Tuesday, January 17, 2012
First Italian ETS encounter attracts World class entry of nitro drivers Categories - Announcement, Racing - comments closed
This weekend (January 20-22) the Euro Touring Series travels to all new territory as Italy plays host to the second round of the Yokomo backed 2011/12 Series with a massive 300 strong entry set to descend on the town of Scandiano in the North East of the country. A nation famed for its motoring passion and in rc racing for producing world class nitro drivers, the event has attracted one of the sport’s greatest legends Lamberto Collari who will be joined by other big names from the onroad nitro scene such as Dario Balestri, Walter Salemi and Andrea Pirani. A nine-time 1:8 Onroad World Champion, Collari has already shown his ability to quickly adapt to 1:10 electric touring cars having made the A-Main at the Italian Charity Race in December which attracted a quality field as the main factory teams used it as a warm-up event for the first ever Italian ETS encounter.
Racing a Yokomo chassis, Collari will be in good hands on his ETS debut having reigning Modified Champion Ronald Volker for a team-mate. The Team Yokomo lead driver got his title defence off to the perfect start at the season opener in Germany at the end of October when he took a dominant victory over his great rival Marc Rheinard and the driver who carries the unofficial title of being the World’s best touring car driver on carpet is sure to have plenty of top tips for Collari who is much more at home on asphalt tracks.
Having been victorious over Volker when they used the Italian Charity Race as preparation for this weekend, Tamiya Racing Factory’s Rheinard will be hoping he can take his first ETS carpet success since Poland two seasons ago. The World Champion lost his crown as Champion of what is now the World’s biggest championship for electric touring cars to Volker last year after the Team Yokomo driver dominated the first half of the season on carpet and Rheinard knows the key to retaking the title is denying his fellow German a victory indoors.
Having secured his first ETS podium finish at this seasons opening round, Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp will be aiming to build on that result this weekend but will have to see off tough opposition from rival factory drivers in the Ride Modified class. Two such drivers are Team Xray’s super fast Swede Alexander Hagberg who must now be due his big break and Team Associated’s Juho Levanen who looked very good at the Asian Touring Series pilot event at Yatabe in November where he finished runner-up to Volker.
In the Xray Pro Stock class Zdenko Kunák will be looking for a repeat of Round 1. In Germany we witnessed a very popular maiden victory for the Team Xray driver when the talented Slovak racer final got the job done holding off the Hot Bodies of former race winner Oliver Franke and the Schumacher of defending champion Martin Hofer.
Being a country steeped in Formula 1 history, the organisers of the ETS have chosen the Italian round to debut the new Formula class that will now join the Modified and Pro Stock Touring Cars classes as the third category on the race program at each of the remaining 5 rounds of the 2011/12 series. Replacing the Hobby class, Formula racing is enjoying growing interest around the world and the first race has had a very positive response with a healthy 45 entries registered for this weekend.
Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series gets underway with practice on Friday and culminates with triple mains for all drivers on Sunday. All the action from Scandiano can be followed live throughout the weekend on RedRC.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Xray support for 2011/2012 ETS Categories - Announcement, Racing - comments closed
After a successful season in 2010/2011 Xray is proud to announce that the 2011/2012 Euro Touring Series will be again supported and sponsored by Xray. Both the ETS organisers and the Xray company have agreed to create a mutual cooperation that will see the Slovakian company as a primary sponsor of the world’s biggest r/c touring car championship. This is a great news for all Xray drivers as the Xray factory team will be available at all six rounds of the ETS to provide full support and service. Xray guarantees that their service team will also be available at every race with a complete range of all spare parts and will provide technical and set-up help to all Xray drivers. Just look for the familiar Xray tent.
To cap it all off, all Xray drivers at every race will receive a FREE promo package that includes Xray T-shirt, pit towel and stickers.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Yokomo extends Euro Touring Series sponsorship Categories - Announcement, Racing - comments closed
With the 2011/12 Euro Touring Series set to get underway later this week in Germany the organisers of the world’s biggest r/c touring car championship are delighted to announce that Yokomo has extended their title sponsorship of the ETS for a second season. Coming onboard as title sponsor of the six round series in 2010, the Japanese company enjoyed a perfect first season as an ETS partner with their star driver Ronald Volker dominating the opening races en-route to beating the world class field of factory drivers to the overall championship title. In recognition of Yokomo’s extended support of the ETS the series will continue to be officially known as the ‘Yokomo Euro Touring Series’.
