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| Sudhoff finally joins ETS winners club Posted: 07 Apr 2019 08:50 AM PDT He has come close in the past but today Freddy Sudhoff delivered on years of promise to finally take his first ETS win and add his name to the championship’s exclusive Winner’s Role of Honour. Having secured his first ever TQ yesterday in Spain, the Awesomatix driver converted that into his first win with a repeat dominant performance in A2, again ahead of Ronald Volker. A hugely popular win for ‘Fabulous Freddy’, the Round 3 win also marks the first for Awesomatix in touring car’s premiere category and puts their long time lead driver now firmly in title contention. The first outdoor races of the ETS season, Sudhoff’s success is also a significant boost for the Russian brand who previously struggled against their rivals on asphalt. Finishing runner-up at the Asoger RC track today, Volker retains his championship lead but it is down to a single point with Sudhoff’s maximum points haul moving him up to second spot. With reigning champion Bruno Coelho having a tough weekend following his win at the previous round, ending up 7th, the podium was completed by Viktor Wilck ahead of Infinity team-mate Marc Rheinard. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. The post Sudhoff finally joins ETS winners club appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Sudhoff finally joins ETS winners club Posted: 07 Apr 2019 08:48 AM PDT He has come close in the past but today Freddy Sudhoff delivered on years of promise to finally take his first ETS win and add his name to the championship’s exclusive Winner’s Role of Honour. Having secured his first ever TQ yesterday in Spain, the Awesomatix driver converted that into his first win with a repeat dominant performance in A2, again ahead of Ronald Volker. A hugely popular win for ‘Fabulous Freddy’, the Round 3 win also marks the first for Awesomatix in touring car’s premiere category and puts their long time lead driver now firmly in title contention. The first outdoor races of the ETS season, Sudhoff’s success is also a significant boost for the Russian brand who previously struggled against their rivals on asphalt. Finishing runner-up at the Asoger RC track today, Volker retains his championship lead but it is down to a single point with Sudhoff’s maximum points haul moving him up to second spot. With reigning champion Bruno Coelho having a tough weekend following his win at the previous round, ending up 7th, the podium was completed by Viktor Wilck ahead of Infinity team-mate Marc Rheinard. ‘Again amazing. The car was better than the first race. I felt super confident and just completely focused on driving’, was Sudhoff’s reaction on winning A2. He continued, ‘After one and a half minutes I had made a gap and was just trying to stay in my rhythm and not think what the outcome would bring. Four years ago I was close (to the overall win) in Hrotovice but to get the first win on asphalt is better because in the past we had issues on this surface. Finally now we can deliver on carpet and asphalt’. With team-manager Max Machler describing his driver’s win as the culmination of ‘7-years of hard work’, Sudhoff acknowledged Machler’s input. He said, ‘I have to thank Max for his work on my car. At this level of competition you can not win on your own, you win as a team’. Seeing off the challenge of Marc Rheinard to win A3, Volker summed up the race weekend by saying, ‘First of all congrats to Freddy. It was a well deserved win. I couldn’t challenge him today’. The only driver to podium at all three races to date, the Yokomo driver said, ‘I have to be happy with finishing P2 and to still be leading the championship. On Thursday our performance on asphalt was very promising and the car felt awesome. I have to thank Hayato Matsuzaki for his help. We just need to work on set-up to make it better for changing conditions but I’m very positive for the rest of the season on asphalt’. ‘It been a long time since I made an ETS podium so I am happy for that’, was Wilck’s reaction to his first podium since joining Infinity’. The Swede continued, ‘since practice we improve the car little by little and it seems to work good in lower grip’. Asked about his incident with Rheinard in A2 he said, ‘be braked for Ronald but I didn’t brake in time. It was an accident not intentional’. Ending up with a P3 which he backed up with another P3 in A3, he concluded by saying, ‘the Awesomatix was a little too fast here but for sure I am positive for the rest of the ETS season’. ‘Not my day’ was how Rheinard summed up the finals. He continued, ‘Qualifying was good and the first A-Main started good until I had a problem with the tyres. In the 2nd one I got taken out which meant the last one didn’t really matter. A weekend to forget but one positive is that the pace was there’. Spain was to prove a happy hunting ground for longtime ETS racers with Jitse Miedema making ‘a dream come through’ when he took both his and Infinity’s first ever Formula win. Qualifying second, the Dutch driver secured his first overall win in the best way possible when he took the A2 victory ahead of class master Jan Ratheisky. The multiple champion and race Top Qualifier came back hard at Miedema putting him under intense pressure until he attempted a pass and got too close to the boards and got stuck in the turn. Winning A3, Ratheisky would finish 2nd with last year’s winner Olivier Bultynck completing the podium. In Pro Stock, Simon Lauter moved clear at the top of the points table as he wrapped up maximum