Last weekend, the German 1:12 scale nationals took place in Magdeburg, where the AMC Magdeburg welcomed 70 racers in three classes (EA, EB, and GT). The club organized a nice event with a familiar feeling, and all racers had a really good time.
The fastest class, EA Modified, was a showdown between Jan Ratheisky (Xray) and Christian Donath (Awesomatix). Jan was starting from the pole position after 5 rounds of qualifying, and got the job done after winning A1 and A2 from Donath and Markus Mobers (Schumacher). Daniel Sieber and Dirk Bräuer completed the top 5.
The EB Stock class saw the biggest competition at this 2023 german nationals with 37 drivers competing for the title. It was Awesomatix Max Mächler who came fresh from the TITC in Thailand to wheel his A12 pan car on carpet. He was TQ after qualifying and was able to win the first and second leg of A-Mains ahead of Christian Donath (Awesomatix) and Thomas Stenger in third place overall. Jan Ratheisky and Jasmin Donath completed the top 5 in the EB Stock class.
Dennis Miether is the new German national champion in the 1:12 GT class. He won the race ahead of Chris Geier and Jan Dietmar. Timo Schad and René Sagawe finished on P4 and P5 at the end of the weekend in Magedburg.
The MIBO International race took place last weekend in Hrotovice (Czech Republic). The race saw two tracks (On- and Offroad) directly beside each other and the event was fully booked.
Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki) won the modified touring car class in front of Xray`s Antoine Brunet and Oliver Havranek. Eric Dankel (Mugen Seiki) finished fourt, tied on points with Havranek. Dionys Stadler (Iris) completed the top 5 at the MIBO race!
The touring car Stock class saw Adam Izsay (Xray) taking the win in front of his teammate Oliver Havranek, and Yokomo`s Enrico Jung. Jiri Vysin and Mark Valent made it to the positions 4 and 5.
Enrico Jung (Yokomo) took the win in the FWD class with Mark Valent and Daniel Pöhlmann following in second and third. Christian Schneider and Philipp Stadler completed the top 5.
In Modified, new Yokomo signing Alex Thurston gave his new team something to smile about as he topped the first three qualifying rounds. Already-crowned champion Kyle Branson took Q4 to secure second on the grid, with Kyle’s team-mate Harley Eldridge third overall and looking to secure the overall championship podium. The top five was made up of the Schumacher duo of Andy Murray and Chris Grainger.
Alex led away the final, with the top two pulling away from the field. Alex initially built a small gap, but Kyle then reeled him in and for the final minute, there was a great battle as it looked like Kyle had the slightly faster car in the latter stages of the race. However, Alex kept his car on the racing line and Kyle wasn’t able to find a way past, leaving him to take the runner-up spot on the day. The victory confirmed Alex as second in the overall points standings, whilst behind Harley was best-of-the-rest in third, with Andy and Chris maintaining their starting positions to round out the top five – which directly translated into the same results in the overall championship.
The Stock touring class was again the biggest entry, and once again Zak Finlay was in control, leading all four qualifiers. However, it seemed the field had closed the gap to the Xray driver, as he was pushed hard in each round. Billy Fletcher took second overall for Schumacher, with Tony Broad and Ricky Copsey lining up third and fourth for Xray, and Martyn Ross rounding out the top five with his privately entered Awesomatix.
The top two pulled away at the front of the A Final, as Tony dropped back behind Ricky and Martyn. After about one and a half minutes, Zak made a rare mistake, rolling his car going through the fast sweeper. This put Billy up to the lead with a healthy lead over Zak. But Zak wasn’t giving up, and clocked off rapid lap times to get back on terms with his rival. With just over 30 seconds to run, Zak was back on Billy’s bumper and made a move going through the slow section of the track. The two cars touched, and Zak waited for Billy to recover, but Billy then got a body tuck, which led to him pulling off and thus promoting Ricky to second and Tony up to third.
In the overall championship, Billy had still done enough to take second overall, with Tony rounding out the top three ahead of Ricky in fourth and Martyn in fifth.
The Front Wheel Drive class saw the organisers make a change to the rules, moving in line with the world-wide standard of the 17,500 RPM limit and a fixed gearing. This immediately proved to be a huge success, with the closest racing seen in the class all year and positive feedback from all who raced it. Gareth Hollis took pole position on tie-break from already confirmed champion Shane Chipolina, followed by Andrew Cooper, Stuart Collard and Paul Hill. An amazingly close final saw the top three separated by no more than a few seconds throughout. Gareth crossed the line first, but a failure in post-race tech saw his time removed, promoting Andrew Cooper to the win, ahead of Shane and Paul.
