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July 25, 2022

Krapp wins ETS Rd2 in Austria

Last weekend, ETS Rd2 took place at the beautiful facility of the MAV Aigen-Schlägl in Austria. A well-known track from many ENS races in the past, and this time the electric elite of the ETS stopped in Austria to crown six race winners in the different racing classes at the Euro Touring Series. The weather was challenging, as the temperatures reached values above 30 degree Celsius every day. As always at the ETS, the race included 4 rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for everybody. In the Matrix Modified class we saw spectacular racing with top speeds up to 120 km/h on the straightway. After the four rounds of qualifying, it was Yokomo`s Christopher Krapp starting from the very important pole position into the finals. Right behind Krapp, Axon driver Akio Sobue and Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker took second and third on the grid while Awesomatix driver Marc Rheinard and his teammate Lucas Urbain lined up fourth and fifth.

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June 22, 2022

MonacoRC Race of Champions #2 – Announcement

MonacoRC are happy to announce another Race of Champions event. This event will be held at the beautiful Club Automodellistico 5 Colli in Gubbio, Italy during the weekend of August 13-14. The event will be the perfect opportunity for final preparations for the upcoming IFMAR World Championships, which is to be held in September. MonacoRC’s 2nd ever Race of Champions will be run with the official IFMAR controlled tire and additive from Hot Race, to try and simulate the conditions of the WC event. They are welcoming drivers in the categories of TC stock and modified, as well as Formula. More info at the below link soon.

Source: Race of Champions [monacorc.com]

June 13, 2022

Ahn Jung Hyun wins AC Speedway Invitational race

AC speedway in Busan, South Korea held their Invitational race race last weekend. The asphalt track was well prepared with sugar water to offer consistent grip for racers. Three classes were run, Modified, 13.5T Boosted and 13.5T Nonboost. The race consisted of 4 rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for the A finalist on this amazing track. In the Modified class, Yokomo’s factory driver Nicholas Lee from Singapore would take 3 out of 4 rounds in qualifying, earning him the TQ spot ahead of Ahn Jung Hyun (AC speedway owner) and Kang Jung Mug. In the finals, Ahn showed great composure to take the win with his BD11 ahead of Kwon Chanu (BD11) and Nicholas lee, who suffered with technical issues will, rounding out the podium.

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June 7, 2022

Prümper wins ETS Rd1 in the Netherlands

Season #15 of the Euro Touring Series kicked off this past weekend with AMCA Apeldoorn in the Netherlands playing host to Rd1 of the series. The race saw 198 entries in six classes and the event started with a free practice day on Thursday. A solid weather forecast for the weekend made all drivers looking forward for great ETS racing action. As always at the ETS, the race included 4 rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for everybody on the amazing racetrack in Apeldoorn. During the weekend, the forecast for Sunday was changing and showing the possibility of rain on the radar. The ETS crew changed the schedule and raced two complete rounds of finals on Saturday, and only one on Sunday and it paid off with all races in dry conditions.

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April 6, 2022

Kaerup & Orlwoski win EOS Season #10 opener

After a couple of years of disruption caused by the pandemic, the Euro Offroad Series reignited in an epic way to provide some of the closest and most high-paced 1/10th Offroad racing Europe has seen in a very long time. The first of five race meetings planned for the tenth edition of the Euro Offroad Series (EOS) was hosted by a new club – ORC-B – in Göttingen, Germany on April 1st to 3rd 2022. Located on a former indoor football pitch,the permanent track looked small and tight in the pre-event social media posts, but it was larger in the flesh than expected and proved to be a very good battle ground for extremely tight racing with few overtaking opportunities. The artificial grass circuit was quite “3D” and had a very good range of jump styles including an undulating back straight which was elevated nearly a metre above ground level. Many of the drivers who initially thought the track was too small and too tight later reported that the track flowed extremely well and had a great range of features, and, in fact, it was quite adequate for an EOS event – lots of happy racers.

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March 28, 2022

2022 MonacoRC Race of Champions – Report

This past weekend MonacoRC organised the first ROC (Race Of Champions) organised in at the Monacorc Arena Ciserano in Italy. This first race took place on one of the best indoor asphalt tracks in Italy where the high grip and perfect curbing makes this place fantastic. The target of ROC is not only about racing, MonacoRC also organised customer support, having one representative present from many of the big brands in the RC market such as Xray, LRP, Hudy, Xtreme Aerodynamics, HotRace, Marka and many others, providing the best support to every driver present. The race schedule was made on time having a live stream with 4 different cameras on the track so everyone was able to follow this great race around the world that had 10 different nationalities of drivers present in 5 classes FWD, N22, F1, Stock EFRA and Modified.

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March 7, 2022

MonacoRC Race of Champions – Announcement

MonacoRC have announced their Race of Champions event that will take place at the MonacoRC Arena in Ciserano, Italy from the 26th to 27th of March. Set to be a highly competitive event across 5 classes (Mod, Stock EFRA, Stock N22, FWD and Formula), the race has already confirmed a number of top racers in each class with Bruno Coelho, Alexander Hagberg, Antoine Brunet & Michele Manzo heading the Mod entries along with Stefan Schulz (FWD), Àdàm Izsay (Stock), Jitse Miedema and Renè Kölbel (F1) also confirmed. While first of all it is a race, the main focus is on helping racers with their setup and technical understanding and so to that end Jürgen Lautenbach from LRP, David Loppini from Xtreme, Nicola Marrone from Hot Race and Martin Hudy from Xray will be present and on hand to help out anyone with tips on how to improve your performance. Entries are now open and more information can be found at the link below.

Source: Race of Champions [monacorc.com]

February 15, 2022

Coelho leads X4 dominance of TC classes at Snowbirds

The world famous Snowbird Nationals was held for the 28th time in Kissimmee, near Orlando, Florida, in the USA recently and Xray driver Alexander Hagberg sent this report. This unique on-road and oval race saw a total of over 600 entries combined between these two disciplines. The Xray team was in full attendance, not only with the US team drivers, but also with a big European team once again. The prestigious TC Modified class was dominated by Xray X4 cars. Reigning world champion Bruno Coelho converted his TQ into a win in the final, at this first ever appearance at the Snowbird Nationals. Bruno TQ’ed 3 out of 4 rounds of qualifying, and Alexander Hagberg took the TQ in the very first round. Alex was demoted to 3rd overall in the standings in the final after a few mistakes which allowed Sam Isaacs to take the runner up spot.

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