Sunday, July 10, 2011
Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 3 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Ronald Volker and Martin Hofer have been officially crowned champions of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series with the two Germans being presented with their winning trophies at a ceremony at the season finale at Andernach, Germany.
Slightly disappointed not to end his ultra successful campaign with win number 4, Volker had to be content with second overall for the sixth round behind Marc Rheinard but did get to close off the fourth season of the ETS with a Yokomo 1-2, a result that would secure third in the overall standings for team-mate Yannic Prumper. Winning three of the six events on the calendar, four of which he started from pole, Volker was delighted with the outcome of his first full ETS campaign saying it always felt good to beat his great rival Rheinard, the man from whom he takes away the title. Summing up his campaign the reigning European Champion paid tribute to the support and efforts of his Japanese Yokomo team in particular his engineer Umino. Dominating the indoor races Volker said this was key to securing the overall title which ends Tamiya’s reign of the premiere class since the creation of the ETS back in 2007.
Able to sit out the third A-Main having secured his second win of the season earlier in the day, Rheinard said it was good to end the season with back to back wins as it showed the Tamiya team had made good progress with the TRF417. Runner-up in the ETS standings, the World Champion said they still have work to do in getting the car right on carpet but is already realising the challenge of going head to head with Volker and Yokomo in the 2011/12 series.
Although he endured one of his toughest races of the season in Andernach, finishing up 7th overall, new Pro Stock Champion Hofer said he had achieved his overall goal. Joining Schumacher from the second round of the series, which he duly TQ’d and won, he said it was great to repay the British company and his long time sponsor GM Racing with the title. The first full season of running spec Speed Passion speedos and motors, Hofer endorsed the move by the ETS organisers saying it had made for really close racing and he thoroughly enjoyed his campaign.
For Ivan Laptev today’s racing will be moment he is going to remember for a long time as he secured his biggest ever victory. Winning the third leg of the Xray Pro Stock A-main the Russian driver secured his first ETS win and the first international success for the unique Awesomatix chassis. The result helped Laptev to finish runner-up in the championship and having finished third last season he said next year his aim must be the title. Having come close to winning in Poland, the win here was made all the more special by the fact his father, a popular figure in the pits, was on hand to see his son win as was the designer of the A700 Oleg Babich for whom this was a very special moment for the small new company.
The smaller of the three classes that make up the ETS, but a very important one especially for the nurturing of the future Volkers and Hofers of the sport, the Hobby Class also crowned a deserving champion today with Oliver Günther making it a great year for Germany. The force of touring car racing in Europe winning all three titles.
The 2010/11 Euro Touring Series has come to a close with a record entry of 251 drivers from 28 countries around the World being part of the season finale. Now 21 races old, the fourth season further endorses the ETS’ status as the world largest touring car championship with a total of 644 drivers taking part this season. The creators of the series, Scotty Ernst and Uwe Rheinard, have asked us to thank all the drivers and their families who have been a part of making the ETS as big as it is. They wanted to also thank all the clubs who hosted races this season and the sponsors in particular Yokomo, Xray, Xenon, Speed Passion and Hudy, who showed faith in their vision for the series.
Xenon Modified A-main Leg 3 result
1. Ronald Völker – Yokomo – 18L 5:10.067
2. Yannic Prümper – Yokomo – 18L 5:11.099
3. Jilles Groskamp – Tamiya – 18L 5:12.994
4. Atsushi Hara – Hot Bodies – 18L – 5:14.117
5. Christopher Krapp – Kyosho – 18L 5:17.120
6. Andy Moore – Hot Bodies – 17L 5:00.254
7. Viktor Wilck – Tamiya – 17L 5:00.379
8. Steen Graversen – Awesomatix – 17L 5:02.859
9. Eric Dankel – Xray – 17L 5:04.720
10.Marc Rheinard – Tamiya – DNS
Xray Pro Stock A-main Leg 3 result
1. Ivan Laptev – Awesomatix – 17L 5:14.941
2. Tony Streit – Xray – 17L 5:18.254
3. René Klöckner – Tamiya – 16L 5:00.291
