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May 3, 2015

JConcepts Indoor Nationals Series Rd2 – Qualifying Rd1

The first round of qualifiers of the second round of the JConcepts Indoor Nationals at Tacoma R/C Raceway are officially in the books. With most racers wisely putting in safety runs for the first round, some would not hold anything back and shoot straight to the front of the pack setting the fastest runs of the round. The show in 4WD Modified had the entire room on their feet as Ryan Maifield and Michael Schoettler would engage in a battle that lasted the entire 5 minutes on the clock. There was a point were it looked like Maifield was going to walk away and take an easy TQ run, but Schoettler would dig deep to close the gap. Maifield would cross the line with a 19 lap 5:08.02 and Schoettler would only lose TQ by .6 seconds! AE/JConcepts’ Damon Borkowicsz would fly under the radar and take a well deserved 3rd place run.

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May 2, 2015

Volker TQs ahead of Coelho at ETS Austria

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Ronald Volker has claimed what is probably the most important pole position of this season’s Yokomo Euro Touring Series after the challenge from Tamiya’s Akio Sobue came to nothing in the final round of qualifying in Austria. His 17th time becoming Top Qualifier, last year’s winner of the fahr(T)raum hosted event would end Q4 second fastest 0.233 of a second off the Xray of Bruno Coelho. The TQ run would help Coelho to move ahead of Sobue in the final qualification ranking with the Portuguese star set to start directly behind Volker, the same order in which they lined up for Round 3 in Italy. A track where the majority of A-Main drivers agree overtaking will be ‘impossible’, Sobue starts third and could be perfectly placed should there be a repeat of the sparks that flew in Riccione.

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May 2, 2015

Volker TQs another close qualifier in Austria

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Ronald Volker posted a second TQ run at Round 4 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria, the German coming out on top of a very closely contested Q3 that saw the Top 3 covered by less than half a second. Posting a new overall fastest TQ time Volker would outpace Bruno Coelho by 0.258 of a second up who in turn was 0.216 fastest than his Xray team-mate Alexander Hagberg. A number of mistakes while on a TQ pace would leave Q2 pace setter Akio Sobue 7th fastest.

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May 2, 2015

JConcepts Indoor Nationals Series Rd2 – Seeding

The 2015 JConcepts Indoor Nationals Series is underway at Tacoma R/C Raceway in Washington State. With approximately 230 entries and racers from all across the nation joining in on this epic event presented by JConcepts. With 3 minute seeding rounds and taking the top 3 consecutive fast laps to sort the qualifying starting order, practice will give a sneak peak into this weekend’s action packed racing. Reigning INS champion, Ryan Maifield has made the trip to the Pacific NW to defend his 2WD and 4WD titles against young up and coming threats like AE/JConcepts’ Spencer Rivkin and Michael Schoettler. Also hungry to prove himself and looking strong this weekend is NW local, Kyosho/JConcepts’ Tanner Day.

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May 2, 2015

Sobue snatches Q2 as Volker gets blocked

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Tamiya’s Aiko Sobue snatched a TQ run in the second round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria this morning helped by Q1 pace setter Ronald Volker getting blocked on his final lap. The Japanese driver, who on his arrival in Austria quickly marked himself out as a podium contender topping practice, took the qualifier by 0.387 of a second as Schumacher driver Michal Orlowski cost Volker 4/10ths.

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May 1, 2015

JConcepts sign Renaud Savoya

JConcepts welcome Renaud Savoya to their world-wide race team. Currently they have IFMAR World Champions, ROAR National Champions and Regional Champions on the race team and now they bring a European Champion back together with JConcepts. Renaud will race a complete full calendar of 1/8th off-road events as well as dipping into some 1/10th off-road as time allows and he had the following to say about the deal:

I’m delighted to join the JConcepts race team. It is a brand that brought a lot to this industry with major achievements and innovations. Well known worldwide with IFMAR and ROAR wins, it is also a great opportunity to work with some of the best drivers in the world. I’m excited with this new challenge and I will put in the best effort possible to bring titles on European soil. I would also like to thank everyone at Sweep Korea and USA for the last 4 successful years, especially Steve Kong and Ryan Lee.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 1, 2015

Marc Rheinard joins Yokomo off-road team

Yokomo have announced the signing of Marc Rheinard to their off-road team for 2015 and 2016. Marc will race the company’s 2WD and 4WD buggies and he will join Yokomo’s UK super star driver Lee Martin in his campaign that will see appearances at the World Championships in Japan, the European Championships in the UK and also at the EOS. This is what Marc had to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Team Yokomo to give me the opportunity to use 2wd and 4wd Buggy for the next years including the WC in Japan and EC in England and also the EOS races. it’s also nice to be a teammate with Lee Martin again. I think we will achieve some great results in the next races. One more time thanks to all the people at Yokomo to let me on board to the off-road team.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

May 1, 2015

Volker takes Q1 in Mattsee

Ronald Volker has TQ’d a very close opening round of qualifying at Round 4 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria. Winner of the fahr(T)raum hosted event last year, the Yokomo driver would top the times by just 0.187 of a second from Xray’s Bruno Coelho. Just a further 0.265 off, Tamiya’s Akio Sobue who topped the times in practice would complete the Top 3 around the covered temporary asphalt track.

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