Video – Modified & ProStock A-main Leg2
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Volker wins ETS season opener
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
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Video – Qualifying Heat 27 Round 4
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Dankel TQ’s opening Pro-Stock qualifier
Eric Dankel has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying for the Xray Pro-Stock class as day 1 of the Yokomo ETS comes to a close here in Kastellaun. The German Indoor National Pro-Stock Champion was the only driver to record 29 laps, despite a driver error which saw him roll his Xray luckily landing rubber side down. Afterwards the accomplished nitro racer described his new T3 ’11 chassis as perfect with it being very easy to drive. Setting the second fastest time with 28 laps was Martin Hofer, another who was very happy with his car. The Yokomo team driver said his BD5 was ‘really good’ and it was simply down to his driving now. The German did feel that he had a drop off in power in the final part of the run and plans to run a motor fan for tomorrow’s second qualifier.
Having just celebrated his 16th birthday on Monday, Tim Wahl set the third fastest time. Having been disappointed with his pace in practice he said things went much better in qualifying, something he put down to just better driving having changed nothing on his T3 ’11 from earlier in the day. Behind the German was top Danish Pro-Stock racer Carsten Madsen at the controls of his Tamiya followed by Alexander Stocker in 5th. The defending Champion, Stocker set the fastest lap with his Hot Bodies TCX but traction rolled in the sweeper at the end of the main straight. René Klöckner completed the Top 6 with his Tamiya.
In the Speed Passion Hobby class German’s Oliver Günther took the opening round of qualifying from Poland’s Andrzej Rózycki and Dutchman Eric Mulder. The first round of qualifying for the Xenon Modified class takes place in the morning.
Xray Pro Stock results after Rd1
1. Dankel Eric (DE) – Xray – 29 5:10.513
2. Hofer Martin (DE) – Yokomo – 28 5:04.509
3. Wahl Tim (DE) – Xray – 28 5:05.071
4. Madsen Carsten (DK) – Tamiya – 28 5:07.022
5. Stocker Alexander (DE) – Hot Bodies – 28 5:07.228
6. Kl̦ckner Ren̩ (DE) РTamiya Р28 5:08.035
7. Streit Tony (DE) – Xray – 28 5:08.836
8. Laptev Ivan (RU) – Tamiya – 28 5:09.343
9. Leinburger Steffen (DE) – Xray – 28 5:09.701
10.Diedrich Mario (DE) – Tamiya – 28 5:10.292
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New in the pits
The first round of the new Yokomo Euro Touring Series has seen a number of companies come out with updated and completely new products. Schumacher have a first production version of their new Mi4CX here, driven by Belgian team driver Manuel Henriet, which is an update to their British Championship winning chassis. The main changes are the new front and rear drive axle mounting blocks which have been put on a diet, while attached to those blocks are new composite lower wishbone mounting brackets which replace the current aluminium versions. Due to the reduced materials used in the areas, an updated chassis sporting additional mounting points for the blocks help increase stiffness. Up front the car also has a new spool and beefier front drive shafts.
Xray are present in a big way, debuting their new T3’11 that was only announced recently. Driven by a large number of the Xray drivers here, it is performing well, with Eric Dankel heading up the Pro Stock field following practice. In modified the team is taking a bit longer to get up to speed with Adrian Bernsten the fastest of the T3’11 drivers, sitting in 10th overall, heading into qualifying.
MR33, the brand of 3 time World Champion Marc Rheinard have released a number of new items, the most interesting of which is this body mounting hole positioning system. Solving the problem of marking your body post positions when trying to cut out a pre painted body, the set includes 4 posts that sit snuggly on the top of your body posts, set into which are magnets. You sit the body on the car, place the 4 supplied magnets onto the body and they find the magnets on the body posts. They are slack enough to allow you to position your shell and once in position you mark the hole position through the hole in the magnet. Simple and a big time saver. MR33 have also released a complete range of high quality shock oils as well as bottles of CA.
Released only recently, Hudy’s new lightweight limited edition tools are making their international race debut and as a primary sponsor, Hudy have given each of the Pro Stock and Hobby class drivers a 1.5mm wrench with ETS engraved on the handle. Regular racers of the series should end up with a complete set of tools by the end of the season with the Slovakian company giving away a different limited edition tool for each round.
