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Two out of two – perfect day for Schumacher`s Orlowski

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24. July 2026

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Two out of two – perfect day for Schumacher`s Orlowski

Champion Orlowski super-strong, Coelho with a great recovery, and a brilliant day for Hagberg at the Hudy Arena…

Schumacher`s Michal Orlowski had a pretty good day at the Hudy Arena as he was able to TQ both qualifying runs with his Schumacher Mi10 car, powered by Cayote batteries and controlled ba an Elceram speedo. The competition was tough and Orlowski was able to execute two very strong runs against the best in the business. He was very happy with the day saying that “the car was feeling good on track, even if it was always difficult to push so hard against all the others on track”. With two TQ runs to his favour, Orlowski can go into the remaining two rounds on Saturday in a very good mood!

Top seed Bruno Coelho had a “shmedium” Q1 when he made a mistake already in lap one of the race sending his Hobbywing powered Infinity car into the grass coming onto the straightway. He was not able to recover from that and had to take a disappointing seventh place for the round. In Q2, Coelho was able to recover as he was right in contention for the win against Orlowski. The decision for the win came down to the last lap of the race where Bruno had to lift the throttle for a moment to prevent contact with a crashed car in front of him. He lost one or two tenths of a second and came short to Orlowski by 0.1 seconds in the end. Not the result he wanted but still a very good recovery after Q1.

Behind Orlowski and Coelho we saw an extraordinary driving Alexander Hagberg scoring a second place in Q1 and a third place in Q2 putting him on a rock-solid third place overnight ahead of Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker, the Infinity of Viktor Wilck, Awesomatix driver Simon Lauter, Xray`s Marc Rheinard, Mattia Collina (Schumacher), Dominic Greiner (Serpent), and Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix).

QUALY RESULTS

Ratheisky leads Xray 1-2-3 at qualifying half-time in the Hudy Arena

Xray was looking very dominant in the first two rounds of Pro Stock qualifying on home soil. Jaroslav Kriz Jun. took the win in Q1 from Bultynck, Havranek, and Kretschmer while it was Jan Ratheisky who took the win in Q2 in front of Izsay (by only 0,046 of a second), and Mathias Nedrebo.

Pro Stock champion Bultynck looks like the only Awesomatix driver with a serious chance to challenge the performance of the Xray team here but he will need to deliver two mighty runs in Q3 and Q4 on Saturday to deny Xray the pole position at the Hudy Arena. The top ten after two rounds of qualifiyng: Ratheisky, Kriz, Izsay, Bultynck, Nedrebo, Havranek, Valent, Catelani, Kretschmer, Knopp.

QUALY RESULTS

Valent and van Gog leading the FWD class at qualifaying half-time

The first two rounds of FlySky Frontwheel qualifying saw Gergö Valent (Xray) and Robin van Gog (Schumacher) scoring a TQ run each. However, both of them also scored a bad result in the other run which means that they need to deliver one more good result in Q3 or Q4 to lock in a top spot on the grid. The most consistant driver in Q1 and Q2 was Ethan Southall from the UK who scored a second and a fourth place. The top five after the second round of qualifying was completed by Filip Bortoli and Max Weffers!

QUALY RESULTS

Ehrbar, Sommer, and Mateo topping 40+ qualifying on Friday

David Ehrbar did what he always does in 40+ Masters: He TQed both rounds of qualifying on Friday with his amazing looking Xray X4`27 car. ARC racer Patrick Sommer had a very impressive day as well and secured two second places behind Ehrbar to secure second place overnight – a really strong result for Sommer. Toni Mateo from Gran Canaria must be still on a high after Spain won the FIFA World Cup last week as he was able to secure two thirds places with his Awesomatix on Friday. The overnight top five got completed by Michel “Mr. BoomRC” Zierold (Awesomatix), and Renè Kölbel (Xray).

QUALY RESULTS

Austrian racer Hois holds overnight TQ at ETS RD2 in Slovakia

What a great day for Stefan Hois from Austria! He was abel to TQ both rounds of qualifying in the Hobbywing 21-5 Stopck class. He took the win in Q1 with a small gap of half a tenth over Ben Gerhardt and managed to extend this gap to one second over Gerhardt in Q2. Behind the top two drivers, David Kuschnarew is sitting in third place at qualifying half-time. Kuschnarew has not raced at the ETS since six or seven years bot quickly showed that he can still wheel a car around the track fast and consistant. Filip Bortoli and Juraj Gnidiak completed the top five on Friday evening!

