Sunday, October 17, 2010
Video – Modified & ProStock A-main Leg2 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Ronald Volker has taken the overall victory at the 2010/11 ‘Yokomo Euro Touring Series’ season opener in Kastellaun with another dominant performance in the second A-Main. Starting from pole, the Team Yokomo driver once again lead from start to finish to secure his first ever ETS success. Helped by a great battle for second, the German said it was an easier race than the earlier final as he was more confident with his BD5 this time round. Praising the support from his Yokomo team, in particular his mechanic Yukijiro Umino, the European Indoor and Outdoor Champion said he is already looking forward to next month’s Czech ETS encounter which is taking place in the same venue as he will defend his Indoor title early next year. With the battle for the other two podium places wide open Volker has opted to sit out the third leg of the final.
While Volker pulled clear into the distance the big battle was between Freddy Sudhoff, Marc Rheinard & Viktor Wilck, the TRF pairing chasing down Sudhoff’s green Hot Bodies. Unfortunately on lap 25 Wilck tagged the back of the TCX causing the body to tuck and his TRF416 to spin allowing Rheinard through to take second. Although Sudhoff fared out worst from the clash rejoining to finish fourth behind Wilck the ultra professional racer was quick to point out afterwards that it was not Viktor’s fault and that it had been a really enjoyable battle.
Rheinard said his Tamiya was not good in the early part of the race and he had to let his team-mate, who started just behind on the grid, through. As the race progressed the car started to work well allowing him to put in the fastest lap as he caught back up to the battle but he was unable to find a way passed until the pair made contact. Despite his best effort over the last seven laps there was nothing he could do to dent Volker’s lead.
Also wrapping up his first ever ETS victory early was Pro-Stock Top Qualifier Eric Dankel. The Xray driver said his T3 11 was not as good as in the opening leg and but he controlled the race despite a strong challenge in the dying moments of the race from the Hot Bodies of Oliver Franke. Delighted to set a new fastest lap for the track, Franke said afterwards that catching was one thing but getting passed on this layout was another but he thinks a new set of tyres for the third and final leg should give him the edge he needs to bag a win. Once again Martin Hofer failed to mount the expected challenge but on this occasion it was not his own doing. With all the cars on the grid throughout the driver introductions he believes his speedo went into a sleep mode and at the start it just creeped off the line getting tagged by most of the cars starting behind him. Champion Alexander Stocker had a good run from 8th on the grid to complete the Top 3.
Xenon Modified Result – Leg 2
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 32/5:06.741
2. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 32/5:07.754
3. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 32/5:08.901
4. Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 31/5:01.459
5. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Speedpassion – 31/5:03.449
6. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/LRP – 31/5:03.991
7. Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 31/5:05.153
8. Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/LRP – 31/5:05.489
9. Elliott Harper (GB) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 31/5:08.061
10.Lucas Urbain (FR) – Losi/Speedpassion – 31/5:08.269
Xray Pro-Stock Result – Leg 2
1. Eric Dankel (DE) – Xray – 30/5:05.776
2. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 30/5:06.017
3. Alexander Stocker (DE) – Yokomo – 30/5:09.652
4. Tim Wahl (DE) – Xray – 30/5:11.316
5. Martin Hofer (DE) – Yokomo – 29/5:03.266
6. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 29/5:10.302
7. René Klöckner (DE) – Tamiya – 29/5:11.261
8. Carsten Madsen (DK) – Tamiya – 29/5:11.498
9. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Tamiya – 29/5:14.183
10.Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – xray – 28/5:02.267
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Video – Modified & ProStock A-main Leg1 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Ronald Volker has taken a convincing win in the opening leg of the Xenon Modified final here in Kastellaun this morning heading home old rival Marc Rheinard. Starting from pole the Team Yokomo driver continued his domination of the event leading from start to finish but afterwards said the race was not as straight forward as it looked. With his LRP powered BD5 working well at the start he was able to pull a gap on the pack but in the latter part of the race the car become very loose. ‘I had to drive very carefully in the last part of the race. I knew Marc was fast but I could see he was taking a lot risks so I just tried to stay cool and focus on my driving to maintain the gap and it payed off as he made a few mistakes’.
Setting the fastest lap of the race Rheinard was happy with his Speed Passion powered Tamiya but not himself, ‘The car was working better now but I made too many small mistakes’. Having started 3rd, the German got passed Freddy Sudhoff and looked to be making inroads on Volker but a number of mistakes canceled out his progress. The World Champion will leave his TRF416 set-up the as is but will replace the rear arms as one has become a little sloppy.
