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September 2, 2016

Business as usual for Kurzbuch at ENS Aigen

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It was business as usual for Simon Kurzbuch on the opening day of the Euro Nitro Series in Austria as the points leader topped seeding for qualifying at the third round. The Shepherd driver would set the pace from Dario Balestri although it was the Capricorn driver who would be fastest in the second of the two controlled rounds of practice getting to within 0.038 of a second of Kurzbuch’s CP1 time. Behind the former & current ENS champions, Robert Pietsch would complete the now traditional Top 3 ahead of the ARC trio Lars Hoppe, John Ermen and Round 2 podium finisher Toni Gruber.

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September 2, 2016

Teemu tops seeding at ENS Aigen

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Teemu Leino is the top seed for 1:10 qualifying at the Austrian Euro Nitro Series encounter, the Team Infinity driver fastest in the two rounds of controlled practice at the third round of the championship in Aigen. Having set the pace in free practice, last year’s race winner was again quickest from Serpent’s Dominic Greiner, the Finn having a 3/10ths advantage over 3-laps. Behind them inaugural ENS Champion Erik Dankel made a big improvement on his free practice form to post the third fastest time ahead of Francesco Tironi and championship leader Dirk Wischnewski.

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September 2, 2016

VBC Racing sign Marc Fischer

Following his departure from long-term sponsors Serpent and a short campaign with Capricorn, Germany’s Marc Fischer has now found a new home at VBC Racing. An A-main finisher at the recent IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Marc will campaign VBC Racing’s on-road kits at events such as the German Nationals, the ETS as well as the DHI Cup and other international events. Marc will also assist with product development and testing and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am really happy to start work with the VBC Team and I want to thank Mr. Victor L for this opportunity to drive for VBC Racing. I am looking forward for the first races and I am just really happy.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

September 1, 2016

World Champions head ENS Austria entry

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After a two & a half month break, the Euro Nitro Series resumes with the third round taking drivers to Austria this weekend (September 2-4). With the World’s biggest prize keeping them occupied during the break, it is newly crowned Nitro Touring Car World Champion Dominic Greiner who leads the 1:10 entry while 1:8 World Champion Simon Kurzbuch heads the 1:8 field for the championship’s 3rd visit to the Aigen track. With the race marking the start of the second half of the season, the weekend could be crucial to deciding the 1:8 title but with 1:10 having produced two different winners so far it is an opportunity for more drivers to join the race to become champion.

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August 31, 2016

Jaques Libar signs with MD Racing

Spanish company MD Racing have announced the signing of Luxembourg’s Jaques Libar to their team. Having used a range of different brands this season Jaques now found a new home at MD Racing and he has the following to say about the opportunity:

I’m really excited to join MD Racing Rc Team to be running their brand cars. After several different cars that I tried over the season the MD Racing MDF14’16 got me the best feeling. I want to thank Vicente Machancoses at MD Racing RC and Thomas Schröder at RcTeile.de for the opportunity to represent the team, and look forward to achieving more great results with them.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

August 29, 2016

Volker finally gets his World title after dramatic A3 in China

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Ronald Volker has finally got the World title he so desperately chased for the last number of years. Widely recognised as the one world’s best touring car driver as he reigned over the highly competitive Euro Touring Series for five consecutive seasons, the Electric Touring Car World Championship have eluded him and his long time Yokomo engineer Yukijiro Umino, but that all changed in a dramatic closing A-Main in Beijing this evening. With Top Qualifier and A1 winner Bruno Coelho favourite to lift the title despite handing Volker a win with a mistake in A2, a change in track conditions would catch out the Xray driver. Losing the rear of his car early in the opening lap and jumping the curbing, Volker would go to the front only to get hit by Coelho in the chicane bunching up the field and making for a dramatic couple of laps. With Volker somehow getting back the lead he lost corners earlier as Coelho and Marc Rheinard came together, once in front he never looked back as further carnage gave him an unassailable lead. Of the carnage the biggest benefactor would be Viktor Wilck, finishing 2nd in A3, he would take a surprise first Worlds podium finish getting third behind Coelho.

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August 27, 2016

Coelho hands A2 win to Volker

With one hand on the sport’s greatest prize, Bruno Coelho handed his only real rival of the 2016 World Championship Ronald Volker a lifeline when he rolled out of a comfortable lead over the German. Having convincingly won A1, A2 would be less easy for the Xray driver but he still had the advantage over the Yokomo of Volker but as the race entered the second half he would catch the curb at the chicane before the front straight and rolled. With Volker going to the front, the Top Qualifier would rejoin in second such was the pairs advantage over the field but he couldn’t do anything about catching the new leader. Behind, Marc Rheinard would benefit from Akio Sobue making contact with third place starter Alexander Hagberg to take a distant third.

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August 27, 2016

Easy A1 win for Coelho

Bruno Coelho took a dominant win the opening A-Main at the Touring Car World Championship, the Top Qualifier in a different class to his rivals in Beijing. While the win didn’t come as any major surprise, the fashion in which the Xray driver took charge of the race was still impressive but as he checked out it was the battle for second that provided the entertainment. Starting P2, but it clearly visible he was struggling, Yokomo’s Ronald Volker would fall into the clutches of Alexander Hagberg and later Akio Sobue for an epic battle for second. While Hagberg would throw everything at Volker they would finish as they started, with Christopher Krapp the only driver to finish higher than he qualified taking his Tamiya to 5th.

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