QUALY RESULTS

Hoch in control of the Formula class

Czech Xray driver Lukas Hoch took the first two runds of Matrix Formula qualifying and is a well-deserved overnight TQ here in Trencin. Behind him we saw two more Xray cars, driven by the one and only Martin Hudy, and Jacques Libar. Jitse Miedema was the best “non Xray” driver and was able to put his Fenix car on P4 for the day ahead of our reigning ETS Formula champion David Ehrbar, and Andreas Stiebler.

QUALY RESULTS

Under the Hood – Jacques Libar`s Xray X4F`27

Under the Hood

Patrick Beck

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24. July 2026

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Under the Hood – Jacques Libar`s Xray X4F`27

Jacques Libar from Luxembourg is rocking the “all new” Xray X4F`27 here at the ETS in Slovakia. The car is fresh on the market and Jacques is using some Xray option parts such as lower long h-arms, a one-piece topdeck, a t-brace, a 30g weight, the carbon bumper plate as well as a Hudy servo horn and some Hiro Seiko screws. The rest of the car is as it comes out of the box and Jacques is looking pretty competitive on the Hudy Arena track.

His car is powered by the Hobbywing ETS combo while the energy is coming from a Sunpadow 4800mAh shorty. The steering is managed by a Savöx servo and a Sanwa M17 is in Jacques hands while he is driving his car!

Chassis: XRAY X4F`27
Body Shell: Bittydesign A3F
Speedo:Hobbywing G3S V2 ETS
Motor:Hobbywing Justock 17.5
Battery: Sunpadow 4800mAh
Radio: Sanwa M17
Servo: Savöx SB-2267SG
Tires: Matrix
Sponsors and support: XRAY, HUDY, Savöx, Sunpadow, ToniSport. SMI, Milansport, Bittydesign, Father and Mother 🙂

Coelho is top seed in Slovakia

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Patrick Beck

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24. July 2026

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Dry track, no rain, Friday is a good day so far at the Hudy Arena…

Friday saw a much better start into the day as the sun was out and the track was dry. The first seeding round got completed followed by the second one to set the qualifying heats. Here is a quick update about the top guys in every class!

Infinity, Schumacher, Xray, and Awesomatix in the top 5

The Cayote Modified class saw a close battle for the top seeding positions between Bruno Coelho, Michal Orlowski, and Marc Rheinard. They came out of seeding practice within 0.32 of a second and had a gap of 0.4 seconds over fourth placed Viktor Wilck, and Simon Lauter.

Bruno was happy with his day so far and commented that his car “was a bit too stable in the rear” which they will try to adjust now with some small changes on the setup of their Infinity IF14 Speciale.

Reigning ETS champion Michal Orlowski was also happy “to be that close to the drivers who practiced in the Hudy Arena last weekend” with him being in contention at the 1:8 electric buggy euros in Estonia. Orlowski looked comfortable on track which is always a thread for his competitors when it`s time for qualifying!

Marc Rheinard was the fastest Xray driver in seeding practice and told us that his car “was still not perfect with room for improvements”. He will check his car once again before qualifying to be ready for a TQ battle against Orlowski and Coelho.

Behind the top three we saw a very competitive Viktor Wilck (4) ahead of Simon Lauter(5), Jilles Groskamp (6), Ronald Völker (7), Alexander Hagberg (8), Mattia Collina (9), and Sören Sparbier (10) completing the top ten!

SEEDING RESULTS

The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

Champion Blutynck ahead of Xray`s Havranek and Ratheisky

The reigning ETS Pro Stock champion Ollie Bultynck from the Awesomatix team is top seed for qualifying. He was able to hold off the hard pushing Xray trio of Havranek, Ratheisky, and Kriz by one tenth of a second. Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier was fifth quickest ahead of Adam Izsay, Matej Dobnikar, Louis Kretschmer, Maty Knopp, and Wiktor Smid. Q1 and Q2 are on the line soon – who will end the day on the overnight TQ spot?

SEEDING RESULTS

The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. Olivier Bultynck (BEL) 56.590 Awesomatix
2. Oliver Havranek (SVK) 56.725 Xray
3. Jan Ratheisky (GER) 56.755 Xray
4. Jaroslav Kriz Jun.(SVK) 56.852 Xray
5. Sören Sparbier (GER) 56.877 Mugen Seiki

Van Gog leads after seeding practice

Dutch FWD ace Robin van Gog was the quickest racer in the two seeding practice rounds at the Hudy Arena. He was 0.2 seconds ahead of Kevin Schmid and Ethan Southall. Qualifying is up next and the battle for the top spots in FWD will be intense!

