03.10.2017   5 comments   Video: 1 available

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2017 SEASON 2 RALLYX SPEC ROUND 4 Messina Short Course

Fourth round race of RallyX spec series were held at Messina Short Course track. The track is guite simple, but as its surface is guite slippery, it makes driving guite demanding and you have to be very precise with your braking points.

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Ely Rojas and Ilari Lamminsivu were in top spots after qualifying, Lamminsivu was in first and Rojas in second place. There was only one second separating these two rally talents and final was expected to be very tight between these two. Stephen Halliday was third fastest, but he had almost 8 seconds to Lamminsivu. Hong Kong`s ”laprobot” Yeung was in fourth and Arturas Svoba in fifth place.

As the main started Lamminsivu was on sleep at the start and Rojas got the lead. After few laps, Rojas made hungry cutting corner 6 and Lamminsivu pas... read more

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2017 SEASON 2 RALLYX SPEC ROUND 3 X2

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Third round race was held at X2 track. American Ely Rojas setted the pace to others in qualifying. His average 23.4 was over four 10th`s faster than Yeung`s pace, who was second fastest at qualifying. Huhtala was standing at third spot, over four 10th`s away from TQ pace. Izidor Tratnik was fourth and Arturas Svoba fifth fastest.

In the final, we saw a great fight between the American Ely Rojas and Finnish JP Huhtala. Rojas and Huhtala took the fastest start, Yeung started from the second grid, but he was having difficulties with the rhythm. His first lap was bad, almost a 27s round and this drop his position. Rojas was not at his own level in his run, his lap times already told that this was Huhtala's chance. And the race was really tight between these two, until the last laps. The Rojas dro... read more