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

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20. July 2026

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

Coelho and Infinity striking back in A2

Patrick Beck

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31. May 2026

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The second leg of finals took place on Sunday morning in Apeldoorn. With some rain on the radar around lunch-time, racers frequently watched the sky and the main goal was to bring in the second round of finals in dry conditions for everybody – which finally (and luckily) happened.

Coelho and Orlowski dominating A2, driving “in a world of their own”

Bruno Coelho suffered from “low traction” in the opening laps of yesterday`s first Modified A-Main. When A2 was on the line on Sunday, Coelho had a much better pace right from the start and he was breaking away from the rest of the field together with Michal Orlowski.

It was an impressive performance from the top two who could open a huge gap to the rest of the field to build up a distance of almost 7 seconds over third placed Simon Lauter at the end of the run – what a massive gap!

Ronald Völker and Marc Rheinard took fourth and fifth place in A2 ahead of Lucas Urbain, Eric Dankel, Dominic Greiner, Alexander Hagberg, Tim Wahl, and Yannic Prümper.

The battle for the overall win will be on the line between Orlowski and Coelho in the last final of the weekend. Coelho has a first and third place so far while Orlowski scored a first and second place. Coelhos A2 overall runtime was quicker than the A1 result from Orlowski so we can all expect a great showdown for the Modified win in Apeldoorn.

Modified FINAL RESULTS

Bultynck strikes back and wins A2 on Sunday morning – all to play for in A3

When A2 got underway, Ollie Bultynck had a way better start compared to his unfortunate moment in yesterday`s A1. The Awesomatix driver had the Xray of Jan Ratheisky in his rear-view mirror and could not take it easy on track as Ratheisky looked agressive and quick on track.

But as the race progressed, Bultynck found his rythm and opened up a gap of almost 2 seconds when they entered the last minute of the race. Bultynck stayed calm and cool and brought home a great recovery win ahead of Jan Ratheisky, Timon Coenen, Louis Kretschmer, and Rob Jansen. With this result from A2, the decision for the overall win in Apeldoorn was shifted to the third and last Pro Stock A-Main.

Pro Stock FINAL RESULTS

Schulz wins Sunday morning A2 from Sievers and Weffers

In the second FWD A-Main, Stefan Schulz had a way better start than on Saturday. But it was once again Robin van Gog who quickly moved up to second place to start hunting down Schulz in full force. Dutch Schumacher racer van Gog was very fast and looked racy when he was putting on a great pass on Schulz in lap 5 of the race after the chicane, right in front of the timing loop. Elibert Sievers was running in third place ahead of Ronald Arts and David Reip.

After Robin van Gog made a huge mistake in lap 9 of the race, he dropped nack to second place again it was Stefan Schulz who jumped back into the lead. When they entered the last minute of A2, van Gog was pushing super hard behind Schulz and made another mistake at the same spot to loose his second place to Elibert Sievers. The top five in A2: Schukz, Sievers, Weffers, Reip, and Romondia (from 11 to P5).

FWD FINAL RESULTS

Ehrbar didn`t crack under pressure to secure another ETS win!

Top qualifier David Ehrbar and second place starter Michael van den Berg both had an amazing start into the second final – so had Torsten Baggendorf who jumped from fifth on the grid to third in lap one. Baggendorf and van den Berg could match the pace of leader Ehrbar in the first two minutes of the race and created a lot of pressure behind the Xray car of David Ehrbar.

It was a three-horse race, great to watch, and thrilling to the very end. Van den Berg was all on the money in the last 90 seconds of the race and tried to find a way around Ehrbar. Baggendorf suddenly moved up to second spot but lost it in the next lap later after making a small mistake. David Ehrbar was able to win A2 and the overall race in Apeldoorn when he crossed the line ahead of van den Berg, Stocker, Stankowitz, and Thalheimer.

40+ Masters FINAL RESULTS

Berkenbosch joins the club of ETS race winners after strong A2 performance

After winning A1 on Saturday, TQ Levi Berkenbosch was just one final away to seal his first ETS victory on home soil. Levi had a great start and already had half a straightway lead after three laps in A2. Richard Oversloot, Max Weffers, and Nadine Zühlke had a great race for the positions behind Berkenbosch for the entire race.

