July 27, 2010

WC Qualifying postponed until morning

WC Qualifying postponed until morning

The opening day of qualifying for the 2010 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships is over early with race director Bob Ingersoll making the call to postpone the opening round of qualifying for the B Group of drivers until the morning.  At a team-manager’s meeting Ingersoll said that while the rain has stopped and the track staff have cleared most of the water it would be another 3 hours before it would be suitable for racing and this would leave it too late to get the two rounds of qualifying completed under natural light.

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July 27, 2010

Qualifying gets underway in Texas

Qualifying gets underway in Texas

After 5 days of practice things start to get serious today here at the 2010 IFMAR 200mm World Championship as the first round of six scheduled rounds of qualifying get underway at the impressive Gulf Coast Raceway here in Houston, Texas.  The fourth running of these World Championships all three title holders have made the trip to the USA as have nine of the 10 finalist from Portugal where Daniele Ielasi picked up his crown.

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July 18, 2010

Rheinard wins ETS final

Rheinard wins ETS final

As the podium presentations get underway here in Andernach, Germany, and the curtain comes down on a third successful Euro Touring Series season the big question being asked is can anyone beat Marc Rheinard.  The German dominated the World Championships 2-weeks ago lifting his third World title and here at the sixth & final round of the Xenon Racing backed ETS the Tamiya star continued his rule over electric Touring Cars.

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July 18, 2010

Champion elects win first A-Main

Champion elects win first A-Main

Starting from pole position Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker have won the opening leg of their respective A-Mains. The pair, who will be crowned champions of the third season of the Euro Touring Series here in Andernach irrespective of today’s result, led from start to finish.

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July 17, 2010

Rheinard takes Q4 & overall Andernach TQ honours

Rheinard takes Q4 & overall Andernach TQ honours

Euro Touring Series Champion elect Marc Rheinard is the Top Qualifier for the closing race of the 2009/2010 season after topping the final round of qualifying here this evening at his home track of Andernach.  The three time World Champion set the first & only 17 second lap of the event on his way to taking the round by half a second from Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck. This left the pair tied on points but setting the fastest overall qualifying time in Q4 the German will start tomorrow’s finals from pole.

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July 17, 2010

Krapp tops Q2 in Andernach

Krapp tops Q2 in Andernach

Team Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp has topped the second round of qualifying for the ETS finale.  The young German TQ’d the run despite running a slower time than in Q1 yesterday which was only good for the 8th fastest time.  Afterwards Krapp said he had only taken the round because his rivals had messed up their runs with mistakes.  Running the 2.5mm LiPo chassis over the 2mm chassis he used at the Worlds, following pre-event testing, he said a change to Hot Bodies springs had made his car super smooth to drive but the end result was a slower time.

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July 16, 2010

Hara TQ’s opening qualifier at Andernach

Hara TQ’s opening qualifier at Andernach

Atsushi Hara has TQ’d the opening qualifier at the sixth & final round of the 2009/10 Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series. Reverting to the set-up he ran this morning, the Japanese ace topped the time sheets in Andernach ahead of World Champion Marc Rheinard and his own Hot Bodies team-mate Andy Moore. Having to pass both Rheinard and Moore during the run, the 2008 Andernach Top Qualifier & race winner finished over 1.7 seconds faster than the German despite an overshot on the penultimate lap after he out braked himself in front of the drivers’ rostrum.

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July 16, 2010

Wilck heads Hara after P3 at ETS Rd6

Wilck heads Hara after P3 at ETS Rd6

Viktor Wilck is setting the pace in practice for the sixth and final round of the Xenon Racing back Euro Touring Series here in Andernach. The Swede is fastest over three consecutive laps and also over the full five minutes around the Andernach track which is running a slightly different layout to that used last year. Behind the factory Tamiya driver is the Hot Bodies pairing of Atsushi Hara and Andy Moore.

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