championship points early with another win from the TQ spot in A2. His second win of the season, the Awesomatix driver was joined by team-mates Bultynck and Dominic Vogl on the podium. Winner in Daun and coming into the weekend as joint championship leader, last year’s race winner Machler could only manage 7th, a result the German will be hoping is one of his dropped rounds come the end of the season. In the 17.5 Stock class, Tobias Baumbach made use of his TQ to win A1 & 2 to take the win while victory in A3 for Luis Moreno gave him the runner-up spot with championship leader Daniel Pöhlmann completing the Top 3. The only class to go to A3 to decide the winner, 40+ Masters came to a battle between Top Qualifier Toni Mateo, winner of A1, and Alexander Stocker, winner of A2. Under pressure from Stocker, Mateo would roll on the curbing and with his car sitting on its roof the entire field went passed. Stocker won the race ahead of Beni Stutz for his third win of the season while Stutz completed the podium behind Mateo. View complete event results here. View our event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Arrowmax pit lamp & setup system tray Posted: 07 Apr 2019 07:00 AM PDT Coming from Arrowmax is their updated LED pit lamp and a new setup system tray. The lamp sports Arrowmax’s signature black and golden look and it is equipped with 32 high-powered LEDs that offer three colour temperatures and 6-step brightness adjustment. The lamp is 270 degrees rotatable and powered by either a 12V power supply or 2S to 3S LiPo battery packs. The lamp attaches to Arrowmax’s all-new aluminium setup system tray that was designed to hold 1/12th to 1/8th Arrowmax setup systems as well as setup wheels and many more. Like the lamp the tray comes in the company’s signature black and golden design and it is available including the above pit lamp or separately. Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com] The post Arrowmax pit lamp & setup system tray appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
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| Posted: 07 Apr 2019 06:47 AM PDT Chassis – Awesomatix A800X Evo (MMCX-A) Remarks – Dominating Pro Stock here in Madrid, Simon Lauter is running the A800X Evo from Awesomatix. The car uses new low friction belts in combination with the low friction pulleys and similar to Freddy’s car utilises the carbon middle motor conversion set. The car has a set of Awesomatix alloy screws on the top side of the car and the package is completed with a Zooracing DBX shell. Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
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| Dash 30mm black & golden ultra high speed fan Posted: 07 Apr 2019 06:45 AM PDT Dash have added a 30mm ultra high speed fan to their line-up. The double ball-raced fan is housed in a machined aluminium case with black and golden anodising for strength and looks and it was developed for the use in high temperature environments. The motor fan comes with a black receiver wire lead and it adds to the already existing variant for the use with speed controllers. Source: Dash [dash-rc.com] The post Dash 30mm black & golden ultra high speed fan appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Video – Pro Stock A-main Leg 1 Posted: 07 Apr 2019 06:45 AM PDT FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
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| Sudhoff dominates A1 at ETS Spain Posted: 07 Apr 2019 03:30 AM PDT Freddy Sudhoff put in a dominant performance in the opening A-Main this morning at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series. Starting from a career first TQ, the Awesomatix driver immediately pulled clear of the field in the cold conditions helped by a slow starting Ronald Volker from second on the grid who stacked the field up behind him. Marc Rheinard would be the only one to find away passed the Yokomo, driving around the outside of his fellow countryman. Setting about chasing down Sudhoff, Rheinard would unexplainably spin off the track at the loop, dropping him back into the clutches of Volker and Christopher Krapp with a second spin at the end of the straight allowing both to go by to battle it out for second as Rheinard struggled with his car and dropped to last. Afterwards the Infinity driver said everything on the car appeared fine so the only other explanation he could think off was a possible issue with his set of tyres. Seeing off the challenge of his team-mate Krapp, Volker would hold onto second with Akio Sobue fourth, almost 3-seconds back. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. The post Sudhoff dominates A1 at ETS Spain appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2019 03:30 AM PDT Chassis – Yokomo BD9 Remarks – Running a car that was built for him by Yokomo designer Hayato Matsuzaki, Ronald’s car features a prototype of the Japanese manufacturer’s RTC system. Ronald said the new design has been created for better durability and to offer more toe gain options. Also different on the car is the reversing of the ESC and receiver positions to adapt the weight balance on the left side of the car. While weather conditions over the weekend made for challenging conditions, Ronald was very positive with the cars pace and performance during Thursday’s free practice before the rain interrupted the weekend’s schedule. Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Sudhoff dominates A1 at ETS Spain Posted: 07 Apr 2019 03:28 AM PDT Freddy Sudhoff put in a dominant performance in the opening A-Main this morning at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series. Starting from a career first TQ, the Awesomatix driver immediately pulled clear of the field in the cold conditions helped by a slow starting Ronald Volker from second on the grid who stacked the field up behind him. Marc Rheinard would be the only one to find away passed the Yokomo, driving around the outside of his fellow countryman. Setting about chasing down Sudhoff, Rheinard would unexplainably spin off the track at the loop, dropping him back into the clutches of Volker and Christopher Krapp with a second spin at the end of the straight allowing both to go by to battle it out for second as Rheinard struggled with his car and dropped to last. Afterwards the Infinity driver said everything on the car appeared fine so the only other explanation he could think off was a possible issue with his set of tyres. Seeing off the challenge of his team-mate Krapp, Volker would hold onto second with Akio Sobue fourth, almost 3-seconds back. Commenting on the first A-Main encounter, Sudhoff said, ‘I was a little but lucky Ronald dod not have pace at the beginning and blocked the field’. He continued, ‘It is very cold this morning so the first few laps it was loose in the rear but after 2-minutes it was stable. The car is performing awesome and if I need more speed it is there’. Looking to A2 when he could potentially claim his first ever ETS victory, the German said, ‘I will try to do the same thing but it is more than 2-hours away so its going to be a new track and another new challenge’. ‘I have mixed feeling about this one’, was Volker’s reaction after A1. The championship leader continued, ‘I suffered with rear grip the first few laps which was the complete opposite to Marc so I couldn’t fight him. After 2-minutes the rear grip came in and luckily I was able to stay second. I can’t be too unhappy with the result given how the car was at the start and I’m happy Christopher now has a good car too and could finish P3. We had a good battle’. The former World Champion added, ‘we might have a set-up issue when it is very cold but A2 will have a little sunshine which should help warm things up. We will consider our tyre prep near to the race time’. Starting from 7th on the grid, Krapp said, ‘I am happy to get a good run after a not so good qualifying. The car and driver were not on point’. Losing out on the win here in Spain last year on the tie break, the German added, ‘we changed a bunch of things on the car and went more in the direction of Ronald’s set-up but I also drove much better than yesterday. I would have liked more from the race as I think my pace now is better than 3rd’. He concluded, ‘I hope more stuff happens in the next one’. In the first of the Pro Stock A-Mains it was also a dominant win for Top Qualifier Simon Lauter as the Top 3 finished as they started, Olivier Bultynck second and Dominic Vogl third. In Formula, pole sitter Jan Ratheisky lost traction on the first corner allowing the Infinity of Jitse Miedema through for an easy win ahead of the Serpent of former champion David Ehrbar as Ratheisky battled for third with Spain’s Ivan Lopez who got the better of the reigning champion. View complete event results here. View our event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Indonesian EP Offroad Nationals Rd1 – Report Posted: 07 Apr 2019 03:22 AM PDT The opening round of the Indonesian 1/10 Offroad National Championship was held at the SDC Off-road track in Serpong, Indonesia. The event attracted 60 entries from all regions of Indonesia to compete in the 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy classes. Bowie Ginting (Yokomo) took the overall TQ in 4WD Mod while Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated) setting the TQ in 2WD Mod. The start of the A-mains in both classes were slightly delayed to to rain but after the action resumed, Bowie took the win in 4WD while Rizki Pradana sealed the 2WD A1. Later the organisers had to wait for another one and a half hours to decided wether there would be another round of main finals. Ultimately it was decided to run a second leg with single best to take. Again, Bowie took the win in the 4WD class with a comfortable margin to Rama Tribudiman and Jason Nugroho. In A of 2WD Mod, Rama avoided the early mishaps of A1 to score a perfect race and secure the win, followed by Rizki Pradana and Dimaz Arianto. 4WD final results: 2WD final results: Thanks to Bowie Ginting for the report. The post Indonesian EP Offroad Nationals Rd1 – Report appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Arrowmax Ultra 1/8th scale camber gauge Posted: 07 Apr 2019 03:09 AM PDT Arrowmax’s new Ultra series camber gauge is now also available in a variant for 1/8th vehicles. The tool is made of high-quality aluminium and it features the company’s signature black and golden honeycomb design. White laser-etched on both sides of the gauge make for easy camber checks and adjustment with the tool being usable for 1/8th on-road, GT and off-road vehicles. Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com] The post Arrowmax Ultra 1/8th scale camber gauge appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Sudhoff claims first ever ETS TQ in Spain Posted: 06 Apr 2019 11:50 AM PDT Freddy Sudhoff is the Top Qualifier at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Spain. The Awesomatix driver claimed both his and his team’s first ever ETS TQ when he topped Q2 this evening in Madrid. With bad weather causing qualifying at the Asoger RC track to be reduced to just two rounds, Sudhoff would take advantage of improved track conditions to top the Q1 TQ time of Ronald Volker by seven & a half seconds. With the Yokomo driver starting 2nd on the grid, a P2 in both rounds gives Marc Rheinard 3rd in the grid ahead of his Infinity team-mate Viktor Wilck. For Bruno Coelho, the second qualifier saw another mistake from the reigning champion and the Xray driver will start 5th with team-mate & last year’s winner Alexander Hagberg facing an even tougher prospect tomorrow starting from P10. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. The post Sudhoff claims first ever ETS TQ in Spain appeared first on Red RC - RC Car News. |