Meanwhile, Levi Berkenbosch had everything under control running ahead of the field with his Mugen Seiki MTC-3 and finally brought home a well-deserved win ahead of Oversloot, Weffers, Jarosch, and Zühlke. Berkenbosch crossed the line under the applause of all his friends and club members to win his first ETS race after a great performance all weekend long. Congratulations Levi, great job!

21.5 Stock FINAL RESULTS

Schumacher`s Stiebler wins big in Apeldoorn

The second Matrix Formula A-Main saw Andreas Stiebler and Jacques Libar running on top again. Andreas Stiebler made no mistake and brought home A2 from the pole position to take his first win since Aigen 2025 -well done!

Formula FINAL RESULTS

Absolute cinema in Apeldoorn

Patrick Beck

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The first leg of finals is already in the books and we saw some great races throughout all classes. The highly anticipated A-Mains were also delivering what they had promised: High class racing, drama, celebrations, and disappointment….. Find out what happened on Saturday afternoon in Apeldoorn!

Orlowski wins dramatic first final ahead of Völker and Coelho

The A1 legend of Apeldoorn has struck again. In recent years, the first final on Saturday night has always been a spectacle—and 2026 was no exception. Top qualifier Bruno Coelho took over the lead on the sound of the tone and was followed by Michal Orlowski, and Simon Lauter. In the first lap of the race, fourth place starter Dominic Greiner spun around and Ronald Völker could move up to furth place.

The second lap of A1 had the first big surprise in it: Coelho lost the rear of his car when coming onto the main straight. He need to lift the throttle and counter-steered to prevent his car from ending in the grass. Michal Orlowski took the risk and accelerated his Schumacher Mi10 around Coelho into the lead. A risky, but very successful move from the Schumacher star driver.

In the following laps, the crowd could watch world class RC racing when Coelho was pushing Orlowski around the track – with the Awesomatix of Simon Lauter right in toe. Ronald Völker was running in fourth place, two corners behind the leading trio. Coelho had a lot of pace and was “all over” Orlowski many times. But both drivers kept it clean and it was a pure joy to watch them racing on the highest level.

When the drivers entered their last lap, DRAMA HAPPENED. Orlowski was overshooting the apex of the teardrop after the timing loop and went a bit wide. Coelho, by instinct, looked for an inside pass and once Orlowski`s car “gripped” again it turned to the inside and both cars touched – a racing incident which you don`want to have in the last lap but which always can happen at these crazy speeds. Everybody expected Simon Lauter to take the win now as he was right behind the leaders – but in this case, it was his END. Lauter could not avoid to crash into Brunos Infinity IF14 Speciale and after the contact, his front left was completeley destroyed. WHat a tough moment for SImon Lauter after a brilliant race.

When there are people suffering from bad luck in a race, others normally benefit. This time, Mugen Seiki lead driver Ronald Völker could take over second place after all the carnage in front of him happened. He crossed the line three tenths behind A1 winner Michal Orlowski who could luckily come out of the incident with Bruno as the race leader. Coelho finished third in A1 and was followed by Simon Lauter, Lucas Urbain, Dominic Greiner, Alexander Hagberg, Yannic Prümper (bumped up from the b-main), Eric Dankel, and the two DNF cars of Marc Rheinard and Tim Wahl!

Modified FINAL RESULTS

MUST WATCH – CAYOTE MODIFIED A-MAIN 1

Ratheisky wins A1 after a Bultynck blackout in the first chicane

On the sound of the tone, all cars drove through the first chicane and leader Ollie Bultynck just missed the apex and tapped out a bit. Ratheisky and Coenen went by and Ratheisky was leading A1 out of nowhere. Coenen was able to follow him with a small gap and Bultynck could recover from his scary first chicane running in third place. Kretschmer, Jansen, and van den Akker followed them as they had started off the grid.