4. Martin Hofer – Schumacher – 16L 5:02.876
5. Daniel Wohlgemuth – Tamiya – 16L 5:03.497
6. Michael Spiering – TOP – 16L 5:03.497
7. Michael Kiesewetter – Xray – 16L 5:04.814
8. John Bruins – Tamiya – 16L 5:05.056
9. Andre Schäfer – Serpent – 16L 5:12.349
10.Steffen Leinburger – Xray – 12L 3:50.137
Xenon Modified Overall result
1.(1) Marc Rheinard – Tamiya – 2 pts
2.(2) Ronald Völker – Yokomo – 3
3.(4) Yannic Prümper – Yokomo – 4
4.(5) Viktor Wilck – Tamiya – 7
5.(3) Jilles Groskamp – Tamiya – 8
6.(6) Andy Moore – Hot Bodies – 10
7.(7) Christopher Krapp – Kyosho – 12
8.(8) Steen Graversen – Awesomatix – 13
9.(9) Atsushi Hara – Hot Bodies – 14
10.(10)Eric Dankel – Xray – 15
Xray Pro Stock Overall result
1.(1) Ivan Laptev – Awesomatix – 2 pts
2.(2) Tony Streit – Xray – 3
3.(6) René Klöckner – Tamiya – 6
4.(8) John Bruins – Tamiya – 8
5.(9) Steffen Leinburger – Xray – 9
6.(4) Daniel Wohlgemuth – Tamiya – 11
7.(7) Martin Hofer – Schumacher – 12
8.(3) Michael Spiering – TOP – 12
9.(5) Michael Kiesewetter – Xray – 14
10.(10)Andre Schäfer – Serpent – 16
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Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 2 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Outgoing Euro Touring Series Champion Marc Rheinard has won the sixth & final round of the 2010/11 series after backing up his win in yesterday’s opening final with another start to finish victory this morning at Andernach. Starting from pole the German was never really challenged once again as he headed home the Yokomos of Ronald Volker and Yannic Prumper to claim his second overall win of the season.
Looking to end his ultra successful ETS season, in which he notched up three consecuitive wins and four consecutive TQs, Volker was clearly disappointed that he couldn’t take the fight for round 6 honours to the third leg. The Yokomo ace said afterwards he lost the race at the start when he had a few over shoots in the opening laps and with himself and Rheinard so evenly matched it was hard to pull back the time.
Once again making a blistering start to pass Jilles Groskamp on the opening lap, Prumper set the fastest lap of the race and goes into the final race of the season with a chance of claiming third overall in the standing from Poland winner Juho Levanen.
In the Xray Pro stock second A-Main Ivan Laptev looked to have his first overall ETS victory in the bag until he caught a kerb on his penultimate lap rolling his Awesomatix and allowing Xray driver Tony Streit through to take the win. Finishing second behind the German the duo will now go head to head for the win in the third leg later this afternoon. Starting from 8th on the grid, Apeldoorn winner John Bruins produced a stunning drive taking his Tamiya to third for the Leg putting himself in contention for an overall podium position.
Xenon Modified A-main Leg 2 result
1. Marc Rheinard – Tamiya – 18L 5:13.467
2. Ronald Völker – Yokomo – 18L 5:13.957
3. Yannic Prümper – Yokomo – 18L 5:16.321
4. Viktor Wilck – Tamiya – 17L 5:00.326
5. Jilles Groskamp – Tamiya – 17L 5:02.630
6. Andy Moore – Hot Bodies – 17L 5:03.322
7. Eric Dankel – Xray – 17L 5:03.941
8. Steen Graversen – Awesomatix – 17L 5:04.508
9. Christopher Krapp – Kyosho – 17L 5:07.974
10.Atsushi Hara – Hot Bodies – 17L – 5:08.887
Xray Pro Stock A-main Leg 2 result
1. Tony Streit – Xray – 16L 5:01.276
2. Ivan Laptev – Awesomatix – 16L 5:02.258
3. John Bruins – Tamiya – 16L 5:02.675
4. René Klöckner – Tamiya – 16L 5:04.724
5. Steffen Leinburger – Xray – 16L 5:05.313
6. Michael Spiering – TOP – 16L 5:06.644
7. Michael Kiesewetter – Xray – 16L 5:09.528
8. Martin Hofer – Schumacher – 16L 5:10.183
9. Andre Schäfer – Serpent – 16L 5:11.624
10.Daniel Wohlgemuth – Tamiya – 10L 3:14.923
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Saturday, July 9, 2011
Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 1 Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Due to the record entry competing at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series season finale in Germany, the opening leg of the finals took place directly after qualifying on Saturday evening with Top Qualifiers Marc Rheinard and Ivan Laptev pulling off easy wins, leading from start to finish.
In the Xenon Modified class Rheinard won by over a second from the Yokomo of Yannic Prumper even after reverting to cruise mode for the final three laps. Expecting a strong challenge from Ronald Volker who started second on the grid, the outgoing champion was never really pressured by the Yokomo ace. Struggling with his car’s handling the 2010/11 champion elect had an off on lap 6 allowing the Tamiya driver to take full control of proceedings.
