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February 7, 2016

Ratheisky TQs Formula at ETS, Masami to start 5th

Reigning 3-time Formula Champion Jan Ratheisky has secured his second overall TQ of Season #9 of the Euro Touring Series. Topping three of the four qualifiers at the second round of the championship in Germany, the Round 1 winner will start on pole position ahead of Q1 pace setter, the Serpent of David Ehrbar with Xray team-mate Francesco Martini lining up third. Attracting a record 120 entries, a big coup for the class was the entry of 14-time World Champion Masami Hirosaka who having come out of retirement to make his ETS debut will start 5th in the A-Main.

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February 6, 2016

Streit TQs Pro Stock at ETS Germany

Tony Streit is Top Qualifier in the Xray Pro Stock class at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany. In his second season with Awesomatix, the German claimed his second ETS pole position start when he backed up his Q3 topping run with the fastest TQ of the day in the fourth & final qualifier to deny Xray’s Jan Ratheisky, who took Q1 & 2, on the tie breaker. Behind them, Dane Mike Gosvig will line-up third ahead of Norwegian ARC driver Johannessen who pushed Streit hard in the final qualifier.

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February 6, 2016

Rheinard takes Q3 as Xray reign self destructs

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Marc Rheinard took a somewhat surprise TQ in the penultimate round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany. Having struggled with sixth in the opening two qualifiers, the Tamiya took a close run TQ over his arch rival Ronald Volker but only after the Xray reign self destructed when Bruno Coelho rolled while poised to secure the overall TQ and then Alexander Hagberg crashed as a result of a rear belt failure. In the end Rheinard would snatch the TQ by 0.182 of second, with Akio Sobue completing the Top 3.

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February 6, 2016

Coelho again in Q2

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The second round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany was a repeat of Q1 as Xray again topped the time sheets with Bruno Coelho fastest ahead of team-mate Alexander Hagberg. Behind the Xrays it was Yokomo who provided the greatest challenge with Yannic Prumper completing the Top 3 ahead of reigning Champion Ronald Volker. For championship leader and 2015 event winner Marc Rheinard, the round would again only net a P6 with the German needing to turn things around for the final two qualifiers.

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February 6, 2016

2016 JConcepts Winter INS – Seeding results

This past Friday marked the first day of the 2016 JConcepts Indoor National Series and the action is already heating up from early morning practice to the final stages of the day, the 3 minute seeding rounds. Since 2009, the JConcepts Winter INS has become a classic race in St. Louis, Missouri and with the entry count nearing 300 and 34 full heats, this year’s race will be even more competitive than ever. Controlled practice was held from 8am till about 5pm allowing racers to dial in their cars and tires before the evening’s seeding round that will sort the field using each driver’s best 3 consecutive fastest laps in 3 minutes.

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February 5, 2016

Coelho tops brief practice after carpet change at ETS

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Over a short 2-minute practice at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany it was Bruno Coelho who laid claim to being fastest on eventful Day 1 at the second round of the championship. The biggest race of the ETS to-date, with over 440 entries, a hidden problem would arise during practice when an incorrect batch of carpet left racers struggling for traction. With no sign of conditions improving, the carpet fluffing up, the championship’s promoters made the brave call to resurface the track. Having to wait 4-hours for the delivery of the correct ‘ETS Black Carpet’ all the way from the centre of the Netherlands, a pre-selected crew which included the current World Champion Naoto Matsukura did an impressive job to rebuild the track in just 2-hours. With the two planned rounds of practice on the busy schedule having run on the bad carpet, a reshuffle of the timetable during the track resurfacing allowed a quick 2-minute practice round to give drivers a feel for the regular carpet racers have become accustomed too. The difference in the carpets was immediately clear as Coelho went from a 44-seconds 3-consecutive lap time to a 41.364.

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February 5, 2016

6th Annual January Jam Race – Report

Flowood R/C Indoor Park hosted their 6th Annual January Jam Race with 200 entries from all over the US showing up to run in 13 classes. The layout was awesome and the track looked better after the race than it did during practice on Friday with the very unique layout giving both the 1/8 and 1/10 some of the best racing ever at FRC. The 1/8th Expert Nitro Buggy class had Jake Dellinger (Team Associated) taking the TQ and win from fellow Team Associated driver Josh Glancy with TLR’s Graham Gonzales rounding out the top 3 result.

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February 5, 2016

Jose Martinez wins SOR Championship Rd1

Round 1 of the SOR Championship was held in Puerto Rico with over 100 racer from all over the country in attendance. In the Nitro Truggy class Jose Martinez took the TQ honours after the qualifiers and he would be able to conserve his qualifying performance in the main final, taking the win some two laps ahead of second place driver Alex Vasquez. Miguel Cotto would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]