After two minutes, Bultynck was right behind Coenen and Ratheisy was able to bereathe a bit. Bultynck made a hard pass on Coenen and had to give his position back after a call of the referee. Louis Kretschmer took full advantage of that and jumped into second spot. Out front, Ratheisky used all his racecraft and experience to bring home A1 for Xray under the applause of his whole familly below the driver stand. Bultynck was still able to fight back to second place ahead of Kretschmer, Jansen, and Coenen.

Pro Stock FINAL RESULTS

Sievers takes A1 after Schulz and van Gog collided on the main-straight!

All cars had a good launch off the line on the sound of the tone and TQ Stefan Schulz brought the field around the first corner with his Xray X4F`26 FWD ride. Behind him, Elibert Sievers and Robin van Gog tryed to stay as close as possible to Schulz and van Gog quickly managed to find a way around Sievers.

When they were coming onto the straightway in lap 3 of the race, a contact between Schulz and van Gog led both cars into the grass handing the lead over to Sievers on a silver plate. van Gog had a great run down the straight and was on the inside of Schulz who seemed (when watching in slow motion) to pull a slightly littel bit to the left. A very unlucky racing incident which (for sure) could have been avoided by both drivers in such an early stage of the race!

The running order after 2 minutes was Sievers, Arts, Weffers, Reip and Libar in the top 5 and nothing changed anymore until they crossed the finish line. A perfect start into the finals for Sievers and a maximum disappointment for TQ Schulz and van Gog.

FWD FINAL RESULTS

Ehrbar domination continues as he takes Saturday evening A1 in style

TQ David Ehrbar had a great start and saw only Michael van den Berg in his rear view mirror after the first lap. Anna Ehrbar (Davids wife) had a lot of work to do to defend her third place against Baggendorf, Stankowitz, and Hoggart.

After one minute, Ehrbar and van den Berg had been separated by .07 seconds and van den Berg was driving the hell out of his Awesomatix car trying to catch up to the Xray in front of him. But Ehrbar switched on his afterburners and opened a way bigger gap in the last two minutes of the race leaving no doubt that he is still the man to beat in the 1up Racing 40+ Masters class.

After a clean and fair race from everybody, the finishing order in the first A-Main was David Ehrbar ahead of Michael van den Berg, Mirco Thalheimer, Torsten Baggendorf, and Phil Hoggart. By the way: Congrats to Phil Hoggart and Ben Looijen for their first ever ETS A-Main appearance!

40+ Masters FINAL RESULTS

Berkenbosch converts pole position into A1 victory

Top qualifier Levi Berkenbosch started his white Mugen MTC-3 off the line and was running ahead of Richard Oversloot and Max Weffers. Weffers and Hiesch had a small contact in lap one and Weffers lost many positions. Out front, Levi Berkenbosch started to show nerves with the competition running close behind him in person of Daniel Hiesch and Richard Oversloot.

But after a little power slide, Berkenbosch was able to control his nerves again and stretched his legs to a lead of 0.7 seconds over Hiesch when the race reached the 2.30 minute mark. Berkenbosch found back into his rythm and posted the fastest lap of A1 (17.399). He did not make the smallest mistake anymore and took the win in A1 ahead of Daniel Hiesch, Christoph Kappes (from P9 on the grid), Thomas Stenger, and Daniel Anthes.

21.5 Stock FINAL RESULTS

Stiebler defends P1 from Libar after Ehrbar spins out early in A1

After the first chicane, second placed starter David Ehrbar was “gone” and TQ Andreas Stiebler had a small gap with his Schumacher car, ahead of Jacques Libar (Xray). Ehrbar simply spun out in the first chicane and dropped all the way back to the end of the field. Martin Hudy made it the opposite way and moved up from seventh on the grid to third spot.

Out front, Libar was pushing hard to keep the pace with Stiebler, but the Schumacher driver was very precise and consistant. Libar could always see Stiebler on track and came a bit closer in the last minute. In the last lap he was almost there but Andreas Stiebler was able to hang on and took a well-deserved win in Formula A1 ahead of Libar, Hudy, Jovicic, and Ehrbar.

