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March 5, 2013

Rico Kröber re-signs to Team Orcan

Orcan have announced that their team driver Rico Kröber has re-signed for the upcoming season. He will use and develop the Orcan Nitro products especially the Orcan GT3-MH engine as well as the Orcan fuel. Rico will drive Orcan products at German national races, German Championship and the European Championship in Austria this season. He had this to say about the deal:

I am proud to be a member of the Orcan Team and I am looking confident into the future and to the next races because of the professional work with Bertram Kessler during the last years. We have developed a lot of new ideas which we will bring 2013 at the racetrack.

Source: Orcan [orcan.de]

March 5, 2013

Roche T4/T3 heavy duty spool cups

Roche have introduced new heavy duty spool cups for the Xray T4/T3. The spool cups are made from Roche heavy duty spring steel material for more durability and are machined to reduce weight and rotating mass. Mounting directly to the original Xray front shaft the spool cups have been tested by factory driver Surikarn at this year’s TITC and he was very satisfied with the quality of the products.

Source: Roche [roche.hk]

March 4, 2013

Nosram 5700mAh 80C X-Treme LiPo pack

New from Nosram comes the 5700mAh 80C X-Treme LiPo battery pack. The standard length 2S hardcase battery is build from high capacity 80C peak cells, is 3C chargeable and comes in a transparent hardcase with 4mm bullet type connectors and 2mm balancer port. The battery is ideal for power-hungry applications such as Stock and Modified touring cars and off-road buggies.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]

March 3, 2013

Wilck wins Gran Canaria after exciting 2nd Main

Tamiya Racing Factory’s Viktor Wilck has for the first time in 19-races secured the top step on the Euro Touring Series podium after being declared winner of a thrilling second A-Main in Gran Canaria. Securing his first & up to now only ETS win back in Kastellaun in 2009, the Swede claimed his second victory after video footage deemed that his TRF417 had been collected by the airborne Yokomo of Yannic Prumper at the final corner which then crossed the timing loop 2/10ths in front of the Top Qualifier before crashing into the fence and tearing the front right wheel off. With Wilck’s car hit by Prumper’s car, which was launched into the air over the final corner at the end of the main straight, Race Director Scotty Ernst had no choice but to give the win to Wilck ahead of Prumper with Marc Rheinard who was also part of the lead battle coming home in third.

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March 3, 2013

Wilck wins first A-Main, Volker & Rheinard clash

Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck took an unchallenged tone to tone win in the first A-Main at the Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria but the big talking point of the race was to be an incident between defending Champion Ronald Volker and Marc Rheinard while the two rivals were battling over second position. At the end of the 5-minute encounter Xray’s Alexander Hagberg claimed second ahead of Andy Moore who benefited from a late coming together between Yannic Prumper and last year’s winner Christopher Krapp.

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March 2, 2013

Wilck Top Qualifier at ETS Gran Canaria

Tamiya Racing Factory’s Viktor Wilck is the Top Qualifier for the 3rd round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria. The Swede secured his first ETS pole position since 2010 after posting his second TQ run of the day in the 6th & final round of qualifying on the Spanish holiday island. Defending Champion Ronald Volker will start second, only able to post the 8th fastest time in Q6, with his Yokomo team-mate Yannic Prumper securing the third grid spot in front of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg.

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March 2, 2013

Surikarn C. wins FWD class at TITC 2013

During the recent TITC 2013 race in Thailand beside the 4WD touring car classes also a race for FWD cars was held. The class is highly popular in Asia and it was former World Champion Surikarn C. (Huge) who took TQ followed by current IFMAR World Champion Jilles Groskamp (Tamiya) and Wang Hai Feng (TOP). The first of the triple A mains was won by Jilles with Surikarn in tow. Third place went to 3Racing driver Kit Chau. Come the second final Surikarn was able to defend the top spot with Kit in second place. Jilles had a terrible run and ended in fourth place. In the deciding final Surikarn took of and never looked back taking the win in the third A main and also the overall title. Wang finished in second and Kit in third position handing Jilles Groskamp the runner-up spot followed by Kit Chau.

Thanks for Surikarn Chaidajsuriya for sending the report.

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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