Sunday, June 12, 2011
Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 3 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Current ETS champion Marc Rheinard secured his first win as champion of the series today by claiming the top step on the podium at Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. The fifth & penultimate round of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the Tamiya Racing Factory driver took the win over Yannic Prumper, winning of the day’s third A-main, and Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp.
With Groskamp taking the opening final and Rheinard the second ahead of Ronald Volker, the trio all went into the last race of the event with a chance of the overall win. Making his first ETS appearance of the season former champion Groskamp looked very much on target to repeat his win from the last time the series visited the superb Apeldoorn track but it was not to be. Having established a comfortable lead over the Yokomo of Prumper and his TRF team-mate Rheinard, Groskamp’s gear diff started to slip. Trying to continue the now Thailand based driver eventually had to pull up.
Volker’s challenge did not even last a lap as he got pushed onto the grass on the first run down the main straight. The incident, which saw four cars get stuck on the grass, resulted in a rear shock spring retainer being knocked off the champion elect’s Yokomo, ending his race. With Groskamp and Volker out this automatically gave Rheinard the overall win but enjoying a run of success, including victory at the Reedy Race in California two weeks ago, he wanted to find a way passed Prumper but the teenager held on to take maximum points and the first podium finish of the 2010/11 season for the former race winner.
Commenting on his first ETS win since taking victory at last season’s finale 11 months ago, Rheinard said this had been a really positive weekend for Tamiya thanks mainly to the technical input of Groskamp who he said was the fastest car all weekend but was just hit with bad luck. Fitting a new gear diff to his car Groskamp, who is widely respected as one of the hardest working drivers in the sport, said they knew the shimming of the gear diff is vital but having fitted a new one for the last run he said they still have find more accuracy.
Having dominated the first three race of the season, Volker said he was disappointed at not having had a clear chance at battling for the win in Leg 3 as his car felt ‘really good’ in the warm-up. Pleased to see Prumper on the podium and Cyril N’diaye finish fourth overall thanks to his third place in A-Main 3, the Yokomo No.1 was happy with the progress they made having found themselves well off the pace at the beginning of the weekend.
With John Bruins having secured a very popular overall victory in the Xray Pro Stock class, allowing him to sit out the third main, this left Martin Hofer to take an easy win over Daniel Wohlgemuth. The result meant the German pair joined Bruins, who secured the first ever TQ and first ever win in the Pro Stock class for Tamiya, on the podium.
A great first outdoor race of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series, drivers now have four weeks to prepare for the season finale at Andernach in German where one of the most star studded entries of the season is expected to take part.
Xenon Modified A-Main Leg 3 results
1. Yannic Prümper – 19 Laps in 5:01.723
2. Marc Rheinard – 19 Laps in 5:01.865
3. Cyril N’diaye – 19 Laps in 5:04.350
4. Steen Graversen – 19 Laps in 5:09.330
5. Juho Levanen – 19 Laps in 5:11.683
6. Frederik Südhoff – 19 Laps in 5:12.743
7. Jilles Groskamp – 14 Laps in 3:44.685
8. Viktor Wilck – 12 Laps in 3:29.287
9. Christopher Krapp – 7 Laps in 1:56.266
10.Ronald Völker – 1 Lap in 0:33.964
Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 3 results
1. Martin Hofer – 17 Laps in 5:02.589
2. Daniel Wohlgemuth – 17 Laps in 5:04.981
3. Sandro Kuriger – 17 Laps in 5:06.862
4. Oliver Franke – 17 Laps in 5:07.125
5. Jens Kröger – 17 Laps in 5:07.320
6. Steffen Leinburger – 17 Laps in 5:09.809
7. Tony Streit – 17 Laps in 5:10.201
8. Ivan Laptev – 17 Laps in 5:10.833
9. Michael Spiering – 17 Laps in 5:11.169
10.John Bruins – DNS
Xenon Modified Overall Result
1. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 3 pts
2. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Speed Passion – 4
3. Jilles Groskamp (NL) – Tamiya/Orion – 5
4. Cyril N’diaye (FR) – Yokomo/LRP – 8
5. Steen Graversen (DK) – Awesomatix/Speed Passion – 10
6. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 11
7. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 11
8. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 12
9. Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 12
10.Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/Reedy – 13
Xray Pro-Stock Overall Result
1. John Bruins (NL) – Tamiya – 2 pts
2. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 3
3. Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – Hot Bodies – 5
4. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 6
5. Sandro Kuriger (CH) – Tamiya – 7
6. Steffen Leinburger (DE) – Xray – 9
7. Jens Kröger (DE) – Kyosho – 10
8. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 11
9. Michael Spiering (DE) – TOP – 14
10.Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 16
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Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 2 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
After a rather dull opening leg of the Xenon Modified A-Main at Apeldoorn the second final provided plenty of action with Marc Rheinard taking the win over the Yokomo’s of Ronald Volker and Yannic Prumper. The winner of Leg 1, Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp got completely out of shape as the cars left the start line and ended up on the grass eventually recovering to finish fourth. Also getting loose off the line Rheinard, who started to the right of his team-mate, managed to stay on the asphalt and took up the early lead only to through it away on lap 3. Rolling his TRF417 one corner earlier than where he lost his chance of victory in the opening leg, this allowed Volker to take the lead. Heading the pack for 5 laps he was also to roll handing the lead back to the No.2 car of Rheinard.