SEEDING RESULTS

The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. Robin van Gog (NLD) 1:07.955 Schumacher
2. Kevin Schmid (GER) 1:08.176 Awesomatix
3. Ethan Southall (GBR) 1:08.336
4. Gergö Valent (HUN) 1:08.451 XRAY
5. Filip Bortoli (CZE) 1:08.534

Ehrbar dominates 40+ Masters class before the start of qualifiyng

David Ehrbar was on fire and outpaced the other Masters drivers by a FULL SEDCOND over the three fastest consecutive laps on the Hudy Arena track. His wife, Anna Ehrbar, was second fastest ahead of Renè Kölbel, Michel Zierold, and Manuel Stankowitz. Can Anna hunt David down in qualifying? Or will we see another “David” show here in Trencin?

SEEDING RESULTS

The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. David Ehrbar (GER) 1:00.590 Xray
2. Anna Ehrbar (GER) 1:02.024 Xray
3. René Kölbel (AUT) 1:00.590 Xray
4. Michel Zierold (GER) 1:02.036 Awesomatix
5. Manuel Stankowitz (DE) 1:02.221 Awesomatix

Xray`s Weffers is top seed for qualifying

After making it onto the podium at the season opener in Apeldoorn, Xray racer Max Weffers showed that he is still in a good form when he topped the time sheets during seeding practice at the Hudy Arena. Behind him, his teammate Ben Gerhardt was second fastest in front of Juraj Gnidiak and Stefan Hois. The top five had been very close and it is hard to point out a favourite for qualifying.

SEEDING RESULTS

The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. Max Weffers (GER) 1:01.275 Xray
2. Ben Gerhardt (GER) 1:01.310 Xray
3. Juraj Gnidiak (SVK) 1:01.324 Xray
4. Stefan Hois (AUT) 1:01.470
5. Kevin Sparbier (GER) 1:01.470 Mugen Seiki

Libar ahead of Stiebler and Hudy

Jacques Libar from Luxembourg posted the fastest time and is top seed of the Formula class here in Trencin. Schumacher driver Andreas Stiebler was closest to the Xray of Libar and took P2 ahead of Martin Hudy, Lukas Hoch, and Jitse Miedema.

SEEDING RESULTS

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. Jacques Libar (LUX) 59.379 Xray
2. Andreas Stiebler (AUT) 59.521 Schumacher
3. Martin Hudy (SVK) 59.819 Xray
4. Lukas Hoch (CZE) 1:00.006 Xray
5. Jitse Miedema (NLD) 1:00.596 Fenix

5 things to watch at ETS RD2 at Hudy Arena, SVK

Patrick Beck

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20. July 2026

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5 things to watch at ETS RD2 at Hudy Arena, SVK

The second round of ETS Seaosn #19 is around the corner and the circus will meet at the world famous HUDY ARENA in Trencin, Slovakia. With 330 entries, another great show of RC racing is awaiting us including the best drivers in the business. We will start our event coverage on Thursday and our livestream will be available from the start of qualifying on Friday morning. As always, many things will be in the spotlight and here are FIVE OF THEM:

1. COELHO`S RETURN TO TRENCIN

Nobody knows the Hudy Arena as good as Bruno (and Alex)

Infinity`s star driver Bruno Coelho will return to the HUDY ARENA for the first time after leaving Xray at the end of 2024. Xray had been Bruno’s home since he turned professional in 2014, and it was at this legendary venue that he won numerous races – alongside weeks of test driving, development work and his tireless commitment to producing the very best product.

Fast forwart to 2026, everything has changed and Bruno is wearing the Infininty shirt for the second year. He will for sure be happy to be back at the HUDY ARENA, but he will do everything he can to take the win for his current Infinity team. We are already looking forward to Coelhos performance on track. He won the last two asphale ETS races (Luxembourg and Apeldoorn) and is in a very good form now with the IF14-Speciale. Bruno also won the rain interrupted MR-Cup practice race on the weekend before the ETS. Can Coelho win a third consecutive ETS race with Infinity?

2. RHEINARD`S FIRST XRAY HOME RACE

Will Marc be able to bounce back from his ‘poor’ result in Apeldoorn?

