Tamiya team set early pace
Factory Tamiya team-mates Marc Rheinard and Jilles Groskamp are topping the lap times here in Apeldoorn with the pairing seperated by just 1/100th of a second. Debuting his new ‘Marc Rheinard’ outdoor tyre additive this weekend, Rheinard set a fastest lap time of 15.76 with Groskamp posting 15.77. Having run old tyres in the morning Groskamp ran new tyres this afternoon and says his TRF416 was ‘super good’. The Dutch driver has also found a good set-up which allows him to run good times on his second outing with the controlled Sweep tyre.
Marc Fischer has so far posted the third fastest lap time setting a 15.93 with his heavily modified Corally. The German switched from a Speed 6 to the LTC-R Protoform body and found this, along with some chassis adjustments, to his liking. Next up on lap times is Team Yokomo driver Martin Hofer. The German is running the new BD5 in standard kit format and is really happy with the handling allowing him to focus on trying different motor options from GM. Xray’s Steven Wiess and Czech Zdenek Hamak driving a Hot Bodies complete the Top 6.
Andy Moore had his first run on used tyres and while they did bring on understeer he is very happy with the overall balance of his HB Cyclone TC. The British driver says he isn’t suffering the same drop off in lap times as his rivals and is pleased with his runs so far. Next up with the eight fastest time is young Team Kyosho driver Christopher Krapp.
In Pro Stock Vasco Christiaanse is setting the pace with a best lap time of 17.05 from the Xray of Patrick Jongenelis. The Dutch driver will test different shock spring/oil combinations on his Hot Bodies Cyclone TC in this evening’s sessions as he tries to get more from the car on used tyres. In Pro Stock drivers are only permitted one set of tyres for the five qualifiers.
Drivers have two more practice session ahead of them this evening with one final opprtunity to get their cars dialled in with a free practice run in the morning ahead of the first qualifier.
An interesting addition to the regular ETS Modified and Pro Stock Touring Car classes here this weekend is the Pro 10 category. The 1:10 scale pan cars look very impressive around the Apeldoorn circuit and the AMCA Club say the comeback class is attracting strong interest in the Netherlands.
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