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March 6, 2010

Kerswell & Levanen TQ 1/12th Euros

Well the final round of Pro Stock qualifying promised to be a showdown and it lived up to all expectations, Marc Fisher crashed out early on leaving Andy Moore and Chris Kerswell to fight it out for FTD. Andy will curse a late mistake which dropped him a few seconds, as Chris Kerswell then put in a faultless run to take FTD for V-Dezign ahead of the Corally of Marc Fisher with Andy Moore completing the top three, Markus Mobers lines up fourth in the A final with Keith Robertson completing the top five.

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March 6, 2010

Rheinard & Stocker on pole in Warsaw

Marc Rheinard will start the fourth round of the Euro Touring Series from pole position ahead of his Tamiya Racing Factory team-mate Viktor Wilck. Going into the final qualifier here in Warsaw tied on 310 points each, Wilck needed to TQ the round in a faster time than that set by the German in Q4 but it wasn’t to be. The Swede could only manage the 5th fastest time while Rheinard was the only driver to record 19 laps for the round.

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March 6, 2010

Fisher moves to the front at 1/12th Euros

Marc Fisher has taken over the lead of the Pro Stock class in round five of qualifying at the 1/12th Euros. Andy Moore led off the line but the German Corally pilot hunted him down and posted a time quick enough to knock Andy of top spot, one round to go and this could be a real showdown and one to watch. Chris Kerswell holds on to third place by virtue of his round three time while Markus Mobers posted an improved time and is fourth while Keith Robertson continues to improve and moves up to fifth ahead Mark Stiles, Olivier Bultynck Mick Farrell, Tim Altmann and Vesa Yli.

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March 6, 2010

Front runners consolidate position at 1/12th Euros

Round four of qualifying at the 1/12th Euros is done and things have gotten a bit static at the head of both classes, in Pro Stock both Marc Fisher and Andy Moore were on for an improvement then both made mistakes; Chris Kerswell made changes to his car but was not happy with the change of step up. Mark Stiles improved but stays fifth just behind Markus Mobers , next up are four drivers split by less than a second, Keith Robertson, Simon Rubet, Mick Farrell and Vesa Yli, Sam Clifton completes the top ten.

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March 6, 2010

Smokem Racing TRF416 steering brace

Smokem Racing has released a carbon fibre steering brace for the TRF416-series touring cars. A common tuning trick on the TRF416 is to remove the factory aluminum steering bridge to increase front end flex for more steering. But in certain cases, this can make the steering too sensitive and decrease stability. Made from 2.25mm carbon fire, the 416 Steering Brace gives you the perfect compromise of more steering but still awesome stability. Similar custom fabricated steering braces have been used by TRF drivers with great success and now Smokem Racing brings this tuning part to all TRF416 racers.

Source: Smokem Racing [smokem-racing.com]

March 6, 2010

Wilck tops Q2 in Poland

Viktor Wilck has topped the second round of qualifying here in Warsaw, Poland at the fourth round of the 2009/2010 Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series. The Tamiya Racing Factory driver produced a 19 lap run in 05:11.871 with his team-mate and Q1 pace setter Marc Rheinard second with a time of 5:14.184. The Swede described the run as OK but feels there is potential to go faster after he drove on the safe side when Rheinard rolled his TRF416 X while on a potential TQ run.

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March 6, 2010

Moore & Levanen continue domination at Euros

Saturday morning and the third round of qualifying, Marc Fisher kicked off the day with the fastest time in Pro Stock but frustratingly for the German he was two tenths off Andy Moore’s time from the previous day, so the Corally driver stays in second spot, Andy Moore had a poor run in round three but hangs on to top spot, while another strong run from Chris Kerswell sees the V-Design driver keep his top three position and is a serious challenger for top spot.

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March 6, 2010

No surprises as Stocker takes first Pro Stock qualifier

Day 2 of the Euro Touring Series has opened with the first round of qualifying for Pro Stock and at the top of the time sheet there was not great surprise, Alexander Stocker setting the pace with an 18 lap run in 5:13.375. The German described the run as ‘not too bad’ saying it was a safe run with extra caution required due to the huge increase in traction since their final practice run yesterday evening. The current championship leader, Stocker said he likes such conditions, a worrying fact for his rivals.

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