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Race report by Umut Turkay
Turkey On-Road Nationals 2021 has been completed in 4 sections at Izmir Efmod Track. The organization hosted 1/10 EP Stock, 1/10 EP Modified, 1/10 GP, and a new section 1/8 GT.

Fantastic result for XRAY drivers. All worked hard and continuous sharing end up with 11 podium positions out of 12.

1/10 EP Stock: Ali Kaya, who dominated the whole season, one more time put very solid and improved performance at the whole weekend. Well-deserved National Champion title now booked on his CV. Mirac Kaya finished second and Emirhan Savas finished 3rd.

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1/10 EP stock results:
1. Ali Kaya - XRAY
2. Muhammed Mirac Kaya - XRAY
3. Emirhan Savas - XRAY


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1/10 EP stock B-main results:
1. Mehmet Kul - XRAY
2. Tugsan Gunes - XRAY
3. Can Duran - XRAY


1/10 EP Modified, regular season's three heroes again at the scene, though racing and one winner. Atahan Yildiz 4-times consecutively crowned National champion just before his new education life starts in Poland. Poyraz Serezlioglu runner up and third place secured by Burak Ozcan.

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1/10 EP modified results:
1. Atahan Yildiz - XRAY
2. Poyraz Serezlioglu - XRAY
3. Burak Ozcan - XRAY


At 1/10 GP, Uncertainty is the correct word for this section for 2021, Similar track performance of many drivers has been promising "excitement" before the race at the final 4 different racers leaded race, different strategies end up with Utku Kizildag 2nd national champion title. His consistent performance with the brand new FX T300 powered NT1, helped him to win the title again. Alain Sarafyan had led the race a very long time. Unfortunately, he experienced a mechanical problem at his servo connection that was only enough to hold his place as the second place of the race, and Mert Koroglu finished third.

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1/10 GP results:
1. Utku Kizildag - XRAY
2. Alain Sarafyan - XRAY
3. Mert Koroglu - XRAY


Weekend's most wondered section was GT, this category opened new for nationals and everybody wanted to see what is going on with these "big" boys. The new category for this track brought a lot of "new" tests to handle cars properly and almost every driver shared much information to improve race quality and fun. End of the weekend. Alain Sarafyan is very fast enough to handle first 1/8 GT National Champion of Turkey with his XRAY GTX car. I finished second which was more than my expectation, and Emirhan Savas finished third.


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1/8 GT results:
1. Alain Sarafyan - XRAY GTX
2. Umut Turkay - XRAY GTX

3. Emirhan Savas

Thanks to TORC organizers that they handled country on-road racing to continue. Efmod Track Management, once again big applause to Racers, Families, and supporting hobby shops that they stand behind the events and racing

We congratulate all racers and supporters; we are looking forward for the next season.
See you all in 2022