February 13, 2011

Volker heads Yokomo 1-2 in opening final

Volker heads Yokomo 1-2 in opening final

Ronald Volker cruised to an easy victory in the opening leg of the A-Mains here in Austria heading home team-mate Yannic Prumper for a Yokomo 1-2. On target for a hat trick of Euro Touring Series wins, the German led from start to finish with Prumper being the only driver to provide him with any reason for concern.

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February 12, 2011

Volker Top Qualifier in Austria

Volker Top Qualifier in Austria

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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February 12, 2011

Volker fastest in Q2 in Austria

Volker fastest in Q2 in Austria

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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February 11, 2011

Moore tops opening qualifier in Austria

Moore tops opening qualifier in Austria

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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February 11, 2011

Hébert tops opening practice in Austria

Hébert tops opening practice in Austria

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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February 10, 2011

Ralph Burch wins Sedan at 2011 Winternats

Ralph Burch wins Sedan at 2011 Winternats

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]


February 9, 2011

Mike Swauger takes victory at Florida Winternats

Mike Swauger takes victory at Florida Winternats

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]


February 9, 2011

Jilles Groskamp takes Mod TC title at Snowbirds

Jilles Groskamp takes Mod TC title at Snowbirds

Tamiya/Orion factory driver Jilles Groskamp took TQ and the Win in the TC Modified at the 17th annual Snowbirds Nationals held in Orlando Florida. In qualifying it was Paul Lemieux who set early TQ but was bettered by Jilles in the very last round on Saturday. His new 417 equipped with the latest Orion Vortex modified motor was fast the whole weekend and with some latest set-up changes he was unstoppable in the last round taking TQ by 1 sec over Lemieux. In the final Jilles was chased by Lemieux and Cyrul hard but they never really got the chance to get close. All three ran a flawless race and it was Groskamp who took the win over Paul and Josh. For Jilles this was the second time in a row taking the highly competitive TC Mod rubber title.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]


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