The 2015 Winternats was hosted by its home track "The Fort" in Fort Myers Florida. Team XRAY USA was in attendance. Ralph Burch, Mike Swaguer, Mike Strack, Loren Whiting, Billy Bowerman, Jason Conoly, Scotty Grey and Drew Ellis made the trip. The classes were 1/8 open, 1/8 masters, 1/8 GT and 1/10 Touring car. The format was 5 rocket round qualifiers and 45 minute A mains.
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The Fort is a very demanding track. It's hard on the driver and on the equipment. The pace is super fast and the bite is high. The Red Cup crew does a wonderful job of running the race and prepping the track.
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Practice went well for Team Xray. All drivers were showing pace. Ralph and Mike were getting around in 1/8 and 1/10. Mike Strack was putting down some fast laps in 1/8 Master class.
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As always at "The Fort" the main would be a test on the driver and there equipment. It was 45 minutes of flat out qualifying pace.
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This was how it ended up after some exciting racing in the mains:
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Final results 1/8 OPEN:
1. Ralph Burch - XRAY RX8
2. Mike Swauger - XRAY RX8
3. Simon Kurzbuch
4. Kyle Branson
5. Paolo Morganti
6. Daniele Ielasi
7. Silvio Hachler
8. Dj Apolaro
9. Flavio Elias
10. Sebastian Recio
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Final results 1/1O SEDAN:
1. Paolo Morganti 2. Scotty Gray â“ XRAY NT1
3. Dj Apolaro
4. Steve Mcnichols 5. Loren Whiting â“ XRAY NT1
6. Mike Swauger â“ XRAY NT1
7. Juan Golobic
8. Dirk Wischnewski 9. Ralph Burch â“ XRAY NT1
10. Eduardo Cabal
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Congrats to the winners. The Red Cup crew to a great job with running the track and the event. Looking forward to next year's winternats.
