January 10, 2015

Yokomo duo to go head to head in TQ decider

Yokomo duo to go head to head in TQ decider

Yokomo’s star drivers Ronald Volker and Yannic Prumper are to go head to head for the overall TQ at the DHI Cup while the battle for who will start second is wide open.  The penultimate qualifier at the Odense event again saw a number of drivers laying down a TQ pace but it was Volker who would make the least errors to take it with second going to HB’s Freddy Sudhoff after an impressive drive.  One of the drivers to set the early TQ pace Alexander Hagberg would despite a roll on his penultimate lap complete the Top 3 followed by Marc Rheinard and Martin Lissau.

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January 10, 2015

Volker takes Q2 at DHI Cup

Volker takes Q2 at DHI Cup

Defending DHI Cup Champion Ronald Volker took the second round of qualifying this morning at the famous Danish event. The heat would see a number of drivers top the time screens over the 5-minutes but in the end it was the Yokomo driver who got the job done. 2.8-seconds down, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg would claim second with yesterday’s Q1 winner Yannic Prumper completing the Top 3.

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January 9, 2015

Prumper TQ’s opening DHI Cup qualifier

Prumper TQ's opening DHI Cup qualifier

Yannic Prumper has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the DHI Cup.  Challenging his Yokomo team-mate Ronald Volker at the top of the timing screens, a mistake by the defending champion halfway through the 5-minute qualifier would allow Prumper to go onto take an easy TQ run by 2.3 second from Marc Rheinard with Volker recovering to post the third fastest time.

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January 9, 2015

Volker tops DHI Cup practice

Volker tops DHI Cup practice

Defending DHI Cup champion Ronald Volker got his quest for a sixth win at the famous Danish event off to a good start as he topped the final practice in Odense.  With the second of the timed practice rounds seeing improvements from the Top 14 drivers the biggest improvement came from Volker to see him jump ahead of team-mate Yannic Prumper to see the German duo seeded 1-2 for qualifying.  Knocking over 6/10ths of a second of his fastest three consecutive laps, Volker would top the times by 3/10ths from Prumper with Xray’s Alexander Hagberg improving his time by 3/10ths to jump ahead of Serpent’s Marc Fisher to complete the Top 3.

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January 9, 2015

Prumper tops opening practice at DHI Cup

Prumper tops opening practice at DHI Cup

Yannic Prumper topped the opening round of timed practice at the 15th running of DHI Cup in Denmark.  The Team Yokomo driver headed a very closely matched Top 6 over 3-consecutive laps with Serpent’s Marc Fischer second fastest just 0.054 off his fellow German’s pace.  Defending champion Ronald Volker, who is chasing a sixth DHI Cup title this weekend, completed the Top 3 with his Yokomo just 0.003 off Fischer.

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January 9, 2015

Marco Kaufmann wins at MCSS-Open

Marco Kaufmann wins at MCSS-Open

The AME MCSS-Open was held in Althengstett, Germany with 135 drivers in attendance split into three categories including Touring Car Modified, a class that attracted a good turnout of internationally experienced drivers including 200mm Nitro Touring Car Worlds TQ Dominic Greiner. The first three qualifiers were dominated by Tim Wahl but the only 27 laps run of the weekend ultimately handed Marco Kaufmann the overall TQ for the finals.

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January 9, 2015

New Capricorn deal for Kyle Branson

New Capricorn deal for Kyle Branson

Young British ace Kyle Branson has renewed his contract with Capricorn for another year to run their entire range of cars. Kyle will also attend the complete ETS series with the recently announced TE03 along with other races around Europe and the UK and will also attend all major 1:10th and 1:8th races with his nitro cars. New for 2015 Kyle will run Capricorn tyres and fuel. Kyle gave the following statement:

I would like to thank Matteo Passerini at Runner Time for the help and support that he has given to me. And also Piero Torregiani at Contact for everything he has done for me and helped me with over the years. Lastly thanks to Patrizio Rossi at Capricorn for allowing me to continue with them for another year.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 9, 2015

Naoto Matsukura joins Tamiya Racing Factory

Naoto Matsukura joing Tamiya Racing Factory

Reigning IFMAR ISTC World Champion and 3-time 1/12th scale World Champion has made the move to Team TRF. The former Yokomo superstar announced his surprise departure from his long time sponsor back in mid December and it seems he has now made the jump to Japanese rivals Tamiya to race alongside good friend and 4 time World Champion Marc Rheinard. With this deal only concerning touring car we still have to see what the 21 year old will race in offroad and 1/12th scale. Watch this space.

Source: Tamiya Racing Factory [teamtrf.com]

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