today we are proud and happy to announce, that we have expanded our partnership with Hobbywing. After successfully using Hobbywing combos since many years in our FWD and Formula classes, we are now following the wishes of many drivers. We will use Hobbywing motors and speed controllers in all our stock touring car classes from the start of the new season!
Highest quality for top class ETS racing
We will provide you all the detailed information soon. Today we can already tell you that we will use Hobbywing G4R 17.5T and 21.5T Motors with fixed timing, together with a ETS version of the Hobbywing Xerun XR10 Stock Spec G2 ESC (30112402). All items will become a special ETS branding on their case, and we will also have special ETS software’s for the ESC as always.
We are super happy about our parthership with Hobbywing. The combos we are using in Formula and FWD are working amazingly well since many years and bow we are looking forward to use Hobbywing products as well in all our stock touring car classes. The ETS always aims for the best possible racing experience and that was the reason for us to strengthen our partnership with Hobbywing – the worlds leading electronic manufacturer. We like to thank Hobbywing for their great cooperation and we are looking into a bright future. -ETS Crew!
The products will be available at ToniSport on time for the new season and we will update you about the complete process of change frequently! We hope that this decision meets with your approval, and we are already looking forward to the new season!
After being with ORCA for the last 4 years, the time for a change has come….
ORCA was providing their Motors and Speed Controllers for our Pro Stock, 40+ Masters, and 21.5 Stock classes, and we like to thank eveybody at ORCA for their hard work and support during this time. The finale of ETS Seaseon #17 2024/25 will be the last race with the ORCA combos. For the start of the new season (Apeldoorn in June), the ETS will switch to a different brand. More information to follow very soon.
Once again – THANK YOU ORCA for supporting our series with passion and determination!
Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker has won the annual MiBo International race in Hrotovice (Czech Republic). The Mugen driver was TQ after qualifying and won two finals (one DNF) ahead of Schumacher star Michal Orlowski, and Mugen driver Patrick Gollner. Yokomos Christopher Krapp and Xray driver Adam Izsay completed the top 5. The race attracted many drivers from allover europe and racers highlighted the nice track and the great atmosphere at the MiBo race!
Top 3 of the Stock 17.5 Touring Car class: Martin Hudy (2nd), Adam Izsay (1st), David Ehrbar (3rd) PICTURE: RedRC
Top 3 of the FWD class: Stefan Schukz (2nd), Phil Langner (1st), Gergö Valent (3rd) PICTURE: RedRC
Top 3 of the 1:12 GT class: Chris Grenz (2nd), Philipp Stadler (1st), Michael Kneys (3rd) PICTURE: RedRC
our next big event is coming up, the ETS finale at the wonderful Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt, AUT.
We are already really looking forward to the race and, as always, we will do everything we can to create some amazing days for our racing family. Because of the (again) high number of entries, a certain degree of planning security is important for us. Due to these fact, we must insist on an advance payment of the entry fee of all participants. Therefore, we are sending out a clear call to all of you today:
Please pay your entry fee between 07.02.2025 and 17.02.2025!
The entry fee must be sent by bank transfer to the following account:
Please indicate in the subject line the event “ETS Wiener Neustadt” as well as the “Names” and “Racing Classes” of all drivers for whom you are transferring the money. A clear allocation is important for our accounting! Entry Fee The entry fee for the ETS is 90€ per class. Those who have not transferred their entry fee in time will not get shifted from the waiting list to the official list of entries.
NOTE: Every racer who lives outside the European currency union may pay his entry fee in cash at the event. If you already know that you can’t come, please deregister yourself via MyRCM to make room for others!
We like to say thank you for your cooperation.
Uwe, Scotty, and the entire ETS crew!
DEUTSCH
Liebe ETS Familie,
unser nächstes großes Event steht bevor, das große ETS Saisonfinale in der tollen Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt (Österreich). Wir freuen uns bereits sehr auf die Veranstaltung, und sind bereits mitten in der Planung. Die aktuelle Anzahl der Nennungen ist (erneut) fantastisch für unseren Sport, und wir werden alles tun, um euch erneut ein paar großartige Tage in der Arena Nova zu bieten! Auf Grund der hohen Starterzahl ist eine gewisse Planungssicherheit wichtig für uns. Uns erreichen immer noch viele Anfragen von Fahrern, die sich noch anmelden möchten. Aber auch die große Anlage in Wiener Neustadt hat ihre Grenzen! Auf Grund dieser Tatsachen, müssen wir auf eine Vorauszahlung des Startgeldes aller Teilnehmer bestehen. Daher heute der klare Aufruf an euch alle:
Bitte bezahlt euer Startgeld im Zeitraum vom 07.02.2025 bis zum 17.02.2025!
