Monday, February 1, 2010
A-mains Leg 3 – Video Categories - Racing, Report - add a comment
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wilck wins Leg 3, Rheinard Czech Champion Categories - Racing, Report - add a comment
Viktor Wilck has won the third leg of the A-Main here in the Czech Republic but the final result remains the same as he takes second overall behind Tamiya Racing Factory team-mate Marc Rheinard with Juho Levanen completing the podium.
Again it looked like Top Qualifier Rheinard was going to cruise to a third win of the day but on lap 4 the German got out of shape allowing Wilck to slip through. Once in front the Swede stayed there despite the World Champion getting right up on his bumper in the last minute of the race. Wilck said afterwards that is TFR416X was very strong in the opening part of the race but started to get loose near the end. Rheinard said he was happy to hold station as a pass would have been an unnecessary risk especially with Levanen running a close third.
It was a case of three is the magic number for Associated’s Levanen as he took his no.3 car to third in all three legs to finish for 3rd overall at the 3rd race of the 2009/2010 season. Having done a lot of development work on his TC5R and tested it on high traction tracks, the Finn said he was very pleased with the performance of it here on the lower traction conditions. Happy with his pace in relation to the Tamiya team and at finishing on podium he said the weekend was very encouraging ahead of the Indoor European Championship.
The big star of the weekend was Czech driver Zdenek Hamak. Surprising everyone with his blistering pace in Friday’s practice when he toped the time sheets, the Xray driver backed it up with a great final round of qualifying that put him fifth on the grid. Struggling with his nerves in the finals, Hamak still managed to put in a great performance on home soil to claim his best international race result with a fine fourth overall.
In Pro Stock Daniel Wohlgemuth claimed his first ETS win but the German didn’t make it easy for himself. Holding a big lead in the third leg over Ivan Laptev, the Hot Bodies driver rolled on the last lap allowing the Russian past. With half a lap to go the two swapped paint before we got an action replay of the last corner move Dennis Fadtke pulled on Wohlgemuth in Leg 1. Diving down the inside of Laptev in a do or die move, the Top Qualifier made sure he made it to the finish line first this time round doing so by just 13/100th of a second. Having failed to convert his last TQ honours into victory Wohlgemuth was delighted to take his first Euro Touring Series win. Fadkte, who was making his ETS Pro Stock class debut completed the podium behind Laptev, the two of them both claiming their first podium finishes in the series. Fadkte, an ETS regular in Modified, said he now plans to do both classes for the remainder of the championship.
In the Hobby Class rising young Polish talent Michal Orlowski won all three legs of the A-Main from pole to further extend his lead in the point standings. The 8-year-old will be hoping to continue his winning ways at the next round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series when it travels to his home country. The hosts of the Warsaw race confirmed this week that they have secured a new 1600 square metre hall for the March 5-7 event.
Modified A-main Overall results
1. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 2pts
2. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 3pts
3. Levanen Juho (FI) – 6pts
4. Hamak Zdenek (CZ) – 9pts
5. Hudy Martin (SK) – 9pts
6. Graversen Steen (DK) – 11pts
7. Jefferies Olly (GB) – 12pts
8. Harper Elliott (GB) – 14pts
9. Moore Andy (GB) – 15pts
10. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 16pts
Pro Stock A-main Overall results
1. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 2pts
2. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 5pts
3. Fadtke Dennis (PL) – 7pts
4. Madsen Carsten (DK) – 7pts
5. Rajki Balint (HU) – 8pts
6. Klöckner René (DE) – 9pts
7. Ashton Chris (GB) – 9pts
8. Mara Jiri (CZ) – 12pts
9. Schmidt Martin (DE) – 18pts
10.Stocker Alexander (DE) – 20pts
Full results can be found here.
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A-mains Leg 2 – Video Categories - Racing, Report - add a comment
Rheinard ‘Czechs’ out in Leg 2 to win ETS Round 3 Categories - Racing, Report - add a comment
Marc Rheinard is the winner of the third round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series, the current World Champion backing up his A-Main Leg 1 win by cruising to a 2 second winning margin over his Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck. The result means Rheinard leaves the Czech Republic with a 2 point advantage over the Swede who came to Hrotovice as the championship leader.
