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June 2, 2012

Rheinard wins second Leg at Dutch ETS

Top Qualifier Marc Rheinard has won the second A-Main at the fifth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the German driver heading a dominant 1-2 for the Tamiya team ahead of team-mate Jilles Groskamp with Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper finishing third. Benefiting from running on brand new tyres having saved them from qualifying, the former ETS Champions pulled clear of the opposition to win by 6 seconds from Prumper who after retiring after just 4-laps in the first A-main also had the benefit of fresh rubber.

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June 2, 2012

Rheinard Top Qualifier at Dutch ETS

2011 Dutch ETS race winner Marc Rheinard has put himself in the best position possible to repeat that success and claim his first win of the current Yokomo Euro Touring Series season after the World Champion topped the final round of qualifying at Apeldoorn to secure the overall TQ honours ahead of Tamiya team-mate Jilles Groskamp and Serpent’s Marc Fisher.

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June 2, 2012

Fisher tops Q3 in Apeldoorn

Serpent’s Marc Fisher has TQ’d the penultimate round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the German National Champion topping the round with a 20 lap run in 5:08.858 compared with the 5:09.749 of Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck who was second fastest with Team HB’s new signing Shin Adachi third a further 2 seconds adrift.

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June 2, 2012

Tamiya 1-2-3 in opening ETS qualifier

The opening qualifier for the Dutch round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series produced a 1-2-3 for the Tamiya Racing Factory with Marc Rheinard fastest ahead of team-mates Jilles Groskamp and Viktor Wilck with Serpent’s Marc Fisher denying the team a perfect start to the event as he set the fourth fastest time ahead of the fourth member of factory team Elliot Harper.

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June 2, 2012

KM H-K1 EvoII drivetrain upgrade parts

KM Racing release new optional parts for the H-K1 EvoII 200mm nitro on-road chassis. Available are a new front differential case, 24T front belt pulley and a 5mm wide front belt. All three parts are designed to be used together with the pulley being designed for the use with the new 5mm belt and also featuring a reinforced side where the screws attach. The new parts make for a more reliable and better performing drivetrain.

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June 2, 2012

Team Grid TC6 series belt tensioner

Team Grid release this belt tensioner for Team Associated’s TC6 series of touring cars. It is a drop fit solution and bolts onto the existing front tower shock tower holes. Made from CNC-machined and anodised aluminium it allows to run the belt looser and at the desired running tension and features a dual M4x 8mm bearing system that slides at an angle for a large range of adjustment.

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June 2, 2012

David Bustos wins Spanish 4WD championship

The one and only round of the Spanish 4WD electric buggy nationals was hosted by the Club Automodelismo de Parla some 20 minutes from the centre of Madrid. The two day event started with practice on Saturday and ended with the finals on Sunday. Compared to recent years where the 4WD class struggled to attract the same amount of drivers as 2WD, this year saw a record attendance for the class. In practice one driver stood out from the rest, local hero David Bustos. Sunday was all about sunny skies and high temperatures. Bustos (Tamiya TRF502/Hobbywing) dominated the race at his home track taking three out of five qualifiers and the first two A-finals. Second place went to last year’s 4WD champion Enrique Fuciños (Schumacher CAT SX3/Speed Passion) with Zacarias Villalba (Ansmann X4/Viper R/C) taking the third place on the podium.

Many thanks to Zacarias Villalba for sending the report.

June 1, 2012

Rheinard tops practice at Dutch ETS

Winner of last year’s Dutch ETS round, Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard has topped practice at the fifth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series putting him top seed for tomorrow’s four rounds of qualifying ahead of Yokomo’s Ronald Volker and Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp. Finishing up Day 1 of the event later than originally scheduled due to rain delays at the Apeldoorn track in the morning, Rheinard was for once pleased with the performance of his Speed Passion powered TRF417X.

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