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July 2, 2018

EFRA Electric Track European Champs – Report

The 2018 EFRA 1/10th scale Electric Track European Championships were held at the MRC Wiener Neustadt track this past weekend. The event started off wet but things got better over the weekend. In the Touring Modified Ronald Volker headed the field round from pole position in the first leg and in a great display of controlled driving soaked up all the pressure from a charging Alexander Hagberg to take a step towards retaining his title. Bruno Coelho had a quiet race by his standards to finish a couple of seconds behind the lead two.

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July 2, 2018

Yugo Nagashima teams up with Power HD

1/12 Japan National champion Yugo Nagashima, has joined the Power HD team. The 2018 Snowbirds Touring Modified Champion, 2018 1/12th Modified and Touring Modified Champion will be using Power HD’s competition spec servos at all major events and he has the following to say:

I would like to thanks Power HD to give me chance to race with Power HD servo. I had tried Power HD servo and I am really happy about the performance and quality.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

June 29, 2018

EWS Abroad Austria – Announcement

Oli Meggitt and the well-known EWS team announce the first EWS Abroad to be taking place later this year. Taking their popular EWS style of events outside of the UK for the first time, the race will take place at the popular MAV Aigen-Schlägl circuit in northern Austria, on the weekend of 1st and 2nd September. The event will feature a number of electric on-road classes, for Modified and Super Stock Touring Cars, plus Formula, all running to rules based on ETS, plus classes for Stock and Modified electric 1:8th scale. Factory drivers from Awesomatix, Infinity, Tonisport and Yokomo are already confirmed to join the race, and the location of the track close to the German and Czech borders means drivers from all over Europe can easily attend. It is planned to make this race a fun and relaxed atmosphere to end the outdoor summer season, with the host club arranging a driver’s party on the Saturday night too. More details and rules for the event, in English and German, and also info on hotel discounts and airport shuttle bus, can be found here, and entries are now open here. For more details, please contact Oli Meggitt (oli.meggitt@gmail.com).

June 27, 2018

Jason Nugroho wins Truggy class at Asia Fever

The recent Asia Fever race in Malaysia saw Xray’s Jason Nugroho walking away with the win in the Nitro Truggy class. The TQ holder would sweep the half hour long A-main by talking the win some three laps in front of SWorkz’s Scott Yang and Eric Xiao while also scoring the fastest lap of the race.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

June 26, 2018

Meen V. successful at Asia Fever race

The 2018 Asia Fever race was held at The Dirt Bureau track in Malaysia this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Malaysian driver, Danny K. took the TQ, however he was not able to convert the position into a victory. Instead it was Meen Vejrak from Thailand who would sweep the A-main, taking the win a lap in front of Paphon Chanyasak from Thailand as another Thai driver, Game Mongkolphan rounded out the top 3 another lap down. Josh Pain from Australia and Adrian Wicaksono from Indonesia would complete the top 5 results.

Image: Meen Vejrak

June 25, 2018

3 in a row – Coelho lifts ETS title with Apeldoorn win

Bruno Coelho has retained his Yokomo Euro Touring Series title claiming the championship for the third year in succession with victory on his debut at the Apeldoorn track in the Netherlands. Top Qualifier for the fourth time this season, the Xray driver added the third win of his campaign in A3 after the early demise of his main challenger all weekend Ronald Volker. With both having a win each from the opening two A-Mains, Volker pushed hard but it was to be too much and he rolled his Yokomo over the curbing coming onto the main straight on the first run through. This left team-mate & third place starter Christopher Krapp to take up the challenge but despite a good effort of getting the Portuguese driver in touch the German couldn’t mount an attack. With Volker setting a new track record as he finished out A3 finishing it in 9th, his early results would still give him second with Krapp joining him on the podium. Volker’s best result this season, it was a good weekend for the Yokomo team with Yannic Prumper finishing fourth but once again it was Coelho who was the benchmark.

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June 24, 2018

Coelho leads processional A2

After his body drama in A1, Bruno Coelho took a straight forward win of a processional second A-Main at the ETS in Apeldoorn. The Top Qualifier came under pressure from A1 winner Ronald Volker over the opening laps but seeing off the German, the Xray driver opened a convincing gap to win by 2-seconds. Behind, Christopher Krapp would complete the Top 3 a further 1.2 seconds back with the Top 5 finishing in the order they started. The highest place mover would be A1 3rd place finisher Naoto Matsukura who gained once place to finish 6th.

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June 24, 2018

Volker wins A1 at Apeldoorn

Ronald Volker has won the opening A1 at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Apeldoorn. Starting from second on the grid, the Yokomo driver was handed the lead when Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho suffered a spin as the result of a body tuck. While the Xray driver would later run over the curbing to release the body it tucked again and he eventually crossed the line 7th. With Christopher Krapp also moving up a spot as a result of Coelho’s problems to finish second, the big mover of the race was Naoto Matsukura. Starting 7th he would complete the Top 3 ahead of Yannic Prumper.

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