Last weekend, the Cayote Euro Touring Series was back with a BANG and the biggest ever turnout on asphalt when we counted more than 330 entries. The AMCA Apeldoorn has (once again) done an amazing job and the racer`s feedback on social media had nothing but compliments for them!
Before we tell you about the 5 THINGS we learned during the weekend, we like to give a huge shout out to the whole club and the team around Peter, Gaston, Martijn, and all the other helping hands – THANK YOU.
1) Inf1nity is back…
Team around Coelho working hard on new Inf1nity touring car – pace looked pomising!
Inf1nity is back at the ETS. After some years of absence, the brand has now decided to join us again with their very impressive line-up of drivers, and their “Speciale” touring car prototype. And what a team they had sent to Apeldoorn… Drivers like Bruno Coelho, Naoto Matsukura, Viktor Wilck, Andy Moore, Jilles Groskamp, Jesse Davis, and Alessio Menicucci raised the level of quality in the field of Modified drivers and it was cool to see them working hard on their (still top secret) prototype car.
During the weekend, they had some ups and downs. Super fast runs on one side, and some technical issues on the other side. It was three time touring car IFMAR World Champion Bruno Coelho who qualified third on the grid. Bruno was the fastest of the whole team and during the entire weekend and was on a very similar pace as race winner Orlowski, second placed Marc Rheinard, Lucas Urbain, Ronald Völker, and Simon Lauter. Tough luck in the finals denied Coelho a better result and he needed to take P7 away from Apeldorn. However, Inf1nity is taking it serious and we can expect them to be even stronger at the next ETS race in Aigen. Be excited…
2) Crazy but true – ELEVEN in a row for Orlowski
Impressive winning streak from our double ETS champion – who will beat him?
Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski, Orlowski….. eleven races and the song still remains the same. The world of 1:10 scale electric touring cars is in the hands of the Schuamcher superstar right now and everybody has just one question: WHEN will his winning streak come to an end, and WHO will be the driver able to beat Orlowski?
Orlowski`s impressive series of eleven victories started at ETS RD5 in Daun at the beginning of 2023. Before he started his dominance, Mugen Seiki driver Ronald Völker (ETS RD5 in November 2022) and Lucas Urbain (ETS RD4 in September 2022) had been the last race winners using a different chassis in the Modified class. A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY…
3) Racers love the new Hobbywing touring car combo
Driveability and performance – drivers had nothing but compliments for the new ETS electronics
The season opener of the new campaign saw the stock touring cars rocking the new Hobbywing Combos for the first time. Everything worked flawless and the racers enjoyed the smooth and powerful feeling with the new stuff. The XR10 Stock Spec ESC with the ETS laser engravement is using a special ETS firmwars to control the different RPM Limiters (18.000 and 21.000) for the 21.5 Stock, 40+ Masters, and Pro Stock classes.
The ESC is very easy to set up and is only providing the most important parameters for the drivers to adjust. The G4R Motors have a fixed timing endbell and the whole combo is a perfect fit for our racing series. It was amazing to welcome Daisy and Jason from Hobbywing in Apeldoorn as they wanted to see the bigger picture of our events. They had been really happy with how everything turned out and we are looking forward to a great partnership with Hobbywing for the next years!
4) Club of ETS race winners is growing
Zühlke and van Gog celebrating first ever ETS wins in the Netherlands
Dutch racer Robin van Gog made a dream come true when he won the race in the FWD class with his Schumacher FT9 car. He was the man to beat all weekend long, started from the TQ spot, and executed two perfect A-Main finals to lift up the big trophy in Apeldoorn. Congratulations Robin and welcome to the circle of ETS race winners.
Nadine Zühlke also won her first ETS race – from third on the grid! Nadine was very close to the win at last years race in Apeldoorn where she came a bit short to race winner Timo Siebert. This time, everything played to Zühlke`s favor when TQ Levi Berkenbosch did not have the nerves to bring home the win after a strong qualifying performance. Nadine Zühlke drove amazingly well in the finals with her Xrax X4`25 and was able to take the win in the first and third A-Main. She celerated with all her friends and we say: Congratulations Nadine – you are now an official ETS race winner!
5) 50 hours of travel time – no obstacle…
Many racers traveled to Apeldoorn from all around the world with the Australians coming the longest way
Travel the world and see amazing places – that is what they say…. Many racers traveled to ETS RD1 in Apeldoorn from all over the world. We had people from 22 different countries in attendance which makes us super proud and happy. Racer`s from Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, South Africa, and the United States made our event feeling even more international than usual. Thanks to all you guys for taking on the journey to fly over and hanging around with us!
Ryan Maker from Australia had (maybe) the longest journey together with his fellow countryman Baden McDonald, Jeff Hamno, Jesse Davis, and Tony McMahon. Ryan said that `ìt is a shame that these ETS races are more than 50 hours of travel away from his home`. In the same moment he added that he will `try to come more frequently when possible`. It is amazing to see so many people coming from a distance and we are happy to call them ETS family members at all!
