January 30, 2016

Rheinard claims first EOS TQ in Germany

Rheinard claims first EOS TQ in Germany

Marc Rheinard has claimed his first Euro Offroad Series TQ, the Yokomo driver taking the final 2WD qualifier at Round 3 in Germany to become the third different pole sitter of Season #5.  Going into Q4 as the only driver capable of denying team-mate & reigning champion Lee Martin the overall TQ,  Rheinard’s quest was made easier following an early mistake by the overnight TQ holder.  Seeing off an early challenge from Neil Cragg, Rheinard would go on to set a new fastest TQ time by a 2.3-second margin over Cragg with former champion Joern Neumann completing the Top 3 for the round.  Ending the final qualifier 9th, Martin, who having topped Q1 & 3 lost out on the faster time tie breaker, will start 2nd a position which if he can maintain over the finals will see him successful defend his 2WD EOS title with one race remaining.

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January 30, 2016

Martin holds overnight TQ at EOS

Martin holds overnight TQ at EOS

Lee Martin holds the overnight TQ at Round 3 of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany after posting a second TQ run in the third & penultimate round of qualifying.  The Yokomo driver can now only be denied from becoming 2WD Top Qualifier for a second time this season by team-mate Marc Rheinard.  Having taken the second qualifier in Muelheim-Kaerlich, Rheinard had a bad Q3 after opening his run with mistakes on the first two laps ending up 8th.  Behind Martin it was season opening Nurburgring Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho who would be second fastest with a rejuvenated Hupo Honigl third.  Having started the run on TQ pace, Neil Cragg would end up fourth after losing three & a half seconds when he rolled his Associated on the fifth lap.

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January 29, 2016

Martin leads Yokomo 1,2,3 in Q1

Martin leads Yokomo 1,2,3 in Q1

Lee Martin lead a Yokomo 1,2,3 in the first round of the 2WD qualifier at the Euro Offroad Series in Germany.  The reigning champion set the pace over Marc Rheinard by 1.8-seconds, the pair being the only drivers to make 16 lap, with a much improved Carson Wernimont a further 3-seconds back. For EOS debutant Neil Cragg, his first qualifier started off well with him in contention for the TQ until he had a marshalled car put out in front of him, then on target for a Top 3 he would crash himself on his final lap to end up 9th.

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January 29, 2016

Coelho tops 4WD practice at EOS

Coelho tops 4WD practice at EOS

Bruno Coelho set the pace in 4WD practice at Round 3 of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany, the Xray driver topping the times from main title rival Lee Martin. Winner of Round 2 of the championship in Slovakia, the World Champion was 3/10ths of a second faster than reigning EOS champion Martin over 3-consecutive laps. Facebook video star Martin Wollanka, his battle with & pass on team-mate Coelho at EOS Round 2 getting over 35-million views, completed the Top 3 at the end of the two seeding rounds. Putting in an impressive first controlled practice, Finland’s Joel Valander would put his Xray fourth fastest.

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January 29, 2016

Yokomo strong in practice as Martin tops seeding

Yokomo strong in practice as Martin tops seeding

Team Yokomo put in a very strong showing in practice at the Euro Offroad Series with Lee Martin topping the 2WD seeding at Round 3 in Germany. Improving his best 3-consecutive laps by 7/10th of a second in the final controlled practice, Martin again set the pace from team-mate Marc Rheinard with five Yokomo drivers making up the Top 10 times.  Heading the challenge to Yokomo, despite not improving on his opening time, Team Associated Neil Cragg would open his EOS debut with the third fastest time  albeit over 1-second off the pace of the reigning champion.  One of the big improvers of the final practice would be Yokomo touring car star Yannic Prumper who knocked 1.3 seconds off his opening time to end the seeding 4th fastest.

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January 29, 2016

Martin sets early EOS pace in Germany

Martin sets early EOS pace in Germany

Lee Martin set the early pace at Round 3 of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany, the reigning champion heading a Yokomo 1-2 in the first round of 2WD controlled practice.  3/10ths off over the fastest 3-consecutive laps, Marc Rheinard would post the second fastest time in what was a good morning for the Japanese manufacturer with their designer Shin Adachi fourth fastest.  Making his EOS debut, Neil Cragg was quick to settle in and with just a single round of free practice to get a feel for the EOS carpet took his Associated to the 3rd fastest time.

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January 29, 2016

Norwegian Winter Series Rd3 – Report

Norwegian Winter Series Rd3 – Report

Round three of the Norwegian Winter Series was held in the east of Norway, in the city of Honefoss. The organisers laid out a huge 680 square metre track using the famous ETS carpet and the race schedule saw three rounds of qualifying followed by triple A-mains. Classes run were Touring Modified and 1/12th scale for the nationals plus the two supporting classes of Touring Stock 13.5T and M-Chassis. In the Touring Modified class the race for the TQ was on between Nikolai Håheim (VBC) and Helge Johannessen (ARC). Nikolai made a clean sweep in all three qualifiers to claim the top qualifier spot. Helge would line up in second for the finals. Behind the two the fight for the 3 spot would be between Rune Svestøl (Xray), Andreas Daving (Schumacher) and Even Enerstvedt (VBC). After the qualifying was over they were all tie on points, but Rune had the fastest run to count, handing him the 3 spot on the grid ahead of Andreas in 4th and Even in 5th.

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January 28, 2016

Cragg set for EOS debut as Rd3 attracts record entry

Cragg set for EOS debut as Rd3 attracts record entry

Former 2WD Offroad World Champion Neil Cragg is set to make his debut in the Euro Offroad Series this weekend (29-31 January) as the third round of the championship attracts a record entry. With the fifth season of the EOS opening in Germany at the famous Nurburgring back in September, the championship’s first race of 2016 marks its second visit to the country with another new venue awaiting drivers. Successful host to the German round of the Euro Touring Series for the past 4-seasons, Muelheim Kaerlich near Koblenz will see 371 entries descend on what is the home race of EOS co-founder Uwe Rheinard.

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