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September 3, 2011

Euro Touring Series announce 2011/2012 schedule

Having crowned the 2010/11 champions just weeks ago, the organisers of the Euro Touring Series have announced the schedule for season number 5. Coming off the back of a very successful fourth series, that saw over 630 drivers register points, the ETS will once again be run over six rounds and visit six different countries, two of which are new to the championship. The 2011/2012 season will kick off with the opening round in Mülheim-Kärlich near Koblenz, Germany, before going to Italy and Gran Canaria for rounds 2 and 3. A new location in Warsaw, Poland followed by racer favourite Apeldoorn in the Netherlands will host rounds 4 and 5 while the season finale will now be in Traiskirchen, Austria. Created by Scotty Ernst and Uwe Rheinard, the Euro Touring Series will kick off in Germany on October 28-30.

UPDATE: The location for round 4 in Poland has been moved from Warsaw to Poznan as the series race will now be part of Poland’s largest Motor show.

2011/2012 Euro Touring Series Calendar
Round 1 – 28-30 October 2011 – Koblenz, Germany
Round 2 – 20-22 January 2012 – Scandiano, Italy
Round 3 – 02-04 March 2012 – Gran Canaria, Spain
Round 4 – 13-15 April 2012 – Poznan, Poland
Round 5 – 01-03 June 2012 – Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Round 6 – 13-15 July 2012 – Traiskirchen, Austria

July 8, 2011

Socket Driver 7.0mm completes Hudy ETS tool set

Hudy tool

With the final round of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series taking place this weekend at Andernach in Germany, series sponsor Hudy will issue the final tool in the special edition 6 piece ETS set, the 7.0mm Socket Driver. Given to Pro Stock and Hobby drivers competing in Europe’s largest racing series, the Slovakian company has already handed out their 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm wrenches and a 3.0mm Arm reamer at the previous 5 rounds. The 25 Years Anniversary limited edition of the HUDY Exclusive Tool Line features super-lightweight CNC-machined Swiss 7075 T6 aluminum 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.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

July 6, 2011

Season finale attracts World Class entry

ETS Season finale attracts World Class entry

Andernach in Germany plays host to the finale of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Tourng Series this weekend (8-10th July) with a world class entry of almost 300 drivers from around the globe set to descend on the home town of reigning World & ETS Modified Champion Marc Rheinard. 13 of the Top 14 finishers from last year’s World Championships will compete in the sixth & final round of the series’ fourth season with a massive 27 nations being represented.

The 21st running of an ETS event, the championship regulars will be joined by former World Champion Atsushi Hara and American ace Paul Lemieux, setting the stage for a thrilling three days of competition. A previous winner at Andernach, Hara makes his first ETS appearance since finishing second to Rheinard at the season finale 12-months ago while Lemieux makes his third ever appearance, the last having been over two years ago when Poland made its debut on the series calendar.

In terms of the championship two new champions will be crowned at the weekend with Ronald Volker and Martin Hofer both looking to end their successful campaigns on a high.

June 9, 2011

Round 5 participants to collect Hudy 3.0mm Arm reamer

With the fifth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series taking place this weekend in the Netherlands, event sponsor Hudy have been in touch to remind entrants that they can once again collect their free Limited edition tool, which this week will be a 3.0mm Arm reamer. Given to Pro Stock and Hobby drivers competing in Europe’s largest racing series, the Slovakian company has already handed out their 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm wrenches at the previous 4 rounds. Part of their 25 Years Anniversary limited edition series the tools feature 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.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

June 9, 2011

ETS heads outdoors as Apeldoorn hosts Round 5

The Yokomo Euro Touring Series gets back underway this weekend following a three month break with the beautiful Apeldoorn track in the Netherlands hosting the fifth round and first outdoor race of the 2010/11 season. Making a return to the ETS having previously held the Dutch round during the 2008/09 series, over 200 drivers will compete at Apeldoorn including two time champion Jilles Groskamp who took victory on the last visit to the track en route to successfully defending the inaugural ETS title.

His first appearance in this season’s ETS, the Dutch driver who is now based in Thailand, will join up with his Tamiya Racing Factory team-mates Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck as they seek their first win of 2010/11. Having won the Modified title every year since the creation of the series, Tamiya have had a lean season so far with defending champion Rheinard having struggled to match the pace of champion elect Ronald Volker.

