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February 6, 2015

Volker fastest from Wilck in 1st timed practice

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While the top of the time sheets at the end of the first timed practice at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series looked familiar with Ronald Volker fastest, it was the performances of Viktor Wilck and Elliot Harper that were the main talking point. Having only made the announcement of his departure from long time team Tamiya on Wednesday and then his signing for Serpent the following day, the Swede got his new deal off to a very encouraging start as he set the 2nd fastest time. Having been left without a drive after Durango shelved its factory team, new Schumacher signing Elliot Harper also made a positive start on what is his first international outing for the British manufacturer as he ended the practice 6th quickest.

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February 6, 2015

Ralph Burch inks contract extension with Xray

Xray has announced the contract extension with seasoned on-road racer and former IFMAR World Champion Ralph Burch for 2015. Ralph will attend all major electric and nitro races to support the Xray USA team and to race Xray’s line of on-road cars. Ralph has the following to say about the deal:

I have been very happy for the work our Xray USA team has achieved over the last decade and including the last year. Over the years we have built a very effective team work & cooperation which has resulted into some of my best achievements in my racing career including the World Champion title. We have a strong commitment to continue our work to provide the best possible service & support and I will do my best at all the major USA races as usually. I will be available to any Xray drivers with any their questions or comments and I am looking forward to see you all during the 2015 at the races.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 6, 2015

Mike Gosvig wins 13.5T Stock at X Race Italy

The Xray X Race Italy was held at the indoor asphalt facility of Indoor Racing Chilelli in Touring Car Modified and Stock classes along the further growing Formula category. The weekend started with free practice on Friday, followed by heat practice on Saturday. In the 13.5T class Mike Gosvig and Mattia Collina both showed a very good speed and it looked like the two would battle it out for the pole position. In Sunday’s qualifying Mike then quite easily took all three rounds for the overall TQ some five seconds in front of Mattia Collina. Young Davide Bertuzzi rounded out the top 3 so far.

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February 6, 2015

2015 Futaba Cup Thailand – Report

The first Futaba Cup was held at the FRC racing circuit in Bangkok, Thailand in several electric on-road classes including Touring Car Open 13.5T and Formula. In Open Brushless 13.5T Atsushi Hara (Yokomo) took the win from Tanit K. (Team Associated) and Natee T (Xray).

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February 5, 2015

Michael Johnsen wins DM4 race in Brondby

The DM4 race was held in Brondby, Denmark, with 18 drivers in attendance in the 1/10th pan car class. During qualifying it became clear that the race for the TQ position would be between Rasmus B. Nielsen and Michael Johnsen while Claus Ryeskov and Robert Hansen battled it out for the 3rd place on the grid. At the end of the three qualifying rounds Michael came out successful in front of Rasmus and Claus.

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February 4, 2015

Driver changes to spice things up in ETS Round 2

This weekend (6-8 Feb) Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series travels to Muelheim-Kaerlich in Germany with the big interest of the weekend set to be on the debut performances of a number of the championship’s leading drivers who since Round 1 last December in the Czech Republic have switched teams. The most significant of these new signings is that of multiple ETS race winner Viktor Wilck. Racing with championship’s most winning manufacturer Tamiya Racing Factory as long as the ETS has been in existence, the Swede will strengthen Serpent’s aspirations to be a winner in the premiere class as he joins podium finisher Marc Fischer. With the German round again as it did last year breaking a new record in terms of the size of the event with over 420 entries, the other big debuts to watch will be those of Freddy Sudhoff and multiple World Championship finalist Elliot Harper.

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February 4, 2015

Serpent confirm long term deal with Viktor Wilck

Having just earlier today announced that he was to leave long time sponsor Tamiya, Viktor Wilck has been confirmed at Team Serpent. The Swedish ace has signed a long term deal with the Dutch brand to run their complete lineup of cars, both on and offroad, and will be making his touring car debut this weekend at the 2nd round of the ETS in Muelheim Kaerlich, Germany. The deal sees Serpent further strengthen their factory race time with Wilck joining Marc Fischer on the EP TC team, Greiner, Mazzeo, Green and the Sahashi brothers in the Gas TC team and Mike Truhe, Hupo Honigl and a soon to be confirmed German superstar on the offroad team. Viktor had this to say about his new deal:

I’m happy to reach this agreement with Serpent and HP Hobbyprodukter. I felt there was time for a change and after a close relationship with Swedish distributor this opportunity came a long that I could not pass on. I have seen the quality of there products from racing Serpent’s nitro cars and was impressed by their performance so I am really looking forward to this new partnership and to the prospects of achieving good results together over the coming years.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 4, 2015

Jan Ratheisky continues with Xray

Xray have announced that the ETS F1 champion, German champion and recent Snowbird Nationals champion Jan Ratheisky will continue to be the part of the Xray team in 2015. Jan is a valued member of the R&D team and he has been an integral part during the development of the X1 platform with which he gained his ETS championship title. Jan will continue his work in 2015 both as a driver and member of the R&D team and he will race both the T4 and X1. Jan has the following to say:

I very enjoyed my first year with Xray and I am thankful for the trust in my skills. Last year was extremely exciting for me as we had a great fight in the races with my team mate Marek Cerny and we pushed each other further. The Xray team work is absolutely the best I have ever experienced and the professionalism is second to none. I am very happy for everything so far and I am very motivated for the 2015 season where I will do my best. We will continue our work with the further development of Xray cars and I will give all my best effort to continue with the X1 further development.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]