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XRAY Turkey OnRoad Championship 6 race series has been completed past weekend at Bursa Bumod track. 5th Izmir race has been canceled due to sanction overall the Turkey, and first round was only run at EP. First time an outdoor race was not interrupt by any nature event. Race and track was smooth all weekend. XRAY drivers repeated awesome performance from round 4 as they have done whole season. 4 categories were run at the track this weekend 1/10 GP, 1/8GP, 1/10EP modified and 1/10EP stock.

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Here are the results of R4:

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XRAY TORC 1/10 GP ROUND 4

1. Mustafa Alp - XRAY NT1
2. Alain Sarafyan - XRAY NT1
3. Onur Vardar - XRAY NT1
4. Ceniz Sönmezler - XRAY NT1

5. Mert Ekinci
6. Serdar Sakallıoğlu - XRAY NT1
7. Batuhan Ă–zdemir - XRAY NT1

8. Sertaç Palaz
9. Halit Körpe - XRAY NT1
10. Mert Köroğlu - XRAY NT1





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XRAY TORC 1/10 EP MODIFIED ROUND 4

1. Erol Uçar - XRAY T4
2. CEM NİZAMOĞULLARI - XRAY T4
3. DEYVİ LEVİTAS - XRAY T4
4. KAYHAN KETENCİ - XRAY T4
5. FATİH KAYA - XRAY T4
6. SERTAÇ YALIM - XRAY T4


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XRAY TORC 1/10 EP STOCK ROUND 4

1. AHMET KASAP - XRAY T4
2. KAĞAN AYDIN - XRAY T4
3. HAKAN ALTIPARMAK - XRAY T4

4. CAN DURAN
5. CAGIS MURAT - XRAY T3
6. MEHMET KUL - XRAY T4
7. SEFER KĂśRSAD ALALMA - XRAY T4
8. POYRAZ SEREZLİOGLU - XRAY T4
9. KAYHAN KETENCİ - XRAY T4

10. NİHAT ONAY

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Mustafa Alp Race report:
Round 4 of Turkish Nationals was held in Bursa Bumod Track on 3rd- 4th of September. We had a nice weather, and atmosphere was super good. After the world's I did not touch the car, to see how it suits our Bumod track, especially because Gubbio had also an asphalt that makes the cars push, just like Bumod. From the first practise I already broke my record from 19.7 to 19.6, so it was super good start to the race. Then I increased the toe in a little bit, added 2mm bumpsteer shim and that was it for the weekend. In the qualifiers I made 19.3 laptime, and 31 laps, all new records for me. Car had maximum steering in high speed and also lots of traction.

After qualis I changed the belts and was ready for the final. After sub finals were run, A main grid was completed with 8 XRAYs. This weekend also proved that most of the car setup worked for not only me but also for lots of XRAY drivers, as most improved their performance even if the track conditions were almost the same, compared to previous races.

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Race started without any drama, only I started little late from grid and lost the lead to 2nd place starter Halit Korpe. So I was sandwiched between Halit and Alain in first lap, but then made a clean pass and started to pull away from them. In 6 minute mark I lapped the field and had an easy race from then on. I pushed a bit to make a new record but my first set of tires was not so good. After about 50 laps Halit had a problem and had to retire when he was battling with Alain for 2nd position. So Alain had an easy 2nd place. My scheduled tire stop was also done by Umut and Ahmet without any major problem so I held my lead and finished 6 laps ahead of Alain. Podium was rounded by XRAY driver Onur Vardar.
Another national championship has ended where I made double title in EP stock and Nitro Touring. It was a very successful season organised by Halit Korpe, all applause goes to him. I want to thank Team Ncrc, XRAY, Sanwa, Hipex, Orcan, Hudy, Hiro Seiko, MKT Racing for their great products, and Umut Tårkay as my number one supporter in these races, not only as a sponsor, but also as a mechanic, mentor, friend, and much more. Last but not least I thank my family and friends who always supported me. See you next season.※

Championship results:

XRAY TORC 1/10 EP MOD OVERALL
1. EROL UÇAR - XRAY T4
2. FATİH KAYA - XRAY T4
3. KAYHAN KETENCİ - XRAY T4
4. CEM NİZAMOĞULLARI - XRAY T4
5. SERTAÇ YALIM - XRAY T4

6. KAYA KIN
7. MURAT YAZICI - XRAY T4
8. DEYVİ LEVİTAS - XRAY T4

9. ERKAN AKIN
10. NİYAZİ DENİZ - XRAY T4

XRAY TORC 1/10 EP STOCK OVERALL
1. MUSTAFA ALP - XRAY T4
2. AHMET KASAP - XRAY T4
3. KAĞAN AYDIN - XRAY T4
4. SEFER KURSAD ALALMA - XRAY T4

5. CAN DURAN
6. NİHAT ONAY
7. BERK Ă–ĞRETMEN - XRAY T4
8. MURAT YAZICI - XRAY T4
9. POYRAZ SEREZLİOĞLU - XRAY T4
10. MEHMET KUL - XRAY T4


XRAY TORC 1/10 GP OVERALL
1. MUSTAFA ALP - XRAY NT1
2. HALİT KĂ–RPE - XRAY NT1
3. ALAIN SARAFYAN - XRAY NT1
4. CENGİZ GĂ–KBULUT - XRAY NT1

5. SERTAC PALAZ
6. ALİ KAYA
7. MERT EKİNCİ
8. HALUK SOYYORUK - XRAY NT1
9. UTKU KIZILDAĞ - XRAY NT1
10. ONUR VARDAR - XRAY NT1


Set-up sheet
Mustafa Alp