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December 5, 2014

Rheinard tops first timed practice at ETS

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Marc Rheinard topped the first round of timed practice at the season opener of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic. The Tamiya driver who closed off last season’s ETS championship with a victory was quickest over 3-consecutive laps from defending champion Ronald Volker, the pair separated by just 0.09 of a second around the large carpet track. 2/10th off Rheinard’s pace, Yannic Prumper would complete an all German Top 3 followed by Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Serpent’s Marc Fischer.

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December 5, 2014

Michael Johnsen wins at DMSU Rd3

The 3 round of the Danish DMSU series was held at MMRC Club in Toelloese on a freshly laid out carpet track with 60 drivers competing mainly in the Touring Car Pro Stock and growing Le Mans pan car classes. Fastest Le Mans driver on Saturday was Thomas Mortensen with a 11.7, followed by Claus Ryeskov and Michael Johnsen with a 12.02 and 11.99 respectively. The controlled practice on Sunday morning saw Michael Johnsen setting the fastest time, closely followed by Thomas and Peter. In qualifying it was again Michael Johnsen who set the pace, but now Rasmus B Nielsen had found some speed and he came in 2nd with Peter Harder in 3rd. Thomas started to have problems with the grip, mainly because the carpet was getting soaked in tyre additive.

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December 4, 2014

Stefan Schulz wins at Berlin Touring Masters

The final round of the Berlin Touring Masters series saw Xray driver Stefan Schulz taking the win in the A-main in front of Christian Wehrmann (ARC) and Niko Gorski (Awesomatix). In the overall result Stefan grabbed the championship title some 12 points in front of the 2nd place driver.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 3, 2014

ETS season opener attracts full house

It is set to be a full house for the opening round of the 2014/15 Yokomo Euro Touring Series with over 350 entries from drivers around the world set to descend on the Sport-V-Hotel in the small Czech town of Hrotovice this weekend (5-7 December). Entering its eighth season, the weekend marks a significant milestone in the history of the World famous championship as it will be the 40th running of an ETS race. The fifth time the popular venue has played host to the championship, the race promotes Hrotovice to the most visited and longest serving location on the ETS calendar with the hall having undergone an extension since last year’s encounter creating room to build a larger track than before. Renewing their successful partnership with the championship’s founders Uwe Rheinard and Scotty Ernst, defending champion manufacturer Yokomo will continue as title sponsors for a fifth consecutive season and having won the season opener for the last four years the Japanese company will be hoping to maintain that form this weekend.

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December 3, 2014

AARCMCC 1/10 Offroad Victorian State Titles – Report

Held at the Knox track in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, the 2014 Victorian State Titles was the final major race of the year in Australia and it saw over 160 entrants treated to a fast, flowing and fun natural dirt track in high temperature summer conditions. Control tyres for the event were JConcepts 3Ds in blue compound for the rear, and JConcepts Bar Codes in blue compound for the front of the 4WD vehicles. 6 national classes were on offer, with 2WD and 4WD buggy in both Modified and 17.5T, 2wD SCT and Stadium Truck. Victoria also runs 21.5T 2WD and 4WD buggy classes which this year saw many junior drivers racing against the adults.

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December 3, 2014

Robert Batlle joins Team C electric team

Following his departure from 1/10th electric sponsor Yokomo Spanish ace Robert Batlle teamed up with Team C to race the company’s 1/10th electric off-road and on-road vehicles. We do not have any details on the deal but we understand that Robert will race 1/10th scale both in the national championships and also at selected international events.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.com]

December 2, 2014

Kyle McBride returns to Team Associated & Reedy

Team Associated and Reedy announce the return of 3-times FEMCA Champion and 4-times Australian National Champion Kyle McBride to the team. Kyle began his racing career with Team Associated in 2006 and since then has established himself as one of the best drivers in the world with two 4th place finishes at the 1:8 IFMAR World Championships along with a victory at the 2014 Silver State Nitro Challenge. Based just outside of Brisbane, Australia, Kyle will be racing the full line of Team Associated off-road vehicles in Australia, Asia, and around the World. Additionally, Kyle will use Reedy power in all of his vehicles while competing in both 1:8 and 1:10 off-road events. This is what Kyle has to say about the deal:

I am beyond excited and pumped to be returning to the Team Associated team and family! With racing being my number one focus in life and career, Team Associated has given me a great opportunity to join their team. I want to personally thank Brent Thielke for giving me this opportunity and I look forward to a really successful race career with Team Associated and many great results for the team.

Team Associated team manager Brent Thielke adds:

Kyle is one of those underrated drivers that gets lost in the power rankings. He has shown to have the speed and skills to compete with the best in the world; we are looking forward to giving him more opportunities to do just that. We are also excited about adding a driver to the Australian/Asian market to develop and promote the Team Associated and Reedy product lines.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

December 2, 2014

Drew Moller re-signs with LRP

LRP announce the contract renewal with 18-year old Drew Moller. The IFMAR Worlds finalist signed a full factory support contract and he will continue to use LRP’s range of electric brushless motors and speedos, battery packs and chargers as well as the company’s nitro engines and accessories in his 2015 campaign that will see both 1/10th and 1/8th scale racing.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]