Holding second despite the off, another error in the final minute would ultimately end Volker’s race as he dropped into the pack getting tagged from behind by Jilles Groskamp as they battled for fourth. Groskamp waited following the contact but with the body tucked on the Yokomo, the Tamiya driver resumed racing resulting in a Stop & Go penalty which the two time former champion felt was not justified. With no chance of a strong finish Volker pulled his BD5 WX to save the tyres for tomorrow’s remaining two finals while Groskamp went on to finish 6th.
While Prumper made a great early pass on Groskamp for third, Viktor Wilck didn’t want to risk contact with his team-mate in the opening laps but said afterwards it cost him a chance of second position. With his TRF417 working better than Groskamp’s, by the time he made the pass on the Dutchman the gap to Prumper was too large to claw back.
Hot Bodies’ Andy Moore finished a distant fourth with the British ace saying it was only because he managed to stay out of trouble as those ahead of him made mistakes. Summing up his race by saying he was ‘just hanging on’ to his TCX he said he needs a major rethink in terms of his set-up for tomorrow’s action. Team-mate Atsushi Hara didn’t complete a full lap as he lost a front wheel as the pack went through the Hudy esses for the first time.
Although he has been a Top Qualifier in the ETS’ largest class before, Laptev has yet to win an event overall but in Leg 1 of the Pro Stock A-Main he looked very much like he is on target to set that record straight this weekend. Starting from pole the Awesomatix team driver won by 3-second from the No.2 Xray of Tony Streit who was no match for the Russian with René Klöckner finishing third. For Martin Hofer, who is more used to starting at the front end of the grid it was a tough race and despite setting the fastest lap of the race the Schumacher driver finished last.
Xenon Modified A-main Leg 1 result
1. Marc Rheinard – 18L 5:13.689
2. Yannic Prümper – 18L 5:14.921
3. Viktor Wilck – 18L 5:15.969
4. Andy Moore – 17L 5:03.184
5. Steen Graversen – 17L 5:03.328
6. Jilles Groskamp – 17L 5:03.822
7. Christopher Krapp – 17L 5:04.364
8. Eric Dankel – 17L 5:04.502
9. Ronald Völker – 14L 4:15.037
10.Atsushi Hara – 1L 0:10.712
Xray Pro Stock A-main Leg 1 result
1. Laptev Ivan – 16L 5:01.131
2. Streit Tony – 16L 5:04.281
3. Klöckner René – 16L 5:05.962
4. Leinburger Steffen – 16L 5:06.755
5. Bruins John – 16L 5:07.269
6. Wohlgemuth Daniel – 16L 5:08.862
7. Schäfer Andre – 16L 5:10.154
8. Spiering Michael – 16L 5:11.710
9. Kiesewetter Michael – 16L 5:12.113
10.Hofer Martin – 16L 5:16.026
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Rheinard claims first TQ of the season at home track Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
Marc Rheinard has claimed his first Euro Touring Series TQ honour since starting last year’s season finale at Andernach from pole position enroute to lifting the overall title. Having claimed his first win as champion of the series at Apeldoorn last month, the German secured the honour of Top Qualifier by topping the final round of the Xenon Modified heats from Yannic Prumper.
Rheinard, Volker and Apeldoorn Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp went into the final run of the day as the only drivers capable of claiming the pole. Rheinard eventually took the round convincingly after Volker rolled his Yokomo through the chicane on the final lap as he tried to pull back a 2/10th deficit to his big rival. Ending up fourth fastest, Volker will start second in front of Dutch ace Groskamp who is very pleased with 3rd as this is a track he traditionally does not do well at.
Thanks to his run to second for Q4, Prumper will start the triple mains from fourth on the grid with his Yokomo lining up in front of the Tamiya of Viktor Wilck. Andy Moore fills the sixth spot on the grid while a poor last heat for Hot Bodies team-mate Atsushi Hara will see him start 9th making his chances of repeating his 2010 podium finish a tough one. Adding three other brands of cars in to the mix are Christopher Krapp whose Kyosho will carry number 7, Steen Graversen who qualified eighth for Awesomatix and Xray’s Eric Dankel who takes the final spot on the grid. With a seven way battle for the 10th spot in the grid there was a wager, started by Toni Rheinard, going on in the pits prior to final heat. Dankel, a two time Pro Stock winner this season, was the most popular choice with those who bet on the German getting a €21.50 return on their €5 bet.
In Pro Stock Ivan Laptev secured a second TQ honour of the season for small Russian manufacturer Awesomatix as Apeldoorn winner John Bruins turned around a tough weekend here in Germany to top the final round of qualifying. Taking Q4 ahead of former race winner Daniel Wohlgemuth, Bruins said the result was totally unexpected. Having struggled since arriving in Germany the Dutch racer said he finally got a good feeling with his Tamiya and into a rhythm on the very technical track layout they are running this weekend.
