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May 12, 2014

Pedro Rombouts wins at Dutch nitro on-road nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Dutch nitro on-road nationals was run at the track of the MAC de Baanbrekers track in Rucphen. The weather was nice all weekend making for good racing conditions. During the 200mm class qualifying Daan Stuiver set a strong pace followed by Pedro Rombouts. Ricardo Hofmeijer and Milan Holthuis completed the top 4. In the main final Dann was able to open a gap on Pedro and he pulled away from the field. While an intense battle for the 3rd place arose, Pedro was able to start closing the gap on Daan after the first fuel stop. Just before the second round of pit stops Pedro was hot on the tail of Daan and with 12 minutes into the race Pedro ultimately found a way past. Rombouts then was able to pull away from the field allowing him to cruise to the victory in the 30 minute final. Daan Stuiver came in 2nd a lap down on Pedro while Ricardo completed the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 12, 2014

Anthony Abisset wins at French nitro on-road nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French nitro on-road nationals saw Anthony Abisset taking the win in the 1/8th class. Serpent teammate Christophe Louis took 2nd place with Romain Baehrel taking 3rd to complete the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 11, 2014

Futaba T4PX telemetry radio system

Futaba introduce the T4PX, the company’s latest top-of-the-foodchain radio system. Offering a completely new design compared to the 4PK series, the transmitter is around 15g lighter than the 4PKS-R with an aluminium frame being part of the body to make for a more rigid structure. The 2.4GHz radio makes use of Futaba’s T-FHSS, S-FHSS and FASST-C2 transmitting systems with the T-FHSS system response being 30 percent faster compared to the 4PKS-R’s. Incorporated into the case is a QVGA 3.5 TFT colour screen that allows to monitor all of the radio’s software features such as the the comprehensive mixing and telemetry functions. For sanctioned races all telemetry functions can be disabled. It is understood that the radio will become available by August.

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May 11, 2014

Volker heads Yokomo 1-2 in A1 at ETS Austria

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Ronald Volker took an easy win in the opening A-Main at the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria this morning. The Top Qualifier headed home a Yokomo 1-2 as team-mate Yannic Prumper also finished in the same position he qualified. The race was made all the easier for the Yokomo pairing as a first corner coming together between the No. 3 and 4 starting Tamiya’s of Viktor Wilck and Marc Rheinard gave them an early break. Benefiting from the first corner chaos, Marc Fischer would finish third, the Serpent driver coming on very strong at the end of the encounter to mount a challenge on Prumper only to run out of time.

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May 10, 2014

Gravity RC G-Spec asphalt & carpet tyres

Gravity RC introduce their new G-Spec touring car tyres. Coming pre-glued as Type A asphalt or Type C carpet tyre, they make use of beefy wheels that are made from a blend of plastic which includes polycarbonate to be durable and very true. The tyres have already had success by being the tyre of choice for the “Mile High Indoor Champs” event. The tyres are easily distinguishable with the appropriate markings moulded on the sidewall and they are available now.

Source: Gravity RC [teamgravityrc.com]

May 10, 2014

Volker is Top Qualifier at Austrian ETS

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Ronald Volker is Top Qualifier for the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, another fastest run in the third qualifier of the Austrian event securing the German his 14th pole position start of the championship. Claiming his third valuable bonus TQ championship point of Season #7, the defending champion was the only driver to do 24-laps in Q3, topping the round from Tamiya Factory Racing team-mates Viktor Wilck and Marc Rheinard. With two from four rounds counting towards the final order Q4 will decide who lines up behind the defending champion on the grid with five drivers in contention. A US boards style track, something that has not been seen in the ETS before, grid position is expected to play a big part in the racing with drivers predicting it will be tough to pass on the narrow and unforgiving track.

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May 10, 2014

Yokomo 1-2 in second qualifier at fahr(T)raum

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Ronald Volker backed up his opening qualifying performance by leading a Team Yokomo 1-2 in the second round of qualifying this morning at Round 4 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series at the fahr(T)raum Museum in Mattsee, Austria. The only driver to run 24-laps of the track in last night’s Q1, Volker improved on that time by 2.3 seconds with team-mate Yannic Prumper and Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck joining him on 24-laps to complete the Top 3 for the round.

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May 9, 2014

Volker TQs opening ETS qualifier in Austria

Ronald Volker has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Mattsee, Austria. Having set the pace in practice at the fahr(T)raum event to lead away the top heat of qualifying, the Team Yokomo star was the only driver to do 24 laps of the unforgiving US style track but the defending champion faced a stern challenge from Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard. Setting the TQ pace for a time Rheinard would post the second fastest time, just missing out on 24-laps, with TRF team-mate Viktor Wilck third. Fading light made for challenging conditions for the top modified drivers, Volker’s Yokomo team-mate Dominik Fleischmann who was fastest in the final practice particularly struggling in the difficult light.

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