Rheinard said once he had established a gap up front he just controlled the race. Commenting on the weekend the German said it was one of the more difficult races for the team as they struggled with set-up but in the end they made progress and it was good practice for the up coming indoor European Championships in Finland. Wilck was disappointed he wasn’t able to mount a challenge for the win in Leg 2 and take the race to the third leg. The ETS Round 1 winner said his Tamiya was lacking steering after being late putting on the front additive and despite giving his all there was nothing he could do about his team-mates pace.
Repeating his Leg 1 third place finish Associated’s Juho Levanen said he felt he could pass Wilck before making a small mistake which dropped him back. With the pace of the Top 3 so close the Finn said he couldn’t make back the lost time and had to settle for third once again.
The big battle of the race was for fourth position with Martin Hudy once again the man getting the most attention from his rivals. Like in Leg 1 the Slovak driver stayed calm and kept his LRP powered Xray online to finish in front of fellow T3 driver Zdenek Hamak and former World Champion Andy Moore. After piloting his airborne Hot Bodies down the straight on the opening lap the former World Champion finished ahead of fellow Brits Elliot Harper and Olly Jefferies.
In Pro stock, Leg 2 wasn’t as action packed as the opening race with Daniel Wohlgemuth converting his TQ starting position into victory but once again the German had his moments rolling once as he came onto the straight. Behind him it was defending Champion Balint Rajki took second making it a 1-2 finish for the Cyclone. Afterwards the Hungarian summed up the race but saying, ‘that was much better’. Ivan Laptev again had a good run to bring his Tamiya home in third ahead of a very Carsten Madsen, the Dane recording the fastest lap of the race. The overall winner of Round 3 for Pro Stock will be decided in the third leg with three drivers, Wohlgemuth, Leg 1 winner Dennis Fadtke and Rajki, in contention.
Modified A-main Leg 2 results
1. Rheinard Marc – 19 Laps in 5:07.623
2. Wilck Viktor – 19 Laps in 5:09.841
3. Levanen Juho – 19 Laps in 5:11.944
4. Hudy Martin – 18 Laps in 5:00.699
5. Hamak Zdenek – 18 Laps in 5:01.031
6. Moore Andy – 18 Laps in 5:01.816
7. Harper Elliott – 18 Laps in 5:02.192
8. Jefferies Olly – 18 Laps in 5:03.177
9. Graversen Steen – 18 Laps in 5:03.724
10.Kunák Zdenko – 18 Laps in 5:06.805
Pro Stock A-main Leg 2 results
1. Wohlgemuth Daniel – 18 Laps in 5:03.906
2. Rajki Balint – 18 Laps in 5:06.344
3. Laptev Ivan – 18 Laps in 5:08.984
4. Madsen Carsten – 18 Laps in 5:11.017
5. Ashton Chris – 18 Laps in 5:12.039
6. Fadtke Dennis – 18 Laps in 5:12.352
7. Mara Jiri – 18 Laps in 5:12.690
8. Klöckner René – 17 Laps in 5:02.898
9. Schmidt Martin – 17 Laps in 5:07.910
10.Stocker Alexander – DNS
Full results can be found here.
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A-mains Leg 1 – Video Categories - Racing, Report - add a comment
Rheinard & Fadtke win first A-Main Categories - Racing, Report - add a comment
The first A-Main of the third round of the Euro Touring Series has been run with Marc Rheinard and Dennis Fadtke taking the respective Modified and Pro Stock wins. Starting from pole, Rheinard took an easy victory while Fadtke won a thrilling race from 9th on the grid with a great move on Top Qualifier Daniel Wohlgemuth at the final corner.
There was drama at the Sport-V-Hotel this morning just as the Modified C Final, in which the 200mm World Champion Daniele Ielasi is competing, were lining up on the grid. Melting snow on the roof of the hall had caused a number of leaks in the roof right over part of the track, forcing race director Scotty Ernst to halt proceedings and make the call of a track redesign to avoid the wet area. Thanks to the efforts of the host club racing resumed in around an hour with drivers given an extra minute of warm-up to adjust to the new layout.
