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November 1, 2013

Track Focus – Hrotovice

Fri-Track-1

Host – Mibo Sport
Country – Czech Republic
Location – Hrotovice
Venue – Sport-V-Hotel
Track type – Temporary
Surface – Carpet
Direction – Anti-Clockwise
Previous ETS races hosted – 3

The Yokomo Euro Touring Series is in the Czech Republic for the opening round of the 2013/14 season, marking the fourth time the small town of Hrotovice has hosted a round of the world famous championship.  Joining the series in Season #3 & 4 it switched to hosting the opening round of the EOS during season #5 before returning to the ETS calendar for the past two seasons.

Run in the large sports hall of the Sport-V-Hotel, a facility that is very popular with racers, the race is hosted by Mibo Sport.  Run by top Czech racer Michal Bok, the company which is a distributor for Yokomo uses the venue as the base for its very successful Mibo Cup race series with Ronald Volker, Marc Rheinard and Marc Fischer attending the most recent round as practice for this weekend.

One noticeably difference over last year is the lighting in the hall which has been converted to an LED lighting systems which makes the hall much brighter giving a more natural feeling of light.  In terms of the track layout of the black carpet track defending champion Ronald Volker said compared with last year the layout features more long corners making for a more flowing track.  Lap times are expected to be in the region of low 12 seconds for the series’ fastest category, the Ride Modified class.

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November 1, 2013

‘Race Control’ Day 1

Track

Today marks the start of Season #7 of the Euro Touring Series with Day 1 made up of practice and the first of 4 rounds of qualifying.  First up for the close on 300 entries here in the Czech Republic is two rounds of free practice followed by two controlled practice rounds from which each driver’s fastest 3-consecutive laps will determine the seeding of the heats for qualifying.

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July 21, 2013

1st Pro-Stock win for Kutvonen

Viljami Kutvonen

Finland’s Viljami Kutvonen ended his ETS campaign in the best way possible by claiming his first ever win in the series today at the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia. With Ronald Volker having taken the Ride Modified win and with it the 2012/13 Yokomo Euro Touring Series title in Leg 2, the attention for the 3rd round of finals was on the Xray Pro Stock class. Having put himself in serious contention for the win by getting the better of Top Qualifier and Leg 1 winner Zdenko Kunak in the second A-Main,  Kutvonen quickly disposed of his No.2 starting team-mate Dominic Vogl and set about closing in on the the No.1 Yokomo. Clearly quicker than the outgoing champion, on lap 8 Kutvonen found his way to the front exiting the chicane leaving Kunak to fend off newly crowned champion Marek Cerny. Two laps later the Xray driver made contact with the inside rear of the Yokomo sending it into a roll.  Unfortunately for VBC Racing’s Olivier Bultynck he would collect Kunak’s recovering car ending the race of both drivers.  Cerny, who set the fastest lap of the race, got a Stop & Go for the incident but out front Kutvonen cruised untroubled to his maiden ETS victory.  Schumacher’s Martin Hofer finished the leg 2nd to claim his third consecutive podium finish of the season behind Kunak.

Mod Top 3

In the final A-Main of Modified, which was void of Leg 1 & 2 winner Volker and Xray’s Magnus Vassmar after he destroyed his car in Leg 2, it was Marc Rheinard who took an untroubled win ahead of Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck who found a way passed Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper half way through the race.  The Leg win secured Rheinard second on the podium which was completed by Prumper.

Asmer

In the Speed Passion Formula class, Serpent’s Jan Asmer who came to Slovakia with the overall championship title in the bag completed the perfect season by winning all three main from pole position to secure his 4th race win.  Joining him on the podium were Swiss pairing Philipp Hagnauer driving a Yokomo and TOP Racing’s Roman Pichler.

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July 21, 2013

Overall/A-Main Leg 3 Results

Ride Modified Overall Result
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo – 2 pts
2. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 3
3. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo – 5
4. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya – 5
5. Andy Moore (GB) – HB – 8
6. Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 9
7. Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 13
8. Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 14
9. Adrian Berntsen (NO) – Xray – 16
10.Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray – 17

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(2) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 17/5:09.615
2.(3) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo – 17/5:13.024
3.(4) Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya – 17/5:15.523
4.(8) Andy Moore (GB) – HB – 17/5:16.135
5.(5) Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 17/5:18.214
6.(10)Adrian Berntsen (NO) – Xray – 16/5:02.173
7.(7) Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 2/0:39.832
8.(6) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 1/0:16.980
9.(1) Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo – DNS
10.(9)Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray – DNS

