Race:	from 03.12.2014 [00:00] to 17.12.2014 [10:00]
Class:	1:10 Short Course 4WD
Track:	Naxos
Direction:	Official
Series:	not selected
Rankings:	1:10 electric short course, OVERALL OFFROAD COMBINED
Points:	Level 5 (1 - 180) with DNS* factor 50%

Welcome at the 2014 VRC Worlds 1:10 Short Course trucks at the 2014 IFMAR Worlds track at Naxos in Sicily, Italy!
The race direction on this brand new track will be REVERSED (clockwise).

This virtual Worlds will be raced in 4 rounds:

Timed practice - Wednesday Dec. 3 till Saturday Dec. 6
Qualifying - Saturday Dec. 6 till Wednesday Dec. 10
Semi Finals - Wednesday Dec. 10 till Sunday Dec. 14 (cut at 500!)
Main Finals - Sunday Dec. 14 till Wednesday Dec. 17 (cut at 300!)

The VRC Worlds modified class will NOT be divided in 3 racer classes, so just one class and one VRC World Champion.
(the VRC Worlds 13.5T Spec class will be divided into 3 racer classes Club, Sport and Pro)

18.12.2014

Surprise from 'down under': Chris Sturdy is the new VRC World Champion Open Class SC Trucks. Congratulations on a fantastic drive for this CLUB level racer, beating the very best PRO racers in this class! The 18 year old Aussie was a big unknown, finishing just 69th in the Season 3 Series, but at this Worlds he got his act together to finish 1 lap clear of Wollanka and Loriot who made up the podium.

The 2014 Worlds Open Class SC Truck Main final was a 15 minute long race, forcing a pit stop midway to change the battery pack. Sturdy was one of the first to go for a new pack, Wollanka, who had been tossing for the lead with Sturdy for most of the first haplf of this final, came in for a fresh LiPo pack 2 laps later, but saw his 3 seconds lead diminish to under a second. Sturdy charged hard, Wollanka answered in style but pushed it too hard, blowing his chance to fight for the World Championship until the last lap to pieces. Young Nicolas Loriot lost the race at the first few minutes of the main final, making too many errors dropping him back to 8th. After he got steady he was able to fight back to a podium place!

A-MAIN FINAL OPEN CLASS
1 Chris Sturdy AU Club 23 15:38.031
2 Martin Wollanka AT Pro 22 15:08.963
3 Nicolas Loriot FR Pro 22 15:22.880
4 Quentin Le Gall FR Pro 22 15:33.789
5 James Le Pavoux GB Sport 22 15:36.483
6 Barnabás Tóth HU Pro 22 15:37.518
7 Thomas NUZZACI FR Sport 21 15:03.772
8 Robert Hillman SE Pro 21 15:17.263
9 Marc Doucet FR Pro 21 15:21.180
10 Francis Wathlet BE Pro 20 15:00.586

NATIONS CUP
With 4 finalists in the A-Main, France was the favorite to win the Nations Cup and they did in convicing style, leaving Australia and Austria behind them!

1. France 612 N. Loriot (3.), Q. Le Gall (4.), T. NUZZACI (7.), M. Doucet (9.), M. Puysilloux (12.)
2. Australia 440 C. Sturdy (1.), D. Lord (16.), D. Pryor (41.), S. Van Gisbergen (44.), W. Lazich (51.)
3. Austria 414 M. Wollanka (2.), T. Rössler (28.), M. Hauenschild (31.), W. Hoffelner (34.), E. Fisi (72.)

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