Bitte überweist euer Startgeld auf folgendes Bankkonto:
Wer sein Startgeld nicht rechtzeitig überwiesen hat, wird nicht von der Warteliste auf die Nennliste verschoben.
Wenn ihr bereits jetzt wisst, dass ihr nicht kommen könnt, dann meldet euch bitte selbständig wieder über MyRCM ab, um den Platz für andere freizumachen!
Startgeld Das Startgeld beim ETS beträgt 90€ pro Klasse. Bitte gebt im Betreff der Überweisung „ETS Wiener Neustadt“ an, sowie auch die „Namen“ und „Rennklassen“ aller Fahrer an, für die Ihr das Geld überweist. Eine klare Zuordnung ist für unsere Buchhaltung sehr wichtig!
Wir danken euch bereits jetzt für eure Kooperation!
Use the ETS tool personal schedule. You will find your personal race schedule for the day. The data will be updated every 10 min. Find it here: https://www.ets.racing/pt/
BUT always listen to announcements when you are at the track as the time schedule can change at any time!
(2) Tires, Motors, Payment
Tire&Motors thursday morning: The event officially starts with practice onThursday morning. However, we (mostly) have the option for you to pick up your practice tires, handout motors, or rental speedos on Wednesday evening. You can pick up your stuff at the service area where Uwe, Jutta, and Malu will wait for you.
Practice tires: On Thursday you only get practice tires and not your race tires. You can use as many practice tires as you like and you can bring your own tires, or collect the practice tires you have ordered together with your entry in MyRCM. Only the ETS tires according to the rules are allowed to use, no practice – no tires from other brands.
Race tires: Normally we hand out race tires on Friday
The payment for your practice tires, race tires, and/or rental ESC will be done on Sunday and is possible in Cash (Euro €) only!
(3) Tire additive and brake cleaner
On Thursday, you need to use your own additive (MR33 only) and your own brake cleaner (Würth if possible).
On Friday we will start to provide the handout additive and brake cleaner according to the ETS rules. We will put brake cleaner (Würth) on every table (one can for 4 persons) and the additive gets placed in the clearly marked tire saucing areas.
The additive is the same for ALL classes. We just separate F1 and touring additive bottles on the tables to prevent the sponges of the bottles from getting in contact with both, foam and rubber tires, for more consistency.
If you arrive by plane and without a chance to bring your own brake cleaner, please contact the ETS crew and we will help you out with cleaner for Thursday.
Everybody who will arrive from the European mainland by car please make sure you have everything you need for Thursday practice!
(4) Body Shell marking and Software checks
Body Shell marking & check: on Thursday we’ll check your body shell and mark if you are racing in the FWD class or in 40+ Masters and 21.5 Stock touring cars. Only 0,7mm body shells are allowed to be used in these classes and Patrick Beck and Oliver Storm from the ETS crew will check and mark your body shells.
After Thursday we will check only new body shells
You will see the start and end time of the body shell marking process in the time schedule, so please make sure to get this task done on Thursday. From the start of seeding practice, you can ONLY use marked body shells.
Software checks: Make sure that you have installed the correct software and that you are using the correct values and parameters. You can come to check your software on Thursday at any time. It is your responsibility to race legally.
We will do software checks during the weekend without announcing them ahead of time.
(5) Drivers Meeting
There will be NO drivers meeting at the track. Due to the high numbers of entries and a very close time schedule
Instead of this we will send a digital driver’s meeting document to all racers via email. This document will be also provided here on the website and contains all the important information about the race itself, technical inspection, marshalling, specials, and so on. Please make sure to read the drivers meeting document as it is always important to update yourself with important facts just before the race.
6pm: Hall open to put you equipement at the track. No power at the tables
Thursday
7am: Hall opens
8am – 8pm: free pratice. You can use your own tires
Friday
7am: Hall opens
6:30p,: End of Q2
About 7:30pm: Drivers diner (sponsored by Umino Yukijiro) Spanferkel mit Semmelfülle Krautsalat und Bratensaft or Hausgemachter Kartoffel Gemüsestrudel mit Joghurt Schnittlauch Sauce und Blattsalat
1) Orlowski is ETS back-to-back Modified champion – will he shape a new era?