Xray Pro Stock Overall Result
1. Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 2 pts
2. Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Yokomo – 3
3. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 7
4. Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 7
5. Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 7
6. Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 10
7. Mike Gosvig (DK) – Awesomatix – 11
8. David Nemcek (SK) – Xray – 12
9. Henrik Heitsch (DE) – ARC – 13
10.Olivier Bultynck (BE) – VBC Racing – 16

Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(3) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 15/5:07.735
2.(5) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 15/5:08.404
3.(7) Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 15/5:09.598
4.(9) David Nemcek (SK) – Xray – 15/5:11.528
5.(10)Mike Gosvig (DK) – Awesomatix – 15/5:12.533
6.(8) Henrik Heitsch (DE) – ARC – 15/5:13.418
7.(4) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 15/5:14.176
8.(2) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 12/4:04.931
9.(6) Olivier Bultynck (BE) – VBC Racing – 10/3:25.891
10.(1)Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Yokomo – 9/2:58.780

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July 21, 2013

Volker is Champion

Volker Fist

Ronald Volker is the 2012/13 Yokomo Euro Touring Series Champion.  The German clinched his third consecutive title by securing his first ever asphalt win in the World famous championship with another tone to tone victory in the second leg of the A-Main at the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia.  The result sees the factory Yokomo driver become the most crowned ETS driver having shared the honour for the past 12-months with reigning World Champion Jilles Groskamp who was champion of the first two seasons of the series. Despite shadowing Volker throughout the second 5-minute main, Marc Rheinard, the 2009/10 Champion, couldn’t catch his arch rival declaring afterwards that the ‘championship wasn’t lost here but at the start of the season’, the Tamiya ace failing to make the podium at the opening three races of the season.

Ronald & Marc

‘Fantastic’ was how Volker described his title win.  Clocking up his 8th ETS race win, he said to achieve 3 in a row against ‘the highest level of competition you can get in touring cars’ was a special moment.  Viewed by many as the best current touring car driver on carpet, he said to take the title with his first win on asphalt made the the title even more significant than the previous two.  Summing up the sixth & final round of the championship as the ‘perfect weekend’, he said while they finished every asphalt race this season on the podium they just didn’t have the pace to win but this weekend they made the breakthrough something he said he was very grateful to his engineer Umino Yukijiro for.  Thanking Yokomo, LRP and all his sponsors for their support over the season, he said he ‘know(s) Marc (Rheinard) doesn’t like finishing second’ so while he is looking forward to season No.7 of the ETS he said a fourth title is going to be very difficult as Rheinard and his own Yokomo team-mate Yannic Prumper, who looks set to finish the season third overall, are going to be even more hungry to beat him.

Rheinard

Apologising for ‘a boring race’, again criticizing the grid spacings, Rheinard said after the bad start to the season he never expected to come the final round with a chance of the title.  Having given the ‘slim chance’ of the title his best shot he said he gave his best but on the day that was only good enough for 2nd.  Having always been strong on asphalt, Volker’s weak point in previous seasons, Rheinard said he hoped for the new season they can find something for the carpet rounds and be in a stronger position come next year’s season finale.

Yannic Prumper

Behind Volker and Rheinard, almost 3-seconds adrift, Yannic Prumper finished Leg 2 third. The 19-year-old will go into the closing main with a chance of making it a Yokomo 1-2 on the final ETS podium of season if he can find a way passed Rheinard and take the leg win.  Having retired from Leg 1 Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg finished fourth having found amway passed fellow Swede Viktor Wilck.

Marek Cerny

In Pro Stock there was a huge cheer from Marek Cerny and the Xray team as 3rd in Leg 2 was enough to give the Czech driver the overall title.  The race saw Top Qualifier Zdenko Kunak on target to wrap up the overall win at the Hudy Racing Arena, but on lap 8 the outgoing Champion hit a curb and rolled allowing the Awesomatix of Viljami Kutvonen to take the leg win.  Kunak’s rolling Yokomo took out the No.2 starting Awesomatix of potential title contender Dominic Vogl  who would retire from the race shortly after the incident.