Formula FINAL RESULTS

Coelho claims hard-fought pole position ahead of Orlowski and Lauter

Patrick Beck

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30. May 2026

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Coelho claims hard-fought pole position ahead of Orlowski and Lauter

Lauter wins eventful Q3 ahead of Urbain and Greiner

Q3 – The third heat of Cayote Modified qualifying was a bit chaotic, and very thrilling in the end. The lead changed a multiple times in the first minutes of the race and many drivers had little mistakes, slides, flips, and contact with the grass. Long story short: Simon Lauter (Awesomatix) took his very first Modified TQ run with the small gap of 0.212 from his teammate Lucas Urbain.

Serpent`s Dominic Greiner had another fantastic run to third place and was followed by Xray`s new signing Marc Rheinard and a very fast Tim Wahl. For the three top stars Bruno Coelho (Infinity), Michal Orlowski (Schumacher), and Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki), the race turned into a desaster.

Ronald Völker had to retire his car 40 seconds before the end of the run due to a diff outdrive coming loose. A hard moment for Ronald who was in the top 3 for most of the run.

Coelho suffered a DNF after his car turned straight into the grass coming onto the straightway with 25 seconds to go – a tough moment for Bruno.

The last one to stop his car (too early) was Michal Orlowski. He was in the lead, flipped his car over in lap 10 of the race (loosing 5 seconds), and then stopped a lap too early when he thought that he would have already finished – a nightmare for the champion.

Orlowski to line-up second on the grid after Q4 victory in Apeldoorn

Q4 – Schuamcher`s Michal Orlowski managed to TQ the last round of qualifying 0.5 seconds ahead of Ronald Völker`s Mugen Seiki MTC-3 car. The win in Q4 moved Schumacher driver Orlowski up through the rankings to second on the grid – a very important result for our current Modified champion.

Lucas Urbain, Marc Rheinard, and Tim Wahl finished right behind them in the top five. After Q4, the drivers on starting positions three to six (!) all had 305 points on their account showing the high competition and crazyness which is going on this weekend here in Apeldoorn.

Other drivers like Bruno Coelho (fastest lap of the heat 13.275), Eric Dankel, and Dominic Greiner had some issues leading them into unlucks DNF`s. After a very intense set of qualifying heats the starting grid for the finals is as it follows:

TQ Bruno Coelho (Infinity), 2. Michal Orlowski (Schumacher), 3. Simon Lauter (Awesomatix), 4. Dominic Greiner (Serpent), 5. Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki), 6. Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix), 7. Marc Rheinard (Xray), 8. Tim Wahl (Awesomatix), 9. Alexander Hagberg (Xray), 10. Eric Dankel (Awesomatix)

Modified QUALY RESULTS

Bultynck starts mission “title defence” from the pole position

Q3 – Awesomatix racer Olivier Bultynck had a good start into Saturday when he was able to win Q3 ahead of Dutch Awesomatix racer Rob Jansen and the Xray of Jan Ratheisky. Bultynck was on a fresh set of tires and had a comfortable gap of 1.7 seconds over Jansen.

However, it was Benjamin Elbisser (Xray) who posted the second fastest overall runtime in Q3 with his time coming from the C-Heat (!).

Louis Kretschmer hammered down the fastest lap of the heat (16.036) and finished in fifth spot, followed by Maty Knopp and Nico Catelani (both running in the B-heat). Before the last qualifier, Olivier Bultynck and Louis Kretschmer both had the chance to TQ the event in Apeldoorn.

Ratheisky takes P2 on the grid after strong win in Q4 – Coenen third after qualifying

Q4 – The battle for the overall TQ went down to Q4 between the two Awesomatix racers Ollie Bultynck and Louis Kretschmer. But as the track was hot, it was almost impossible for Kretschmer to beat the fastest runtime of Bultynck which he had posted in Q1. Once the race got underway it was a battle for the lead between Timon Coenen, Jan Ratheisky, Sören Sparbier, and Phil Langner. Bultynck and Kretschmer were both running in the middle of the pack which already meant that the pole position would go to last years Apeldoorn winner Ollie Bultynck.

It was a very intense heat as many racers still needed a good result to lock themselfes in for the A-Main. After the five minute run we saw Jan Ratheisky taking the win in Q4 ahead of Timon Coenen, Sören Sparbier, and Phil Langner.

