We have written it many times in the last days, but we need to write it again: The race in Daun was the BIGGETS EVER ETS race in the 18-year history of the series. With alomst 500 entries (489 in the end) , we (all together) have set a new benchmark for onroad RC racing in Europe, and also the rest of the world.
THANK YOU all for coming and supporting our events. We know that not everything might be perfect, but we can guarantee you that we will never stop to improve as we do this with passion and love for out great sport!
As during every weekend, there are many things to highlight and to talk about. We have once again picked FIVE.1 of them and here are the things we learned from ETS RD4 Season #18 at Sporthotel Grafenwald in Daun, GER…
1) …RACE STARS are amazing!
Pawel Ntkovca and his awesomae crew worked so hard to provide the best possible ETS and EOS track!
We mentioned them last year, and in the year before as well…. And it is still not enough. We like to highlight the great work of the track crew from Poland under the leadership of Pawel Ntkovca. Together with his team they first built an outstanding offroad track for our EOS race, to just take everything back to zero for a fresh and flowy ETS carpet track.
The amount of work which goes into these masterpieces is unreal. From drawing the layouts weeks ahead, building up the tracks, and making them look amazing with some graftiti logos.
Both track layouts received nothing than compliments from the racers and the tracks had almost no issues during the fully packed super-long race days. Whenever something needed to be re-glued, one of the RACE STARS was immediately on hand to take care of it!
In the name of all EOS and ETS racers we like to say THANK YOU for all your hard work – you guys are legends!
1.1) …TOBI`S CANTEEN is amazing!
Serving food and drinks almost 16 hours a day
Another brilliant job was done by the canteen crew around ETS racer Tobias Baumbach. Together with Gerd, Jörg, and Lisa, they were working so hard day in, day out. The canteen was serving coffee, softdrinks, beer, as well as tasty snacks, toasties, Leberkäsweck, Soup, Schnitzelbrötchen, Chilli con Carne, and many other things for affordable prices all day long.
A very demanding challenge on the logistical and physical side. We know that Tobi and his team only had a few hours of sleep at night and we highly appreciate all they have done for our EOS and ETS events in Daun. THANK YOU so much!
2) …Elias Askjæ goes to the 24h race at the famous Nürburgring!
Super special ticket raffle for all young racers, presented by Awesomatix and Porsche Basel Racing Team
What started last year with a rough idea during the event (winner Jaroslav Jun. Kriz) was repeated at the 2026 ETS in Daun. The famous Porsche Basel Racing Team was raffeling off two tickets for the 24h race at the Nürburgring in cooperation with Awesomatix. The winner was young Danish Mugen driver Elias Askjær who will travel to the Nürburgring together with his father in May 2026.
Our ETS racers Philipp Hagnauer and Maximilian Peckel are part of the Porsche Basel Racing Team and will show the Askjær`s everyting in their pit, and around the event. WHAT A GREAT PRICE, and what a great chance to come as close as possible to the real motorsport. THANK YOU to everybody who was involved to make this happen – you guys rock!
3) …NEVER stop dreaming!
Kretschmer wins first ETS race after many attempts and a lot of hard work!
Awesomatix factory driver Louis Kretschmer was one of the happiest and most relieved drivers at the microphone on Sunday. Kretschmer was able to TQ the event, but had a terrible first final on Saturday evening where he hammered his Aweosmatix A800RR into the barries to hand over the A1 victory to Xray`s Adam Izsay. However, Kretschmer got his things together on Sunday and drove two perfect finals. He took the overall win Daun, and the crowd was cheering for him!
After the race, Kretschmer was super happy and talked about all his emotions in the interviews and press conferences. It was a long way for Louis Kretschmer when he came short to a possible race win multiple times. This time, everyting clicked and Kretschmer has now joined the official club of ETS race winners – CONGRATULATIONS LOUIS KRETSCHMER!
4) …Völker throws monkey off his shoulders and finally wins an ETS again
It was 25 November 2022 when Ronald Völker won the ETS carpet race in Hann. Münden, GER. Back then, nobody could imagine that it was his last win for the following 15 (!) races. Völker still is the record champion of the Euro Touring Series with EIGHT overall titles – nobody won more!
Since then (Hann. Münden 2022), things just haven’t gone smoothly for him at the ETS. The Mugen Seiki factory driver was always fast during Thursday practice, and also managed to TQ the 2023 event in Aigen, but the victory went to Michal Orlowski in most of the cases (with one additional win for Rheinard and Urbain) as the Schumacher star started his impressive winning streak at the same time!
Fast forward to 2026, Ronald Völker is in a very good form. Völker won all the last races which he attended (German Nationals, AOC Korea, EWS, TOS) and was able to carry all his confidence over to the big event in Daun. He was fastest in practice, grabbed the TQ in qualifying, and delivered two amazing runs in A1 and A2 to seal the deal in front of Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) and Michal Orlowski (Schumacher).
Völker`s LRP powered Mugen Seiki MTC-3 looked amazing on track and the crowd enjoyed to watch the battles between him and Rheinard in A1 and A2. A great way to start into a world championship year for Völker. The TITC in Bangkok is the next major event for all the top stars and Völker will arrive there on a high….
5) …ARC A11 steps on the scene with a huge BANG!
Luca Romondia wins 21.5 Stock class after 10-year break from RC
The new ARC A11 touring car was unveiled just days before the event in Daun. ARC lead driver Enrico Jung was involved into testing closley and was already having some good success with the prototype car during the unofficial worlds warm-up race in China. He also managed to make the A-Main in the highly competitive Pro Stock class where he would finish 9th overall – not a bad ETS debut for the A11. The much bigger story was going on in the Hobbywing 21.5 Stock class.
Luca Romondia, a German racer based in Berlin, was running the A11 for the first time at the ETS. Luca was a very quick driver in his teenager days, before he totally stopped RC racing. Now, he is back after a 10-year break and it looked like he “still has it”. Romondia was the surprise of the weekend as not many were having him on the radar. He was able to TQ qualifying and won A1 and A2 in a dominant way to celebrate his first ever ETS race victory. WHAT A DAY FOR HIM AND THE NEW ARC A11.
In addition to Romondia’s victory, Patrick Sommer and Torsten Baggendorf both drove the car in the A-Main of the 1up Racing 40+ Masters class. Four cars in the A-Main speaks for itself. Patrick Sommer (ARC team manager) also won a bet against ETS reporter Patrick Beck. Sommer said that an ARC would win in Daun, and Beck bet against it. Due to Romondia’s victory, Patrick Beck now owes the ARC team a crate of cold beer!
