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July 19, 2009

Groskamp & Rajki crowned 08/09 ETS Champions

Jilles Groskamp and Balint Rajki are the 2008/2009 Muchmore Euro Touring Series Champions. The titles went right down to wire at the final round here in Andernach, Germany, with the Modified title actually ending in a points tie between Groskamp and current World Champion Marc Rheinard who was today’s winner. With identicial counting results and race TQ’s, they had to be seperated by qualifying positions handing Groskamp back to back titles. Having TQ’d and won the opening Leg of the A-Main Viktor Wilck looked set to claim his first ETS race win denying Rheinard the chance to challenge for the title but the former DHI Cup Champion made a slight mistake in the second final allowing Rheinard to win both legs and the final thanks to his faster race time.

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July 19, 2009

Top Qualifiers get job done in ETS A-Main Leg 1

Top Qualifiers Viktor Wilck and Matthias Lang got the job done in the first leg of the A-Mains here in Germany converting their No.1 starting positions into victories. Thankfully the very mixed weather conditions cleared for long enough to dry out the track for the top finals.

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July 18, 2009

Stunning comeback from Volker in ETS qualifying

After a disastrous third qualifier in which his car suffered heavy damage, Ronald Volker made a stunning comeback to TQ the last qualifier of the day here at the Muchmore sponsored Euro Touring Series finale ahead of Viktor Wilck. The German driver had his work cut out to get his BD5 rebuilt in time for the run, having damaged the front spool and suspension mounts, but he got it done to put in a run that denied Wilck from taking overall TQ honours. The result means we will have to wait till the final qualifier in the morning to see whether its Wilck or Volker that claims the No.1 spot on the grid.

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July 17, 2009

Volker sets pace in controlled practice at ETS Rd5

Ronald Volker is the pace setter here at the end of controlled practice with the LRP/Yokomo driver posting a fastest lap of 16.55 to top the time sheets from Marc Rheinard who was on a 16.70. The World Championship runner up switched from an LTC-R to the Speed 6 body for his last run and felt it made his BD5 easier to drive. Volker is running a new chassis, top deck and harder suspension arms on his Yokomo, which are designed to make the car more suitable for European traction levels, and the German is very happy with the results. Slighlty concerned about the weather, he is confident that if it stays dry he is in good shape for qualifiying.

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July 13, 2009

Jared Tebo wins Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout

Kyosho are reporting on the 12th Annual running of the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout in Saugus, California. The Shootout is known as one of the biggest electric races of the year bringing in the top drivers from around the country. This year World Champion’s Hayato Matsuzaki and Naota Matsukura made the trip over from Japan as well as a drivers from Australia making it once again an international field. Like always at Hot Rod in the summer, the temperatures were hot…reaching up into the upper 90’s. The track layout was very technical and proved to be challenging for even the World’s best drivers.

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July 13, 2009

Dennis Fadtke wins Rd3 in Poland

Last weekend saw the third qualifying round of the Polish National Championships take place in Warsaw. The track is located on a former military airport and still used by small aircraft, so every five minutes there was planes flying over at very low level coming in to land. Saturday’s running was canceled due to rain and so all the racing would take place on Sunday, which was the right decision as the sun was shining when the 60 racers took to the track. Dennis Fadtke secured the TQ spot in qualifying and after the three leg finals it was again Dennis who would take the win from Morris Indovino and Patryk Raczynski, with a special mention for seven year old Michal Orlowski who took 6th spot.

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July 10, 2009

Bickerstaff rules at Irish GP

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Team Associated driver Alan Bickerstaff ruled both days of the inaugural Schumacher Irish Grand Prix which took place at the Ballymoney track in County Antrim last weekend. Saturday’s Pro Stock event was a dry affair and saw Bickerstaff take TQ honours with his TC5 over the new TOP Photon of Dutch driver Niels Koenekoop. Putting his local track knowledge to good effect the Northern Ireland driver went on to win all three legs to win from Koenekoop and the Xray of Mark Gilliland. In Sunday’s Modified 6.5T lipo race, Bickerstaff once again set the pace taking TQ honours which he duly converted into wins in each the three legs despite the changing conditions caused by rain showers. Behind him Koenekoop had to again settle for the runners up spot with Schumacher driver Mark Musgrove completing the podium.

July 8, 2009

Logie & Bultynck win Belgian Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Belgian Championships went to the marvellous Marchienne-au-Pont track, near Charleroi, with sunny weather greeting the drivers for most of the two days. In the Superstock class it was Nick Logie who won in the first two qualifications and took pole, followed by championship leaderGeoffrey Vekemans with Marc Tebaldi in 3rd. The first final was a walk over for Nick Logie, despite making a little mistake he could take victory in front of Marc Tebaldi and Renaud Gysemberg. The second final was very close with Nick taking over the lead closely followed by Marc Tebaldi with the pair battling till the end with Nick winning once again. The third final, which was not necessary for Nick who had already wrapped up the overall, saw him make a little mistake that allowed Marc Tebaldi to take the lead and go on to win in front of Stephane Roufosse and Nick Logie. Nick Logie was overall winner in front of Marc Tebaldi and Renaud Gysemberg.

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