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March 2, 2013

Volker takes Q4 after Hagberg shuts down

Having sat out Q2 & 3, Q1 top qualifier Ronald Volker took the fourth round of qualifying at the ETS in Gran Canaria but only after Alexander Hagberg suffered a speedo shut down three & a half minutes in to the run while on target for his first TQ run. Despite running his second set of new tyres Volkers run was over 8 seconds slower than his Q1 pace due to the hotter track conditions and a windy spell in the final minute of the top heat which made for tricky conditions. Marc Fischer took his Serpent to the second fastest time 1.4 seconds behind Volker with Dominic Fleischmann third in his Yokomo.

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March 2, 2013

Wilck TQs 2nd qualifier at ETS Round 3

Viktor Wilck

Having pulled up right after the start of opening round of qualifying in Gran Canaria yesterday Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck was able to capitalize on fresh tyres this morning taking Q2 at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series ahead of the Yokomo’s of Yannic Prumper and Loic Jasmin who both also had the advantage of fresh tyres. Best of those on used tyres was Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg who posted the fourth fastest time. Having TQ’d the opening qualifier Ronald Volker became the latest driver to play the tyre strategy games pulling up immediately after crossing the start line in Q2. Originally scheduled to be the best 2 rounds counting from five, a change to the timetable has added a sixth round of qualifying with three rounds now to count meaning every driver will need to run at least once on used tyres.

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March 1, 2013

Volker takes Q1 at ETS Gran Canaria

Ronald Volker has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria, the defending champion setting the fastest time ahead of last year’s top 2 finishers on the holiday island with Alexander Hagberg just 2/10th off the German’s pace with last year’s winner Christopher Krapp completing the Top 3. Having set the pace in practice Team Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper pulled up after three laps to save tyres after he lost time when got out of shape through the sweeper leading on to the main straight.

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March 1, 2013

Hagberg tops first timed practice in Gran Canaria

Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg set the pace in the first timed practice for the 3rd Round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria where it was a Swedish 1-2 with Viktor Wilck taking his Tamiya to the second fastest time over 3-consecutive laps just 15/1000th ahead of Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper. Last year’s winner Christopher Krapp posted the 7th fastest time while defending champion Ronald Volker was 5th.

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March 1, 2013

Darren Bloomfield joins Vampire Racing

Vampire Racing is proud to announce the latest addition to their factory racing team in the form of UK super star and 1/8th EFRA IC buggy European Champion Darren Bloomfield. Driving for Team Losi Racing, Darren will use Vampire Racing’s full line electric components such as the upcoming AB+ V2 brushless motors, SR1+ controllers and the company’s latest LiPo competition batteries. The Briton already achieved the first race victory for his new sponsor by TQ’ing and winning the recent Off Road Wars race at Maritime Racing leaving Jörn Neumann and Lee Martin behind.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

March 1, 2013

Ryan Cavalieri fully Orion’d

Team Orion announce that current IFMAR 2WD and 4WD 1/10 Electric Off-Road World Champion Ryan Cavalieri has made the move to use Team Orion’s Vortex R10 and R8 Pro ESC’s beginning March 1st. Cavalieri has been a valuable asset to Team Orion over the past seven consecutive years using their Vortex motors, nitro engines, LiPo batteries and chargers. Now with the addition of the Vortex R10 and R8 Pro ESC’s, Ryan has completed the entire product line with Team Orion. Ryan added:

I would first like to thank Jürgen and Reto from LRP. They have provided me with great support over the years and have helped me win three IFMAR World Championships along with many other races. I would also like to thank Philippe Neidhart, Oscar Jansen, and Joe Pillars for the great continued support of Team Orion Products. Team Orion has been behind me basically from the start of my professional career and it feels great to now run the complete power package.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 1, 2013

Hara & Lee win at TITC 2013

The TITC 2013 was held at the RC Addict track in Bangkok at sizzling hot temperatures. The race saw the attendance of all five former or recent IFMAR EP World Champions in the Modified class and an entrance of about 150 drivers in Open brushless class. Atsushi Hara (Hot Bodies) TQ’d the Modified class while Nicholas Lee (Tamiya) took the first spot in the starting grid of the Open class. In the finals both drivers were able to defend their number one positions with Atsushi taking the win from Jilles Groskamp (Tamiya) in second and Naoto Matsukura (Yokomo) in third position. In the Open class Nicholas had a clean sweep in the finals with PY Tang and Araya Ingwethvongsa in second and third position respectively.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

March 1, 2013

Ben Ellis wins at Early Spring Off-road champs

Located in Southern Indiana, P&T Hobbies and Raceway hosted the “Early Spring Off road Champs”. Being in business for well over 25 years, P&T Hobbies and Raceway is one of the longest running tracks in the state and in the region. The one day trophy race brought in over 90 entries from across the tri-state area. With limited practice, everyone had to adapt to the track quickly and make setup changes as quickly as possible. Team Associated driver Ben Ellis was on a mission and TQ’d round two and three of the 2WD modified buggy class and ended up second in the truck class. In the main events he was able to get out to a quick lead and even lapped the entire field in both classes taking comfortable wins.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]