For multiple IFMAR world champion Marc Rheinard, the situation is vice-versa compared to Coelho. Marc has joined Xray on a very surprising and spectacular move during May 2026 and will race in his new living-room for the first time on a big stage now. Rheinard has a history at the HUDY ARENA as well as he raced there with his former teams (Tamiya, Infinity, Awesomatix) many times in the last 13 years – always trying to beat the Xray team.

Marc is now wearing the Xray shirt himself and the whole Xray team will give their all to help Marc doing good at his first “home race” for Xray. Marc took P3 from last weekends practice event and is still trying to further improve the pace of his X4`26 touring car. Will it be Marc or Bruno winning the race – or will we see somebody else like Orlowski, Völker, Hagberg (just to name a few) on the top step of the podium on Sunday?

3. BODY SHELLS – WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE NOW

Modified drivers facing a challenge again

With the Avalon Vortex not being allowed to use in the modified class due to “driveability reasons” on the HUDY ARENA track, the quesiotn is: WHICH body will be the one to use in Modified? During practice days, we had been reported that many drivers tested and liked the handling of the Xtreme Zenith body shell which is on the market since a couple of weeks now.

The Zenith looks very differrent from the Twister Speciale as it features a lot of little flaps and aerodynamic features to create more downforce without loosingthe original Twister shape.Let`s see if everybody will be on a Xtreme Zenith or if we will also see the much hyped (after ETS Wiener Neustadt) Lens Bodies Ghibli 3.0 on track.

4. AMAZING HUDY ARENA

One of the best facilities (if not the best) on the planet

There is not much we need to introduce about the world famous HUDY ARENA. It is one of the most iconic places for RC racing and we are so happy to be back in the historic city of Trenčín for an ETS race. The HUDY ARENA offers everything an RC racer is dreaming about. From a nice cafeteria over clean and huge pit areas to indoor- and outdoor tracks for on- and offroad. We are sure that everybody will enjoy the weekend and we have a nice little walkaround tour (from the EOS in April) for everybody who can not join us this weekend – enjoy!

5. NEW XRAY FWD CAR

The new contender for the FWD class

The “all new” X4F`27 will make it`s official ETS debut this week. The car was released a couple of weeks after ETS RD1 in Apeldoorn and we expect to see many of them on the HUDY ARENA track. The car itself consists of around 70% of new parts and everybody is expecting it to be really good in Trencin. For sure, our ETS photographer Chris Sandner will be in the hunt to shoot some nice Under the Hood pictures from one of the cars during the weekend – stay tuned!

Can you call the A-Main?

Oliver Storm

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19. July 2026

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Xtreme ZENITH touring car body

Patrick Beck

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19. June 2026

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Italian RC body manufacturer XTREME Aerodynamics has unveiled a new 1:10 touring car body shell called ZENITH. This body is the successor to the famous and hugely successful Twister and Twister Speciale bodies. The ZENITH features improved aerodynamics and has, in fact, been redesigned in every respect – whilst still bearing a resemblance to the Twister (in terms of its basic shape)!

Like all other Xtreme body shells, the ZENITH will be available in three versions: Ultra Light (0.4 mm), Light (0.5 mm) and Standard (0.7 mm). The overall philosophy behind the project was to increase the body shell’s aerodynamic potential by generating more rear load and using new integrated aerodynamic elements to restore the ideal front-end balance. The goal was not simply to create more downforce. In racing, more aerodynamic load does not automatically mean more performance.

NOTE: With immediate effect, the Xtreme ZENITH is approved as the third body shell from Xtreme for the ETS racing classes Pro Stock and Modified until the end of the season. The body is NOT allowed in 40+ Masters and 21.5 Stock (check official ETS body shell list in RULES).

What truly matters is developing a body shell that is:

•⁠ ⁠more efficient;

•⁠ ⁠more linear;

•⁠ ⁠more stable;

•⁠ ⁠more precise;

•⁠ ⁠easier for the driver to understand;

•⁠ ⁠more exploitable through every phase of the corner.

Zenith was designed to deliver a more complete level of performance.

Avalon Vortex UPDATE for ETS

Patrick Beck

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11. June 2026

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After the Avalon Vortex body took the first round of the ETS in Apeldoorn by storm, there has been (and continues to be) a lot of talk about it. Some racers love the body for its performance, while others say it’s “too ugly” to use in RC racing. So we know our decision won’t make everyone happy. We’ve discussed this topic internally and thoroughly debated the whole issue from every angle.

