Joel Valander takes home both classes at Hyvinkää 2016

First round of Finnish 1/10 off-road nationals were held at Hyvinkää in Finland. Weather was pretty warm and sunny, and that made the track pretty dusty.

You can watch the whole race from our video race report on Facebook. Don't forget to like us and put notifications on to see more coverage in the future.

In 2wd Joel Valander took the TQ with two first places. Joona Haatanen was starting second followed by Karri Salmela in third. Finals were thrilling between top three guys as they were lot quicker than rest of the field. Joel won first and last leg of triple A-mains.

1. Joel Valander - Xray
2. Joona Haatanen - Associated
3. Karri Salmela - Associated
4. Tomi Mairue - Associated
5.  Lari Jäppinen - Xray
6. Sami Salmela - Associated
7. Mikko Luopajärvi - Associated
8. Oskari Mäki - Associated
9. Tuomo Otsavaara - Xray
10. Jani Hovi - Yokomo

Sunday was time for the 4wd class. Qualifying was again super close with top three guys. Joel took Q1, Joona Q2, Karri Q3 and Joona Q4. Joona was starting on pole for the finals followed by Karri and Joel. Joel won first leg with comfortable gap to second. Joona won second final followed by Joel. In last final Joona and Karri had early mistakes and Joel took the lead. Karri was pushing hard behind Joel but couldn't find way to pass. Joel Valander also won 4wd race.

1. Joel Valander - Xray
2. Joona Haatanen - Associated
3. Karri Salmela - Associated
4. Henry Salmen - Xray
5. Tomi Mairue - Xray
6. Juha Aromaa - TLR
7. Valtteri Eklund - Xray
8. Jari Itävuori - Durango
9. Toni Niinivirta - Xray
10. Jani Hovi - Team C Racing

Joel Valander's comment's from the race:

"I am very happy to performance this weekend. I have been doing lot of testing with Xray cars as this is my first outdoor season with them. Both cars were easy to drive and fast as I set fastest lap of the race in both classes. I'm also happy with my electronics as I had perfect smooth power and smooth brakes with new Hobbywing XR10. Highest servo's also gave me great speed and torque."

On Saturday there was also a Dash4Cash race with 2wd cars. Joona Haatanen won after overtaking the whole field in the 8 minute heat. With Henry Salmén and Lari Jäppinen grabbing the remainder of the cash.

See you next time and don't forget to watch our video coverage.