First of the A-Main’s was Pro Stock. Unfortunately championship leader Alexander Stocker had to return home after his daughter became ill last night leaving the No.2 spot on the grid blank. With the extra gap over the pack it looked like the No.1 Hot Bodies of Daniel Wohlgemuth was checking out after the opening lap but the German made a mistake on lap 3 dropping him down the field and allowing local star Jiri Mara to take the lead but on lap 6 he too made a mistake. Russian Ivan Laptev was the new driver to lead but all the time Wohleguth was working his way back to the front. Eventually retaking the lead Wohlgemuth made another mistake this time with three laps to go allowing Fadtke, who was enjoying a superb drive from the back of the grid, to close right on his bumper. Coming to the last corner Fadkte pulled off a fantastic move getting his Tamiya down the inside to take the win by just 4/100th of a second.
Afterwards the winner said he was a little lucky in the race to get up front but that his adjustments to the front end of this Speed Passion powered TRF416WE had transformed it compared with qualifying. Wohlgemuth was clearly annoyed with himself for making two mistakes while leading and for miss judging the position of the timing loop but gave Fadkte credit for a great overtaking maneuver. Finishing third Ivan Laptev, who started the race in 5th, described the race as ‘very exciting and a lot fun’ and despite having led at one point was pleased to finish in the Top 3. Schumacher Racing’s Chris Ashton, who ran as high as second, finished 4th and hopes that with a little more steering on his Mi4LP for Leg 2 he can finish in the Top 3.
In contrast to the Pro Stock final the Modified race was a far more straight forward affair. In the early laps Levanen put a lot of pressure on Wilck for second but the Finn couldn’t find a way passed his Scandinavan neighbour and they finished how they had started. The big battle of the race was for fifth with Martin Hudy pushed all the way by Steen Graversen, with Elliot Harper and Zdenko Kunák joining the action in the latter part of the race. Hudy resisted the challenge and took fifth behind fellow Xray driver Zdenek Hamak. Finishing sixth from 10th on the grid Danish ace Graversen, who was feeling ill yesterday, said he was feeling a lot better today and that was reflected in his driving. All the drivers admitted that while traction was low on the new section of the track they actually preferred it.
Pro Stock A-main Leg 1 results
1. Fadtke Dennis – 18 Laps in 5:15.131
2. Wohlgemuth Daniel – 18 Laps in 5:15.171
3. Laptev Ivan – 18 Laps in 5:16.995
4. Ashton Chris – 17 Laps in 5:02.982
5. Klöckner René – 17 Laps in 5:03.196
6. Rajki Balint – 17 Laps in 5:03.780
7. Madsen Carsten – 17 Laps in 5:04.580
8. Mara Jiri – 17 Laps in 5:11.137
9. Schmidt Martin – 17 Laps in 5:12.681
10.Stocker Alexander – DNS
Modified A-main Leg 1 results
1. Rheinard Marc – 19 Laps in 5:12.719
2. Wilck Viktor – 19 Laps in 5:13.764
3. Levanen Juho – 19 Laps in 5:14.376
4. Hamak Zdenek – 18 Laps in 5:00.367
5. Hudy Martin – 18 Laps in 5:03.748
6. Graversen Steen – 18 Laps in 5:03.897
7. Harper Elliott – 18 Laps in 5:04.133
8. Kunák Zdenko – 18 Laps in 5:04.672
9. Moore Andy – 18 Laps in 5:05.386
10.Jefferies Olly – 18 Laps in 5:09.010
Full results can be found here.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Rheinard on pole for Czech final Categories - Racing, Report - 2 comments
Marc Rheinard will start tomorrow’s A-Main on pole position after he TQ’d the final qualifier for the third Round of the ETS here in the Czech Republic. The Tamiya Racing Factory driver put in the fastest 5 minute run of the weekend just missing out on breaking into the 17 laps with a time of 5:00.663. The German claims his first Top Qualifier honours of the 2009/10 Series ahead of team-mate Viktor Wilck who set the fourth fastest time for the round.
The big star of the final round of qualifying was Czech driver Zdenek Hamak. Topping free practice yesterday ahead of some of the world’s best touring car drivers, the Xray driver went in the wrong direction with set-up this morning but reverting back to his practice settings for Q5 he showed he could run with the best. Fastest in his heat it was only the World Champion who was running in the top heat who could better his time. The result will see Hamak start fifth on the grid, something he admits he is a little nervous about.
