver Thirsos Charalambous encountered a few engine problems at start and finished fourth.
