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February 3, 2018

Volker snatches Q2 from Coelho

Ronald Volker has kicked off Day 2 of the Euro Touring Series in Daun with a TQ run, the Yokomo driver snatching the the second round of qualifying from Bruno Coelho. Clearly the quickest man on track, Coelho would have two mistakes of his own doing but it was the flying car of Akio Sobue that ultimately cost him the TQ allowing Volker to top the times by 2/10th. With a fastest lap almost 3/10th quicker than the rest of the field, Coelho looked set to make it two out of two but coming into the sweeper at the end of the straight, the Xray driver was greeted by Sobue’s car flying through the air from the infield. While no contact was made, the T4 somehow just finding its way under the landing IF14, Coelho was forced off the racing line losing him 8/10th allowing Volker to go to the top. Pulling back 2/10ths a lap Coelho would run out of time and with Volker laying down his fastest lap on the last lap it was the German who got the TQ. Behind Yannic Prumper would set the third fastest time ahead Marc Rheinard and Naoki Akiyama, the Top 5 all managing 19-laps this morning.

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February 3, 2018

2018 Indoor Silver State – Announcement

The Dirt have announced the 2018 Indoor Silver State race will be held on from May 3rd to 6th at the The South Point Hotel/Casino-Spa in Las Vegas. Due to the overwhelming response to the new venue, the organisers had to add a day to the race schedule that now sees the Wednesday as pit setup and registration day and Thursday as a full practice day. Classes run are 1/8th Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truck and E-Buggy with the nitro classes being divided into the usual Intermediate, Expert, Pro and 40+ categories. More details, such as the new event flyer, race information and info on discounted rooms can be found over on the official event website here.

February 2, 2018

Coelho takes opening qualifier

Despite getting quite out of shape on his third lap, Bruno Coelho has taken the opening round of qualifying at Round 2 of the Euro Touring Series in Germany. The Xray driver would recover to be the only one to make 19-laps, topping the times from top seed Ronald Volker who would have to open up to let his rival through. Behind, Alexander Hagberg would put in a strong second half to the 5-minute qualifier to complete the Top 3 ahead of Marc Rheinard. Making it a good start to the weekend in Daun for Xray, Marc Kaufmann took his example to the fifth fastest time ahead of a quick, but making too many mistakes, Yannic Prümper.

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February 2, 2018

2018 JConcepts MT event schedule – Announcement

2017 was a monster year for JConcepts as the iconic company attended and supported some of the best, action packed R/C monster truck events from around the nation. For 2018, JConcepts has decided to step it up to the next level, filling out a schedule fueled by their passion and love for R/C monster trucks. The year kickes off on March 22nd to 24th at the Monster Jam World Finals where JConcepts will take part in the R/C Monster Jam World Finals Performance which coincides with the Monster Jam Party in the Pits in Las Vegas. This is the perfect opportunity to Meet and Greet with some of the world famous Monster Jam drivers during the pit party and take in some R/C monster truck action. After kicking off the year with the Monster Jam World Finals Performance, JC invite you to bring your trucks and compete at the other thrilling events filled with ultra-competitive side-by-side bracket-style racing in various classes like Pro Mod, 2.2, Retro, etc. An event set out to be different from the rest is the 1st Annual JConcepts MonsterCross held on May 5th to 6th in St. Beaver, PA. Borrowing ideas from 1/10th scale off-road racing, multiple trucks will go wheel to wheel in heat races to sort qualifying for Sunday’s main events. The concept is to give more racers more track time and to determine who truly owns the baddest and fastest truck in the land. The complete schedule can be found here.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

February 2, 2018

Volker top seed at ETS Daun

Ronald Volker is the top seed for qualifying at the Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany, the Yokomo driver pipping early pace setter Bruno Coelho in the second of the two timed practices. Only sixth fastest in the first timed round, almost 6/10th off Coelho on two laps of the unique track layout, Volker would surprise even himself with his improvement turning things around to a 3/10th advantage over the reigning champion. With the track over a second faster over 2-laps, Yannick Prumper maintained his Top 3 pace, outpacing Marc Rheinard who was second quickest in the the first one. Behind Rheinard, Christopher Krapp would post the fastest time with Rheinard’s Infinity team-mate Akio Sobue completing the Top 6.

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February 2, 2018

Coelho fastest from Rheinard in first timed practice at ETS

Bruno Coelho was fastest in the first of the two timed practice at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany, this morning. The Xray driver topped the times from Round 1 winner Marc Rheinard having a 2/10ths of a second advantage over his arch rival. Behind, Yannic Prumper laid down his intentions early to complete the Top 3 on the uniquely shaped track with the margin a similar 2/10ths. Such is the size of the high speed layout at the holiday resort venue, seeding this weekend is being based on a driver’s best 2-consecutive laps rather than the traditional 3.

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February 1, 2018

Rheinard aims to extend lead with home win at ETS Daun

Having celebrated his first calendar year as an Infinity driver by claiming the electric touring car newcomers’ first ETS victory at the season opener in Austria, Marc Rheinard will be looking to extend his lead in the championship on home soil this weekend (2-4 Feb) in Daun, Germany. A brand new venue on the calendar, the holiday resort having successfully played host to the second round of Euro Offroad Series last weekend, Rheinard will be aiming to make it back to back victories at his home race. Winning Round 1 ahead of reigning ETS Champion Bruno Coelho and Ronald Volker, the championship’s most winning driver ended a two year drought of wins and also taking the TQ in Vienna came away with maximum points. That is how he wants to leave Daun on Sunday evening. Rheinard will be joined at the race by Infinity team-mate Akio Sobue, the Japanese diver aiming for a better performance than his 8th last time out.

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February 1, 2018

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Worksop Series once again had a great entry of 15 heats of drivers spread across the three classes of 2WD, 4WD and vintage buggy. As always it was round by round qualifying as the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. Qualifying in 2WD was dominated by Mitchell Fiddling who took TQ in three out of four rounds, so therefore he would line up on pole. In 4WD it was much closer and several drivers were battling it out for TQ honours, in the end Tom Cockerill would line up on pole. In the Vintage class it was very close between Richard Johnson and Chris Slater, in the end they were tied on points but Richard had the fastest time so would line up on pole.

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