Vortex body to be further allowed at the ETS

Decision: The body will stay on the official “ETS Body Shell List” and racers can further use it at our races (more to follow below).
Why? Well, first of all, the body is EFRA (and IFMAR) legal, and it was also designed totally in the frame of our (very open) ETS body shell rules. At this point, we only can send some compliments to the two guys from Avalon, Julius and Andy, who have just worked hard to gain an advantage within all the existing rules. It is as simple as that!

Furthermore, we are feeling responsible for all the racers and customers who have bought Avalon body shells for ETS Apeldoorn, and the upcoming events. We feel like we cannot remove a body from the list after it was approved before – would be a wrong call!

ONLY original REAR WING allowed from now on

As we are thinking about “the future” of touring car body shell design, we know that the current rules are wide open allowing manufacturers to follow the Avalon design now. We really hope that things will not get fully out of control and therefore we have defined, that the Avalon Vortex body shell is only allowed to use at the ETS with the original Avalon Vortex rear wing (0,5 or 0,7mm). No Wolverine, Twister, or other wings are allowed to mount onto the Vortex. The Vortex wing must be cut on the lowest possible cutline (as all other wings too).

Why? We like to limit the wings from becoming higher and higher. The rear is at around 130mm with the original wing while it is up to 136 or 137mm with a Wolverine wing for example. We will also contact all body shell manufacturers and tell them that we will work on some rules for the future. We are reserving us the right to not allow any new body shell if their design will be even more “futuristic”.

Mark your rear wing at ETS RD2 in the HUDY ARENA

When setting such a rule for the rear wing, it is also clear that we must check all the rear wings on Avalon Vortex body shells from now on. During ETS RD2 at the Hudy Arena, ALL racers who want to drive with an Avalon Vortex body MUST come to a quick rear wing check on Thursday. The wings will get marked by the ETS team. This regulation also eliminates the need for the very time-consuming process of measuring a prescribed minimum height on the rear wings of the cars during technical inspection.

No changes in rules for all other ETS body shells

All other body shell rules for the bodies on the ETS list will stay as they are. Nothing will change. We have just worked around the Avalon Vortex body now to find the best solution. Please support our team at the HUDY ARENA and come to the body shell check on Thursday (check the timetable).

As written in the intro: We know that there will always be pros and cons for such a sensitive topic. We are doing our best to keep the racing fair, the rules clear, and the industry going!

5 things we learned from ETS RD1 Season #19 at AMCA Apeldoorn/NED

Patrick Beck

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2. June 2026

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5 things we learned from ETS RD1 Season #19 at AMCA Apeldoorn/NED

It is time for another 5 THINGS report after so many things happened during ETS RD1 in the Netherlands last weekend. We once again like to thank everybody for coming and we hope you all enjoyed your time with us at AMCA Apeldoorn.

ENTRIES FOR ETS RD2 @ HUDY ARENA WILL OPEN TONIGHT (Tuesday) AT 20:00 CET

1. DEVELOPMENT NEVER STOPS

Avalon Racing`s VORTEX body shell sets the world on fire with full Modified A-Main lockout

Just a few days before ETS RD1 in Apeldoorn, the rumours had it:
“Have you heard about the new Avalon body? That was 2 or 3 seconds faster over five minutes in practice”
“You will need to run it if you wanna have a chance for the A-Main in Modified”
“It doesn`t look nice, but is fast as hell”
Many comments like these had been circulating around and almost every racer was in panic to get an Avalon Vortex body ahead of the event to prepare it.

But let`s start the story at the very beginning: Some years ago, young RC racer Julius Schäfer and Andy Kühne (both on the picture below) made their very first touring car body shell – more or less, just for fun. The body was been tested a couple of times and after it was not immediatley workign well, they kept it hidden and continued to improve it beside their regular jobs. Fast forward in 2026, they finally released the body shell and their new brand to the market.

The so called “VORTEX” body shell is totally performance orientated and the guys knew that the look “is not that close to a real car anymore”. They quickly added that it “is already like this since many years”. But as Julius (designer of the body – left in the picture) and Andy (Co-founder of Avalon Racing – right in the picture) were completley working within the current EFRA and ETS rules, the body became approved by EFRA and ETS and the first shells had been available to the public by April 20, 2026.

It was just so curious that nobody really found out about the potential of the body directly after the release. Only some stock racers tested it and reported positive things on some tracks (Andernach for example), but also found out that the body has a bit too much downforce for the slower stock classes on other tracks (Apeldoorn for example). This fact led most of the stock drivers to stick to their well-known Zoo Racing Wolverine MAX bodies.