Michal Orlowski was the man of the weekend (once again). The Schumacher factory driver only lost Q4 to Ronald Völker after he rolled his car over while being in the lead. Michal Orlowski is (still) in the form of his life and scored his ninth (!) consecutive ETS race victory which is a new record in our 17 year old racing series. Orlowski changed sponsors at the beginnig of 2025 and his Elceram ESC togehter with Cayote batteries did not solw him down. His whole package worked fantastic in Daun and he always was able to stay that couple of tenths ahead of the very strong competition.
Ronald Völker was his hardest contender during the weekend with the Mugen driver really bringing the heat. But Michal Orlowski drove like a true champion and did not give anything to his rivals. He was TQ after qualifying and won A1 and A2 to take his second ETS Modified championship title in a row. With one more round to come in Wiener Neustadt, Orlowski is already thinking about the new season where his competitors will start to hunt him down for the title starting from zero again. Can he do the triple in Season #18 of the ETS?
The whole ETS crew likes to congratulate Michal Orloswki and the Schumacher team for claiming a well-deserved championship title – well done!
2) Yes they can – Mugen Seiki wins Pro Stock for the first time as Sparbier shines bright. New MTC-3 looks very promising!
They came a long way… After competing in the Pro Stock class for many years with the MTC-1 and MTC-2 platforms, Mugen Seiki finally managed to WIN a race in the highly competitive Awesomatix Pro Stock class.
The win happened in A2 when Sören Sparbier crossed the finish line under the immense applause of the audience with the completeley new MTC-3 prototype car. What a brilliant ETS debut for the new car from Mugen designer Robert Pietsch. Sören Sparbier simply delivered a brilliant job all weekend long winning all rounds of qualifying and the first two finals. Congratulations to Sören and the whole Mugen team!
The MTC-3 car was in use for the first time at the IFMAR worlds in Bakersfield (USA) in November 2024 when Ronald Völker was in the fight for the title finishing on an unlucky fourth place overall and Jacob Cruz made the A-Main after a brilliant performance. Ronald Völker was running super strong in Daun as well and was the driver closest to race winner Michal Orlowski. Both had a very similar pace and Ronald`s second place was another great promotion for the soon to be released new MTC-3 from Mugen Seiki.
3) Porsche Zentrum Basel and Awesomatix giving Nürburgring tickets away – YOU GUYS ROCK
Someting SUPER COOL happened during the trophy ceremony after the race on Sunday. With our long time ETS family member Philipp “Hagi” Hagnauer racing with us here in Daun together with his colleague Maximilian Peckel, they came up with a great idea. Both are racing real cars at the Porsche cup for the “Porsche Zentrum Basel” and they will be at the famous “24 Hours Race at the Nürburgring” this year. Hagi and Maximilian offered to sponsor tickets for the race together with Awesomatix team manager Max Mächler – isn`t that cool?
So the decision was made to give these tickets away together with our “One to Watch” and “Spirit of the Event” awards during the trophy ceremony. The “One to Watch” award went to young Xray driver Jaroslav Jun. Kriz who did a masterful job winning the Orca 21.5 Stock class. The “Spirit of the Event” award was raffled off between the 10 youngest racers of the event as the young kids are the future and clearly in the focus at the ETS.
Who won the ticket: Well, it really was the brother of Jaroslav Kriz , Benjamin Kriz…. After this amazing and super lucky draw, the guys added one more ticket for Papa Kriz, so that he can take the boys to the Nürburgring to have a great time there watching one of the most famous races on our planet!
In the name of the whole ETS crew we like to say THANK YOU to Philipp Hagnauer and Maximilian Peckel from the Porsche Zentrum Basel, and to Max Mächler from Awesoamtix for this great idea and nice gesture – it is appreciated a lot!
4) Old but gold – Ehrbar wins 40+ championship title in Daun
David Ehrbar had the chance to seal the overall championship title in the 40+ Masters class and he absoluteley delivered. After Ehrbar started the season with a third place in Apeldoorn behind Eric Anderson and Elibert Sievers, he was banging out win after win from Aigen over Luxembourg up to Daun. David was driving amazing with his Xray car and is a well-deserved champion.
Beside his strong touring car performance, David is also the top contender for the overall ETS Forumla title. Even if his only remaining contender for the title, Andreas Stiebler, would win the final race of the season, Ehrbar just needs to finish fourth in Wiener Neustadt and the title would be his. We say: Great performance and congratulations for the 1up Racing 40+ Masters title, David Ehrbar!