Also putting in an impressive final heat was Slovak teenager Zdenko Kunak who too was at the controls of Xray’s T3 chassis. Setting the 3rd quickest run Kunak will start 7th on the grid one position higher than he achieved at Round 2 in Budapest. Sandwiched between Hamak and Zdenko on the grid will be Xray’s factory driver Martin Hudy who failed to finish the last qualifier.
Juho Levanen was the only driver that could deny a Tamiya car from carrying the Number 1 plate in the final here in Hrotovice. TQ’ing the penultimate qualifier, the Finn went all out in an attempt to put his Associated on the front of the grid but it didnt work. Afterwards he said he had nothing to loose and took big risks to try and better Rheinard’s time but it didn’t pay off as he only managed sixth following a number of errors.
Andy Moore didn’t have a good final heat saying track conditions had changed from earlier causing his Cyclone TC to feel very loose. With strong runs in Q4 & 5 the former World Champion will line up 4th on the grid and his best international showing for quite some time. This weekend has seen a marked improvement in Moore’s competitiveness and the Brit has a real chance of challenging for a podium here tomorrow.
Completing the grid for the triple A-Mains are Associated Team UK driver Olly Jefferies, TRF’s new signing Elliot Harper and Steen Graversen. The Dane climbed onto the back of the grid at the expense of Czech Grand Prix winner David Ehrbar thanks to fifth fastest time in the final round of heats.
Modified top 10 qualifiers
1. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 310pts (Tamiya TRF416X/Speedpassion)
2. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 308pts (Tamiya TRF416X/Speedpassion)
3. Levanen Juho (FI) – 308pts (Associated TC5R/LRP)
4. Moore Andy (GB) – 305pts (Hot Bodies Cyclone/Team Orion)
5. Hamak Zdenek (CZ) – 303pts (Xray T3/LRP)
6. Hudy Martin (SK) – 303pts (Xray T3/LRP)
7. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 301pts (Xray T3/LRP)
8. Jefferies Olly (GB) – 301pts (Associated TC5R/LRP)
9. Harper Elliott (GB) – 299pts (Tamiya TRF416X/Speedpassion)
10.Graversen Steen (DK) – 296pts (Tamiya TRF416X/Team Orion)
In Pro Stock Daniel Wohlgemuth wrapped up pole position by taking his fourth TQ run of the day. The German was much happier with the handling of his Hot Bodies in the final qualifier having lowered his front shock positions. The German’s only challenger for the Top Qualifier’s spot was Alexander Stocker who switched to a Yokomo chassis in a effort to claim his third pole of the 2009/10 series. Rolling the car at the first corner the switch didn’t pay off and the championship leader will start 2nd tomorrow. Behind the two Hot Bodies drivers on the grid will be impressive local driver Jiri Mara. Driving an Xray T3, the 17-year-old Mara hasn’t been outside the Top 4 on the time sheets all day and is in with a real chance of ensuring local representation on the podium come tomorrow evening. Defending ETS Champion Balint Rajki will start fourth.
Pro Stock top 10 qualifiers
1. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 310pts (Hot Bodies Cyclone/LRP)
2. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 308pts (Hot Bodies Cyclone/LRP)
3. Mara Jiri (CZ) – 306pts (Xray T3/LRP)
4. Rajki Balint (HU) – 304pts (Hot Bodies Cyclone/LRP)
5. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 304pts (Tamiya TRF416X/LRP)
6. Schmidt Martin (DE) – 302pts (Serpent S400/GM Racing)
7. Ashton Chris (GB) – 300pts (Schumacher Mi4LP/GM Racing)
8. Madsen Carsten (DK) – 300pts (Tamiya TRF416WE/Tekin)
9. Fadtke Dennis (PL) – 297pts (Tamiya TRF416WE/Speedpassion)
10. Klöckner René (DE) – 296pts (Tamiya TRF416X/Speedpassion)
Full results can be found here.
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Modified Class qualifying – Video Categories - Racing, Report - add a comment
The video embedded above shows action from Heat 7, qualifying round 4 and shows Team Associated team driver Juho Levanen take the TQ for the round ahead of Hot Bodies driver Andy Moore.