The start of the race didn’t go as planned for ‘Fast Freddy’ Sudhoff, the Hot Bodies driver saying he had too much traction and in the opening part of the race it was a challenge to keep it on four wheels. As the race progressed the handling improved allowing the German to recover and find a way passed factory Associated driver Juho Levanen for third. Sudhoff, whose TCX is fitted with a self created chassis plate, said he will change his tyre prep for the next final and leave the set-up as is. Levanen enjoyed a great start to the race going from 6th to 3rd. Having a great battle with Sudhoff he said he eventually had to let the German go and settle for fourth as his TC6 lost pace after the 3 minute mark.
Last year’s winner Viktor Wilck who lined up fourth on the grid saw his chances end on the opening lap after Dominik Fleishmann made contact with the rear of his Tamiya causing the body to tuck. Despite being able to run a similar pace in terms of lap times to Volker and team-mate Rheinard he would only finished 9th.
In the Xray Pro-Stock final, Top Qualifier Eric Dankel took a very convincing victory to head home an Xray 1-2 with Tim Wahl finishing second. The German said he was helped by the early battle for second which gave him the chance to make a break. With Pro-Stock drivers permitted a new set of Xenon tyres for the finals, Dankel opted to change and was very happy with how the car worked on the fresh rubber. Martin Hofer, who was expected to be his main challenge, also ran fresh tyres but his Yokomo didn’t respond as well causing his BD5 to be very edgy for the first part of the race. The runner-up here last year, he said nerves also got the better of him saying he thought too much about the race rather than just getting on with driving. With Hofer out of sorts it allowed 16-year-old Wahl to take second. Starting from 4th on the grid the German was delighted by his performance and is hopeful of repeating it in the next race.
Defending champion Alexander Stocker, who has switched from his Hot Bodies to Hofer’s spare Yokomo chassis, set the fastest lap of the race but an early incident hampered his progress and he could only finished 6th. Encouraged by the handling of the BD5, the winner of this race on the last three occasions is confident of better thing in Legs 2 & 3.
Xenon Modified Result – Leg 1
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 32/5:05.579
2. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 32/5:06.641
3. Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 31/5:01.790
4. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/LRP – 31/5:02.02.018
5. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Speedpassion – 31/5:07.094
6. Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 31/5:07.882
7. Elliott Harper (GB) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 31/5:08.312
8. Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/LRP – 31/5:08.555
9. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 31/5:08.825
10.Lucas Urbain (FR) – Losi/Speedpassion – 28/4:40.160
Xray Pro-Stock Result – Leg 1
1. Eric Dankel (DE) – Xray – 30/5:06.649
2. Tim Wahl (DE) – Xray – 30/5:10.243
3. Martin Hofer (DE) – Yokomo – 29/5:00.387
4. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Tamiya – 29/5:01.976
5. René Klöckner (DE) – Tamiya – 29/5:04.067
6. Alexander Stocker (DE) – Yokomo – 29/5:04.734
7. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 29/5:05.022
8. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 29/5:07.321
9. Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – Xray – 29/5:09.332
10.Carsten Madsen (DK) – Tamiya – 28/5:04.356
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Volker completes clean sweep in qualifying Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
He topped practice yesterday and today he remained at the top of the time sheets TQ’ing all five round of qualifying here at the opening race of the 2010/11 ‘Yokomo Euro Touring Series’. The German ace, who has been at the top of his game this season, topped the last of the 118 heats which were run over 14 hours in Kastellaun today with the fastest 5-minute run.
With Volker having already wrapped up pole for the Xenon Modified A-Main the big interest in the last qualifier was how the rest of the grid would fair out and it was Freddy Sudhoff who was to win that battle. Setting the second fastest time, the result moves his Hot Bodies up the number 2 starting position on the grid ahead of ETS Champion Marc Rheinard who ended the day with the third fastest time.
Q5 saw a very determined Viktor Wilck set a new track record as he looked to move up the grid but his Tamiya flew off the track ending the Swede challenge and he drops to fourth in the starting order. Starting behind him will be Dominik Fleischmann followed by Associated’s Juho Levanen. Deserving of a bonus from Losi for his performance here among the world class factory line up of drivers, super fast French driver Lucas Urbain will start 7th with his Speed Passion power JRX-S a car that was designed a number of years ago.
Completing the grid for the main event tomorrow are Yokomo’s Yannic Prümper, TRF’s Elliot Harper and Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg. The unfortunate BQ honour falls to Junior European Indoor Champion Adrian Berntsen but the Norwegian faces some high class opposition in the B-Main from the likes of Martin Hudy, Teemu Leino, Andy Moore and European finalist Loic Jasmin.
After TQ’ing the final round of qualifying Eric Dankel will start tomorrow’s Pro-Stock A-Main from pole. Running his Xray T3′11, which is fitted with Spec-R gear diffs both front and rear, the German Indoor Champion claimed his fourth TQ run of the five rounds of qualifying. Although he has the number one starting position for the three leg final the 19-year-old nitro champion is not taking anything for granted tomorrow saying its not going to be easy, as racing is totally different to qualifying.
