After three days of racing Viljami Kutvonen and Marek Cerny are the new Modified and Open Stock class LRP Touring Car Masters champions. In the Masters class Awesomatix’ Viljami Kutvonen took an early win by coming in 1st in A1 and A2 allowing him to sit out the final A-main. The final leg was then won by 4-times TCM champion Ronald Völker (Yokomo) while Ronald’s Yokomo teammate Yannic Prümper completed the top 3 result.
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The 2014 Canadian Onroad Nationals took place last weekend in Southern Ontario. In the Touring Car Modified class Xray’s Paul Lemieux took the TQ honours from Keven Hebert (Team Associated) and Andrew Hardman (Yokomo). In the finals Keven took the win from Mike Haynes (Team Associated) and Andrew Hardman. The result was then blueprinted in the Touring Car SuperStock class where Keven led wire to wire to take the victory, again from Haynes and Hardman.
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Vampire Racing introduce their new line of highly flexible “flat-type” sensor wires. Made from tough yet easy-to-bend wire the sensor harnesses make for tidy wiring and the highly flexible design reduces unwanted tweak when used in pan cars. The wires come in seven different length including 50mm, 75mm, 100mm, 125mm, 150mm, 175mm and 200mm, ideal for all applications from 1/8th to 1/12th scale.
Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]
Round 7 of the non-profit Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the mountain town of Kamloops, British Columbia. The Thompson Valley R/C Race Club hosted a great event, with 7 WCICS classes, plus F1, and as the second last round of the season, the all-important championship points on the line. In the Awesomatix sponsored Touring Car Modified class all three Western Canadian Provinces were represented. On the top spot, British Columbia’s Awesomatix sponsored Blake Bell took the TQ and win, in second was WCICS President, privateer Josh Carter from Alberta, and in Third from Saskatchewan was Xray sponsored Ryan Rice. Full results and podium pics can be found on the official WCICS website. For the next race the WCICS travels back across the Mountain passes to the oil country of Calgary, Alberta for the finals on March 28-30th.
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This weekend’s LRP Touring Car Masters saw Xray’s Marek Cerny taking the win in the 10.5T Open Stock class. Marek Cerny found a blistering pace for the very last and deciding qualifier to take overall TQ in front of Oliver Franke (Awesomatix) and fellow Xray driver Jan Ratheisky in 3rd. Marek then went on to take a convincing win in A1 in front of Jan Ratheisky (Xray). In A2 however, Marek was slow off the line due to motor cogging, which handed the win to Franke. Marek made a strong comeback to win A3 and to take the overall win. Marek benefited from a coming together between Franke and Ratheisky. Oliver Franke finished second while Jan Ratheisky completed the podium. Steffen Leinburger (Awesomatix) and Bernhard Bopp (Yokomo) completed the top 5.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Today the remaining four rounds of qualifying were run at this year’s LRP Touring Car Masters in Rüsselsheim. Yesterday had qualifying victories of Ronald Völker in the Masters Class and Oliver Franke in the 10.5T Open Stock Class. The three LRP-HPI Challenge classes were won by Daniel Anthes (17.5T), Patrick Greinke (Classic) and Nico Müller (Rookie). The Masters class showed real close racing in Q2. Taking a look at the best times there where eight drivers between 19.554s and 19.693s. Ronald Völker started first and took the lead closely followed by a bunch of drivers. Freddy Südhoff and Marc Fischer as the first pursuits had issues during their runs. Also Yannic Prümper, who chased Ronald, crashed mid-race. In the end Ronald Völker drove his LRP powered Yokomo to victory. Second place went to Viljami Kutvonen, third to Alexander Hagberg.
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Today the 17th running of the LRP Touring Car Master got started in Rüsselsheim, Germany and LPR sent us the following report. Today, two rounds of free practice, two rounds of timed practice and the initial round of qualifying were on the schedule. Free practice in the Masters class saw Marc Fischer ahead of Yannic Prümper and reigning LRP TCM champion Ronald Völker. In Open Stock, Jan Ratheisky confirmed his pace with a gap of one second over 3 consecutive laps to Oliver Franke in second spot.
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This past weekend the Team LaGang crew around Alberto Montecchi hosted the Trofeo Schumacher Italy, organized by Lorenzo Bigi in the small town that is Scandiano. Hosting an ETS Event back in 2012 the club has built up an amazing facility featuring one of the biggest carpet tracks you’ll find in europe. Being a two day affair, practice on Saturday already highlighted the level of competition that can be found in this area with a lot of guys doing really fast laptimes. The controlled tyre being preglued Sorex that proved to be a perfect decision since they delivered consistent performance throughout more than 10 runs. Qualifiers saw some tough fights but it was Schumacher’s Martin Hofer who managed to grab TQ honors in the Touring Car Modified category. Winning the first two finals convincingly, he wrapped up the overall win, leaving the remaining steps on the podium fully open for final number 3.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