Volker said afterwards he was lucky to take the lead and admitted he always knew Rheinard would catch him up again, however he did not plan to give the lead back to the World Champion just as easily as he did.
Setting the fastest lap of the race as he battled for third with Prumper, Groskamp joked afterwards that his Orion electrics ‘had too much power’ but continued that he just had less traction this time round, something which Rheinard said he also had a problem with.
In Pro Stock John Bruins fended off pressure from standings leader Martin Hofer to back up his Leg 1 win and take the overall victory for the Dutch round. The Dutch racer’s first international win it also marks the first success for Tamiya in Pro Stock, the largest class of the ETS. A very popular winner with the local crowd, Bruins admitted he had to battle his nerves but said the relief & joy of winning at home was amazing. Bruins will sit out the third and final leg allowing the other nine drivers to battle for the other podium placings.
Xenon Modified A-Main Leg 2 results
1. Marc Rheinard – 19 Laps in 5:01.397
2. Ronald Völker – 19 Laps in 5:02.837
3. Yannic Prümper – 19 Laps in 5:03.832
4. Jilles Groskamp – 19 Laps in 5:04.021
5. Viktor Wilck – 19 Laps in 5:07.182
6. Frederik Südhoff – 19 Laps in 5:08.832
7. Christopher Krapp – 19 Laps in 5:09.763
8. Cyril N’diaye – 19 Laps in 5:10.474
9. Juho Levanen – 19 Laps in 5:10.771
10.Steen Graversen – 19 Laps in 5:10.924
Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 2 results
1. John Bruins – 17 Laps in 5:01.874
2. Martin Hofer – 17 Laps in 5:02.223
3. Daniel Wohlgemuth – 17 Laps in 5:03.844
4. Tony Streit – 17 Laps in 5:06.757
5. Jens Kröger – 17 Laps in 5:08.033
6. Sandro Kuriger – 17 Laps in 5:10.044
7. Steffen Leinburger – 17 Laps in 5:10.458
8. Oliver Franke – 17 Laps in 5:13.629
9. Ivan Laptev – 17 Laps in 5:14.214
10.Michael Spiering – 17 Laps in 5:16.000
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Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 1 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp has won the opening leg of the Xenon Modified A-Main at the fifth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Apeldoorn in a rather uneventful race. The Dutch ace took an easy victory leading from start to finish to win from TRF team-mate Marc Rheinard and Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper. As the race was reaching the midway distance things looked to be hotting up with Rheinard set to mount a challenge on the two time former ETS Champion but running high on the curb coming onto the straight his car got sideways catching the grass giving Groskamp the break he needed to cruise to the win.
Groskamp said he got lucky when Rheinard got on the grass but is confident that today’s hot conditions will suit his smooth driving and allow him to protect his tyres from over heating. Very happy with his TRF417 and that his Orion motor can match Rheinard’s Speed Passion, something he was not able to do last year at the similarly large MACH track, he is confident he can repeat his 2009 Apeldoorn victory this afternoon. Still seeking his first overall ETS win as Champion of the series, which has just one more event remaining after this weekend, Rheinard believes without his mistake he would have been able to take his team-mate and plans to stay off the curbs for the rest of the day.
Despite holding off the close attentions of Team Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp to claim third, Prumper was not happy with his BD5 which he said did not work well on fresh rubber. Having topped the third round of qualifying yesterday, the German teenager is confident that on used tyres he can be a lot more competive in the remaining two finals here in the Netherlands.
Having got the jump on his Yokomo team-mate Prumper, champion elect Ronald Volker looked on target to take a distant third until his car came to a halt on lap 15. Caused by the end cover coming off his LRP motor, the German appeared more concerned about his lack of pace compared with Groskamp and Rheinard saying he needs to find something big for Leg 2. The other retirement of the race was Freddy Sudhoff who went out with a broken rear gear diff in his Hot Bodies TCX.
In the first of the Xray Pro Stock A-Mains John Bruins also took an easy win after a messy first lap by the rest of the 10 car field. The Dutch Tamiya driver had a lucky start after which he was able to control the race but said with a clean start the second leg is going to be very different story. The driver expected to mount the biggest challenge was Martin Hofer but after two incidents on the opening lap he pulled up his Schumacher early so as to save his new tyres. Running the first final on used tyres, as Bruins did, last year’s Dutch ETS winner Oliver Franke took second from fourth on the grid. Having finally found a set-up for his Hot Bodies that he likes and with a fresh set of tyres for the second leg he is confident he can pull off another good result. Starting 8th on the grid Xray driver Steffen Leinburger survived the first lap incidents to take 3rd holding off strong pressure from the Tamiya of Swiss driver Sandro Kuriger.
