March 5, 2012

Silver Dollar Raceway to host 2013 IFMAR Worlds

By unanimous vote of the ROAR Executive Committee, the proposal selected for the 2013 IFMAR Electric Off-Road Worlds is from Silver Dollar Raceway in Chico, California, operated by A-Main Hobbies. In recognition of the time and effort that goes into preparing a proposal for such an event, ROAR would like to thank the other facilities that submitted proposals. The other facilities that were under consideration are top notch racing venues and the decision as to which to choose was difficult. The Silver Dollar Raceway will be a first class facility that will provide great competition and a high level of visibility trackside for local spectators and worldwide from broadcast media. ROAR looks forward with great anticipation to this landmark event, and congratulates Silver Dollar Raceway as the host.

Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]

March 5, 2012

MORC Indoor GP 2012 report

The 5th MORC Indoor GP took place last weekend in Bütschwil/Switzerland. Nearly all 1/8 scale nitro top drivers from Switzerland, Germany and Austria had signed for the race with the track being located in a large horse riding hall with rubber-matting and dirt sections as track surface. A large table top jump followed by a series of larger and smaller obstacles made up for a challenging track. Stefan Byesse (Mugen/RB/SPM) and Carsten Keller (Kyosho/Orion/SPM) dominated the qualifying with Hannes Käufler (Losi/nVision/DLD) and Marc Heim (Bergonzoni/Picco/SPM) close behind.

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March 4, 2012

Krapps gives Kyosho its first ETS victory

Christopher Krapp has secured both his and Kyosho’s first win in the Euro Touring Series after a thrilling second A-Main that saw the 19-year-old hang on to take his second win of the day and put the Gran Canaria victory beyond the reach of the World class field of drivers.  Top Qualifier for the first ETS visit to the Spanish holiday island Krapp, who took the second A-Main ahead of Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck, said it had been an ‘Awesome weekend with everything finally coming to together for him.

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March 4, 2012

Krapp wins first A-Main

Christopher Krapp has won the opening A-Main of the Ride Modified class at the Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria. The Top Qualifier drove the perfect race staying calm throughout to hold off a late challenge from World Champion Marc Rheinard with Alexander Hagberg completing the Top 3.

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March 3, 2012

Krapp is Top Qualifier at ETS Gran Canaria

Factory Kyosho driver Christopher Krapp is Top Qualifier for the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Spanish island of Grand Canaria after the 19-year-old German took the final round of qualifying to deny Xray’s Alexander Hagberg the honour on tie break.  Each posting two TQ runs during the fifth rounds of qualifying, Krapp’s Q1 performance, which was the fastest 5-minute run of the day, secured the World finalist his first & Kyosho’s second ETS pole position in the A-Main of the premiere class.

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March 3, 2012

Another TQ run from Hagberg in Gran Canaria

Alexander Hagberg put in another TQ run at the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria, the Swede topping the penultimate qualifier ahead of Ronald Volker and fellow countryman Viktor Wilck. The top three all benefited from fresher tyres with both Hagberg and Volker running brand new tyres while Vilck’s tyres had only three laps on them after he pulled up early in the previous qualifier following a roll.

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March 3, 2012

Krapp TQs first qualifier in Gran Canaria

Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria bringing Champion Ronald Volker’s domination of qualifying this season to an end. Driving his TF6-SP, the young German driver took the first of the five rounds of qualifying at the outdoor asphalt track by just over half a second from Volker with Viktor Wilck setting the third fastest time.

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March 2, 2012

ETS arrives in Gran Canaria

Better known as a holiday destination rather than a place to host an international RC race, this week the island of Gran Canaria has seen an influx of people carrying suspicious hand luggage through Las Palmas airport as the top touring cars drivers from around the world arrived for Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series.  A new addition to this season’s ETS schedule, the event gives drivers a very welcome break from indoor carpet racing thanks to the Mediterranean climate of the Spanish island.

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