January 4, 2008
After much speculation about the future of top Dutch International electric racer Jilles Groskamp, we can confirm to you that he has signed to Tamiya. Jilles, who has raced for Xray for the past 6 years, leaves behind a succesful term at the Slovakian manufacturer that has seen him win many major races as well as make the final for multiple European and World Championships. We caught up with Jilles recently and put a few questions to him about this exciting new deal. UPDATE: We have some pictures below the interview from Fridays test in the Netherlands thanks to our…
December 18, 2007
…– 64 Laps in 30:22,07 2. Petrich, Stefan – 63 Laps in 30:02,54 3. Drift, van der Daniel – 63 Laps in 30:09,10 4. Rodhorst, Stefan – 61 Laps in 30:05,12 5. Groskamp, Jilles – 59 Laps in 28:20,37 6. Kilic, Abdullah – 55 Laps in 27:48,34 7. Bayer, Martin – 52 Laps in 30:13,41 8. Berg, van den Hugo – 33 Laps in 16:23,66 9. Velder, Jordy – 23 Laps in 13:21,29 10. Guske, Marcell – 18 Laps in 09:38,61 11. Wesseling, Axel – 10 Laps in 04:36,06 12. Warda, Christian – 6 Laps in 03:01,72 Source: Truggy.nl [truggy.nl]…
November 27, 2007
…5. Juho Levenen – 30L 5:01.791 6. Brad Johnson – 30L 5:06.969 7. Mike Dumas – 30L 5:07.248 8. Paul Ciccarello – 30L 5:10.364 9. Larry Fairtrace – 30L 5:10.429 10. Jason Schreffler – 17L 2:48.025 TC Mod A Main 1. Ralph Burch – 32L 5:00.321 2. Josh Cyrul – 32L 5:01.170 3. Paul LeMieux – 32L 5:01.532 4. Jeff Dayger – 32L 5:02.051 5. Juho Levenen – 32L 5:07.616 6. Keven Hebert – 32L 5:08.117 7. Mike Blackstock – 26L 4:16.699 8. Bobby Flack – 21L 3:32.793 9. Mike Dumas – 20L 3:24.685 10. Jilles Groskamp – 11L 1:51.245…
November 6, 2007
SMC Europe have today announced that top International electric R/C racer Jilles Groskamp from the Netherlands has signed up to use their products. With an impressive list of race results, like 2-times Snowbirds winner, multiple A-finalist at European and World Championships as well as many other wins, Jilles was looking for the best batteries with maximum power and found them at SMC. Jilles leaves behind Trinity with whom he parted company at the end of the summer and had tried Checkpoint for the IIC but now seems to have settled on the SMC brand. Source: SMC [smc-racing.com]…
October 1, 2007
…8:05.617 7. Groskamp, Jilles – 44 / 8:00.170 8. Honigl, Hupo – 34 / 6:16.295 9. Hara, Atsushi – 28 / 4:55.531 10. Tosolini, Chris – 27 / 4:48.677 19-Turn Rubber Sedan A Main 1. Torikka, Tommy – 25 / 5:09.923 2. Caster, Randy – 25 / 5:12.187 3. Larsson, Mathias – 25 / 5:14.906 4. Maddison, Jimmy – 24 / 5:07.485 5. Fiorella, Tony – 24 / 5:07.824 6. Hewitt, Alan – 24 / 5:08.091 7. Aveytia, Juan – 23 / 5:00.569 8. Michael, Rob – 22 / 5:13.180 9. Evans, E.J. – 15 / 3:16.563 10. Nilsson, Niclas…
August 26, 2007
This weekend saw the 4th round of the Dutch 200mm Nationals take place at the world famous MACH track in Heemstede, just outside Amsterdam. The weather was sunny and dry and the event was open to the main NK class, as well as the 200mm Nomac class and the Promo class for 1/8th scale. In qualifying it was European Championship runner up Jilles Groskamp, racing for Xray, that took the pole position by a huge 6 seconds ahead of 2nd placed Remy Moller racing for Serpent while 3rd qualifier was Kyosho racer Daan Jacobs and 4th spot, and final direct…
August 19, 2007
…he won that final for a place in the semi, which he also won, to line up 5th for the 45 minute A-Final. After some great driving and having some luck come his way, the Team Magic driver crossed the line in 1st place to claim the 2007 crown. A fast charging Jilles Groskamp from Holland was 2nd for Xray while young Italian European ‘B’ Champion Alessio Mazzeo was 3rd for Serpent. Our trackside reporter Oisin O’Briain will have a full report online tonight. View our coverage from the event here or take a look at our championship gallery here….
August 5, 2007
…This final result gave Volker and Hot Bodies the win, with Weiss in a hard fought 2nd for Xray and Reinhard for Tamiya in 3rd taking the final podium spot. Podium picture to follow. Click here for the final positions… 1. Ronald Volker – Hot Bodies 2. Steven Weiss (TQ) – Xray 3. Marc Rheinard – Tamiya 4. Jilles Groskamp – Xray 5. Hubert Honigl – Tamiya 6. Teemu Leino – Xray 7. Viktor Wilck – Tamiya 8. Andy Moore – Hot Bodies 9. Aurelien Threhout – Xray 10. Jasmin Loic – Tamiya Source: Xray [teamxray.com] / Image: Mathias Rascol…
