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February 7, 2015

Wilck takes Q4, Rheinard Top Qualifier

In one of the most interesting qualifying battles seen at a round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series for some time, Serpent’s new signing Viktor Wilck became the fourth different driver in as many qualifiers to top the times but it was Marc Rheinard who claimed the overall TQ honours for the German event. The Tamiya driver went into the deciding qualifier up against the Yokomo pairing of Yannic Prumper and Ronald Volker with both drivers needing a second TQ run to better Rheinard’s faster TQ time of Q3, while Wilck took them all by surprise with his pace to top Q4 by 6/10ths of a second. Behind Rheinard, Volker will start second followed by Prumper, Wilck and last year’s event winner Alexander Hagberg.

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February 7, 2015

Rheinard TQs third qualifier at ETS

Marc Rheinard topped yet another close qualifying encounter at the second round of the ETS in Germany when the Tamiya driver claimed his first TQ run ahead of Yannic Prumper and former team-mate Viktor Wilck. The third different driver to top qualifying in as many rounds, the result sets the stage for a three way battle between Rheinard, Prumper and defending champion Ronald Volker in the fourth & final qualifier at the Muelheim-Kaerlich event.

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February 7, 2015

Volker tops Rheinard in Q2

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Ronald Volker recovered from a slow start to the second round of qualifying this morning at the Euro Touring Series in Germany to give Yokomo its second TQ run of the weekend. Initially it was Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard who set the pace while Volker was on target for the fifth fastest time, but with his BD7 improving for the second half of the run the defending Champion would come back to top the times by 0.374 over his arch rival Rheinard. Behind them last night’s Q1 pace setter Yannic Prumper completed the Top 3 followed by Viktor Wilck and Alexander Hagberg.

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February 7, 2015

VBC Racing Lightning10 aluminium chassis

Coming from VBC Racing and made for the Lightning10 and Lightning10-235 is a 7075 aluminium chassis. Made to replace the standard carbon fibre plate with a heavier and less flexible part the chassis should come in handy especially on high-bite surfaces and to achieve a less aggressive steering feeling.

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February 7, 2015

Marka Racing 6000mAh 100C 2S LiPo battery pack

Italian company Marka introduces a new 6000mAh 100C standard-size LiPo battery pack. Weighing in at 285g the hardcase battery pack is built from high-performance cells, making it ideal for Modified and Stock class racing alike and utilises standard 4mm connector tubes and a 2mm balancer port.

Source: Marka Racing [markaracing.com]

February 7, 2015

Morotech F103 T-bar chassis conversion

Japanese company Morotech, know for their Project43 6-wheeler formula car, introduces a somewhat “vintage” carbon fibre chassis set for Tamiya’s F103 car. The chassis features a conventional T-bar rear suspension over a more modern link setup as it is en vogue with today’s formula and pan cars. The design also makes use of a single bellcrank steering for an improved Ackermann geometry and the rear end damping duties are taken care of by a friction disc damper. The T-bar itself is made from black fibre glass and it connects to the chassis using a Y-shaped front brace and a delrin rear brace. The kit should become available soon.

Source: Morotech [morotech.jp]

February 7, 2015

JConcepts Indoor National Series Rd1 – Friday practice

Round 1 of the 2015 JConcepts Indoor National Series takes place this weekend at Smactrac in St. Louis, Missouri. The 2015 edition is even better with the addition of the 13.5 modified 4WD class to broaden the class range for more competitive racing and round 1 is only the beginning of an ultra competitive 5 race series. First of all congratulations to last year’s INS overall champions, including TLR/Orion/JConcepts star driver Ryan Maifield, who looked nearly invincible last year and took home 3 Modified titles including the highly coveted 2WD title as well as 4WD and SC. Also congrats to Kyosho/Orion/JConcept’s Thomas Tran for winning the Modified Truck title along with TLR/Trinity/JConcepts JR Mitch for winning the Modified 4×4 SC class. Also, congrats to Kyosho’s Dustin Delaney for winning the ultra competitive 2WD Stock class. However, this year’s title race starts over on a clean slate and looking to crown new Champions in all classes.

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February 6, 2015

Prumper takes Q1 at German ETS

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Yannic Prumper has taken the opening round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany. The Yokomo driver brought Day 1 of the second round of the championship to a close by topping the times from team-mate Ronald Volker and last year’s event winner Alexander Hagberg in a ultra close encounter which saw the Top 5 covered by just one-second.

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