Finally, it was Awesomatix factory driver Lucas Urbain who fired up the hype when he had a stellar run during testing in Apeldoorn on the weekend before the ETS. It was “unfortunateley impossible to hide it” for Lucas and the madness started. ALL drivers who made it into the Modified A-Main used the Avalon body, and the B-main as well. It seemed that the Vortex was simply providing more pace throughout the overall run after drivers had to adjust some small setup parameters here and there (as well as their driving style). Let`s see how the Avalon will perform at the next race in the Hudy Arena. AVALON a new force has awoken up!

Watch the Modified Press Conference (from minute 3:45) where Michal Orlowski, Bruno Coelho, and Ronald Völker shared their thoughts about the whole body shell situation:

AVALON RACING FACEBOOK STATEMENT

We are still absolutely speechless trying to process what happened last week in Apeldoorn. Having released our very first bodyshell just 1.5 months ago, we never expected in our wildest dreams to achieve a full A-Main lock-out in the Modified class at our very first Euro Touring Series race! Almost every single driver in Modified A- and B-final chose the Vortex bodyshell. Seeing our hard work dominate the track like this is mindblowing. We are incredibly grateful that years of intense development and testing have finally paid off so massively. A huge thank you to all the drivers for your trust and for putting the Vortex on top of the world! Let’s keep this momentum going! A special huge thank you goes out to Lucas Urbain for what you did just some days before ETS Apeldoorn started.Also big thank you to our close friend Ronald Völker RC for testing (sometimes crashing) our prototypes over the last years and giving hard feedback to push us even more.Last but not least we thank Toni Rheinard and his team TONISPORT for putting us on the ETS bodylist very last minute which gave us the opportunity to show the world what our Vortex is capable of. Julius & Andy

2. Practice is overrated (or not?)

Coelho and Schulz won in Apeldoorn without extra practice

Normally, most racers come to the track to practice before any big ETS event. Bruno Cleoho (Infnity) and Stefan Schulz (Xray) showed that it is also possible to have success without investing so many days ahead of an event. Bruno was running in Apeldoorn last time durign the 2025 ETS race and had a very good reason to not come for practice this time. He married his long-time girlfriend Joana in Portugal andhad the best time of his life.

When he showed up in Apeldoorn, the question was if the ring on his hand will slow him down, or speed him up (joking). Bruno`s the answer came with a huge statement. He was super fast during Thursday practice, dominated Q1 and Q2 on Friday, as well as A2 and A3 on Sunday to take the overall victory together with his mechanic and friend Francesco Martini. What a stellar performance!

Stefan Schulz was the second top racer who arrived in Apeldoorn with almost zero preparation. Due to a very important family commitment, Stefan arrived in Apeldoorn on Friday morning (missed all practice sessions) and was allowed to just turn some laps before the track opened. However, Stefan had a very strong weekend. He made it into the Pro Stock A-Main and took the win in the hard-fought FWD class with his Xray X4F`26. He was also using the new ZooRacing APEX body shell on his car to give it a first win at the very first try – congratulations Stefan Schulz!

3. RC is about respect, friendship, and memories

Mächler received a nice little gift from Rheinard after his departure to Xray

After six years, marc Rheinard left Awesomatix and moved to Xray. The whole thing came almost “out of nowhere” for the world of RC and some people thought about “bad things must have happened there”. But that is absolutley not what it was. Marc Rheinard left the team in a good mood with everybody as he just wanted to take on a new challenge in his carreer with joining Xray. To say thank you, he gave one of his Awesomatix cars with a nice bodyshell and some memories in a box to Max Mächler who really enjoyed to unpack this amazing present – class act!

4. Berkenbosch is a winner

After throwing a possible victory away last year, he finally delivered on home soil

Last years ETS in Apeldoorn was a rollercoaster for young Dutch racer Levi Berkenbosch. He was TQ after qualifying and completley messed up his race due to many small mistakes in the finals. One year later, Levi was ready for his first ever ETS win. He claimed the pole position again and had his nerves under control when he took A1 and A2 to join the club of ETS race winners. A great success for Levi who celebrated the win on home soil with all his friends and family members around the track. Congratulations from the whole ETS crew on your first win Levi!

