The second round of the current ETS season is just around the corner. The MAV Aigen-Schlägl club just hosted a great ENS event this past weekend and is now waiting for the “electric guys” to show up. In our Preview report we already talked about the upcoming race and what to expect from the teams and top drivers. But there is even more to watch during the upcoming weekend. We will lighten the candle with our “5 things to watch” during ETS RD2 in Aigen, AUT.
1)Barbecue on Thursday evening
A Barbecue is always nice, but especially when it`s trackside at the end of a practice day. The ETS Orga team thought in the same way and organized a Barbecue together with the hosting club MAV Aigen-Schlägl. Right before the first piece of meat is on the grill, we like to say THANK YOU for that opportunity to the club and the Barbecue master who really knows his trade.
Creating these things around our races was something which helped the ETS to grow up to the important racing series it is now. But it has certainly come up short very often in the high times with due to the incredibly high number of entries which we saw for many years (and which we hope to see soon again).
2) New cars on track at the ETS
In Aigen we will see several new touring cars on track in the touring car classes. Some well-known companies just released their newest platforms some weeks ago and now it is time to check what the cars can do on the big stage.
The cars we are talking about are the Serpent Medius X20`23 as well as the ARC A10 and the Axon TC10/2. While Serpent and ARC are in the game with a completely new designed car, Axon just released a conversion kit for the Yokomo BD10 some months ago – transforming the BD10 into the Axon TC10/2.
We know that Sören Sparbier will compete with the new Serpent Medius 20`23 car, Henrik Heitsch will wheel the new A10 from ARC and Akio Sobue and Hayato Ishioka will race the Axon TC10/2 at ETS RD2 in Aigen. As new cars are always interesting, we will try to show some of them in our “Under the Hood” reports during the weekend – check it out!
3) Three classes for a comeback – no problem?
ToniSport founder and ETS family member Toni Rheinard will race again at the ETS after a very long time. He selected the race in Aigen to have some fun behind the steering wheel of RC cars again. But what would a “one race comeback” be without a maximum challenge? You are right – it would be boring.
Therefore, Toni decided (rumours say “influenced by many people”) to sign up for the Awesomatix Pro Stock, Hobbywing Frontwheel, and the Scorpion Formula class. Something we are only used to see “Mister Multiple Classes” Jan Ratheisky doing. But Toni Rheinard can be relaxed as he will have some serious help in the pits, and we are also sure that he still is able to unleash some skills which earned him the German national title in touring car in 2005.
Back in these days he was the first driver who was able to beat his brother Marc after he had won the 2004 IFMAR worlds in Kissimee, Florida. But since then, we have seen several sunrises and we are excited how Toni will perform in “only” three racing classes during ETS RD2 in Aigen-Schlägl!
4) FWD Champion Stefan Schulz
The reigning Hobbywing Frontwheel champion Stefan Schulz will finally race at the ETS in Aigen with his Xray again. He won his TS title right ahead of last season`s finale, and due to a Snowbird Nationals (USA) trip, he was not on the line in Daun. We also missed him at the start of the new season in Apeldoorn. Stefan had work commitments and was preparing for the EFRA European championships too. A race he won in Slovakia (Hudy Arena) after a strong weekend. The ETS likes to congratulate him for winning the euros in the FWD class as it shows that the Euro Touring Series is the perfect platform to become a top driver who, at some point, can win a Euro or Worlds title! We are looking forward to seeing him on track again and we can be sure to have him in the top group of FWD drivers during the weekend!
5) Sunshine, Austrian Food and Livestreaming
We can be very happy with the weather forecast so far. The weather app of our choice shows amazing weather with sunshine and up to 29 degrees during all the days in Aigen. There is nothing more to ask for on the weather side!
Ok, we just talked about the Thursday Barbecue at the beginning of this one, but that will not be the only culinary highlight of the weekend. As everybody knows (that`s what we are hoping), the Austrian cuisine is fantastic -not only because of “Wiener Schnitzel” – and offers a lot of different things to taste. The racers can visit different typical restaurants in the evening to enjoy their time beside the track with some excellent food and some cold beers!
For everybody who will watch us from the distance – we are sorry that you have no shot for the great food 😊 But you can enjoy all the racing action from home in our well-known ETS livestreams. You will find them in the LIVE” section of our page as always during our events!
Now it is time for all racers to get the final preparations done on their cars and equipment. Wednesday will be “travel day” for most drivers, and we will all meet in Austria for the second round of ETS Season #15 2022/23 – see you there!
