Red RC

February 6, 2016

Streit TQs Pro Stock at ETS Germany

Tony Streit is Top Qualifier in the Xray Pro Stock class at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany. In his second season with Awesomatix, the German claimed his second ETS pole position start when he backed up his Q3 topping run with the fastest TQ of the day in the fourth & final qualifier to deny Xray’s Jan Ratheisky, who took Q1 & 2, on the tie breaker. Behind them, Dane Mike Gosvig will line-up third ahead of Norwegian ARC driver Johannessen who pushed Streit hard in the final qualifier.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

February 6, 2016

Rheinard takes Q3 as Xray reign self destructs

sat_rheinard2-620x372

Marc Rheinard took a somewhat surprise TQ in the penultimate round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany. Having struggled with sixth in the opening two qualifiers, the Tamiya took a close run TQ over his arch rival Ronald Volker but only after the Xray reign self destructed when Bruno Coelho rolled while poised to secure the overall TQ and then Alexander Hagberg crashed as a result of a rear belt failure. In the end Rheinard would snatch the TQ by 0.182 of second, with Akio Sobue completing the Top 3.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

February 6, 2016

Coelho again in Q2

sat_brunoTQ2-620x372

The second round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany was a repeat of Q1 as Xray again topped the time sheets with Bruno Coelho fastest ahead of team-mate Alexander Hagberg. Behind the Xrays it was Yokomo who provided the greatest challenge with Yannic Prumper completing the Top 3 ahead of reigning Champion Ronald Volker. For championship leader and 2015 event winner Marc Rheinard, the round would again only net a P6 with the German needing to turn things around for the final two qualifiers.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

February 6, 2016

SMJ BD7 foam bumper for Protoform LTC-R body

Speedmaster Japan have introduced a specially shaped foam bumper for the Yokomo BD7 touring car. The bumper is shaped to perfectly match the popular Protoform LTC-R as it supports the front of the body without the need to add foam strips as it is needed when running the body in a very forward-mounted position. Beside the BD7 the bumper will also fit SWorkz’ forthcoming CX11 touring car.

View more images here

February 6, 2016

2016 JConcepts Winter INS – Seeding results

This past Friday marked the first day of the 2016 JConcepts Indoor National Series and the action is already heating up from early morning practice to the final stages of the day, the 3 minute seeding rounds. Since 2009, the JConcepts Winter INS has become a classic race in St. Louis, Missouri and with the entry count nearing 300 and 34 full heats, this year’s race will be even more competitive than ever. Controlled practice was held from 8am till about 5pm allowing racers to dial in their cars and tires before the evening’s seeding round that will sort the field using each driver’s best 3 consecutive fastest laps in 3 minutes.

Continue reading the report here

February 6, 2016

STRC Slash limited edition black alloy parts

ST Racing Concepts have expanded their range of exclusive limited edition black anodised Slash 2WD and 4×4 option parts. Available as a very limited production run are now also CNC-machined aluminium skid plates, steering bellcranks, hub carriers, A-arms and the motor mount.

View the other new parts here

February 6, 2016

Coelho heads Xray 1-2 in Q1

sat_coelho2-620x372

Bruno Coelho led an Xray 1-2 this morning at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany, TQ’ing the opening qualifier ahead of team-mate Alexander Hagberg. Having topped the times in practice yesterday, the Round 1 podium finisher would be 1.3-sec faster than Hagberg with reigning ETS Champion Ronald Volker completing the Top 3 a further 1.3-sec off the pace. Winner of the Muelheim-Kaerlich encounter last year, Marc Rheinard would post only the 6th fastest time with his World Champion TRF team-mate Naoto Matsukura, who was second in practice, retiring from the qualifier with a bad handling car.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

February 5, 2016

Coelho tops brief practice after carpet change at ETS

fri_bruno-copy-620x372

Over a short 2-minute practice at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany it was Bruno Coelho who laid claim to being fastest on eventful Day 1 at the second round of the championship. The biggest race of the ETS to-date, with over 440 entries, a hidden problem would arise during practice when an incorrect batch of carpet left racers struggling for traction. With no sign of conditions improving, the carpet fluffing up, the championship’s promoters made the brave call to resurface the track. Having to wait 4-hours for the delivery of the correct ‘ETS Black Carpet’ all the way from the centre of the Netherlands, a pre-selected crew which included the current World Champion Naoto Matsukura did an impressive job to rebuild the track in just 2-hours. With the two planned rounds of practice on the busy schedule having run on the bad carpet, a reshuffle of the timetable during the track resurfacing allowed a quick 2-minute practice round to give drivers a feel for the regular carpet racers have become accustomed too. The difference in the carpets was immediately clear as Coelho went from a 44-seconds 3-consecutive lap time to a 41.364.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.