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June 24, 2016

Volker claims super close Q2 from Rheinard

Ronald Volker claimed what could turn out to be crucial TQ run in a super close second qualifier at the ETS in Luxembourg. The Yokomo driver snatched the fastest time on the final lap from arch rival Marc Rheinard, the German power houses separated by just 0.039 of a second. Having taken the opening qualifier Bruno Coelho would struggle in Q2 eventually deciding to pull with a suspected bad set of tyres. With the championship leader having problems it would be Team Infinity driver Jilles Groskamp who would be the top Xray taking his example to third ahead of the factory car of Alexander Hagberg.

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June 24, 2016

Coelho from Volker in Q1

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Bruno Coelho has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Luxembourg. The championship leader topped the times by just 0.135 of a second from reigning champion Ronald Volker with this year’s other title contender Marc Rheinard completing the Top 3. For Rheinard it initially looked like his opening qualifier would amount to nothing as his transponder failed to register once the qualifier started but in a sporting gesture from his rivals in the top heat they agreed to allow a manual correction of the result to reflect his P3 position on the track when he crossed the finish line.

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June 24, 2016

Final practice sees big improvement for Rheinard

There was a big improvement from Marc Rheinard in the final practice at ETS Luxembourg with the Tamiya driver improving from 10th the 2nd fastest as many drivers failed to better their opening timed practice times. Fastest for the second round, Rheinard got to within 4/10ths of Bruno Coelho’s earlier time, the Xray driver remaining the top seed for qualifying which gets underway this evening. With Rheinard demoting Jilles Groskamp who failed to better his time back to third, the third of the title contenders Ronald Volker would find himself demoted to P6 as his Yokomo team-mate Hayato Matsuzaki managed to get three laps together to go fourth fastest ahead of Lucas Urbain.

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June 24, 2016

Coelho leads way in 1st timed practice at ETS Luxembourg

Coelho leads way in 1st timed practice at ENS Luxembourg

Bruno Coelho has set the pace in the first of the two timed practices at the penultimate round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Luxembourg. Last year’s race winner posted the fastest 3-laps ahead of Jilles Groskamp stretching his advantage over the Dutch driver, the pair more evenly match in the morning’s untimed practice. Behind them it was local hero Lucas Urbain who would complete the Top 3 with a time 1/1000th of a second faster than defending champion Ronald Volker. A crucial weekend in the three way title battle, it wasn’t a great start to the weekend for Marc Rheinard as he found himself only 10th fastest over 1.4-seconds off points leader Coelho.

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June 24, 2016

Fernando Almeida crowned 40+ Buggy Euro Champ B

The EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championships B was recently held in Freixedas, Portugal, with about 107 drivers in attendance. While young Juan Carlos Canas grabbed the title, it was Fernando Almeida who took the 40+ class in dominant fashion, leaving Helder Barros and Frederick Cederberg behind in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 24, 2016

Helder Silva successful at Portuguese TC Nats Rd4

Round four of the Portuguese Touring Stock 10.5T National Championship was recently held in the city of Coimbra. After winning three of the four qualifying rounds, Fred Santos (Xray) would take the pole position for the triple A-mains. A1 then had Capricorn’s Helder Silva coming out fastest after a last lap crash with a spinning car causing trouble for Fred. In A2 and after some position swaps with Fred, it was again Helder who came out in front to take the day’s win early. In the third and final A-main again bad luck stroke for Fred who was still able to take the overall runner-up spot behind Helder. Schumacher driver Jorge Chalupa completed the top 3 result.
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June 24, 2016

Rigert & Asendorf win at Swiss EP On-road Nats Rd3

The famous Lostallo track played host to round three of the Swiss electric on-road nationals. As usual with the current European Summer, parts of the race were held in wet conditions. After a partly rain soaked qualifying, Michele Manzo would place his car on the 1 spot in the Touring Modified class, from Huber, Isler, Rigert and Krähemann. At the end Mario Rigert (Xray) would take the overall win after coming out fastest in A1 and A3. Oliver Krähemann (Xray) grabbed the runner-up spot while Philipp Huber (Team Durango) had to settle for third.

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June 23, 2016

ETS hits 50 as Coelho LUX for title success

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The penultimate round of the Euro Touring Series travels to Luxembourg this weekend (23-25 June) and to one of the most unique circuits in the world. With its famous Laguna Seca corkscrew section, Mini Circuit ‘Ville de Luxembourg’, plays host to the ETS for a third time as the race marks the 50th race in the world famous championship’s history. While marking a significant milestone for series founders Uwe Rehinard and Scotty Ernst, on track all the attention will be on the three way driver/manufacturer on track battle for the Season #9 Volante Modified title. Securing victory at the previous round which marked the start of the outdoor half of the season, it is Bruno Coelho who leads the way coming into the weekend. Last year the large track proved a very happy hunting ground for the Xray star as it was where he would claim his first ever win of the high profile championship and a win this Sunday evening would see him crowned only the fourth different champion of the ETS.

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