November 26, 2018

IOCC 2018 Las Vegas – Report

The 2018 International Offroad Carpet Championship was held last weekend at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Held the week after the IIC the on-road track was added by some entertaining jump section to make for the off-road feeling and the race attracted both national and international racers. By the end of the weekend, 27,661 laps had been laid down at the 2018 IOCC and not a single one unexciting. All the classes and the racing were action packed and exciting for all the racers who participated in this event. After qualifying, it seemed like some wins were a sure thing, but main events don’t always go as predicted. Throughout qualifying and the mains, one thing that didn’t show in the 2WD Modified was a clear winner. It would take true talent to shine in this group and local Las Vegas boy Broc Champlin was shining bright. Starting with grabbing the TQ spot, Broc would take the win in the A1 main. Not to be outdone, his brother Blake Champlin was on pace behind him and would take the A2 win. So which Champlin brother take the over all win. The two would battle all the way end tone in the A3 main being separated by only 4-tenths of a second with Broc crossing the line first to take the over all win.

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November 21, 2018

2018 Sunpadow On-Road Grand Prix – Report

The Annual Sunpadow On-Road Grand Prix held in Xiamen, China recently saw over 220 drivers competing in electric and nitro classes. The prize money race has become the premier event in Asia, attracting some of the top drivers from around the world. This year’s turnout was the largest in the race’s three year history, organisers expect next year to be even bigger. Serpent’s Viktor Wilck dominated the Electric Modified Sedan class with Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp and Akio Sobue completing the podium.

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November 19, 2018

2018 International Indoor Championships – Report

The prestigious International Indoor Championships were held in Las Vegas, Nevada over the weekend. As usual the event attracted both drivers from the US and also a lot of guests from abroad. The race was held in the usual Modified and Stock class mix and in the premier class of Touring Modified, it was the Alexander Hagberg and Ronald Volker show. Hagberg wanted to make it perfectly clear he was the fastest in this class with an exclamation point. Being the only one to throw down 24-lap runs, along with some extraordinary talented driving, he was able to capture the over all win in the Modified Touring class from the German duo of Ronald Völker and Jan Ratheisky. Paul Lemieux and Drew Ellis would complete the top 5 result.

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November 19, 2018

Michal Orlowski takes controversial home victory

Home town hero Michal Orlowski has won in Warsaw after a controversial call in A3 that involved the two main protagonists, Orlowski and Coelho. Just before the 2 minute mark the Xray driver got into the side of the Schumacher which resulted in the Pole ending up on his roof. Bruno tried to marshal the stricken car but at the same time they were swallowed up by the chasing pack, the Portuguese driver deemed to have left the incident early and so was asked to let Orlowski back passed. This ended Bruno’s challenge and so he pulled up, letting the race announcer know his feelings on the situation, deeming it unfair following a similar incident in the same location of the track in A1 didn’t receive a similar call. With a bad feeling in the air, despite taking the win, Orlowski didn’t celebrate, saying ‘during the race, I thought Bruno should wait, I spoke to him and he compared it to A1, In A1 he made a mistake and I touched him just after because I couldn’t react quick enough and then he made a mistake on the next jump. It’s a difficult situation.’ With two wins from two events Michal leaves Ptak Expo Warsaw as the leader of both modified championships, ‘Overall I’m happy cause it’s been such a difficult weekend especially in 4wd. Overall it’s a very good weekend’, ending by saying ‘I don’t know how to feel about the win.’

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November 18, 2018

4wd goes to A3 as rivals can’t find way passed Coelho

Bruno Coelho has resisted enormous pressure to take 4wd A2 in Poland. Seeming to lack pace compared to those in pursuit, drivers lined up to take a shot at the leader but in the end the Xray driver held on for the win in a final that was enormously enjoyable to watch. Michal Orlowski finished 2nd, having dropped to 3rd after a failed passing attempt, with Joona Haatanen in the mix finishing 3rd. Jorn Neumann, who made also made a pass on Coelho only to roll over took 4th, with Daniel Kobbevik completing the train of drivers vying for the win ending up in 5th. A relived looking Coelho said ‘I’m not used to that, normally I’m first but not used to having so many people behind me and I don’t like the sensation’ he joked, ‘It was a great final, I tried to defend myself from the Schumacher guys that were very fast behind me. Everything ran very good and I try to do the same the next final.’

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November 18, 2018

Orlowski capitalises on mistake by Coelho to win A1

Michal Orlowski took first blood in the 4wd class at the Euro Offroad Series in Warsaw, the battle with top qualifier Bruno Coelho failing to materialise after the Portuguese driver got it wrong on lap 3 and dropped down the order. Jorn Neumann would make it a Schumacher 1-2 as he took the runner up spot, with a recovering Coelho in 3rd and his Xray team mate Martin Bayer having a good run to 4th. Recounting the race, Orlowski said ’I had a new set of tires and pushed hard at the beginning, Bruno had an error on the double. I tried to avoid him but I couldn’t brake in the air and we had a small contact and on the next jump he made another mistake.’ Once in front the young Polish driver put his head down and ran the fastest 5 minute run of the weekend. ‘I just kept it on 4 wheels, I just had a clean 5 minute run, so I have a fast time for the tie break if it’s needed.’

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November 18, 2018

Coelho to start 4wd A-main from Pole

Bruno Coelho will start EOS Poland from pole position after Michal Orlowski’s challenge came undone with the Polish driver having to start his home race from 2nd. Jorn Neumann, who pulled up to save tires in Q4 will start 3rd, in front of Joona Haatanen and Daniel Kobbevik who make up the top half of the grid. The Xray driver summed up Q4, in which he took his 3rd TQ of qualifying, said ’It was a good qualifier, I tried to drive smooth because I knew that Orlowski will push for sure to make the TQ. In the beginning he was catching me but I touched the curb and I had two cars behind and there was a big mess there.’ This accident also held up the Schumacher driver who was following closely behind ‘He lost a lot of time there also, he then made some more mistakes that were good for me.’ Looking to the Finals the Portuguese driver said ‘Myself, Orlowski and also Jorn have the same pace, it will be for sure be an interesting final.’

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November 18, 2018

Michal Orlowski bounces back in Q3

Michal Orlowski bounced back in Q3, following a bad start to 4wd qualifying at the Euro Offroad Series in Warsaw, to take the top spot, and importantly in the fastest time of the 3 rounds so far. Bruno Coelho, who took both rounds yesterday evening, would claim 2nd in front of Jorn Neumann, with British Yokomo driver Paul Crompton in 4th just ahead of a greatly improved Wesley van Helmond. Happy to get his qualifying back on track the Warsaw native said ‘I got what I couldn’t get in Q1’ a mechanical error putting him out of the lead in the opening qualifying run. Continuing ‘the car felt really good, I will stay with the same setup for Q4 and try to take the TQ from Bruno’, ending by saying ‘I think we are in the game now.’

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