Ronald Volker’s domination of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series doesn’t look under any serious threat after the German ace secured his third straight overall TQ honours in as many races. Having set the pace in Q2 & 3, the Team Yokomo lead driver secured pole for tomorrow’s triple A-Mains by topping the final qualifier from young team-mate Yannic Prumper who will start 4th on the grid.
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Ronald Volker has TQ’d the second qualifier for the Austrian round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series topping the time sheets from David Ehrbar and Marc Rheinard. The Yokomo/LRP driver said a change to the Protoform LTC-R bodyshell gave his BD5 more steering but he didn’t make the most of it, making too many small mistake during the five minute run. Chasing his third consecutive overall TQ honours, the European Champion thinks with the LTC-R his set-up is good and any extra pace will come from how he prepares his tyres.
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2006 World Champion Andy Moore has topped the opening qualifier for the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in St.Polten, Austria. The factory Hot Bodies driver recorded 19 laps in 5:05.010 and becomes only the third driver this season to post a TQ run beating championship leader Ronald Volker and defending champion Marc Rheinard who are the only other drivers to have achieved the feat.
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Factory Team Associated driver Keven Hébert has got his Euro Touring Series debut off to an impressive start with his TC6 setting the fastest lap around the indoor asphalt track here in St.Polten, Austria. The first Canadian to take part in an ETS event, Hébert managed an 16.285 second lap on a track which he described as being a lot bigger than he was used to racing on in US racing scene. Pleased with his lap time, the 22-year-old said he needed to be more consistent but feels a second run should help him settle in better to the unfamiliar settings in particular the height of the drivers rostrum which by American standards towers above the track.
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Schumacher are pleased to announce the signing of top German On Road driver Martin Hofer. Martin is currently running second in the ETS Pro Stock championship and a German National A finalist. He will bring great knowledge to the team for current and future developments. Martin will compete at World, European and German Championship races along with the ETS series, and will make his debut for Schumacher at the ETS race in Austria this coming weekend. Martin had the following to say about the deal;
First of all I would like to thank Team Yokomo for all the years of support and the great time working together. However, sometimes you just need a change and after having tested the Mi4CX I decided that my change was to be a different coloured one! My first ever RC-car was a Schumacher Storm truck and I’m very happy to return to my roots in some ways. Being part of the well established Schumacher team around Chris Grainger, I think we will be able to bring the Mi4CX to the next level keeping it at the leading edge of modern touring cars.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Powermaster has swept the podium in 200mm Gas Touring Car at last weekend’s Florida Winter Nationals. Current World Champion and Xray factory driver Ralph Burch Jr. not only TQ’d the event but won followed closely by Team Powermaster team mates Paul Lemieux in 2nd and newly signed Powermaster drivers Scotty Gray and Scott Rister finishing third and fourth.
Source: VP Racing Fuels [vpracingfuels.com]
Viper RC Solutions have announced that multiple Hungarian National Champion Laszlo Kiss-Orban has joined their international racing team. Laszlo will be testing and racing Viper R/C ESC’s and motors at major European events like EFRA Euros, the Euro Touring Series and Hungarian Nationals.
For me, as an electrical engineer, this opportunity has double value. To use at the races a highly innovative device like Viper R/C speedo, motors, and accessories as a driver is one part, but to participate in this development team thinking and working by their own way it’s a plus for me. I would like to thank Viper R/C for giving me this great opportunity, and I hope my small country will become well known part of the European racing field in the future.
Source: Viper RC [viper-rc.com]
Byron Fuels Factory Team Driver, Mike Swauger took TQ and 1st place in the 1:8 on road class this past weekend at the 2011 Florida Winternats hosted by the Ft. Myers RC Car Club. Not only was Mike the fastest during qualifying, he dominated the A Main and cruised to victory using the new Xray RX8 with a comfortable 5 lap lead over 2nd place Paul Lemieux. Following closely behind in 3rd place was another Byron Fuels factory driver Paul Ciccarello.
Source: Byron [byronfuels.com]