Along with the news of the extension of their relationship with Yokomo, ETS founders Uwe Rheinard and Scotty Ernst also made the announcement of an all new partnership with Japanese company Ride who will be the official controlled tyre supplier for 2011/12. Probably best known for their sponsorship of former World Touring Car Champion and ETS race winner Atsushi Hara, the deal with Ride came about following very positive feedback from competitors who got to run their tires at last season’s finale in Andernach. Two other companies the ETS organisers are pleased to welcome onboard are new associated sponsors Team Orion and Thunder Power.
Kicking off its fifth season this weekend with an all new event in Muelheim-Kaerlich, Germany, the popularity of the ‘Yokomo Euro Touring Series’ looks set to continue to grow with the 22nd running of an ETS race having received a record 301 prepaid entries. Last season a total of 641 drivers registering championship points over the three classes that form the race program of the three day events.
Having started out in 2007 with just four dates, the Euro Touring Series has established itself now as a six round championship that combines both indoor and outdoor events. Starting at a new location near Koblenz in Germany, the series features a very different 2011/12 calendar featuring five new venues with Italy and the holiday Island of Gran Canaria two exciting additions.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Euro Touring Series announce 2011/2012 schedule Categories - Announcement, Racing - comments closed
Having crowned the 2010/11 champions just weeks ago, the organisers of the Euro Touring Series have announced the schedule for season number 5. Coming off the back of a very successful fourth series, that saw over 630 drivers register points, the ETS will once again be run over six rounds and visit six different countries, two of which are new to the championship. The 2011/2012 season will kick off with the opening round in Mülheim-Kärlich near Koblenz, Germany, before going to Italy and Gran Canaria for rounds 2 and 3. A new location in Warsaw, Poland followed by racer favourite Apeldoorn in the Netherlands will host rounds 4 and 5 while the season finale will now be in Traiskirchen, Austria. Created by Scotty Ernst and Uwe Rheinard, the Euro Touring Series will kick off in Germany on October 28-30.
UPDATE: The location for round 4 in Poland has been moved from Warsaw to Poznan as the series race will now be part of Poland’s largest Motor show.
2011/2012 Euro Touring Series Calendar
Round 1 – 28-30 October 2011 – Koblenz, Germany
Round 2 – 20-22 January 2012 – Scandiano, Italy
Round 3 – 02-04 March 2012 – Gran Canaria, Spain
Round 4 – 13-15 April 2012 – Poznan, Poland
Round 5 – 01-03 June 2012 – Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Round 6 – 13-15 July 2012 – Traiskirchen, Austria
Friday, July 8, 2011
Socket Driver 7.0mm completes Hudy ETS tool set Categories - Announcement, Racing - comments closed
With the final round of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series taking place this weekend at Andernach in Germany, series sponsor Hudy will issue the final tool in the special edition 6 piece ETS set, the 7.0mm Socket Driver. Given to Pro Stock and Hobby drivers competing in Europe’s largest racing series, the Slovakian company has already handed out their 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm wrenches and a 3.0mm Arm reamer at the previous 5 rounds. The 25 Years Anniversary limited edition of the HUDY Exclusive Tool Line features super-lightweight CNC-machined Swiss 7075 T6 aluminum handles that reduce weight by 30% as well as a diamond-pattern surface for unsurpassed grip. The new generation of HUDY tips is hand-made from special world-renowned, top-secret, self-developed HUDY Spring Steel™, individually precision-ground, sized and shaped for perfect fit with fasteners and the unique hardening processes make the tips ultra-durable. Each tool includes a press-fit protective black cap in the handle end; optional color-coded plastic caps (violet, red, blue) are available to customize the tools to your preferences. A laser-engraved ETS logo is the finishing touch.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Season finale attracts World Class entry Categories - Announcement, Racing - comments closed
Andernach in Germany plays host to the finale of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Tourng Series this weekend (8-10th July) with a world class entry of almost 300 drivers from around the globe set to descend on the home town of reigning World & ETS Modified Champion Marc Rheinard. 13 of the Top 14 finishers from last year’s World Championships will compete in the sixth & final round of the series’ fourth season with a massive 27 nations being represented.