Xray Modified A-Main Leg 1 results
1. Jilles Groskamp – 20 Laps in 5:13.788
2. Marc Rheinard – 20 Laps in 5:14.579
3. Yannic Prümper – 19 Laps in 5:03.527
4. Christopher Krapp – 19 Laps in 5:03.639
5. Cyril N’diaye – 19 Laps in 5:07.103
6. Steen Graversen – 19 Laps in 5:08.274
7. Viktor Wilck – 19 Laps in 5:12.178
8. Juho Levanen – 19 Laps in 5:13.529
9. Ronald Völker – 14 Laps in 3:41.183
10. Frederik Südhoff – 8 Laps in 2:15.147
Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 1 results
1. John Bruins – 17 Laps in 5:05.257
2. Oliver Franke – 17 Laps in 5:07.782
3. Steffen Leinburger – 17 Laps in 5:08.709
4. Sandro Kuriger – 17 Laps in 5:08.928
5. Michael Spiering – 17 Laps in 5:13.330
6. Jens Kröger – 17 Laps in 5:18.003
7. Tony Streit – 16 Laps in 5:01.337
8. Ivan Laptev – 16 Laps in 5:02.715
9. Daniel Wohlgemuth – 4 Laps in 1:19.322
10. Martin Hofer – 4 Laps in 1:25.740
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Video – Qualifying Heat 20 Rd2 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Former two time ETS champion Jilles Groskamp will start his first appearance in the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series from pole position tomorrow in Apeldoorn. The Tamiya driver tied on points with team-mate Marc Rheinard and Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper but having produced the fastest 5-minute time of qualifying when he topped Q1 yesterday, the Dutch ace was declared Top Qualifier.
In the fourth & final round of qualifying Groskamp looked well on target to claim his second TQ run of the event until he ran wide at the end of the straight on lap 9 causing his Orion powered TRF417 to spin out onto the grass under braking. The incident cost him over 7-seconds allowing Prumper and the Top Qualifier of every other race this season Ronald Volker to battle for the fastest time. In the end Volker topped the time sheets for the first time this weekend becoming only the third driver to record 20 laps which secures him fourth on the grid behind team-mate Prumper.
Groskamp admitted he was lucky that Volker denied Prumper the round but said despite his off he is really confident for tomorrow’s triple leg finals when he will be looking to repeat the result from 2-years-ago when he won this event. Having switched back to a spool on his TRF417 for Q4 the former European Champion said the car was better and he believes he has the fastest car which he now just has to keep in the middle of the track.
Starting second on the grid Rheinard, who has still to win a race in a year that he is the reigning champion, failed to finish the last heat. Suffering with a very loose car that kept spinning out he pulled up early. Finding nothing wrong with the car he hopes it was just down to running used tyres.
Volker who ran a set-up which he described as a combination of both Prumper’s and Cyril N’diaye was much happier with his LRP powered BD5. More confident with the car in Q4 he is looking forward to tomorrow’s finals as is Prumper. 3-time French Champion N’diaye failed to finish the round after he broke a rear belt but still lines up behind his Yokomo team-mates in fifth and will be one to watch tomorrow.
In a desperate attempt to make the Top 10 and secure a place in the A-Main former ETS Top Qualifier Steen Graversen ran one of his fresh sets of allocated race tyres in Q4 and it paid off. Taking his Russian designed Awesomatix to the third fastest time the Danish driver will start 8th on the grid between the Kyosho of Christopher Krapp and the Hot Bodies of Freddy Sudhoff. Polish race winner Juho Levanen who ran in the second highest group of drivers had to sweat out the last qualifier of the day but thanks to his Q1 & 3 times just made it onto the back of the grid in 10th.
In Pro Stock John Bruins made it a TQ double for the Dutch and Tamiya as he topped Q4 from Daniel Wohlgemuth to secure pole ahead of standings leader Martin Hofer who had an off in Q4. Super pleased with his day, 27-year-old Bruins said his TRF417 felt really good and he is looking forward to tomorrow. A winner of a club race here two weeks ago he said the racing should be really interesting. Hofer was not too worried about starting second saying he won from that spot at the last round to notch up his second consecutive ETS win.
Xenon Modified A-Final Grid
1. Jilles Groskamp (NL) – Tamiya/Orion – 308 pts
2. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 308
3. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Speed Passion – 308
4. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 307
5. Cyril N’diaye (FR) – Yokomo/LRP – 303
6. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 302
7. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 302
8. Steen Graversen (DK) – Awesomatix/Speed Passion – 301
9. Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 299
10.Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/Reedy – 297
Xray Pro-Stock A-Final Grid
1. John Bruins (NL) – Tamiya – 310 pts
2. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 310
3. Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – Hot Bodies – 305
4. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 304
5. Sandro Kuriger (CH) – Tamiya – 303
6. Jens Kröger (DE) – Kyosho – 300
7. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 299
8. Steffen Leinburger (DE) – Xray – 298
9. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 297
10.Michael Spiering (DE) – TOP – 296
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