This win meant Andrew and Paul tied for second in the championship, and despite Paul initially being announced as second, the post-race adjustment to the results wasn’t accounted for correctly, and so after the ceremony Andrew was then confirmed as the overall runner up, Paul in third, with Andy Faulkes taking fourth and Martin Southall in fifth.
Last, but by no means least, the Junior E class again saw the stars of tomorrow taking to the track. James Snashall dominated once again, with the TQ and Win, with Harry Woron taking second on the grid, second in the final, and second in the championship after some hard battles with Chloe Snashall, who was third overall. Frankie Fletcher took fourth in the overall points, with George Williams in fifth place and Eliza-May Fenn sixth. Along with the awards, the drivers were also presented with prizes from the series sponsors, as a number have already expressed an interest in moving up to Front Wheel Drive or Touring Car next season.
A huge thanks to all the drivers for their support of the series this year, with the highest entry numbers ever, along with all the sponsors for believing in what we do!
The Asian Onroad Championships is back and the first race after a long break (caused by the world wide pandemic) took place at the beautiful “England Park Raceway” in Brisbane (Queensland), Australia. The race attracted more than 200 entries and saw a lot of international top drivers flying “down under”.
In the premier modified class, qualifying was a close affair between Marc Rheinard and Ryan Maker. With both drivers posting two TQ runs, it was Rheinard (Awesomatix) with the better ending while sealing the overall pole position in the last round of qualifing after suffering some tire issues in the round before. Behind Rheinard, it was Ryan Maker (Awesomatix) lining up second on the grid with Yokomo`s Nicholas Lee starting third. Jeff Hamon (Serpent) qualified fourth on the grid for the triple A-Mains.
Marc Rheinard was in control of the first two finals and was able to win the race at his first ever visit to Australia. His Awesomatix A800R prototype car looked dialed on track and his win was well-deserved. Behind Rheinard, the battle for second was between Ryan Maker and Nicholas Lee, whith the Singapore driver able to steal the runner-up position from the Aussie who had some tire trouble in the finals too.
It was a great AOC event at the amazing England Park Raceway!
The famous “Thailand International Touring Car Championship” took place at RC Addict in Bangkok, Thailand last weekend. After a 2-year Covid19 abstinence, the race was back with a full packed pit area and 400 entries in 5 racing classes. Many of the sport`s biggest names have won the TITC in the past, and it was another strong lineup of drivers fighting for success at the challenging track in Bangkok. The TITC is the biggest onroad race in Asia and always very important for all asian based companies!
Coelho wins premier Modified class ahed of Sobue and Ishioka
Bruno Coelho (Xray) was on a mission in Bangkok and claimed a hard fought pioe position after 4 rounds of qualifying. The fight for TQ was between him and Akio Sobue (Axon), with the better outcome for the portuguese driver. Coelho took the win from the sweet spot in A1 and A2 after some brilliant driving, and Sobue had to settle for a strong second place in the end with his teammate Ishioka taking third on the podium.
Awesomatix driver Tim Wahl was the man to beat in the Open Brushless class. The rules of this class allowing all 13.5T Motors including ESC boost settings made it almost as fast as modified. Tim Wahl won all four rounds of qualifying in a very impressive way with the new Awesomatix A800R touring car. Behind him, a stacked field of drivers tried everything to take the win away from Wahl but in the end Tim was celebrating a huge win together with his teammates after winning A1 and A2 in a dominant way.
Viktor Wilck will use the full range of ORCA electronics in his Infinity touring cars from now on. The ETS race winner, Reedy race winner, and two time IFMAR worlds podium finisher had the following to say about joining the ORCA brand:
“Im very excited to join the ORCA racing team. I feel ORCA is determined to succeed and pushing the development of their products. I hope I can contribute on further developing the great products from ORCA. Special thanks to Michael and Frankie for giving me this opportunity.”
the last ETS season has just finished, and today we are reaching out to you with some information about the fifth roudn of the new campaign. What sounds a bit crazy is mandatory for the Trans World Hotel Auefeld in Hann. Münden as they need to manage all their regular hotel bookings around our ETS and EOS events in November. ETS RD4 Season #16 2023/24 will take place from 16. – 19. November 2023 and is scheduled as a 4 day event. We are expecting a higher number of entries compared to our first race in Hann. Münden, and therefore we make it a 4 day event to ensure enough track time for everybody.