| Sudhoff claims first ever ETS TQ in Spain Posted: 06 Apr 2019 11:48 AM PDT Freddy Sudhoff is the Top Qualifier at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Spain. The Awesomatix driver claimed both his and his team’s first ever ETS TQ when he topped Q2 this evening in Madrid. With bad weather causing qualifying at the Asoger RC track to be reduced to just two rounds, Sudhoff would take advantage of improved track conditions to top the Q1 TQ time of Ronald Volker by seven & a half seconds. With the Yokomo driver starting 2nd on the grid, a P2 in both rounds gives Marc Rheinard 3rd in the grid ahead of his Infinity team-mate Viktor Wilck. For Bruno Coelho, the second qualifier saw another mistake from the reigning champion and the Xray driver will start 5th with team-mate & last year’s winner Alexander Hagberg facing an even tougher prospect tomorrow starting from P10. ‘My first TQ ever, I’m more than happy’, was Sudhoff’s reaction to securing pole position. Backing up his impressive showing at the previous round in Daun, the German described his Q2 performance as a ‘maximum good run’. The German explained, ‘I did no warm-up laps this time and I changed the speedo set-up and it was perfect from the first to the last lap’. He added, ‘When I saw Bruno rolled I could take it a little bit easy’. Asked his plan for tomorrow’s scheduled triple finals, he replied, ‘just continued like this. Of course we need to check the weather but I am confident with how the car and power is feeling’. Volker said he ‘made the wrong call on the diff’ for Q2. Ending up 1.4-seconds slower than Sudhoff, the championship points leader explained, ‘I went to the diff from Thursday practice but the temperature today was lower. I struggled with on power traction but I have nobody to blame but myself. I am definitely going back with the diff but we also have to see how the track conditions are tomorrow’ – more rain expected overnight and early in the morning. Asked about challenging for the lead, the former World Champion said, ‘you can’t pass easily unless you have high grip so I think track conditions are the key to the outcome. Anyway P2 on the grid is not too bad and I’m happy for Protoform that the Type S is 1, 2 on the grid’. Rheinard explained, ‘I did the same as in the first one and didn’t do warm-up laps. It worked out in Q1 but this time between the start line and the loop it spun out. I hadn’t crossed the loop but I lost confidence after that. Still it is good to start 3rd’. Asked his thoughts for the finals, the German who has not had an ETS win on asphalt for more than four years, replied, ‘for sure it is going to be difficult with conditions tricky to drive. Also the first A-Main is in the morning when it is extra cold. The pace is there for sure to race for the win and so far we have four cars in the final’. In only his second ETS outing with Infinity, Wilck was content with his P4 on the grid. Commenting on his Q2 performance for which he got a P4, the Swede said, ‘I think it was a little better. I drive too careful at the beginning but drive good from the middle to the end. With Bruno’s mistake I could take 4th overall’. Happy with the changes to his car for Q2 he added, ‘for now I will keep the same set-up for tomorrow’. On the race he concluded, ‘there will always be some incidents so the result will depend on getting a clear run or not’. ‘A tough round again, conditions are very difficult’, was how Coelho described the second qualifier after he flipped his car again on the curbing. The winner the first time the ETS came to the Spanish track in 2017, he continued, ‘the first one minute 30 the car is very good but then I struggle to stay on the same pace as the others. We will change many things to try make it better for tomorrow but starting 5th is it going to be super difficult to go for the win but we must try’. Behind the Portuguese driver Akio Sobue will start sixth with Christopher Krapp 7th, Yannic Prümper 8th and Elliott Harper 9th. With Sudhoff’s Modified TQ, Simon Lauter gave the Russian designed car double reason to celebrate as he secured the Pro Stock TQ after taking both qualifiers. The German heads an Awesomatix’s Top 6 lock out of the grid with Olivier Bultynck 2nd ahead of Dominic Vogl, joint championship leader Max Mächler, Christian Donath and Toni Rheinard. In Formula it was an Xray affair at the top of qualifying with reigning champion Jan Ratheisky taking pole with his Q1 TQ time over Infinity’s Jitse Miedema who topped Q2. Bultynck completes the Top 3 ahead of Lauter. In the 40+ Masters popular Spanish driver Toni Mateo took both qualifiers to deny early championship dominator Alexander Stocker the TQ. The new 17.5 Stock class will have Tobias Baumbach leading away the A-Main from Daniel Pöhlmann who took Q1 with Luis Moreno lining up 3rd. View complete event results here. View our event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
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