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July 21, 2013

A-Main Leg 2 Results

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(1) Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo – 17/5:05.933
2.(2) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 17/5:06.607
3.(3) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo – 17/5:09.429
4.(5) Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 17/5:11.766
5.(4) Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya – 17/5:12.375
6.(8) Andy Moore (GB) – HB – 17/5:12.703
7.(6) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 17/5:13.010
8.(7) Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 17/5:14.938
9.(9) Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray – 11/3:22.745
10.(10)Adrian Berntsen (NO) – Xray – 10/3:07.426

Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(3) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 15/5:04.021
2.(1) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Yokomo – 15/5:04.817
3.(4) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 15/5:09.571
4.(7) Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 15/5:10.636
5.(5) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 15/5:10.851
6.(10)Mike Gosvig (DK) – Awesomatix – 15/5:11.847
7.(8) Henrik Heitsch (DE) – ARC – 15/5:11.905
8.(9) David Nemcek (SK) – Xray – 15/5:13.444
9.(2) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 8/2:51.714
10.(6)Olivier Bultynck (BE) – VBC Racing – 5/1:40:475

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July 21, 2013

Volker gets one hand on ETS title with Leg 1 win

Ronald Volker

Ronald Volker moved a step closer to retaining the Yokomo Euro Touring Series title which he has held for the last two season with a tone to tone win in the opening A-Main of the season finale at the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia. Starting from pole position, the factory Yokomo driver took the win by over 3-seconds from team-mate Yannic Prumper after a roll by the No.2 starting Tamiya of Marc Rheinard dropped his only title rival back down the order with the 3-time World Champion eventually finishing sixth.

Ronald Volker

Needing only a 3rd place finish in either of the remaining two Mains which would secure him 2nd overall and the title irrespective of where Rheinard ends up, Volker was pleased with his opening run. Making a impressive start, the German said Rheinard applied ‘a lot pressure’ but after his mistake on lap 5, which required the Tamiya to be marshaled, he said he was able to pace himself and reach his first goal for the day.

Rheinard

Rheinard said he had to drive 110% just to try and stay in touch with Volker adding that his roll which was caused by him catching the curbing was just a ‘stupid mistake’. The outspoken racer was critical of the grid spacing saying that they are too big and while they made for clean starts it was too hard to pull back the gaps they produced at the end of the opening lap. Declaring that his title hopes are all but over now he said his Much More powered TRF417 is working a little better today but with nothing to loose he will try a few small changes for Leg 2 to see if he can at least try and run with Volker for the full 5-minutes.

Yannic

Finishing second Prumper said he lost touch with the leaders after he got hit and passed by Viktor Wilck on the first lap. The German said Wilck’s Tamiya was better over the opening lap but after 2 laps his BD7 felt really good and he was able to take back the position from the Swede for third which then became second when Alexander Hagberg retired with a tyre problem on his Xray.

Andy Moore

The biggest mover of the race was Andy Moore who starting from 8th finished 4th. The 2006 World Champion said the race was ‘probably the best the car has been all weekend’. Having been in touch with Wilck’s Tamiya, the British driver said he lost pace when he came under attack from the recovering Rheinard with the pair making contact at the chicane. Having suffered radio problems on Thursday, Moore said they are only now catching up after the lost day and this was the first time he felt confident with his Hobbywing powered TCXX.

Zdenko Kunak

In the Xray Pro Stock class Top Qualifier Zdenko Kunak held off a train of cars to take his Yokomo to the win. The Slovak driver said it was a stressful race after his dad mixed up his cars preparing his Pro stock BD7 for his Modified B Final run. This meant his tyres were not correctly prepped for his A-Main run, the outgoing champion describing it as feeling like he was driving on ice. Despite this and intense pressure from Awesomatix’s Dominic Vogl, Kunak just held on for the win with the Top 4 covered by less than a second.

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July 21, 2013

A-Main Leg 1 Results

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(1) Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo – 17/5:05.170
2.(3) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo – 17/5:08.393
3.(4) Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya – 17/5:09.607
4.(8) Andy Moore (GB) – HB – 17/5:10.191
5.(2) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 17/5:10.662
6.(6) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 17/5:12.372
7.(7) Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 16/5:06.938
8.(9) Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray – 15/4:41.065
9.(5) Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 11/3:25.699
10.(10)Adrian Berntsen (NO) – Xray – 6/2:01.064

Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 1 Result
(1) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Yokomo – 15/5:02.162
(2) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 15/5:02.270
(3) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 15/5:02.781
(4) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 15/5:03.043
(5) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 15/5:03.392
(7) Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 15/5:05.914
(6) Olivier Bultynck (BE) – VBC Racing – 15/5:11.460
(8) Henrik Heitsch (DE) – ARC – 15/5:11.769
(9) David Nemcek (SK) – Xray – 15/5:12.302
(10)Mike Gosvig (DK) – Awesomatix – 15/5:12.716

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