Having seen their 100% winning run come to an end at the fourth round in Poland, Volker and his Yokomo team will be out to reaffirm themselves as the dominant force of the 2010/11 series. The man responsible for that first defeat was Team Associated’s Juho Levanen. 18 races after winning the first ever ETS race back in 2007, the Finnish ace took the TC6 to its first major European victory and will be looking to pick up where he left off and add to the car’s achievements this weekend.

One driver who will be looking to upset the regular front runners in the Xenon Modified class is Christopher Krapp. The factory Kyosho driver showed two weeks ago that his TF-6 is competitive on asphalt when he won the Warm-up race for the European Championships in Austria ahead of Yokomo team driver Yannic Prümper and Xray ace Alexander Hagberg.

In the Xray Pro-Stock class, standings leader Martin Hofer will be looking to make it three in a row for British manufacturer Schumacher but defending champion Alexander Stocker is back and will be looking to end his winning drought. Also set to be serious contenders for victory are Polish Top Qualifier Ivan Laptev with the Russian designed Awesomatix, last year’s Dutch round winner, when the race was held at Heemstede, Oliver Franke and local star Rob Janssen who put his extensive track knowledge to good use two years ago when he completely dominated the event.

Round 5, the penultimate round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, gets underway with practice on Friday and culminates with triple mains for all drivers on Sunday. All the action from Apeldoorn can be followed live throughout the weekend on RedRC.

May 12, 2011

Charity Auction in aid of Japan

With the recent tragedy in Japan still fresh in our mind and the clean up and humanitarian effort still on going the Euro Touring Series and RC community, which has strong ties with this country, will do its part to help raise funds to help with the recovery. Weeks in planning and the brain child of ETS regular Phil Hoggart, there will be an auction taking place during the 5th round of the series in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. This will not only help a good cause, with the proceeds going to the Red Cross, but is an opportunity to bag yourself some awesome products and memorabilia. Going under the hammer are products from many major manufacturers, as well as the chance to get your hands on bodies and other items from top racers such as Marc Rheinard, Jilles Groskamp, Alexander Hagberg and more. Even if you are not competing at the event, be sure to come by the track and participate in the auction which will take place on Saturday afternoon following racing.

May 5, 2011

Change of control tire for final 2 rounds

As the summer approaches, It brings us closer to our next ETS event round 5 which will be held at the beautiful Apeldoorn race track in the Netherlands. This track is one of the nicest facilities in Europe and has a tremendous club who will work with us to give all of you a fantastic event and the experience you expect from the ETS team.

As we move toward our next event we need to let all of you know of some changes we have had to make for the final 2 events. As everyone is well aware of, on March 11th a tragic earthquake and tsunami struck Japan causing a huge loss of life and tragedy for families and business throughout Japan and the world. As our hearts go out to all of them as they try to rebuild their lives and businesses, we have to continue to move forward in life and hope that something like this will never happen again.

As we do work to move forward, this tragedy has touched the ETS team in the area of our tires we were planning on using for the final 2 ETS events. As a result of the earthquake, 2 of the factories operated by a large supplier of the chemicals used in the tire process are down. One factory is located right near the nuclear plant in Fukushima and the other is located within the 20km zone surrounding the nuclear plant. Orders to these factories have now been redirected to other suppliers however they have not been able to keep up with demand. Due to this problem, the ETS team has had to be proactive and search for a high quality tire that will give the racers the high quality of event you have come to expect with an ETS race. Uwe, Marc and Toni along with other racers from the Apeldoorn area tested some tires recently and we have found a very good replacement to the Sorex. For the final 2 ETS events, we will be using the Ride TR tire. The testing the guys did shows these tires produce great lap times, consistent wear and very similar performance to the Sorex tire.

We are confident that these tires will work perfectly for our events and want you all to know that these tires are really good. We are sorry to have to make this change but if we did not react now, the chance of not having tires for the race would be almost 100%.

March 16, 2011

Round 4 participants to collect Hudy 3.0mm Allen wrench

Participants to collect Hudy 3.0mm wrench

With the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series taking place this weekend in Poland, event sponsor Hudy have been in touch to remind entrants that they can once again collect their free Limited edition tool, which this week will be a 3.0mm Allen wrench. Given to Pro Stock and Hobby drivers competing in Europe’s largest racing series, the Slovakian company has already handed out their 1.5mm, 2.0mm and 2.5mm wrenches at the previous 3 rounds. Part of their 25 Years Anniversary limited edition series the tools feature 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.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]