Iivonen & Haatanen win at Winter Jumps Series Rd1

The opening round of this season’s Winter Jumps series was held at the popular Fullspeed RC indoor track in Vantaa, Finland with over 90 entries and some world class level of racing. The weekend kicked off with open practice on Friday allowing plenty of time to learn the new layout. Saturday then is for the 2WD class and Sunday the 4WD racing is the order. The race was announced by Karri Salmela with great passion and vast knowledge about drivers and their cars. As for the action on the track, Joona Haatanen was able to TQ both 2WD and 4WD, but it was Pekko Iivonen who managed to take the 2WD victory over Joona while the latter took the win after a really intense fight until the final A3 in 4WD.

2WD final results:
1. Pekko Iivonen – Schumacher
2. Joona Haatanen – Team Associated
3. Jamiel Gabrielsson – Schumacher
4. Konsta Saarinen – Xray
5. Arttu Syrjänen – Team Associated
6. Juha Aromaa – TLR
7. Jere Saarinen – Team Associated
8. Mikko Luopajärvi – Team Associated
9. Jarno Siltanen – Schumacher
10.Joonas Hyvärinen – Schumacher

4WD final results:
1. Joona Haatanen – Team Associated
2. Pekko Iivonen – Schumacher
3. Arttu Syrjänen – Team Associated
4. Jamiel Gabrielsson – Schumacher
5. Markku Honkanen – Team Associated
6. Jarno Siltanen – Schumacher
7. Mikko Luopajärvi – Team Associated
8. Ilmari Ullakko – HB Racing
9. Oskari Mäki – Team Associated
10.Rainer Ressar – Xray

Thanks to Aapo Koro for the report.