5. Cayote Coin Collection has started

Beautiful event coin handed out to 60 racers after qualifying

Our proud ETS title sponsor Team Cayote has started their amazing CAYOTE COIN COLLECTION. Racers had the chance to earn themselfes one of the nice looking, limited edition, Cayote coins. Every coin is featuring a certificate and a coin number, and the first one was branded with “ETS Apeldoorn” on the back side. The coins had been given to racers after qualifying.

All top 5 qualifiers of each class could collect one, as well as the top three B-Main qualifiers and the pole sitters of all C- and D-Mains. There also was a vote for the “Driver of the Week” as well as a “Social Media Challenge” to win additional coins too. A very cool campaign which will be spread all over the world at eight big events in total. One (or maybe two) more ETS event will be included.

5.1 RC is cool…. many kids are racing!

We were thrilled to see so many children and teenagers join us at the starting line in Apeldoorn. RC racing is for everyone, no matter your age, but seeing young children having fun with their cars on the track and enjoying a great time with their parents at our events always warms our hearts. Thank you all so much for coming, and keep racing with us…

Xray leads Constructors Championship after ETS RD1

Patrick Beck

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1. June 2026

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Xray leads Constructors Championship after ETS RD1

New season, new constructors championship…. After Awesomatix (Season#17) and Xray (Season#18) have taken this prestigeous title since it`s installation at the ETS two seasons ago, it is now time for the manufacturers to battle it out for another one. Apeldoorn kicked off the new season and the teams have started to collect their first points during an amazing weekend of racing. Let`s check the team results and overall standings…

RULES FOR ETS CONSTRUSTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. XRAY (1203 pts) great start into season #19

The whole team looked very strong and confident and their counting points came from Jan Ratheisky (Pro Stock|300), Stefan Schulz (FWD|302), David Ehrbar (40+|302), and Max Weffers (21.5 Stock|299). Marc Rheinard scored the throw-out result (Modified|296).

2. AWESOMATIX (1200 pts) three points behind the leading Xray team

A solid start for the current constructors champions. Their points had been scored by Simon Lauter (Modified|298), Olivier Bultynck (Pro Stock|302), Elibert Sievers (FWD|300), and Michael van den Berg (40+|300). The Awesomatix throw-out result came from Daniel Hiesch (21.5 Stock|295).

3. MUGEN SEIKI (1192 pts) collecting points in four classes again

Apeldoorn was very good for Mugen Seiki as they are only 11 points behind the leading Xray team now. The points came from Ronald Völker (Modified|299), Rick van den Akker (Pro Stock|294), Christian Grabher (40+|297), and Levi Berkenbosch (21.5 Stock|302).

4. SCHUMACHER (598 pts) only Orlowski and van Gog scored well

The Schumacher team scored points with Michal Orlowski (Modified|300), and Robin van Gog (FWD|298) but missed a few other good results for a strong start into the new constructors championship.

5. INF1NITY (598 pts) Coelho and Catelani delivering points

Bruno Coelho (Modified|302) and Nico Catelani (Pro Stock|291) had been responsible for the Inf1nity points in Apeldoorn. They had no racer in the 21.5 or 40+ A-Main which denied them a better points haul. This is something they need to improve for the future.

6. RC MAKER (591 pts) fully in the fight of the constructors mid-field competition

Daniel Anthes (21.5 Stock|294), and David Reip (FWD|297) collected the points for the Australian team of Ryan Maker. In Pro Stock and 40+ Masters, there was no RC Maker car in the A-Main.

7. ARC (587 pts) at the end of the midfield!

With only collecting points in FWD and 40+ Masters, Luca Romondia (294) and Patrick Sommer (293) delivered at least some solid results. After Enrico Jung not runnign Pro Stock anymore, the team is missing his points for sure.

8. SERPENT (297 pts) still the Greiner one-man show

No chance for Team Serpent. They constantly collect strong points from world class driver Dominic Greiner (297 pts), but there is just no other racer with the car leaving the team at the loe end of the field.

9. IRIS and YOKOMO (0 pts) no cars in A-Mains

Coelho wins ETS season opener in Apeldoorn ahead of Orlowski and Völker

Patrick Beck

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31. May 2026

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Coelho wins ETS season opener in Apeldoorn ahead of Orlowski and Völker

Dominant Sunday performance earns Coelho the win in the Netherlands

The overall win was on the line in A3 and it was Intinity`s Bruno Coelho who took the win from pole position. Coelho showed a very dominant performance on Sunday and won A3 with a gap of 1.1 seconds from Schumacher driver Michal Orlowski. Bruno also posted the fastest lap of the heat with a 13.573 and clearly showed that he deserved the overall win in Apeldoorn this weekend.

