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Race Report by Fanatix
The 3rd round of XRS Greece as usual at Fanatix track Athens. Cold but sunny weather gave a great suspense to the race with drivers looking for the best suitable setup.


13,5T Stock, the most difficult class of the day with some drivers finishing within a second. Nerantzis was very fast from the first qualifier when the track was still wet. He won the TQ and the race overall but not easy as Kalantzakis and Zogogiannis were very close. The rest of the field become better all the time.

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13,5T Stock Results
1. Nerantzis Ioannis – XRAY T4
2. Kalantzakis George – XRAY T4
3. Zogogianis Dennis – XRAY T4


Modified - very fast cars very fast laps. After different winners in every leg Kidis managed to win this class. Diamadis after log time 2nd in this very competitive class.Young Theodoropoulos former XRS nitro stock champion first time in this class managed a respectful 3rd place. First time racing for Dedes too and a great result at 4th place. Nikolakopoulos was very fast capable of winning the race. Vasilopoulos had the fastest lap of the day. Takas had some electrical issues.Nerantzis keep practicing in modified class.

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Modified Results
1. Kidis Chris – XRAY T4
2. Diamadis Sotiris – XRAY T4
3. Theodoropoulos Panos – XRAY T4


In 1/10 GT, after a long time Kazoglou won again the pan car class. Katsigiannis was second very close and Drakopoulos in his own pace third.

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1/10 GT Results
1. Kazoglou George – XRAY X10
2. Katsigianis Chris – XRAY X10
3. Drakopoulos Petros – XRAY X10


Kidis won the 1/12 class in front of his close friend Diamadis.

1/12 Results
1. Kidis Chris – XRAY X12
2. Diamadis Sotiris - XRAY X12


Kidis won the X1 class in front of the surprise X1 racer Nikolakopoulos. Third place for Diamadis with his new body. Vasilopoulos lost some runs so he finished just out the podium. Kardaridis raced his new X1’19 for the first time. He returned to races after many years. Zapantiotis at 6th place after putting all of his efforts to nitro racing.

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Formula Results
1. Kidis Chris – XRAY X1
2. Nikolakopoulos Nikos – XRAY X1
3. Diamadis Sotiris – XRAY X1


In Nitro Stock, Diamadis won the 3rd round finally. He was very fast all the time but especially at first and second leg of finals. Zapantiotis won the last 20minutes leg after a very tough race with Diamadis and one less pit stop.Ventouris had a difficult race as Kalantzakis was very close behind him all the time. Kourkoumelis had some minor technical issues after rebuilding his car and Georgantas made an easy race finishing all the finals.

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Nitro Stock Results
1. Diamadis Sotiris – XRAY NT1
2. Zapantiotis Apostolis
3. Ventouris Bill

The bigger class of the day with the bigger cars – 1/8 GT. Piperoglou won once again. Lignos 2nd just 0,6 seconds in front of Tarounas after 45 minutes final. Vovos in 4th after Vasiliadis made a mistake in the last lap.Nikolaou managed 105 laps and Neris in 7th 102 laps. Kostopoulos raced for the first time with a new Xray GT. Stathopoulos and Christides had some technical issues early in the race.

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1/8 GT Results
1. Piperoglou Alex
2. Lignos Akis
3. Tarounas Chris

Great race, friendly atmosphere the best way to start racing at Xray Racing Series.