Race Report

 

Levanen Wins LRP Touring Car Masters With Factory Team TC5

Juho Levanen

Event: LRP Touring Car Masters
Location: Eppelheim, Germany
Date: April 28 & 29, 2007
Website: http://www.lrp-electronic.de/tcm2007/
Vehicle Class: Electric Touring

Synopsis:

Over the years, the LRP Touring Car Masters has brought together the top European and International drivers to compete in the most prestigious indoor carpet race held on European soil. This year was no different. Drivers from across the globe traveled to Eppelheim, Germany to battle to place their name on the Touring Car Masters' list.

Only one week prior to the event, Team Associated shipped pre-production TC5s to four of their top European drivers. With very limited time on the vehicles and a brand new surface, Associated/Reedy drivers Juho Levanen, Craig Drescher, and Christer Andersson were able to place their cars in the coveted A main. Joel Myrberg, also driving a TC5, placed in the B main with a few hard luck races.

To start the main events, Levanen placed his brand new Factory Team TC5 on the pole position followed by teammates Drescher (4th) and Andersson (5th). The first two mains were perfect for Levanen. A great jump off the line and a quick couple laps and he had the field covered by a straight-a-way. Smart driving by the Finn allowed him to control the gap to the field and take A1 and A2 wins to secure the Masters title. In A3, Levanen’s young teammate, Christer Andersson, had a brilliant drive to finish second and secure 5th overall. Drescher had some rough starts, yet still managed to finish 6th overall.

Both Levanen and Andersson used the new LRP Sphere Competition TC Spec speed control with their LRP Vector X-11 brushless motors. In fact, all ten cars in the A final chose brushless power with LRP speed controls being the choice of 8 of 10 finalists.

Congratulations to Juho for a fantastic race and look for production TC5s to hit the shelves in May.

Team Associated - Champions By Design

Juho's Factory Team TC5 touring car

Overall Results:

	Name	Vehicle	Motor	ESC
1	Juho Levanen (TQ)	Associated FT TC5	LRP X-11	LRP TC-Spec
2	Viktor Wilck	Tamiya	Orion	LRP TC-Spec
3	Ronald Volker	Hot Bodies	LRP X-11	LRP TC-Spec
4	Jilles Groskamp	X-Ray	Trinity	LRP TC-Spec
5	Christer Andersson	Associated TC5	LRP X-11	LRP TC-Spec
6	Craig Drescher	Associated TC5	Novak	Novak
7	Paul LeMieux	X-Ray	Truespeed	LRP TC-Spec
8	Alexander Hagberg	X-Ray	LRP X-11	LRP TC-Spec
9	Dirk Wischnewski	X-Ray	Orion	LRP TC-Spec
10	Sake Ahoniemi	Corally	GM	GM