May 18, 2015

Martin does EOS title double

Lee Martin has achieved the Euro Offroad Series title double, fourth place in the season finale at the Hudy Racing Arena enough for the Yokomo driver to clinch the 4WD title from previous undefeated 3-time champion Joern Neumann.  Having won the 2WD driver title at the previous round in Austria, Martin becomes only the second driver to clinch both titles with Neumann having achieved the feat in the first two seasons of the indoor 1:10 Offroad Championship.  While all the attention was on the title, the fourth & final round of Season #4 would go to Xray’s Martin Bayer, last year’s title runner up claiming his first win of the season ahead of Top Qualifier Naoto Matsukura and Saturday’s 2WD winner Michal Orlowski.

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May 18, 2015

Malin Karlsen wins at Gerland Cup in Norway

The opening round of the Norwegian Gerland Cup was held on a newly refurbished multi-surface track that offered a mix of dirt, astro turf and concrete. The race format for the 1/8th E-Buggy class saw three 5 minute qualifiers followed by triple 12 minute A-mains with the best two to count. Young Malin Karlsen comfortably took the TQ with the only 9 laps run to line up in pole position for the A-mains. After some bobbles in the opening main Malin continued to dominate the competition in the final legs were she would take wins in A1 and A2 to grab the overall victory with one final to go. Just before the final A-main hail hit the track making for slippery conditions and despite having won the first two A-mains Malin also opted to run in A3 and after making some issues on her own she dropped down the field only to find herself back in 2nd place after she found her rhythm again. Although it seemed impossible to catch up to the car running in front Malin decided to continue to push as hard as she could and with only 2 laps to go the car in front ran into problems and Malin could take the 3rd A-final win of the day. Behind her Patter Strand and Tom Erik Strand rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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May 18, 2015

BRCA Touring Car National Series Rd1 – Report

The BRCA National Touring Car Series kicked off with round one at the fast and popular Cotswolds track in Gloucestershire, UK over the weekend. Two classes are run over two days and it was a great weekend for the defending champions. In Super Touring Modified reigning champion Olly Jefferies was on good form after dominating the UK national 1/12th scale series over the Winter and he showed he had maintained his form as racing moved out on to the tarmac and with his Xray touring car as he set TQ after five rounds of qualifying.

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May 18, 2015

Tony Mur wins Formula class at SNS Rd2

The second round of the Spanish National Series was held at the Nitro 15 track in Villareal, Spain. In the Formula class David Rebollo grabbed the TQ honours and the pole position for the finals but it was Tony Mur, coming from the 4 spot on the grid, who won the first and second A-main to take the day’s win early. Gonzalo Garcia came in 2nd while David Rebollo rounded out the top 3 result. In the championship Tony Mur sits on the top spot with 1280 points from Hector Albarracin in 2nd with 1175 points. The next round of the SNS will be held on the 4th of July on the Capa track in Madrid.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

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May 18, 2015

Fischer & Ehrbar win at Tonisport Onroad Series Rd4

The 4th round of the Tonisport Onroad Series was held at the AMC Hamm outdoor track. In the Touring Car Modified class Serpent’s Marc Fischer took the TQ after the qualifiers from Christopher Krapp (Tamiya) and Thimo Weissbauer (Serpent). In the triple A-mains Marc underlined his dominant performance by making a clean sweep to take the overall win from Christopher and Thimo.

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May 17, 2015

Matsukura wins A1, Martin heads title fight

Naoto Matsukura took an easy win in the opening A-Main at the Euro Offroad Series season #4 finale. Starting from the TQ positon, the Kyosho driver finished almost 7-seconds clear of second placed Martin Bayer with Michal Orlowski completing the Top 3. While up front the race was rather processional, further back all the attention focused on the title battle between Lee Martin and Joern Neumann, the pair clashing early on.  In the end it was Martin who would be the top finisher in 4th with Neumann finishing 6th behind Martin’s new Yokomo team-mate Marc Rheinard.  Commenting on his race Matsukura had little to say other than he ‘drove safe’ and he needs to ‘do same again once more’ to get the overall win he predicted when he topped seeding practice.

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May 17, 2015

Matsukura is Top Qualifier at EOS finale

Naoto Matsukura is Top Qualifier at the Euro Offroad Series season finale.  Making his Kyosho debut in the championship, the Japanese star secured his 7th EOS overall TQ when he topped the times for a third time in the fourth & final round of qualifying at the Hudy Racing Arena.  Lining up behind him will be former team-mate Lee Martin, the Yokomo driver’s quest to add to 4WD Championship to the 2WD title he won at the previous round in Austria, looking good with defending champion Joern Neumann starting fifth. Winner when the EOS travelled to the Slovakian event last season, Martin Bayer will start 3rd while yesterday’s 2WD winner Michal Orloswki lines up fourth on the grid for the triple A-Mains.

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May 17, 2015

ROAR updates 1/10th buggy wheel rules

US RC car governing body ROAR have announced an immediate update of their 1/10th buggy wheel rules. After banning the new style 2.4″ buggy rims back in Summer 2014 ROAR have now declared them legal for all ROAR sanctioned events such as the forthcoming Nationals. This means both the traditional 2.2″ rims as well as the new 2.4″ or 61mm diameter wheels are allowed as are the respective tyres.

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