The A-Main starting grid for the triple Pro Stock finals: TQ Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix), 2. Jan Ratheisky (Xray), 3. Timon Coenen (Awesomatix), 4. Louis Kretschmer (Awesomatix), 5. Rob Jansen (Awesomatix), Sören Sparbier (Mugen Seiki), 7. Stefan Schulz (Xray), 8. Rick van den Akker (Mugen Seiki), 9. Nico Catelani (Infinity), 10. Benjamin Elbisser (Xray)

Pro Stock QUALY RESULTS

Schulz to start on pole ahead of Dutch trio…

Q3 – Last year, Schumacher driver Robin van Gog won his first ETS race in Apeldoorn and he is still hungry for more. The Dutch racer won Q3 on Friday afternoon before the storm and the rain arrived. RC Maker racer David Reip finished in second spot, right behind van Gog and ahead of the Xray trio of Max Weffers, Jacques Libar, and Stefan Schulz.

Q4 – Stefan Schulz was able to seal the overall TQ in the last round of qualifying. He will start from the pole with his Xray car ahead of the three Dutch racers Robin van Gog (Schumacher), Ronald Arts (Awesomatix), and Elibert Sievers (Awesomatix). Max Weffers (Xray), David reip (RC Maker), Jacques Libar (Xray), Julian Romeyn (Schumacher), Roman Borschel (Awesomatix), and Alexander Stocker (Xray) are completing the 10 car A-Main grid!

FWD QUALY RESULTS

Ehrbar seals TQ spot after three perfect runs

Reigning champion David Ehrbar sealed the TQ with another win in Q3. It was a special TQ run for the Ehrbar family as David`s wife Anna was able to score P2 for the round. Torsten Baggendorf was third fastest ahead of Phil Hoggart and Mirco Thalheimer.

Q4 – Michael van den Berg took the last heat of 40+ Masters qualifying ahead of Anna Ehrbar, Mirco Thalheimer, and Manuel Stankowitz. Due to his TQ run, Michael van den Berg will start in second place behind top qualifier David Ehrbar. The starting order for the triple finals looks like that: TQ David Ehrbar, 2. Michael van den Berg, 3. Anna Ehrbar, 4. Mirco Thalheimer, 5. Torsten Baggendorf, 6. Phil Hoggart, 7. Manuel Stankowitz, 8. Christian Grabher, 9. Ben Looijen, 10. Patrick Sommer

40+ Masters QUALY RESULTS

Berkenbosch claims his second ETS pole position

Q3 – After sitting on overnight TQ in Apeldoorn, Levi Berkenbosch had another close fight with Daniel Hiesch on track during Q3. Both drivers showed a great performance on track and Berkenbosch won by a gap of 0.9 seconds from Hiesch and top seed Richard Oversloot. Max Weffers and Nadine Zühlke completed the top 5.

Q4 – The last round of qualifying saw Richard Oversloot taking the win ahead of Tim Jarosch, Nadine Zühlke, Toimo Siebert, and Daniel Anthes. The overall pole position went to last year`s TQ Levi Berkenbosch. Let`s see if he can manage to bring home the win this time? The A-Main grid for the finals: TQ Levi Berkenbosch, 2. Richard Oversloot, 3. Max Weffers, 4. Daniel Hiesch, 5. Nadine Zühlke, 6. Tim Jarosch, 7. Thomas Stenger, 8. Daniel Anthes, 9. Christoph Kappes, 10. Mario Buchwald

21.5 Stock QUALY RESULTS

After a long time: Stiebler back on F1 pole position

Jacques Libar was the second driver to TQ a round when he took the win in Q3 ahead of David Ehrbar, Luka Jovicic, Robert Kampehl, and Andreas Stiebler. The decision for pole position came down to the line in Q4 between Q1 and Q2 winner Andreas Stiebler and Jacques Libar. Schumacher driver Andreas Stiebler went on for the pole then in Q4 which he managed to win by 2.6 seconds over David Ehrbar and Michal Wojcik. The finals will be intense and here is the starting order:

Formula QUALY RESULTS