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February 7, 2016

Ratheisky TQs Formula at ETS, Masami to start 5th

Reigning 3-time Formula Champion Jan Ratheisky has secured his second overall TQ of Season #9 of the Euro Touring Series. Topping three of the four qualifiers at the second round of the championship in Germany, the Round 1 winner will start on pole position ahead of Q1 pace setter, the Serpent of David Ehrbar with Xray team-mate Francesco Martini lining up third. Attracting a record 120 entries, a big coup for the class was the entry of 14-time World Champion Masami Hirosaka who having come out of retirement to make his ETS debut will start 5th in the A-Main.

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February 6, 2016

Streit TQs Pro Stock at ETS Germany

Tony Streit is Top Qualifier in the Xray Pro Stock class at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany. In his second season with Awesomatix, the German claimed his second ETS pole position start when he backed up his Q3 topping run with the fastest TQ of the day in the fourth & final qualifier to deny Xray’s Jan Ratheisky, who took Q1 & 2, on the tie breaker. Behind them, Dane Mike Gosvig will line-up third ahead of Norwegian ARC driver Johannessen who pushed Streit hard in the final qualifier.

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February 5, 2016

Ehrbar joins Serpent in design & team manager role

Serpent have announced the addition of Germany’s David Ehrbar to their design team. David, a former engineer at a printing machine company, will get a full-time designer role at Serpent following a period of part-time work for the Dutch company. David will work closely together with Michael Salven on future on-road projects while also being the new team manager. In this role David will coordinate all Serpent team activities both on and off the track and he will be available track-side at future electric on-road events such as the ETS, the European and World Championships.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 4, 2016

XWS Slovenia Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the Pik Hala track in Maribor on a small yet nice track that offered a slightly updated layout compared to the previous round. The weekend started off with free practice on Saturday followed by seeding practice rounds on Sunday morning, qualifiers and finals. The Touring Pro Stock class had Jan Popic coming out fastest after the qualifiers with two round TQs. Dario Veseli and Viktor Boslec would line up in second and third for the finals. In the Formula class Nejc Marcic lead the pack to take the pole position for the A-mains from Jan Pernarcic and Borut Svoljsak, who followed closely behind. Finally in the 1/12th scale pan car class Rok Rudl took the TQ from Valentin Mis and Goran Vignjevic.

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February 3, 2016

X-Race UK – Announcement

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The Cotswolds outdoor racetrack will play host to the first ever X-Race UK on the 11th and 12th of June. The event will see the running of Electric Touring Modified and 13.5T Pro Stock boosted classes as well as a Formula and a Nitro Touring Car class. The entries are limited to 30 Modified, 50 Pro Stock, 20 Formula and 10 Nitro Touring drivers. More information and sign-up can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 3, 2016

HFCC Indoor Racing Series Rd2 – Report

Following a successful opening round, the HFCC racing club of The Hague, the Netherlands, recently hosted the second round of the HFCC Indoor Racing Series. As with the previous round, Saturday was devoted to track building and practice while the actual race took place on Sunday. In the Touring 17.5T Stock class the battle for the TQ was on between Sybrand de Boer, Daniël Jansma and Steven Koiter with Sybrand holding the upper hand, placing his car on the pole position for the finals.

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February 3, 2016

BMT sign Rick Vrielijnck for 2016

BMT have announced the signing of Dutch frontrunner Rick Vrielijnck to their team for the 2016 season. The 9-times Dutch national champion and multiple EC-A, World Championship and ENS finalist plans to attend at all major 1/8th on-road events, such as the national champion, the ENS and the Euros. Rick had the following to say about the deal:

I am very Happy to join BMT and would like to thank Pasquale Iuliucci for this opportunity. Together we will focus on getting the most out of the current 984 chassis and develop it further during the season. I also would like to thank team Shepherd for their support last year.

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

February 2, 2016

JJ Wang teams up with LRP

LRP have announced the signing of JJ Wang to their factory team. The young Chinese-American top driver will strengthen LRPs on-road team for the upcoming season and beyond, with a special focus on the IFMAR Electric On-road World Championships in China. JJ will use LRP’s line of brushless motors, speed controllers and LiPo batteries to power his rides and this is what he had to say about the deal:

I would first like to thank Rick and Sean at Reedy for their support in the past two years. After taking a year to decide what’s next for me in terms of complete power package, I am very excited about my future with LRP and very thankful to Jürgen and Ales for giving me the opportunity to join a great team. I look forward to seeing everyone at the track.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]