Video – Modified Qualifying Rd4
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Chassis Focus – Marc Fischer
Chassis Name – Serpent S411 ERYX
Motor – Thunder Power
ESC – Hobbywing
Batteries – Thunder Power
Tires – Ride (handout)
Radio/Servos – Sanwa
Remarks – Marc Fischer is running some new production parts on his S411 ERYX such as the front and rear upper aluminium suspension mounts and single piece aluminium front spool shaft. The suspension mounts are lightweight and include an additional linkage mount while the spool must be used with blades on the drive shafts. In terms of setup the German’s car was pushing mid corner when they arrived and have adjusted the droop front and rear to improve this as well as soften the oil on the rear diff and use split rear lower hinge pin blocks which he feels also works best with used tires.
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Video – Modified Qualifying Rd2
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Video – Season Finale preview
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Hudy Arena ready for Volker/Rheinard title showdown
The Yokomo Euro Touring Series makes its first visit to Slovakia this week (July 18-21) with the Hudy Racing Arena playing host to the season finale where two of electric touring car’s greatest rivals Ronald Volker and Marc Rheinard are set for a showdown that will decide which driver becomes the champion of the sixth season of the World famous championship. A new venue on the calendar, the Hudy Racing Arena is the perfect stage for what is set to be the most thrilling climax to an ETS season and in typical Hudy/Xray fashion the track has undergone meticulous preparations as it gets ready to welcome over the coming days the 240 plus drivers who will contest the 33rd race of the ETS.
Chasing a third consecutive title, which would make him the most crowned driver in the series, Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker goes into the race at the top of the points standings but the margin is such that the German ace can’t afford to focus on anything less than going for his third win of the 2012/13 season. The situation is the same for Tamiya Racing Factory’s Rheinard, who in terms of race wins is the series most successful driver with 11 victories. After a poor start to the season in which he failed to make the podium in the opening three races, the former 3-time World Champion has made a strong recovery winning the last two encounters including Round 5 in Austria where emotions ran high after an incident packed 2nd Leg of the A-Main. Regaining his composure to take Leg 3 and the overall Traiskirchen win, Rheinard forced the title battle to go to Slovakia where if the German is to claim his second ETS Championship he must win, otherwise irrespective of his finishing position Volker will retain his title.
While the attention will firmly surround the Volker/Yokomo versus Rheinard/Tamiya title showdown, with their respective team-mates Yannic Prumper and Viktor Wilck sure to be well briefed on their supporting roles for the event, a number of manufacturers will be looking to shine at Hudy Racing Arena not least Team Xray. Located next to the Xray factory the outdoor circuit is where the team conducts the majority of its chassis development so their drivers will have the advantage of track knowledge. Alexander Hagberg heads the team’s challenge, which will be bolstered this weekend by their American star driver Paul Lemieux, and will be hoping to capitalise on his track experience and give the T4 its first Ride Modified class win of the 2012/13 season.
Having made a huge leap forward in terms of set-up on his HB TCXX during Round 5, former World Champion Andy Moore will be one to watch at the season finale. Following the set-up break through, the British ace was a contender for the win in Austria and having not been on the podium for more than two seasons he will be more than determined to prove a point this weekend.
In the biggest class of the ETS, Xray Pro Stock, four drivers still have a mathematical chance of becoming champion. Xray’s Marek Cerny heads the standings with 3 wins with Awesomatix pairing Dominic Vogl & Viljami Kutvonen and Schumacher’s former champion Martin Hofer in with an outside chance of denying the Czech driver his first ETS title. Austria Vogl was impressive at his home event losing out on the overall win on a tie break by just 2/10ths of a second but that form and confidence boost has the 16-year-old really fired up for the last race of the season. While the Speed Passion Formula Class title was decided at the penultimate round, new champion Jan Asmer will be looking to end on a high for Serpent as he goes for win number 4 of the season.
Round 5 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series officially gets underway on Thursday, the season finale being extended by a day and culminates with triple mains for all drivers on Sunday. All the action from the Hudy Race Arena can be followed on RedRC where regular updates and increased video action will be published throughout the weekend.
Paul Lemieux confirmed for ETS Season Finale
Xray have confirmed that multiple US National Champion Paul Lemieux will compete at the season finale of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series at the Hudy Arena in Slovakia from the 19th to 21st of July. The Factory Xray driver has made a number of appearances at the World renowned series, his most recent coming last year at the fifth round of the championship in the Netherlands, prior to him winning the Worlds warmup race. Fielding a strong factory team, Xray are looking to put on a good showing at what is the company’s test track, with Paul being joined by ETS regulars Alexander Hagberg, Magnus Vassmar & Martin Hudy and in Pro Stock, Championship leader, Marek Cerny who is looking to wrap up the title. Set to be a spectacular battle on track, the Hudy Arena have been pulling out all the stops to ensure that everything is equally spectacular off track as well, going so far as organising tours of the Xray factory to all racers wishing to get a rare glimpse behind the scenes of this state of the art facility. For those wishing to compete in this the final race of our sixth season, entries are still open here.
Video – Modified & Pro Stock A-main Leg 3
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Video – Modified, Pro Stock & Formula A-main Leg 2
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