In 2WD the bar was set pretty high with many top drivers from Finland and over 60 entries. Samppa Orhanen was TQ after three rounds of qualifying, Joel Valander was starting second and Joona Haatanen third. In first A final Samppa got stop and go penalty for early start as he moved a little bit on the grid. Joel and Joona had a nice battle but Joel won A1 0.5s front of Joona Haatanen. Samppa dominated A2 as Joel and Joona crashed out. Last final came and Samppa crashed early, Joel went to the lead and never looked back and Joona wasn't able to catch up.
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2WD overall results :
1. Joel Valander - XRAY XB2C
2. Samppa Orhanen
3. Joona Haatanen
4. August Poutiainen
5. Juha Aromaa
6. Jarno Siltanen 7. Konsta Saarinen - XRAY XB2C 8. Joonas Hyvärinen - XRAY XB2C
9. Markku Honkanen 10. Toni Niinivirta - XRAY XB2C
Then it was time for 4WD on Sunday and Joel Valander showed great pace in practice. He also TQed first two rounds of qualifying and secured TQ as he was only who was able to 20 lap run. Joel won all three finals with comfortable gap as guys behind him were battling.
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1. Joel Valander - XRAY XB4
2. Pekko Iivonen
3. Markku Honkanen
4. Ari Heinonen 5. Konsta Saarinen - XRAY XB4 6. Joonas Hyvärinen - XRAY XB4 7. Toni Niinivirta - XRAY XB4
8. Jarno Siltanen
9. Lauri Siltanen
10. Ari Koski
Joel's comments: "Very happy to end racing year with double win and with my XRAY cars! Both XB2 and XB4 worked flawless. Thanks to my sponsors for awesome support: XRAY, Eurorc.com, Hobbywing, Hudy, Highest, EV-Peak and TShades."
