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February 8, 2020

Ronald Völker takes pole at German ETS

Ronald Volker secured the overall top qualifying position in the final group of qualifying of Saturday’s action at Round 2 of the 2019/2020 Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany. Ronald took the advantage in Saturday morning’s Q3 to move ahead of overnight pole sitter Marc Rheinard, and backed that up with the fastest time in Q4 to ensure that his BD10 would lead the field away for the triple leg finals. Lining up second on the grid will be Marc Rheinard, the Tonisport-backed driver campaigning an Awesomatix this weekend with support from the factory team. Visibly showing fresh motivation with his new chassis, Marc was a little disappointed to be pushed to second on the grid, but with his laptimes almost identical to Ronald’s, it is expected to be a tough fight at the front in the finals.

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February 8, 2020

Marc Rheinard leads ETS Daun after day 1

The first full day of Round 2 of the Euro Touring Series is taking place in Daun, Germany, this weekend. With an additional practice day added on Thursday due to the 410+ entry count, the event officially got underway on Friday with Seeding Practice and the opening two Qualifying rounds. After the two rounds were completed late on Friday evening, it is Marc Rheinard who sits atop the standings with a TQ in the opening qualifier, backed up by a second in Q2. The driver, now officially working for and representing Tonisport, is piloting an Awesomatix chassis this weekend with support from the factory team. Obviously happy to be back on top of the standings following being dismissed by Infinity just before Christmas, the multi-time World Champion will have his work cut out for him tomorrow to remain at the top of the standings.

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February 7, 2020

Essex Carpet Clash Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the popular Essex Carpet Clash took place last weekend, with a track layout with a couple of jump sections that many found difficult to master. In 2WD Buggy Ellis Stafford confirmed his pole position for the finals, by taking rounds 1, 2 and 3 of qualifying. Kyle Moon lined up 2nd after being at the top of the score sheets consistently in qualifying. Stephen Brown also up at the sharp end of qualifying managed to line-up 3rd just ahead of Christopher Delves. In 4WD, it was a three-way battle for pole position. With Mark Lewis topping the score sheets in round one. Stephen Brown then took the second round but it was John painter who has been fast all season, managing to take the last two rounds of qualifying and giving him pole position for the final. Brown would line-up 2nd on the grid with Lewis in 3rd only separated by half a second on the count back scoring system. Jamie pickles would line-up 4th.

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February 5, 2020

Carlie Lopez wins at BRCC N.E.O.S. opener

The Barceloneta RC Raceway in Puerto Rico held the opening round of the BRCC N.E.O.S. recently and it was Raymond M. Soto with the overall TQ in the 1/8th GTe class. After the mains however it was Carlie Lopez with the win from Gabriel Velez in 2nd. Raymond had to settle for 3rd overall, rounding out an all-IGT8 podium.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

February 4, 2020

Midland Indoor Carpet Championship Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the popular Midland Indoor Carpet Championship MiCC was held in Telford, UK this past weekend, attracting over 135 entries including some of the country’s fastest electric on-road racers. The premier Modified Touring class saw Elliott Harper taking the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the qualifiers with Kyle Branson putting his car on P2 on the grid. 13.5T Super Stock Touring had Zak Finlay dominating the qualifiers from Colin Jackson in 2nd. In 17.5T Stock Touring it was Dave Sedgwick with the overall TQ, tie on points with Gareth Hollis, the latter having to settle for P2 on the grid after the tie-breaker.

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February 4, 2020

Thomas Hui wins at Chinese New Year cup race

The Hong-Kong-based PYC track hosted the Chinese New Year cup race last weekend. The event was held in several electric on-road classes and in the Touring Modified category it was Thomas Hui with the win from 13-years old Kimi Yam. Kenrick Fong would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]

February 4, 2020

2020 Urban Touring Series Rd1 – Report

Season 5 of the Urban Touring Series UTS got underway this past weekend with the opening race attracting a record 41 racers. The season opener also saw the expansion of the series to officially include the 45+ Masters TC Class (13.5T Spec Blinky), which saw a strong 16-car grid take to the start. In the premier 17.5T Blinky Touring class, qualifying was a close run affair with three different racers taking TQs in the three qualifying rounds. The TQ tiebreak would go to PY Tang, who edged out Dominic Quek and Esmail Apandi. Making his first A-Main appearance in the class was young 14-years old Ethan Cheng, who joined 13-years old Zaccheus Lam in his 2nd consecutive A-Main.

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February 4, 2020

MRC Longwy Winter Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the popular Longwy Winter Series was held last weekend, attracting a somewhat lower entry of 80 drivers due to other big races being held in the area the same weekend. This didn’t affect the atmosphere though as it made for lots of track time for everyone. Touring Modified saw Lucas Urbain taking the overall TQ only 0.005 seconds in front of Ronald Völker with Antoine Brunet coming in P3. The A-main again saw Lucas in front and walking away with the win as Ronald came in 2nd overall from Antoine in 3rd.

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