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October 17, 2012

Mario Rigert wins 2012 Swiss TC championship

The fifth and final round of the Swiss national touring car championship was held at the track of Lostallo. After an all wet Saturday and Sunday morning the weather got better for the finals on Sunday afternoon. Markus Streuli started from pole position with Mario Rigert in second spot and Daniel Ghirlanda in third position. As the finals were the only rounds of the whole weekend with dry conditions, it was difficult for everyone to find a good pace from the start. Mario managed to win two out of the three A finals. The win of the final round secured Mario the race victory and his fifth modified touring car title as well. Xray team mate Steven Deyhle took the runner-up spot and Antonino Mangiaracina came in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 16, 2012

RDRP sign Czech driver Kaja Novotny

Revolution Design Racing Products have signed Czech off-road talent Kaja Novotny to their world-wide team of drivers. Kaja started his racing career back in 2004 at the age of 8 and has since been not only the youngest winner of a racing series in the Czech Republic but he also won several Czech Junior titles in 1/18th and 1/10th Touring Car as well as 1/10th Off-Road. His biggest victories so far include the overall win of the 2008/2009 Czech Stock and Modified Touring Car Cup, the 2011 Czech Off-Road Cup (2WD & 4WD), the 2011/2012 Winter Mibosport Cup (2WD & 4WD), the 2012 Czech 2WD Off-Road National Champs and the Summer Mibosport Cup (2WD & 4WD). Kaja also is a regular participant of the highly competitive Euro Offroad Series and took the overall 9th position in 4WD and overall 5th position in SC 4WD during his 2011/2012 campaign.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

October 15, 2012

Robert Batlle wins 4 from 4 in Spain

Last weekend saw the 4th and final round of the Spanish 1/8 Off Road Nats take place in Silla (Valencia). Rain on Friday stopped action on track but helped to eliminate the dust from the track and increase the grip, leaving a very nice surface for Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, Robert Batlle took the TQ spot followed by Andrés Marcelino and Borja Hernández. The ‘A’ semi final was also won by Robert Batlle while rising star Ignacio Candel took the ‘B’ semi final, which mirrored the final result with Borja Hernandez completing the top 3. With this victory Batlle takes a clean sweep of the 2012 Nationals and wins 5 series in a row.

View the final results here

October 14, 2012

Volker completes perfect start to ETS campaign

In search a third consecutive Yokomo Euro Touring Series title Ronald Volker completed the perfect start to season No.6 of the world famous electric touring car series in Germany today when he backed up his leg 1 win with another dominant win in leg 2 to wrap up the overall win. Having already secured the bonus point for taking the TQ honours in qualifying, the German ace will head to the round 2 of the series in Czech Republic with a 3 point lead over the runner-up at the Muelheim-Kaerlich event with that driver to be decided in this evening’s third and final leg. That battle for second overall set to be fought out between Associated’s Juho Levänen, Yokomo’s Yannic Prümper and Team Xray’s Adrian Bernsten.

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October 14, 2012

Volker cruises to Leg 1 victory

Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker cruised to a dominant victory in Leg 1 of the A-Main at the 2012/13 Yokomo Euro Touring Series season opener in Germany this morning, the defending champion winning convincingly over Team Associated’s Juho Levanen who was closely followed home by Xray’s Adrian Bernsten. Starting from pole, Volker was never threatened throughout the 5-minutes but did have a self inflicted moment when he hit a dot on his last lap sending his LRP powered BD7 into a roll but luckily it landed rubber side down. Such was the German ace’s gap the 1.5 seconds lost didn’t even allow the battling Levanen and Bernsten to get within sight and continuing on his way the he completed the final to take the win by a 2.7 second margin.

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October 13, 2012

Volker is Top Qualifier in Germany

Defending Yokomo Euro Touring Series Ronald Volker will start his title defense from the perfect position tomorrow in Germany after he secured the overall TQ honours with the fastest qualifying run of the weekend in the final round of qualifying ahead of Marc Rheinard and Juho Levanen, the latter set to line up second on the grid having failed to make an A-Main cut last season.

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October 13, 2012

Levanen pips Rheinard to take Q2

Team Associated’s Juho Levanen pipped Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard by just 9/100ths in Germany this morning to TQ the second round of the qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series season opener. Second fastest behind defending champion Ronald Volker in last night’s first qualifier, the Finn benefited from a mistake by the rapid Yokomo driver during the second minute of Q2 but still managed to run a new fastest 5-minute pace after being forced to respond to a late challenge by Rheinard.

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October 13, 2012

Numedahl & Wernimont win at Reedy Truck Race

The Reedy Truck Race of Champions has become one of the premier racing events in the country thanks to the hard work and dedication of Jimmy Babcock and the Hot Rod Hobbies crew. Thankfully, early October temperatures in Saugus, California made for a comfortable weekend of racing for the nearly 150 entrants. The prestigious modified 2WD and 4WD short course truck classes featured a field of the of the top West Coast pros including Reedy factory drivers Carson Wernimont and Kody Numedahl. The Pro 2 Modified SC class was all Kody Numedahl and his Reedy-powered Factory Team SC10. Starting from the pole position thanks to his top-qualifying performance, Kody went on to win A-Main legs one and two in convincing fashion to claim the title. Wernimont joined Numedahl on the podium with a third place finish overall. Carson Wernimont had to battle a little bit harder than Numedahl on the way to his victory in the Pro 4 Modified SC class. A win in A-Main leg two and consistent finishes in legs one and three were all that Carson needed for the win.

Click here to view the Pro 4 podium