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August 24, 2021

Schumacher SOOM Series Rd4 – Report

This past weekend was the fourth round of the fantastic SOOM series, there was once again a great entry of drivers present. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. The Southport team had designed a fantastic track layout for both days of our event. The mixed weather was present on Saturday but it was dry and sunny for most of Sunday. Finally as some travel restrictions have been lifted, it allowed both Michal Orlowski and Jorn Neumann to get across to the event. In 2wd qualifying it was Neil Cragg who would take TQ to line up on pole. Tommy Hall would be 2nd and Luke Holdsworth would line up 3rd.

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August 24, 2021

Essex Winter Series 2021/2022 Announcement

The well-known Essex Winter Series (EWS) championship has announced the details of it’s special 10th Anniversary Season. Set to take place over 5 rounds at EWS’s indoor venue in the south-east of the UK, there will be classes for Modified, Super Stock (13.5 blinky), Sportsman Stock (17.5 blinky) and Front Wheel Drive. The EWS team are pleased to welcome Rush as the tyre partner for the Touring Car classes, as well as welcoming back Ride for the FWD section. Full details on the series, including dates and detailed rules can be found on the EWS website. Entries are now open via the website, but you should be quick – the series is expected to fill up very soon.

August 16, 2021

Völker wins again at ETS Rd2

ETS Rd2 took place at Arena33 in Andernach, Germany last weekend, only four weeks after RD1 at the same venue. With 173 entries in the six ETS classes the event started with a free practice day on Thursday and a great weather forecast for the whole weekend. As always at the ETS, the race included 4 rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for everybody. In the Matrix Modified class, a dominant Ronald Völker took three out of four rounds (with one DNF) of qualifying with his LRP powered Mugen Seiki car ahead of his strongest rival Marc Rheinard who qualified second on the grid with his Awesomatix. Yokomo`s Christopher Krapp took third on the grid followed by Oliver Havranek (Xray) and Yannic Prümper (Yokomo). Völker never looked back after the start of the first and second A-Main and won both heats without any mistakes in front of Rheinard. With Völker sitting out A3, Marc Rheinard took the win in the last modified final ahead of Yannic Prümper who finished second to secure third overall on the podium. For Ronald Völker it was the fourth consecutive ETS race win and his second in a row with his new Mugen Seiki team.

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August 16, 2021

BRCA Clubmans Rd4 Coastal Ipswich – Report

Round 4 of the BRCA Clubmans took place on the East Coast of England at Coastal Model Car Racing Club. This is the smallest track on the calendar which many liken to Monaco due to the tight confinements of the track and layout. The club made a huge effort in the weeks before the meeting and the track looked fantastic in the Ipswich sunshine. Four qualifying rounds for all classes and Craig Nutting eventually took TQ in the Frontie Class, but local driver and race director George Fairweather kept him honest all day long taking the round two win looking to be the only challenger, so it was anyone’s guess what the A Final outcome would be.

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August 10, 2021

Schumacher Outdoor Off Road Masters Rd3 – Report

This past weekend was the third round of the fantastic SOOM series, there was once again a great entry of drivers present. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. Then everyone has 1 final except for the 3 legged A finals. The Herts team had designed a fantastic track layout for the event, many racers were pleasantly surprised to see such a great track and facility. The layout was changed quite substantially between 2wd and 4wd. In 2wd qualifying it was Lee Martin who would take TQ in 3 rounds to line up on pole. Jamie Hall would be 2nd and his brother Tommy Hall would line up 3rd.

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August 10, 2021

Daniel Kobbevik double at Norwegian Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Norwegian Nationals was held at the technical and bumpy astro track ‘Radoy Raceway’. This is on the west coast of Norway, so weather can change fast and be pretty bad, but this weekend was warm and nice weather. Every thing was organised well and it was good amount of drivers and fun in the pits. 2wd qualifiers started Saturday morning and Daniel Kobbevik was in his own league, taking the TQ in all four rounds. That meant Daniel could start from pole with his Hobbywing/Sunpadow powered Xray XB2. In A1 Daniel pulled away right away and lapped the whole field. In A2 Daniel was hit by a car in the start and when Daniel tried to get passed, he was taken out again, falling down to 5th place, and had to work the way back to the front but still managed to take a comfy win. This gave Kobbevik the overall win ahead of Yokomo driver Adrian Sognestad in 2nd and Vincent Rûger with his Xray in 3rd.

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August 9, 2021

Jefferies & Murray win Rd3 of BRCA TC Nats

With the track at Halifax being recently re-surfaced drivers arriving for round three of the BRCA Touring Car series were keen to test the new grip levels but the British weather scuppered that as rain fell for the entire day. Getting the best out of his Xray and mastering the wet conditions Olly Jefferies was fastest in all four rounds of qualifying and took a comfortable TQ. Despite dominating qualifying everyone was expecting close finals as the constant rain was leaving no margin for error. Early on Jefferies pulled a small lead ahead of second place man Chris Grainger, then around the two-minute mark the Awesomatix driver was on the back of the Xray.

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August 9, 2021

Valentin Hettrich joins Awesomatix Factory team

Awesomatix have announced another strong addition to their team with the signing of former ETS podium finisher Valentin Hettrich. Similar to Alexandre Kunkler he will also participate at the Euro Touring Series events as well as other well known regional events. On the deal, Valentin said ‘Thanks to Max for the trust in me joining Team Awesomatix. I am looking forward to getting back at the track again and working with the team and getting the most out of the car. See you at the track!’

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