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October 17, 2009

Wilck holds overnight TQ at ETS Opener

Day 2 of the opening round of the 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series has closed and it is Tamiya factory driver Viktor Wilck who holds the overnight Top Qualifier’s stop. The Swede took the penultimate qualifier adding to his TQ run for Q3 when he also pipped his TRF team-mate Marc Rheinard for maximum points. Leaving his Speedpassion powered car unchanged from Q3, Wilck came close but was unable to better his previous time however he declared himself as pretty happy with the run. Rheinard was not so happy just missing out a TQ run which he so badly needed. Scoring another second the current World Champion and winner here last year will not be repeating his number 1 starting spot this time round.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 17, 2009

Prumper takes opening qualifier in Kastellaun

Current European Junior Champion Yannic Prumper has gotten his 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series campaign off to a strong start by topping the opening round of qualifying here in Kastellaun, Germany. The young German TQ’d the first qualifier ahead of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Yokomo team driver Ronald Volker.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 17, 2009

Fernando Ruiz wins Copa Federal

During the 3rd of the Argentinean Nationals also the 1st Copa Federal was held. This new 3-port racing class was introduced this year for the first time. It was Shepherd racer Fernando Ruiz who dominated this single event championship. During qualifying he claimed the pole-position for the final with the fastest laps of all competitors and on Sunday he could defend his 1st place a the start and never looked back. Without any mistake he won the first Copa Federal ahead of Serpent racer Alejandro Kovácsy in 2nd and Kyosho driver Gonzalo Viel in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 16, 2009

Perfect day for new Xray at ETS opener

Xray couldn’t really have asked for more today as their new T3 topped the practice times sheet for the opening round of the 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series in both Modified and Pro Stock. In the final session of the day Alexander Hagberg and Matthias Lang posted the fastest runs of the day in their respective classes.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 16, 2009

New Xray sets early pace in Kastellaun

Xray’s new T3 chassis is setting the early pace here in Kastellaun at the opening round of the Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series with the new car holding the Top 4 placings after 3 of the 5 practice runs. Over 5-minutes it is Alexander Hagberg who posted the fastest run putting with 25 laps in 5:08.422. In terms of lap times it is again Xray on top with lead factory driver Teemu Leino producing a best time of 11.751 with the next best time coming from fellow countryman Juho Levanen at the controls of his Associated TC5.

View the full event coverage on the ETS site here.

October 15, 2009

Chris Tosolini joins Capricorn RC

Capricorn are proud to announce that they have teamed up with international driver Chris Tosolini. Both parties are looking forward to working together, with Chris in charge of the final development of the 1/10th scale 200mm car and other Capricorn products.

We know he will be able to push the products to the limit so we believe joining with him will make our already great products that much better for the public.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]

October 15, 2009

Elliot Harper dominates RugRacers Rd1

The first round of this year’s Muchmore Racing UK RugRacers took place this weekend and the racers were greeted by a track which was flowing, yet technical in places, rewarding drivers with accurate consistent driving. A new control tyre and additive was implemented for this year and both seem popular with all the drivers with Sweep 32 EXP combo working better the more it is used. The majority of drivers found they went faster the older the tyres were, which is always a good sign for a long lasting tyre, which is one reason it was chosen for the championship. Congratulations go to Elliott Harper taking victory over Chris Kerswell and David Bowen. Ultimately Elliott ended up dominating the day with his new Xray T3 and took TQ by 1.6 seconds over Chris Kerswell and David Bowen, but went on to win all 3 finals comfortably. In TC3 Malc Hall took the win from Philip Randall and Azman Sulaiman. Malc Took TQ over Phil “the power” Randall by roughly 3 seconds and was the only driver to reach 25 laps.

Click here to see the TC3 podium

October 14, 2009

Recio wraps up Argentinian title with Rd3 win

Last weekend saw the third round of the 1/8th scale Campeonato Argentino take place in Córdoba, host track of the 2007 World Championships. Pole position for the race went to Mugen/Sirio driver Sebastián Recio, who converted his starting position into the win. Runner up on the day was team mate Agustín Cutini with third place going to Serpent driver Francisco Rinaldi. After this race the Championship standings saw Sebastián Recio take the title followed by Agustín Cutini, with Juan Ignacio Matticoli in 3rd.

Thanks to Roxana Palazzo for the report.