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October 9, 2017

Herbert Weber joins Xray Factory Team

Xray have announced that Austrian & former ETS Champion Herbert Weber has joined their Factory Team to race the Xray X1 platform. Winner of the very first season of Formula in the ETS, as well as a multiple winner in the Mibosport Cup, Herbert had the following to say:

I’m very happy and proud to be a part of the big Xray Factory Team. Big thanks to Xray for the trust in me and I can’t wait to hit the track with the Xray cars. I will give my best, and will represent Xray in best way possible. At races in Austria as well as internationally, I want to help all Xray drivers to find a good setup for their car. You can come and ask me any time.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 9, 2017

Jefferies & Finlay Open EWS Championship with Wins

The 2017-2018 Essex Winter Series Presented By Infinity got underway this weekend. Once again, a full capacity entry provided a busy and competitive day of racing, as a an all-new track layout greeted the drivers to kick off one of the largest on-road series in Europe. Olly Jefferies, the winner of last year’s season-closing EWS International got off to the best start, topping the opening round of qualifying ahead of defending series champion Elliott Harper. Kyle Branson, the only driver to have beaten Olly in the UK so far in 2017, also remained in contention and took third in the round ahead of Chris Grainger. The top three were covered by just 7-tenths of a second after five minutes, highlighting how close the competition could be this season.

Continue reading the report here

October 9, 2017

Carlsson takes Rd1 of Middle Swedish Indoor cup

The first round of the Middle Swedish Indoor cup was held last Saturday in Örebro, Sweden. The track was tight and medium grip and a big challenge to all drivers. In Superstock it was Rasmus Karlsson who took TQ with 0,5sec ahead of Daniel Carlsson and in third spot Andreas Johansson. The finals saw some really good fights and Daniel Carlsson was able to win the first two finals to secure the overall win in the first race of the season. Rasmus Karlsson won the last A-main and put down a new lap record at the same time. Alexander Johansson was the best Debutant and got a nice price.

View the final results here

October 9, 2017

Jokerteam GT12 Championship Rd7 – Report

A sunny but chilly Sunday set the stage for the penultimate round of the 2017 Jokerteam GT12 Championship. Despite track temperatures barely reaching 20°C during the day, grip conditions were optimal thanks to the track’s treatment that the organisation was able to perform the day before the race. During the morning’s qualification rounds it was a tight battle between Mattia Dall’Oca (Team Schumacher) and Johnny Orsolin (Jokerteam) with the former coming out on top and locking the TQ spot with a blistering run in Q3. Johnny settled for 2nd on the grid ahead of Claudio Giovanelli (Jokerteam).

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October 7, 2017

Arrowmax Asia Race Cup Malaysia Rd2 – Report

After the success of the opening round of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup in Malaysia, round 2 would be even better. With 8 heats in total, the race was threatened by rain all day long, however the schedule was followed to a tee as the organisers wanted to finish as much racing as possible just in case the heavens did open up. After four rounds of qualifying it was Azri Amri who secured the TQ position in the Boosted 13.5T class, while in the Dash Pro-Stock Class it was round 1 TQ and winner Dino Sidhu who again grabbed the TQ honor. In the Dash 21.5T Formula Class, it was Eric Ang who would prevail and go on and start the final in pole position.

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October 5, 2017

2017 EWS International – Announcement

The Essex Winter Series team have announced the fifth edition of the EWS International event, which will take place at their well-known indoor venue in the South-East of the UK over the weekend of 8-10 December. The event will take place on an ETS type carpet track covering 35×24 metres, with the popular ETS-spec Volante tyres being used for the three classes of Modified Touring, Super Stock (13.5 Blinky) Touring, and Formula. With last year’s event featuring a battle between World Champion Ronald Volker, team mate Chrissi Krapp and the best UK drivers, we’ve already had confirmation that the Yokomo and Awesomatix teams will again return. Entries are now open and expected to fill very quickly. Full information, including details on hotels, travel and the race rules, can be found on the EWS website, where entries can also be made. For any other questions, please email Oli Meggitt (oli.meggitt@gmail.com).

October 5, 2017

Toto Ebukuro dominates JMRCA 1/12th Nationals

The Japanese 1/12th scale National championship was held at the Yatabe Arena recently. In qualifying it was Team Yokomo Factory driver Toto Ebukuro who took a perfect score, topping all 5 rounds to take the top spot ahead of Hayato Ishoika in 2nd, with the Yanagizawa brothers in 3rd and 4th. Using the newly announced YRX-12 chassis and the newly developed CRT LX rubber rear tire, Ebukuro dominated the finals to complete the perfect event with the Yanagisawa brothers taking 2nd and 3rd position for a complete Yokomo podium. In the 21.5T stock category, called the Sport Class by the JMRCA, another Yokomo driver Eiji Seto took his first Japanese title also using the new YRX-12.

View the Sport class podium here

October 4, 2017

Orlowski double at Worksop Series Rd1

The first round of the Worksop Series took place this past weekend, there was a huge entry of 151 drivers across the 3 classes, 2wd, 4wd and a vintage buggy class. Round by round qualifying was the racing format, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. For this event Michal Orlowski was in attendance for Schumacher and was on superb form with his Cougar KC and CAT K2, he managed to TQ both 2wd and 4wd classes.

View the final results here