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April 29, 2016

Rheinard top 4WD seed as final practice proves slower

Marc Rheinard is the top seed for 4WD qualifying at the EOS in Germany after slower track conditions saw the top 6 drivers after the first timed practice remain unchanged. While Lee Martin topped the times for the round ahead of Bruno Coelho, the highest placed driver to improve his time would be Michal Orlowski but the Schumacher driver remained 5th. The biggest position change within the Top 10 came from Serpent’s Joern Nuemann who moved up from 9th to 7th fastest.

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April 29, 2016

Rheinard tops first 4WD practice

Marc Rheinard set the pace in the first round of 4WD timed practice at the Euro Offroad Series in Germany. The Yokomo driver was fastest ahead of Bruno Coelho and Lee Martin, the latter two drivers set to battle it out for the 4WD title at the Nurburgring in the season finale on Sunday. Over 3-consecutive laps, Rheinard would hold a 0.161 advantage over Coelho who in turn was 0.092 ahead of his title rival Martin who earlier in the day topped 2WD practice.

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April 29, 2016

Martin top 2WD seed at EOS Finale

Lee Martin goes into tomorrow’s 2WD qualifying at the Nurburgring in Germany as the top seed. The Yokomo driver was fastest in the two rounds of timed practice, bettering his opening 3-consecutive lap time by 0.064 to again top the times from Team Associated’s Neil Cragg. Cragg improved his time too in FP2 but the gap between the two British drivers remained almost unchanged. Having only been 7th after TP1, Bruno Coelho made a big improvement to put his Xray in Top 3 ahead of American AE pairing Ryan Cavalieri and Spencer Rivkin.

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April 29, 2016

Martin fastest, new Associated off to impressive start

Lee Martin has topped the first round of timed 2WD practice at the Euro Offroad Series season finale at Nurburgring. The Yokomo driver, who successfully defended his 2WD EOS title at the previous round, set the fastest three consecutive laps ahead of a trio of Team Associated’s new B6 car after the American manufacturer sprung a huge surprise by turning up unannounced in Germany this morning with its full American factory team. Just half a second off Martin, Neil Cragg would put in the second fastest time followed by the car’s designer Kody Numedahl and multiple World Champion Ryan Cavalieri. Making his EOS debut at the same time as the B6 makes its race debut, reigning 2WD World Champion Spencer Rivkin got his first weekend of racing 1:10 in Europe off to a solid start by rounding out the Top 6 ahead of 4WD World Champion Bruno Coelho.

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April 29, 2016

Alves successful at Brazilian On-Road Champs Rd3

The third round of the local Brasilia city on-road championship took place in the city of Brasilia saw Thiago Inacio (Shepherd) taking the pole position for the main final. The A-main then saw some close racing between the top drivers Bernardo Kokemper, Thiago Elias, Rogério Massa and Thiago Inacio (all Shepherd). A few minutes into the race Thiago Inacio had to visit the pits because of technical issues which cost him a lot of time. The other three continued to fight for the lead with Rafael Alves in first position followed closely by Bernardo Kokemper and Regério Massa. This later was also the order in which the trio saw the checkered flag making it an all-Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 29, 2016

Hector Albarracin wins at SNS Rd2

Round two of the Spanish National Series was held in Villareal-Castellon. In the Formula class Hector Albarracin would grab the TQ and he also came out fastest in the A-main, leaving Ivan de la Calle and Antonio Alama behind in second and third respectively.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

April 29, 2016

Patrick Hofer wins Swiss Nitro Buggy opener

The opening round of the Swiss Nitro Buggy Championship was held on the multi-surface track in Viggiù. A dusty dirt surface, astro turf and paving stones made for challenging conditions with Patrick Hofer (Team Associated/Reedy) and Jeremy Pittet (HB/Team Orion) battling for the TQ and the pole position for the main final. Ultimately Jeremy would hold the upper hand over Patrick who suffered from a crash with a back marker in his semifinal. The main final then saw a great fight between Jeremy, Patrick and Joachim Kallen (Xray/Picco) and after the 45-minute encounter it was Patrick who brought home the win one lap head of Jeremy with Joachim rounding out the podium in third.

Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.

April 29, 2016

Team Associated B6 and B6D Team Kits

Divide and conquer! In today’s racing, traction dictates your setup — period! With both B6 and B6D configurations available, getting to the top of the podium has never been easier. Out of the box, the B6 offers racers a setup developed for high to very-high traction, whereas the B6D excels when traction is low to high. Racing at multiple tracks, or where traction changes throughout the day, has never been easier; setups and tuning parts are interchangeable between the two configurations, making the B6 platform extremely versatile. Both versions come with the speed, durability and lineage expected of a true champion. Choose the configuration that suits your track and conquer the competition!