5) Clean racing – nothing to report from our software and FDR checks in Daun
During a weekend with 400+ entries, the guys from the technical inspection have a lot of work to do. On Thursday, Hobbywing Tech Supporter Michal Milanowicz and Olli Storm from the ETS crew checked all (!) FWD speedos for correct software and RPM limiter. Patrick Beck and Olli Storm also marked all body shells from the classes where only 0,7mm body shells are allowed to use.
As most of our classes (except Modified) are limited by motors, softwares, RPM limit, battery voltage, and gear ratio, it is almost impossible to check all these things correctly before each and every run – and we know that. Therefore, we sometimes do some deep checks immediateley after some heats which we select randomly. And this is exactly what Oliver Storm has done in Daun again. Olli checked some heats of the FWD, 21.5 Stock, Pro Stock, and 40+ Masters class in the technical inspection. He made sure that the softwares and RPM limiters had been the correct ones and he also used the MR33 FDR Checker to look after the gear ratios of the cars.
And do you know what: ALL the 50 cars he checked had been completeley fine according to the rules of the ETS. We did not expect it to be different but it is always good to double check again. We will keep doing this in the future as well to give all racers the most fair playing field on track!
Race winner Michal Orlowski was a volunteer Marshall in A3 and watched Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker bringing a successful weekend to a great end when Völker secured second overall with a clinic drive in A3. Völker outpaced the Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard by 4 (!) seconds which was a real statement from Völker at the end of the event.
Dominic Greiner was hunting down Simon Lauter and showed great pace until he touched Lauter`s car in lap 5 for which he received a stop and go penalty. Adam Izsay found himself in third spot after this happened and he was able to hang on with this result until the end. However, the FlySky Modified podium saw Ronald Völker and Marc Rheinard joining Michal Orlowski on the podium!
Izsay and Ellerbrock joining Sparbier on Daun podium
Adam Izsay had the mission to secure second overall and he delivered! Adam drove to an unchallenged win in A3 which he was leading from tone to tone ahead of Lukas Ellerbrock and Dominic Greiner. Phil Langner had a great fight with Louis Kretschmer for fourth and fifth place until Kretschmer hit the back of Langner`s car coming onto the straightway, Enrico Jung moved up to fourth place and Kevin Schmid took a good P5 away from A3. The final result on the podium saw Sören Sparbier on the top step, flanked by Adam Izsay and Lukas Ellerbrock.
Langner takes A2 from Reile to finish second overall
Mark Valent was not on the line after winning the first two legs of finals and A3 was all about the remaining podium positions. Phil Langner was able to break away from the rest of the field while an intense battle between Reile, Hovgaard, Stocker, Moorey, and Borschel was going on behind them. After the five minutes we saw Phil Langner securing second overall with a clean victory in A3. Dominik Reile finished third in A3 which also earned him third overall and the final spot on the podium.
After losing A2 to René Kölbel it was all between him, David Ehrbar and Michel Zierold in the third and deciding leg of 40+ masters finals. Ehrbar had a perfect start and did never look back. His gap over second placed Michel Zierold was at around one second when he crossed the line after five minutes to seal the victory and also the overall championship title in the 1up Racing 40+ Masters class. Congratulations David Ehrbar for a great season so far. Toni Mateo and Alexander Stocker finished fourth and fifth in A3. The podium positions went to Ehrbar, Kölbel, and Zierold.
Zsolt and Jensen stepping onto the podium beside winner Kriz
Race winner Jaroslav Kriz watched A3 from the stands and saw his Xray teammate Bajusz Zsolt taking the win from Wolfgang Swoboda, Kristian Jensen, Pawel Trella, David Reip, and Elena Fuchs. The win in A3 was enough for Zsolt to take second overall ahead of Kristian Jensen.
Stiebler and Stenger completing Formula podium in Daun
The last A-Main of the Matrix Formula class was a three-horse race between Andreas Stiebler, Thomas Stenger, and Jacques Libar. The podium spots beside race winner David Ehrbar had been wide open and Stiebler was able to control the gap to Stenger and the others for the entire race. Stenger had a good run and pushed hard but he was not able to come close enough to Stiebler. Jacques Libar came very close to Stenger in the last 3 laps of the race and the battle for the last podium position was hot until the finish line with the better ending for Thomas Stenger!
