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This years AOC, was hotly contested by XRAY Australia who had more cars in every finals than any other manufacturer, a true credit to Australian distributor HEI.
Leading in to the event, everyoneâ™s pick was former world champion Andy Moore, who made the trip from the UK to battle it out with Australiaâ™s best.
Practice on the Thursday left everyone speechless when Australiaâ™s newest edition to Team XRAY Jesse Davis was .4 a lap faster than the World Champ Andy Moore.
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Come Saturday, the grip just kept on getting higher and higher, and everyone was caught out, and having to change setup every run, purely to stop traction rolling, this created one of the most exciting races in Australian history as leading in to the final round, there were 7 drivers could still TQ.
XRAY Australia Drivers Jordan Cullis and Jesse Davis amongst that mix.
Ultimately it was home favorite Ryan Maker taking TQ Honors from Jesse Davis 2nd, Jordan Cullis 3rd
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Come the finals, the grip was still getting higher and higher, and cars were flying left right and centre, Ryan Maker took an early lead, only for a hard charging Jesse Davis to keep on his tail and make for an interesting race. In a cruel twist of fate Ryan Maker was taken out by a back markers car who flipped and landed on top of Ryan meaning Jesse Davis would take A1.
A2 was just as interesting and Ryan and Jesse took to an early lead and the ever hard charging Jesse Davis wasnâ™t giving Ryan any freedom, pushing him harder lap by lap, which then forced a rare error from the Melbourne Maestro who traction rolled and was out of contention for A2, however that didnâ™t make things any easier for Jesse, as Jesse was given a taste of his own medicine from former World Champ Andy Moore, who was chasing him down at warp speed, and giving the XRAY driver a taste of pressure from the top, it was an epic display of cool, calm, and collectiveness form Jesse who held of the former World Champ to take the win in A2 and the title of AOC Melbourne 2014.
A spectacular result for the XRAY Australia driver, who has only driven EP powered Touring Cars for 4 months, leading up to AOC. Heâ™s finesse comes from Nitro where is far more at home, and is one of Australiaâ™s best GP Talents.
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1. Jesse Davis - XRAY T4
2. Ryan Maker
3. Andy Moore
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