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June 1, 2015

1/8th On-road European Championship B – Report

This past weekend the 1/8th Nitro On-road European Championships B were held at the RME Lamberto Collari track in Cassino, Italy which is known for its somewhat old school layout and famous for its hospitality and restaurant. On this track also live steaming was first introduced to RC some years ago by a gentleman called Gianluca Decina and long before EFRA started their own service. Working in ICT and very handy with video Gianluca was the first to offer streaming around the year 2006 to 2008 during one of the EFRA events. Unfortunately this year’s event did not attract a lot of entries. It seems that drivers are making choices nowadays and in this case the majority made the choice to visit the EC-A later in the year instead of the B championship.

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May 31, 2015

Coelho gets much anticipated first win in exciting A2

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A driver who has injected renewed interest & excitement into electric touring cars with his raw speed, Bruno Coelho has finally delivered the long awaited first win by taking an exciting A2 at ETS Luxembourg. After a spectacular drive in A1 to recover to third from a Stop & Go penalty, the Portuguese star would second time of asking get to have a straight up battle with Top Qualifier Ronald Volker and A1 winner Jilles Groskamp snatching a last lap win in a great display of World class driving by the trio. While Volker led for the majority of the race, Jilles Groskamp would for a very brief moment go to the front getting by the Yokomo with 3-laps to go only to roll his HB at the very next corner. With this allowing Marc Rheinard to snatch third, Coelho was next to attack Volker with the 21-year-old getting by the German at the same section of the track, the only difference being he made his pass stick to take the anticipated win.

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May 31, 2015

WCICS series finale – Report

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series final race was held in the Cowboy capital of Calgary, Alberta. Hosted by CarCar, this was by far their best event in several years. The numbers say it all: with over 200 registrations it was their largest turnout ever. Racers came from across Western Canada and the NW United States and were treated to some great racing action. In the Touring Car Modified class the TQ holder, VBC Racing’s Dave Ehrlich, looked to have this one locked in, but Awesomatix’ Wayne wasn’t going to be denied a top TC trophy after losing it later in Stock. Coming from 4th on the grid, Awesomatix’ Wayne took only 14 laps, and one rare mistake by Dave, to move into first, also posting the fastest lap of the race. Blake Bell drove his Awesomatix cleanly, only allowing Dave and then Wayne to get past, finishing in a strong 3rd.

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May 31, 2015

Groskamp wins A1 in Luxembourg

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Jilles Groskamp has won the opening A-Main at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Luxembourg, the HB driver benefiting from an early mistake from Top Qualifier Ronald Volker. Starting from second on the grid, the Dutch driver toook just two laps to get his PRO5 to the front getting by Alexander Hagberg early in the opening lap and then passing Volker in the same section of track on the second run through when the Yokomo driver lost rear traction and got out of shape. While Groskamp took control of things up front it was Bruno Coelho who provided all the entertainment, the Xray driver recovering from a Stop & Go to finish 3rd ahead of team-mate Alexander Hagberg and Serpent’s Viktor Wilck.

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May 30, 2015

Volker is Top Qualifier in Luxembourg

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Ronald Volker has moved a step closer to clinching a fifth consecutive Euro Touring Series championship title after the Yokomo ace claimed the overall TQ in Luxembourg. His 18th time to become Top Qualifier, the German secured pole position for tomorrow’s penultimate round of Season #8 when he completed a perfect day at Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg” with a third TQ run in the fourth & final round of qualifying. Denying Volker the TQ in the opening qualifier last night, a late P3 in the final heat will see Alexander Hagberg start from second on the grid. Behind the Swede, Volker’s bonus TQ championship point ending his title hopes, HB’s Jilles Groskamp will start third followed by Xray’s Bruno Coelho. Volker’s other two title rivals Marc Rheinard and Yannic Prumper start 6th and 8th respectively meaning the are going to need to pull off something impressive if they are to force the title to go to the season finale at the Hudy Arena next month.

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May 30, 2015

Volker tops Q3 from Coelho

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Ronald Volker has posted a second TQ run at ETS Luxembourg, the Yokomo driver topping Q3 from Bruno Coelho after the Xray driver found himself blocked by Volker’s team-mate Meen Vejrak as the qualifier entered the final minute. Backing up his strong Q2 performance, HB’s Jilles Groskamp completed the Top 3 ahead of Serpent’s Marc Fischer. Having not featured so far on this his first visit to Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg”, World Champion Naoto Matsukura would finally put together a half competitive penultimate qualifier to set the 5th fastest time.

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May 30, 2015

Volker takes ‘surprise TQ’ ahead of Groskamp

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Ronald Volker took a ‘surprise TQ run’ in the second round of qualifying on another cold day at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Luxembourg. The Yokomo driver overcame difficult conditions rising to the top of the timing screen where he would finish 4/10ths of a seconds up on HB’s Jilles Groskamp with Yokomo team-mate Loic Jasmin completing the Top 3 a further 2.2 seconds back. A round that would see most of the front runners suffer spins, Q1 pace setter Alexander Hagberg was one of such drivers with the Swede pulling off after just a lap due to having ‘no traction’.

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May 30, 2015

Collari tests new Infinity

Nine time 1:8 Onroad World Champion Lamberto Collari has been spotted in Japan driving for new market entrant Infinity. The legendary Italian is in attendance at the Japanese Nationals which is taking place at Kei Tune Raceway, the host track of the 2013 1:8 Onroad World Championship. With Japan’s National Championships open to foreign drivers, we understand the Euro Nitro Series championship leader will race the car in the event leading to rumours that Collari is set to become involved in developing the car. The new company, which has been set-up by Indonesian racer Kenji Taira, already has fellow Italian racer Carmine Raiola involved with the fifth place finisher at the last Worlds having done a lot of the early development work on the project alongside Japanese racer Masao Tanaka.

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