The 21st running of an ETS event, the championship regulars will be joined by former World Champion Atsushi Hara and American ace Paul Lemieux, setting the stage for a thrilling three days of competition. A previous winner at Andernach, Hara makes his first ETS appearance since finishing second to Rheinard at the season finale 12-months ago while Lemieux makes his third ever appearance, the last having been over two years ago when Poland made its debut on the series calendar.
In terms of the championship two new champions will be crowned at the weekend with Ronald Volker and Martin Hofer both looking to end their successful campaigns on a high.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Round 5 participants to collect Hudy 3.0mm Arm reamer Categories - Announcement, Racing - comments closed
With the fifth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series taking place this weekend in the Netherlands, event sponsor Hudy have been in touch to remind entrants that they can once again collect their free Limited edition tool, which this week will be a 3.0mm Arm reamer. Given to Pro Stock and Hobby drivers competing in Europe’s largest racing series, the Slovakian company has already handed out their 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm wrenches at the previous 4 rounds. Part of their 25 Years Anniversary limited edition series the tools feature super-lightweight CNC-machined Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium handles that reduce weight by 30% as well as a diamond-pattern surface for unsurpassed grip. The new generation of Hudy tips is hand-made from special world-renowned, top-secret, self-developed Hudy Spring Steel, individually precision-ground, sized and shaped for perfect fit with fasteners and the unique hardening processes make the tips ultra-durable. Each tool includes a press-fit protective black cap in the handle end; optional color-coded plastic caps (violet, red, blue) are available to customize the tools to your preferences. A laser-engraved ETS logo is the finishing touch.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
ETS heads outdoors as Apeldoorn hosts Round 5 Categories - Announcement, Racing - comments closed
The Yokomo Euro Touring Series gets back underway this weekend following a three month break with the beautiful Apeldoorn track in the Netherlands hosting the fifth round and first outdoor race of the 2010/11 season. Making a return to the ETS having previously held the Dutch round during the 2008/09 series, over 200 drivers will compete at Apeldoorn including two time champion Jilles Groskamp who took victory on the last visit to the track en route to successfully defending the inaugural ETS title.
His first appearance in this season’s ETS, the Dutch driver who is now based in Thailand, will join up with his Tamiya Racing Factory team-mates Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck as they seek their first win of 2010/11. Having won the Modified title every year since the creation of the series, Tamiya have had a lean season so far with defending champion Rheinard having struggled to match the pace of champion elect Ronald Volker.
Having seen their 100% winning run come to an end at the fourth round in Poland, Volker and his Yokomo team will be out to reaffirm themselves as the dominant force of the 2010/11 series. The man responsible for that first defeat was Team Associated’s Juho Levanen. 18 races after winning the first ever ETS race back in 2007, the Finnish ace took the TC6 to its first major European victory and will be looking to pick up where he left off and add to the car’s achievements this weekend.
One driver who will be looking to upset the regular front runners in the Xenon Modified class is Christopher Krapp. The factory Kyosho driver showed two weeks ago that his TF-6 is competitive on asphalt when he won the Warm-up race for the European Championships in Austria ahead of Yokomo team driver Yannic Prümper and Xray ace Alexander Hagberg.
In the Xray Pro-Stock class, standings leader Martin Hofer will be looking to make it three in a row for British manufacturer Schumacher but defending champion Alexander Stocker is back and will be looking to end his winning drought. Also set to be serious contenders for victory are Polish Top Qualifier Ivan Laptev with the Russian designed Awesomatix, last year’s Dutch round winner, when the race was held at Heemstede, Oliver Franke and local star Rob Janssen who put his extensive track knowledge to good use two years ago when he completely dominated the event.
Round 5, the penultimate round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, gets underway with practice on Friday and culminates with triple mains for all drivers on Sunday. All the action from Apeldoorn can be followed live throughout the weekend on RedRC.
