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Race report by Mustafa Alp:
Final and 5th round of TORC Turkish Nationals was held in Bumod Bursa on 9-10th of September. As usual, a natural incident happened at our race. A small earthquake shaking Bursa as well as the track. That was something new on the list.

Friday was free practice day, as I tested some new parts on my NT1 and T4. I was also testing different engines and pipes on my nt1 to find the best power on this huge track. Practice and qualies went without any problem and I locked TQ easily in both categories.

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Nitro Touring
After the qualifiers I was very confident about the final as my car was the best all week. I made a new personal lap record 19.33 without even pushing the engine so much, so this was a sign that car had improved and was working so well.
Halit and Kagan was also improved this race, making fast and consistent lap times. Alain, who was also a title contender, had a disastrous qualifier day due to engine problems. Luckily he managed to sort it out just before final qualifier, and had a good enough run in semi final to bump up, to start the final from 10th position.

45 minute A main final started at a rather hot weather, making engines lot slower and traction much less, as everyone was slower on their lap times about 4/10. My car was very loose at the beginning of the race, I was hardly maintaining my lead in front of Halit and Kagan. I struggled a lot about first 8 minutes, then tires were getting smaller and I was getting more comfortable with the car, slowly extending my lead. At those moments Halit had a mistake and flame out which costed him more than 2 laps, and Kagan had a stop go penalty due to bad refueling, which costed him some time. In the meanwhile Alain was making consistent lap times, and moved up to 3rd place. Nearly everyone changed tires at 25 min mark, my pit crew Umut Turkay and Alpaslan Ozanturk did a really good job changing the tires, and even though I had a flame out, I rejoined the race holding the lead. Then, I cruised to the win, and won the national title. Kagan Aydın finished 2nd, and Alain finished 3rd. Halit missed the podium only by 0.5 seconds after 45 minutes of racing.

EP Stock:
Final number 1 was little tough for me as Murat Yazıcı was on fresher tires, and immediately pressured me from the start. In the 2nd lap we had an incident but he had more disadvantage with this, dropping back to field, while I could able to hold on to 2nd spot. After a lap, I passed Poyraz who was at that moment the new race leader, and continued to keep my lead. Then Poyraz and supercharged Murat had a side to side contact which relieved me even more.
At the end, I was able to hold on to 1st, and Murat still recovered to 2nd.

2nd final was with rather less drama, as I took the lead from tone to tone and won the round and the national championship. In the 2017 season overall, Ahmet Kasap finished 2nd and Onur Karaçuhalılar 3rd. Nearly all drivers were using Xray, making it more like an XRAY-Race.

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TORC 1/10 GP 5th Race Results:
1-Mustafa Alp- XRAY NT1
2-Kağan Aydın-XRAY NT1
3-Alain Sarafyan-XRAY NT1
4-Halit Körpe-XRAY NT1
5-Serdar Sakallıoğlu – XRAY NT1
6-Sertaç Palaz- Mugen
7-Mert Ekinci-XRAY NT1
8-Utku Kızıldağ-XRAY NT1
9-Cengiz Sönmezler-XRAY NT1
10-Poyraz Serezlioğlu-XRAY NT1

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TORC 1/10 EP Mod 5th Race Results:
1-Kayhan Ketenci XRAY T4
2-Cem Nizamoğulları-XRAY T4
3-Gökay Aktan
4-Sertaç Yalım- XRAY T4
5-Anıl Gonca-XRAY T4
6-Hamza Güngör-XRAY T4
7-Erhan Yılmaz
8-Hakan Taşyaka-XRAY T4
9-Sercen Ahmet Koksu-XRAY T4
10-Alain Sarafyan-XRAY T4

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TORC 1/10 EP Stock 5th Race Results:
1-Mustafa Alp-XRAY T4
2-Murat Yazıcı-XRAY T4
3-Onur Karacuhalılar-XRAY T4
4-Poyraz Serezlioğlu-XRAY T4
5-Emirhan Savaş-XRAY T4
6-Murat Çağış- XRAY T4
7-Yasin YenidĂĽnya-XRAY T4
8-Sertaç Yalım- XRAY T4
9-Berk Ă–ğretmen-XRAY T4
10-Sefer KĂĽrşad Alalma-XRAY T4

I want to thank all my supporters, race organizers, my family and friends to make this happen. Umut Turkay, my mechanic and my primary sponsor. Halit Korpe, the race organizer and my close friend. All Torc family, our good friendship and nice chats, laughs. These are the moments to be remembered. Thanks to my sponsors, Xray, Team NCRC, Hudy, Sanwa for the best equipment.