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June 29, 2019

Coelho again in Q2

Bruno Coelho claimed another TQ run in the second round of qualifying at the Dutch ETS in Apeldoorn this morning, this time the Xray driver topping the times from Awesomatix’s Lucas Urbain. Having taken yesterday evening’s opening qualifier, Coelho quickly pulled clear of Freddy Sudhoff, the top seed gambling to begin the day on used tyres which after 5-minutes left him P4. On new tyres, the main challenger to Coelho on the clock would come from Urbain and Alexander Hagberg but with a fastest lap 2/10ths up on everyone else the reigning Champion always had a decent margin in hand. For a time Ronald Volker looked on target for another Top 3 until he suffered a mechanical just after the 2-minute mark while on his second set of tyres. It would be Hagberg who would complete the Top 3 5/100th off Urbain after he got stuck behind Jilles Groskamp for a number of laps towards the end of the heat.

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June 28, 2019

Coelho takes opening qualifier at ETS

Bruno Coelho has taken the opening round of qualifying at Round 5 of the ETS in the Netherlands, the Xray driver fastest from the dominant force in practice Freddy Sudhoff. Starting behind the top seed after team-mate & No. 2 seed Alexander Hagberg opted to sit out Q1, Coelho was able to take advantage of mistakes from both Sudhoff and his Awesomatix team-mate Lucas Urbain to take a slightly surprise TQ run given Sudhoff’s advantage in practice. Having seeded 8th, Ronald Volker was to complete the Top 3 ahead of Yokomo team-mates Christopher Krapp and Nicholas Lee with Urbain rounding out the Top 6 from Jilles Groskamp.

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June 28, 2019

Protoform Turismo body shell – Teaser

Protoform have released a first teaser of their forthcoming new Turismo body shell. The image leaves a lot of room for speculations, wether it is a much needed 190mm high downforce body, a GT lid or even a new 200mm Nitro Sedan body. We bring you more information as they become available.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

June 28, 2019

Sudhoff top seed in Apeldoorn

Freddy Sudhoff is the top seed in Apeldoorn for the the penultimate round of the ETS. With the second of the two seeding rounds taking place during the hottest part of the day, the seeding was to be based off the opening controlled practice with the Top 17 places remaining unchanged. Even with the mercury on the rise, Sudhoff maintained his status on the slower track topping CP2 by 2/10ths from Bruno Coelho who hit issues and completed just 4-laps. While he will run the No.6 in qualifying, Christopher Krapp managed the close the gap on the hotter track as he set the third fastest time of CP2 ahead of Yokomo team-mate Ronald Volker. With the track around 3/10th slower, Alexander Hagberg will line up second for this evening’s opening qualifier ahead of Coelho, Nicolas Lee, Lucas Urbain and Krapp.

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June 28, 2019

Xray XB8 series soft composite front lower arm

Made for Xray’s XB8 series vehicles, such as the XB8, XB8E, GTX8 and GTXE is a soft composite lower front arm. Of short specification the arm is moulded from a softer than standard composite material that offers increased reliability but less responsiveness compared to the medium, hard or graphite reinforced arms. The wishbone is designed for the C-hub suspension and it is usable on both the left and right hand side of the chassis.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 28, 2019

Sudhoff holds clear practice advantage at ETS Apeldoorn

Freddy Sudhoff holds a clear advantage over his rivals at the penultimate round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series with the Awesomatix driver topping the first controlled practice by a considerable margin from Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Bruno Coelho. Racking up his first ever ETS career win at the first outdoor race of the season in Madrid but then struggling at the next round in Austria, Sudhoff is back to form making the large fast flowing AMCA Apeldoorn in the Netherlands look easy. Laying down the fastest 3-consecutive laps by more than 3/10ths of a second, his rivals are openly finding it hard to match his pace with the bad news being the German is confident the hotter it gets the better his car is going to work. Unlike most races this year, there is no threat of rain interrupting the schedule with tomorrow, the main day of qualifying set to see temperatures sore to the to the mid 30s.

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June 28, 2019

Pierre Delorme takes French Touring Stock title

Round 4 of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Marmagne track in central France. Almost 90 drivers signed in for the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula. The weekend kicked off with cold and cloudy weather on Friday, however things would brighten up on Saturday. In Touring 13.5T Stock it was Pierre Delorme (Xray) with the overall TQ from Jeremy Delalondre (Schumacher) on the 2 spot. With a clever tyre strategy and a tyre-saving setup Pierre was able to bring home the wins in A1 and A2 for the overall from Jeremy on the runner-up spot. Briac Berthoud (Xray) came in 3rd to round out the podium. With the win Pierre also secured himself his fourth national title albeit there is still a round to go this season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 28, 2019

Samix TRX-4 aluminium diff cover

Made for Traxxas’ popular TRX-4 trail truck is a new diff cover from Samix. The part is machined from high-quality aluminium and it will reinforce the solid axle assembly while adding cool looks to the axle area. The cover offers machined and laser-etched details and it is available in black, red and bright gun metal colour.

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