Book now and join us in November
You can already book your room in the Trans World Hotel now to make sure that your stay in the hotel is guaranteed. Take the chance immediateley and get in touch with the hotel now!
Available from: Wednesday, 15.11. to Sunday, 19.11.2023
Room Rates:
Single Room 114,–€ per night including Breakfast and Dinner (Buffet) Double Room 159,–€ per night including Breakfast and Dinner (Buffet)
Note: The accommodation tax of the city of Hann. Münden of 3.5% is not included. This tax is only levied on the accommodation fee (i.e. excluding the catering portion) and is also payable on site at the end of the stay.
Reservations via E-mail only
Please contact the Hotel via E-Mail to guarantee a smooth booking process.
reception.auefeld@twhotels.eu
Book now and enjoy the race in November together with us.
Schumacher factory river Michal Orlowski won the Modified class atthe Charity race in Scandiano, Italy. The race, hosted by Team la Gang, is running since many years and money get`s collected there for a good cause. The race was fully booked as 120 racers found their way to the carpet indoor track in Scandiano. Michal Orlowski took the win in the Modified class in front of his Schumacher teammate Mattia Collina. Xray driver Luca Romagnoli finished third overall. The 13.5 Stock class was in the hands of Filippo Domanin. He won ahead of Luca Romagnoli and Orlando Fenili to make it an all Xray 1-2-3.
Last weekend, the fourth round of the Essex Winter Series happened. In our report you can quickly update yourself about the action going on in England!
In Modified, Alexander Hagberg made a guest appearance, but it was his Xray team-mate who got out of the blocks first as Harley Eldridge topped the first Qualifier. Alexander got up to speed by Q2 to take control, and secured pole position. In the Final, Alexander had a unchallenged lights-to-flag win, whilst behind some close racing led to some side-by-side action, allowing Chris Grainger to take second for Schumacher, with Kyle Branson rounding out the podium.
Over in the Stock class, it was business as usual for Zak Finlay, who took command of Qualifying and led every lap of the final. Billy Fletcher was his closest challenger and looked like he could challenge early in the final, but Zak pulled away and Billy had to settle for second. Ricky Copsey made the best start and moved from sixth on the grid up to third on lap 1, and held that to the end.
Front Wheel Drive was a three way battle in both Qualifying and the Final between Shane Chipolina, Nathan Parker and Adam Southgate. Shane secured pole, but it was Adam who came through to win a very close final, with Nathan taking second and Shane third.
In Junior-E, James Snashall was the man to beat, as he took pole position and won the final. Harry Woron managed to secure second on the grid after some close fights with Chloe Snashall, and the Final ended up with the finishing order the same as the grid.
As we just wrapped up our season with a fantastic event in Daun, we now look forward to finalizing our plans for the 2023-2024 season. Some time ago, we put out a message to our ETS family looking for locations that we could host future ETS events at and we are thankful many of you had great suggestions that we looked into. As we looked at new venues, we talked about hosting an event in Austria at the end of March but after much consideration and discussions with our team, it is not possible to prepare everything in such short notice for the new season. We also know that our ETS family needs time to plan vacations, so we have decided to not have an event in such short notice. The ETS 2023-2024 Season will begin in Apeldoorn at the beginning of June.
Planning RD6 after the 2024 race in Daun to be our season final
Of course it is still our ambition to hold six races in the ETS season, we are working to find a location that will be able to host our RD6 event for this season and it will be next year after the Daun event and RD6 will be our season finale! NOTE: The date for Round 5 in Hann. Münden will get possibly switched s to one week earlier (changed with EOS), but we will let you know in the next days. Here you can find our current schedule.
Use the break to regroup, relax, and race
We know that not everyone will be happy with this break, but it is also important for us as an organization to be able to plan the new season well and thoroughly. We hope everyone uses this time to practice, visit other clubs and races and then start again with full motivation ready for the new season at RD1 in Apeldoorn. We have put a lot of consideration into the plans for the new season and we hope you can understand our intensions. We do have some rules changes and electronic changes planned for the new season and are working very hard to finalize all of these and will let everyone know as soon as possible to these changes.
Until then, stay safe, healthy, and keep racing -on the sound of the Tone!
