October 19, 2010

JJ Wang wins Gold in Shanghai

JJ Wang wins Gold in Shanghai

Every 4 years, the Shanghai Municipal Government holds a citywide race with drivers around Shanghai competing to win medals for districts they represent. At this year’s race, held at the Shanghai International RC Speedway this past weekend, it was Mugen driver JJ Wang winning the gold medal with his Murnan powered MTX4 representing the Changning district. In the EP open class, Wang Hai Feng took gold with his HB TCX representing the Huangpu district and fellow district driver Salton Dong winning the Tamiya TT01 stock class. Gold medal winners in each class not only win the title for the district they represent, but also receive prize money from the district government as a form of reward for their results.

Source: RC Fans [rcfans.com]

October 18, 2010

Timezone Gran Prix update

Timezone Gran Prix update

Two weekend’s ago, the second annual Timezone Gran Prix took place in La Center Washington. With a perfect mixture of the North West’s top regional drivers and an impressive collection of the factory drivers attending, it was the largest, most exciting and competitive event ever held at the track. The great Scotty Ernst was on the microphone and the Pros were in the house. It was game on for 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday with Triple A-Mains in the works for Sunday. After two days on intense close racing the overall it was Paul Lemieux that took the win in the modified touring car class, while Keven Hebert was victorious in 1/12th Mod.

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October 17, 2010

Volker wins ETS season opener

Volker wins ETS season opener

Ronald Volker has taken the overall victory at the 2010/11 ‘Yokomo Euro Touring Series’ season opener in Kastellaun with another dominant performance in the second A-Main.  Starting from pole, the Team Yokomo driver once again lead from start to finish to secure his first ever ETS success.  Helped by a great battle for second, the German said it was an easier race than the earlier final as he was more confident with his BD5 this time round.

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October 17, 2010

Volker’s domination continues with victory in opening final

Volker’s domination continues with victory in opening final

Ronald Volker has taken a convincing win in the opening leg of the Xenon Modified final here in Kastellaun this morning heading home old rival Marc Rheinard.  Starting from pole the Team Yokomo driver continued his domination of the event leading from start to finish but afterwards said the race was not as straight forward as it looked.

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October 16, 2010

Volker is Top Qualifier in Kastellaun

Volker is Top Qualifier in Kastellaun

Ronald Volker has secured the overall TQ honours for the opening round of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series as he continued his domination of proceedings in the penultimate qualifier.  The European Champion recorded the fastest 5-minute run of the event putting pole position for tomorrow’s finals beyond reach of his rivals.  The German switched from a gear diff to a ball diff in the back of his Yokomo BD5 which improved stability through the sweeper but create understeer out of the hairpin but overall the car felt safer to drive.

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October 16, 2010

Volker opens qualifying with TQ run

Volker opens qualifying with TQ run

Qualifying for the Xenon Modified class got underway this morning with Ronald Volker taking the first TQ run here in Kastellaun, German.  The Yokomo ace ended the five minute run well clear of the opposition with Freddy Sudhoff just over 5 seconds adrift with the second fastest time.  Volker said it was definitely a good way to start the day but admitted his car was still difficult to drive and he was having to drive a very fine line which on this occasion was possible as he faced no pressure from other drivers during the heat.

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October 15, 2010

Dankel TQ’s opening Pro-Stock qualifier

Dankel TQ’s opening Pro-Stock qualifier

Eric Dankel has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying for the Xray Pro-Stock class as day 1 of the Yokomo ETS comes to a close here in Kastellaun.  The German Indoor National Pro-Stock Champion was the only driver to record 29 laps, despite a driver error which saw him roll his Xray luckily landing rubber side down.  Afterwards the accomplished nitro racer described his new T3 ‘11 chassis as perfect with it being very easy to drive

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October 15, 2010

Volker sets practice pace at ETS opener

Volker sets practice pace at ETS opener

Yokomo’s Ronald Volker is the early pace setter at the opening round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series taking his LRP powered Yokomo BD5 around the Kastellaun track in the three fastest consecutive laps by a considerable margin over defending champion Marc Rheinard.  Recording a time of 10.060 compared with Rheinard’s 10.188, the European Indoor Champion has made little changes to his car in the opening three practice runs and plans to run the same set-up for the fourth and final run.

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