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December 1, 2016

Coelho ready to defend as ETS celebrates 10th season

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This weekend (2-4 December), the Yokomo Euro Touring Series will celebrate the start of its 10th season when over 300 racers from 29 countries travel to Hrotovice in the Czech Republic for the opening race of the six round championship. From small beginnings when the first ETS race was held in Vejle, Denmark in March 2008, over the 51 races that made up the subsequent 9 seasons the championship has established itself as one of touring cars’ most coveted titles with both drivers and manufacturers. Only 4 drivers have achieved the top prize and defending that title in Season #10 will be Bruno Coelho.

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December 1, 2016

11th International Warm-up Race – Announcement

The German ESV Bischofsheim club has announced the 11th edition of their iconic International Warm-up Race for the 28th to 30th of April 2017. After a one year break the event is back and reloaded and it will be held in the usual classes of Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy. The popular Rhein Main Circuit near Frankfurt will feature some improvements for 2017 and all information on the event together with sign-up, that starts on the 4th of February, can be found on the official website here.

December 1, 2016

Asian Onroad Championship Rd5 – Report

Since 2013, the Asian Onroad Championship has grown through the years and has become the premiere onroad racing event in the Asia Pacific. Making five stops throughout the calendar year in various regions across Asia, the AOC continues to grow and gain momentum from each and every event bringing with it a world class level of competition wherever it goes. The final stop on the 2016 schedule was held at the historic Yatabe Arena in Tsukuba, Japan. With heritage and history like the Yatabe Arena, the final AOC event was sold out within a few days and has become the biggest race in Japan attracting many international racers from across the world including from countries like Germany, France, America, and other neighboring Asian countries like China, Taiwan, Korea to name just a few. Not only were racers on hand, the event attracted over 20 RC vendors that setup a display/support booth and transformed the atmosphere into a mini RC Expo.

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December 1, 2016

Cham Dassanyake wins at SIORC opener

The ERMC club played host to the opening round of the Swiss Indoor Offroad Cup in Geneva. The first of three rounds attracted nearly 100 drivers from all over the country and also neighbouring France. Cham Dassanyake would dominate the qualifiers in the 4WD class, taking the overall TQ and pole position for the A-mains. He would also take the opening A-main with fast and consistent laps and despite a few bobbles and even some marshalling and ultimately Cham would take the overall win from Cyrille Gruaz in second and Remy Bertrand after the triple mains.

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November 30, 2016

Dionys Stadler wins at South German regionals

A round of the South German electric on-road regionals was held in Gottmadingen on a purpose-built track laid out with ETS-style carpet. Young Dionys Stadler would take the win in the Touring Car class, coming from the 2 spot on the grid following some problems in the qualifiers. Carl Grandel ended the day on the runner-up spot from third placed Markus Wegmann.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 30, 2016

Ethan Lefebvre triples at ROAR Region 9 champs

This past weekend the 2016 ROAR Region 9 1/10th Championships were held at the world-famous Thornhill racing circuit on their JR track. Last year this race had 56 entries, but this year the numbers almost doubled with 101 entries making it the biggest 1/10th only race in Texas in many years. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class the competition would be very tight as the top two would be separated by less than a second and third to seventh would be separated by three seconds. At the end Aaron Breuer would take TQ and teammate Ethan Lefebvre would take second. In the first of two mains Aaron and Ethan had a great battle throughout the main, finishing in the same order as they have had started. In the second main Aaron made a mistake over the triple and ended his race.

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November 30, 2016

MRCZ Open International Race – Report

The fourth edition of the MRCZ International Race was held in Zwevegem, Belgium. Organised by the MRCZ club the race has quickly become a classic in the country with the 2016 edition attracting about 90 drivers in the classes of Touring Modified, Touring 10.5, Touring 17.5. and also Formula 21.5 and 1/12th 10.5. Also run were two fun classes in the form of a mechanics and a Ladies Cup race for occasional racers. The Modified/EFRA and 10.5 Touring classes were run using the Voltante 28 control tyre whereas the other classes were run using free tyres. The race format was five round of qualifying with the best two to count and triple mains. As for the track, the carpet used started with pretty low grip but things got better during the race but nevertheless the organisers will revert to the proven ETS-type carpet from next year on.

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November 30, 2016

Tom Firsching dominates U.S. Indoor Championship

Firsching dominates U.S. Indoor Championship

The 37th annual U.S. Indoor Championship were held in Cleveland, Ohio and the 1/12th scale 17.5 saw a handout tire rule to be implemented on the field for the first time in the event’s history. All competitors received their purple stripe tires at sign up and NY driver, Tom Firsching would be taking TQ with Dana Bailes and John Tortorice starting second and third. In the final, Tom took the win in a great battle with second place finisher Dana Bailes.

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