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Practice ends with Volker on top
Ronald Volker continues to set the pace in Germany at the opening round of the 2010/11 ‘Yokomo Euro Touring Series’. The Yokomo/LRP team driver improved his 3-consecutive lap time slightly to once again top Marc Rheinard on the time sheets. The German is clearly the man to beat here this weekend but while is BD5 is working better than then opposition he said like the rest of the field he is struggling with the car getting loose on the high speed sweeper at the end of the main straight. Despite this Volker said he will not make changes to his car for the first qualifier, which has now been rescheduled to run tomorrow morning, as the car is very good around the rest of the track.
Making a bigger improvement than Volker in terms of time, Rheinard described his Tamiya as ‘pretty bad’. The reigning champion said the car is very loose and stringing three decent laps together was difficult and he has a lot to do to have a good car for qualifying. His team-mate Viktor Wilck also improved his time to set the fourth fastest time but is also struggling with a very inconsistent car.
In between the Tamiya pairing with the third fastest time was Team Associated’s Juho Levanen. Extremely happy with how his TC6 is working he said it feels really fast and his focus now is to get consistency over 5-minutes from himself as a driver. Ranked 5th at the end of practice Hot Bodies’ Andy Moore said his pace was was ‘alright’ feeling he needs to work on his tyre prep as the car starts bad, feels good in the middle and then gets loose again in the last part of the run. Completing the Top 6 was European Finalist Loic Jasmin just ahead of Adrian Berntsen who once again was the fastest Xray.
In the Xray Pro-Stock class back to back German National Indoor Champion Eric Dankel improved his time to stay on top ahead with his Xray T3 ’11 ahead of the Hot Bodies of Alexander Stocker. Setting the third fastest time was young German Tamiya driver René Klöckner who moved ahead Team Yokomo’s Martin Hofer who failed to better his P3 time. The huge Pro Stock field along with those running in the Speed Passion Hobby class have their opening round of qualifying this evening.
Xenon Modified (Top 10 after P4)
1. Ronald Volker – Yokomo – 10.044
2. Marc Rheinard – Tamiya – 10.091
3. Juho Levanen – Associated – 10.154
4. Viktor Wilck – Tamiya – 10.167
5. Loic Jasmin – Tamiya – 10.168
6. Andy Moore – Hot Bodies – 10.174
7. Freddy Sudhoff – Hot Bodies – 10.200
8. Elliot Harper – Tamiya – 10.229
9. Yannic Pruemper – Yokomo – 10.263
10.Adrian Bernsten – Xray – 10.264
Xray Pro Stock (Top 10 after P4)
1. Eric Dankel – Xray – 10.686
2. Alexander Stocker – Hot Bodies – 10.688
3. Rene Klockner – Tamiya – 10.793
4. Meik Niemann – Hot Bodies – 10.820
5. Steffen Leinburger – Xray – 10.861
6. Martin Hofer – Yokomo – 10.868
7. Carsten Madsen – Tamiya – 10.899
8. Yukijiro Umino – Yokomo – 10.902
9. Rob Janssen – Corally – 10.904
10.Tim Wahl – Xray – 10.951
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Hudy to sponsor 2010/2011 ETS
Hudy is proud to announce that they will be one of the primary sponsor of the Euro Touring Series 2010/2011. Moreover, the organisers together with the Slovakian company have prepared a very special and unique promotion for every Hobby and Stock Class racer. At every round of the ETS series, Hudy will provide one unique tool from the new 25 Years Anniversary exclusive tool line. That means that at every race, a different Hudy tool will be given for free to every racer in the Hobby and Stock categories, so those drivers who participate at all 6 rounds will have (at the end of the season) a nice collection of the most frequently-used RC tools.
The 25 Years Anniversary limited edition of the Hudy Exclusive Tool Line features 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.
Collect your free Hudy tool at these races:
1st Round – Germany – Allen Wrench 1.5mm
2nd Round – Czech Republic – Allen Wrench 2.0mm
3rd Round – Austria – Allen Wrench 2.5mm
4th Round – Poland – Allen Wrench 3.0mm
5th Round – Netherlands – Arm Reamer 3.0mm
6th Round – Germany – Socket Driver 7.0mm
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