Despite his worst run of qualifying Martin Hofer, the only other driver to TQ a round this weekend, will line up second on the grid and is confident he can take the challenge to Dankel, a driver he has plenty of experience competing against. The runner-up here 12 months ago, the Yokomo driver will change to a harder front ant-roll bar on his BD5 and other than that feels the car is good enough for the victory. Behind him on the grid will be Dutch ETS winner Oliver Franke, second fastest in Q5. Two drivers at the rear end of the grid who will be ones to watch are defending champion Alexander Stocker, who has never been beaten at this race, and Vice-Champion Daniel Wohlgemuth who start 8th and 9th respectively.
Xenon Modified top 10
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 310pts
2. Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 306pts
3. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 306pts
4. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 305pts
5. Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 303pts
6. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/LRP – 301pts
7. Lucas Urbain (FR) – Losi/Speedpassion – 298pts
8. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Speedpassion – 298pts
9. Elliott Harper (GB) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 297pts
10.Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/LRP – 297pts
Xray Pro Stock top 10
1. Eric Dankel (DE) – Xray – 310pts
2. Martin Hofer (DE) – Yokomo – 308pts
3. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 306pts
4. Tim Wahl (DE) – Xray – 304pts
5. René Klöckner (DE) – Tamiya – 304pts
6. Carsten Madsen (DK) – Tamiya – 301pts
7. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Tamiya – 300pts
8. Alexander Stocker (DE) – Hot Bodies – 300pts
9. Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – xray – 296pts
10.Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 296pts
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Video – Qualifying Heat 27 Round 4 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Ronald Volker has secured the overall TQ honours for the opening round of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series as he continued his domination of proceedings in the penultimate qualifier. The European Champion recorded the fastest 5-minute run of the event putting pole position for tomorrow’s finals beyond reach of his rivals. The German switched from a gear diff to a ball diff in the back of his Yokomo BD5 which improved stability through the sweeper but create understeer out of the hairpin but overall the car felt safer to drive. A great start to the event for Yokomo who have made a big commitment to the ETS becoming this season’s title sponsor, Volker feels pole position is a big advantage on this track as overtaking is difficult. With the pressure now off, Volker plans to use the fifth & final heat to test a different set-up ahead of the finals.
Setting the fastest lap Sweden’s Viktor Wilck claimed second for the round, the Tamiya driver having set the early pace for the top heat. Making it three different cars at the top of the time sheets Freddy Sudhoff got a clear run in to claim third. A podium finisher here two years ago the German ran a self designed and produced chassis plate on his TCX. A narrower chassis than the standard kit version, it made for a softer car which he said felt perfect for the track conditions. Currently tied on points with Wilck, Sudhoff said he really wants to beat last year’s winner in the final qualifier which would allow him to line up third on the grid.
ETS Champion Marc Rheinard, who passed Sudhoff on track only to put his Tamiya on two wheels loosing both time and track position, finished fourth. Just missing out on his first 31 lap run by 8/10th Juho Levanen was next up just ahead of a much improved Yannic Prumper. An ETS race winner the young German said raising the bodyshell on his Speedpassion powered Yokomo had made the car much easy to drive and combined with better driving he was able to record his best run, but he has his work cut out for him to try and make the A-Main as he currently sits 13th in the qualification ranking.
Eric Dankel notched up another TQ run in the Xray Pro-Stock class with the fastest time of the event. Running the controlled speedo & 13.5T motor from Speedpassion, the Xray driver once again headed the Yokomo of Martin Hofer meaning the pair will battle it out in the final qualifier to see who gets pole for the finals. Oliver Franke claimed another Top 3 time with his Hot Bodies ahead of Russia’s Ivan Laptev who finish 3rd overall in last season’s ETS standings. Czech race winner Daniel Wohlgemuth enjoyed his best time, which was good enough for fifth and sees him tied on points for 10th position on the grid with another race winner Meik Niemann. In the Speedpassion Hobby class Lucas Fischer claimed his first TQ run but having been fastest in the first three rounds Oliver Günther already had the pole secured.