Michal Orlowski took second in A3, and second overall behind Coelho and was the only driver who was able to really give Bruno a challenge. Even if it was not enough for P1 (after winning in Apeldoorn three times in a row), Michal clearly was second fastest throughout the weekend even when he suffered from feeling sick since Friday.

Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker jumped onto the last spot of the podium with a second place from A1 and a fourth position in the second leg. A great recovery for Völker who had higher hopes coming into the event with his LRP powered Mugen MTC-3.

Simon Lauter was (maybe) the most unlucky guy this weekend. He missed the podium by a very small margin after he qualified third on the grid and performing very well in the finals. However, P4 is still a good result which he can (and should) be proud of.

Dominic Greiner finished 5th overall for Serpent, Marc Rheinard took P6 at his Xray debut ahead of his old Awesomatix teammates Lucas Urbain and Eric Dankel, while Alexander Hagberg (9), Yannic Prümper (10), and Tim Wahl completed the A-Main results in Apeldoorn!

Modified FINAL RESULTS

Bultynck with the perfect start into the season as he collects maximum points from Apeldoorn

Olivier Bultynck had a perfect start into A3 and was leading ahead of Jan Ratheisky, Timon Coenen, Louis Kretschmer, and Rob Jansen. Kretschmer passed Coenen after 2 minutes and was running in thrid palce showing a great pace behind Ratheisky. But as all the drivers made no mistakes out front it was Olivier Bultynck who celebrated another perfect start into a season with adding another ETS race win in Apeldoorn after a great and thrilling set of A-Main finals.

Xray`s Jan Ratheisky was able to split the Awesomatix podium when he secured P2 ahead of Timon Coenen who had an amazing weekend in Apeldoorn achieving his first ever podium.

Pro Stock FINAL RESULTS

Schulz takes the overall win in Apeldoorn after P2 in the last final!

After Elibert Sievers and Stefan Schulz both had been able to win one A-Main, the decision for the win was on the line in the last final of the weekend. Schulz brought the field around the first lap while van Gog was (once again) chasing Elibert Sieves around the track in teh battle for second. After one minute, tha gap between the top three had been at only 0.5 seconds and Sievers was looking for a way to attack Schulz. Behind the top three,Ronald Arts and Max Weffers had a great race for P4 and P5. At the 2-minute mark, a contact between Sievers and Schulz handed the lead over to van Gog.

The constellation had been very exciting as Schulz needed to defend his second spot against Sievers for the overall win then. Schulz had the faster A-Main winning (from A1) time to his favour before the race and he was able to win the FWD class in Apeldoorn while being tied on points with Elibert Sievers.

FWD FINAL RESULTS

van den Berg and Thalheimer joining Ehrbar on the winners podium

The tird A-Main of the 1up Racing Masters class was all about the remainign podium positions behind race winner David Ehrbar. Michael van den Berg jumped into the lead and had to defend like a lion against a very fast looking Torsten Baggendorf. Mirco Thalheimer and Manuel Stankowitz also joined the party and we saw a nice four-horse race in A3. After Baggendorf dropped back in th running order, it was Thalheimer who was running in second place – but he was already a straightway behind Michael van den Berg who brought home the win in A3 to seal a strong second place behind race winner Ehrbar.

40+ Masters FINAL RESULTS

Oversloot and Weffers securing podium positions in the last A-Main

Race winner Levi Berkenbosch was enjoying A3 watching from the tribune and saw his fellow countrymen Richard Oversloot winning the last final to seal second place overall on the podium. Max Weffers and Daniel Hiesch had an excellent fight behind him for second in A3 and the last remaining spot on the podium.

Both drivers showed a lot of respect for each other and it was great to watch this fight on track – thank you Max and Daniel. Unfortunately, Daniel rolled his car onto the roof in the last seconds of the race. Oversloot was driving a perfect race and took A3 ahead of Weffers, Zühlke, Stenger, Kappes, Anthes, and Hiesch.

21.5 Stock FINAL RESULTS

Stiebler, Libar, and Kampehl on the Formula podium

Xray driver Jacques Libar was taking the win in the third and last A-Main to secure his second overall position behind race winner Andreas Stiebler, and ahead of overall third place finisher Robert Kampehl who was very happy to make it onto the podium in Apeldoorn!

Formula FINAL RESULTS