Only 8th fastest in Q4, Laptev said he struggled in the sweeper due to the wind but is confident he has a good safe car for the finals as shown in Q1 & 2 when he set the pace. Having failed to convert pole in Poland to victory with champion elect Martin Hofer taking the win, Laptev is confident he can claim the first ever all Russian win tomorrow. Xray driver Tony Streit starts second on the grid while Hofer, who is set to be crowned champion of the Xray Pro Stock class tomorrow, will line-up 7th, his lowest starting position of the season.
Xenon Modified A-Final Grid
1. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 310pts
2. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 308
3. Jilles Groskamp (NL) – Tamiya/Orion – 307
4. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Thunder Power – 305
5. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 304
6. Andy Moore (GB) – Hot Bodies/Moorespeed – 302
7. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 301
8. Steen Graversen (DK) – Awesomatix/Speed Passion – 299
9. Atsushi Hara (TH) – Hot Bodies/Reedy – 298
10.Eric Dankel (DE) – Xray/LRP – 293
Xray Pro-Stock A-Final Grid
1. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 310pts
2. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 308
3. Michael Spiering (DE) – TOP – 306
4. Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – Tamiya – 304
5. Michael Kiesewetter (DE) – Xray – 303
6. René Klöckner (DE) – Tamiya – 302
7. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 301
8. John Bruins (NL) – Tamiya – 300
9. Steffen Leinburger (DE) – Xray – 299
10.Andre Schäfer (DE) – Serpent – 299
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Rheinard TQs third qualifier Categories - Racing, Report - comments closed
The fight for the honour of being the Top Qualifier for the final race of the 2010/11 ETS is set to go down to the wire in Andernach this evening after Marc Rheinard became the third different driver to top the times sheets at the German event. The Tamiya driver and outgoing champion ran very closely with Q2 pace setter Ronald Volker until the Yokomo ace had trouble passing Steen Graversen losing 8/10th on his penultimate lap.
Rheinard said while conditions were not as good as Q2 this morning, due to the wind coming up and carrying sand onto the track, his Speed Passion powered TRF417 actually felt OK. Commenting on the wind/sand issue, the German who lives just 5 minutes from the track said it makes the car set-up very challenge as the track can change completely in just a matter of minutes. The Top Qualifier here last year the World Champion will leave his set-up as is and hope conditions are similar to Q3 in the final round.
Volker said while his incident was not good for him it does mean a more exciting climax to qualifying. Receiving an apology from Steen Graversen, who was fifth fastest for the round, Volker said his LRP powered BD5 WX pushed a little due to the higher temperature at the time of the heat but a switch from running a spool this morning to a geardiff had made the car more easy to drive.
Starting the heat one place ahead of Volker, who started last, Viktor Wilck said he had some problems with traffic. Having to go off line to let Volker passed he said he picked up a lot of dust on his tyres which took a few laps to clean off. Otherwise the Swede said his Thunder Power equipped Tamiya felt pretty OK.
Having made a mistake in Q2 which left him 15th for the round, Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp kept it clean this time to set the 4th fastest time. The German said his Orion powered TF6 was better suited to this morning’s track conditions but he was still happy with the package. With the wind picking up at the track, making for even more sandy conditions, Krapp plans to run softer sway bars in the final qualifier.
Sixth fastest behind the Awesomatix of Graversen, Andy Moore said his Hot Bodies was almost undriveable at the start of the run improving slightly as the run progressed. Looking for a cause to the ill handling the British ace found he had a broken front diff. Team-mate Atsushi Hara said his TCX felt better after changing the mixture in his front diff but the Japanese legend made a number of stupid mistakes, one which cost him four seconds, and he ended up only 10th fastest.
Posting the eighth fastest time behind Yannic Prumper, Team Xray’s Eric Dankel said he is having a problem with overheating his tyres. Starting off with a good feeling in the car the latter half of the run is different as the tyres go off. Currently 10th in the qualification ranking the German plans to fit anti dive to his T3′11 for the final round in the hope that the less aggressive set-up will be easier on the tyres and allow him to keep his place in the A-Main.
Having TQ’d the opening round and backed it up with 3rd in Q2, Jilles Groskamp made some big changes to his Tamiya for the penultimate qualifier but after having to let Rheinard through and getting up on two wheels the Dutchman pulled up half way through the run.
In Pro Stock Xray T3′11 driver Tony Streit set the pace from the similar car of Michael Spiering denying Awesomatix’s Ivan Laptev the chance to wrap up early his second Top Qualifier honour of the season. The pace setter in Q1 & 2, Laptev had to settle for third while champion elect Martin Hofer had a difficult run managing only 12th.
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