Xenon Modified Top 10 – Q4
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 31/5:05.832
2. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/SP – 31/5:07.422
3. Frederik Sudhoff (DE) – HB/LRP – 31/5:08.326
4. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/SP – 31/5:09.836
5. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/Reedy – 30/5:00.891
6. Yannic Prumper (DE) – Yokomo/SP – 30/5:01.375
7. Teemu Leino (FI) – Xray/Orion – 5:02.226
8. Elliot Harper (GB) – Tamiya/SP – 30/5:02.544
9. Steen Graversen (DK) – Tamiya/SP – 30/5:02.982
10.Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 30/5:03.379
Xray Pro-Stock Top 10 – Q4
1. Eric Dankel (DE) – Xray – 29/5:03.543
2. Martin Hofer (DE) – Yokomo – 29/5:07.481
3. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 29/5:07.950
4. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Tamiya – 29/5:08.556
5. Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – Xray – 29/5:09.318
6. Carsten Madsen (DK) – Tamiya – 29/5:10.118
7. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 29/5:10.408
8. Alexander Stocker (DE) – Hot Bodies – 28/5:00.211
9. René Klöckner (DE) – Tamiya – 28/5:00.226
10.Miek Niemann (DE) – Hot Bodies – 28/5:01.217
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Volker closes in on pole position Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Ronald Volker has made it three out of three in qualifying for the first round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series taking another TQ run to close in on securing pole position for tomorrow’s finals. The Team Yokomo driver felt track conditions had changed with traction levels increasing which made his LRP powered BD5 more difficult to drive. The German says they plan a number of changes to the set-up, which has so far remained unchanged, and try to put the overall TQ honours beyond the reach of his rivals in the penultimate qualifier.
Setting the second fastest time and looking like a more serious threat to Volker, Marc Rheinard said he now felt things were starting to get better. Switching to a fresh TRF416 chassis for Q3, the ETS Champion said it worked pretty well. Fitted with a ball diff the more upbeat German will try a gear diff for the next outing. Tamiya/Speedpassion team-mate Viktor Wilck also produced a more competitive heat finishing only 2/100ths adrift to set the third fastest time despite a roll. The Top Qualifier and winner here last year, the Swede said his car seemed better after a diff rebuild and new belts and he plans to run it as it is for Q4.
Driving a Hot Bodies Dominik Fleischmann continued his strong performance here in Kastellaun running the fourth fastest time followed by the third member of the Tamiya Racing Factory team Elliot Harper. Harper, who was on the podium at both the World and European Championships earlier in the year, felt it was a lucky run as other drivers were fastest than him but hit problems. With his car a handful to drive he is going to switch to the same set-up as Wilck for the penultimate round of heats.
Fastest Xray was Martin Hudy, the Slovak racer posting his best round with the 6th fastest time. Hudy was frustrated by traffic which cost him time but was pleased with the progress he had made with his new T3 ‘11. Harder oil and lowering of the shock position had transformed the car from being very edgy to very smooth. Freddy Sudhoff managed 7th but was on for stronger run until a big off cost him over 4 seconds. Teemu Leino recorded his first Top 10 run with 8th ahead Juho Levanen and Daniel Sober.
Let down by his driving in Q2 Eric Dankel bounced back to top the third round of qualifying for the Xray Pro-Stock class. The German who opened the event by setting the pace in the first of the five rounds of heats said his Xray started off good but became very loose in the final 2 minutes. Despite this he set a new fastest time but to try cure the problem he will now try a heavier oil in the rear shocks. Martin Hofer had the opposite problem. Too much additive on the front tyres gave him too much front bite on his Yokomo BD5 for the early part of the race but by the end it was good again allowing him to set the fastest lap and recover to record the second quickest time. Young Rene Klockner enjoyed another strong round, setting the third fastest time as the only other driver to complete 30 laps over the 5-minutes. ETS race winners Oliver Franke and Meik Niemann finished 4th and 5th respectively.
Xenon Modified Top 10 – Q3
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 31/5:07.472
2. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/SP – 31/5:08.757
3. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/SP – 31/5:08.778
4. Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – HB/LRP – 30/5:01.453
5. Elliot Harper (GB) – Tamiya/SP – 30/5:03.917
6. Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 30/5:04.046
7. Frederik Sudhoff (DE) – HB/LRP – 30/5:04.409
8. Teemu Leino (FI) – Xray/Orion – 5:05.128
9. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/Reedy – 30/5:05.593
10.Daniel Sieber (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 30/5:05.786
Xray Pro-Stock Top 10 – Q3
1. Dankel Eric (DE) – Xray – 29/5:05.633
2. Hofer Martin (DE) – Yokomo – 29/5:06.449
3. Klöckner René (DE) – Tamiya – 28/5:10.055
4. Franke Oliver (DE) – Hot Bodies – 28/5:00.002
5. Miek Niemann (DE) – Hot Bodies – 28/5:02.185
6. Madsen Carsten (DK) – Tamiya – 28/5:02.593
7. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Tamiya – 28/5:02.765
8. Tim Wahl (DE) – Xray -28/5:03.402
9. Streit Tony (DE) – Xray – 28/5:03.520
10.Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – Xray – 28/5:05.238
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