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April 26, 2014

Matsukura is Top Qualifier for EOS Finale

Team Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura is Top Qualifier for the title deciding season finale of the Euro Offroad Series. The Japanese ace secured the 2WD pole position for the Modelbau Wels event in Austria with a second TQ run in the final qualifier with his Q3 time giving him the tie breaker over Hupo Honigl who took Q1 & 2. Honigl will start second on the grid with the third of the title contenders & defending champion Joern Nuemann set to start in the number 3 spot.

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April 26, 2014

Honigl TQs opening 2WD Qualifier at EOS Finale

Team C’s Hupo Honigl TQ’d the opening round of 2WD qualifying at the Euro Offroad Series this morning in Wels, Austria. The only driver to complete 15-laps over the 5-minute qualifier, the Austria headed both his rivals for the overall EOS Championship title with Naoto Matsukura and defending champion Joern Neumann completing the Top 3.

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April 25, 2014

Neumann top seed for EOS Qualifying

Joern Neumann is the top seed for qualifying at the season finale of the Euro Offroad Series in Austria. The Team Durango driver putting both his buggies top of the timed practice time sheets on the opening day of the Modelbau Wels event. Unable to better the 3-consecutive laps time he set in the first of the two timed runs, the German will lead away the first round of qualifying from Team Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura who was able to improve his 2WD slightly on his final practice run with team-mate Lee Martin also improving to move up to third ahead of 2WD title contender Hupo Honigl. In 4WD the second timed practice saw little change at the top with the four unable to better their times, the biggest improvement coming from Yokomo’s Shin Adachi would ended the day 5th fastest, the same position he would claim in 2WD.

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April 25, 2014

Build up underway for Austrian EOS title showdown

The Euro Offroad Series season finale officially got underway in Wels, Austria, today where there is to be a showdown for the title of both 2WD & 4WD Buggy. The third season of the championship for 1:10 electric Offroad, to date it has only ever crowned one champion, that being Team Durango’s Joern Neumann. The back to back champion of both buggy classes, this weekend the German is in contention for a hat trick although in 2WD with no wins this season mean the European Champion is only in with an outside chance against Round 2 winner Naoto Matsukra and Round 1 winner Hupo Honigl. In 4WD Buggy Neumann’s only title challenger is European Champion Martin Bayer who at Round 3 of the championship in Slovakia last month ended his unbeaten 9 win run in the class.

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April 24, 2014

IRCC 2014 Airport race – Announcement

The organisers of the annual IRCC event, that takes place in Japan, have been in contact to tell us about this year’s event which will be held from the 27th to the 29th of June. The race is unique in that it will be held at the Chubu international airport, in an event hall near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you wont need to do much travelling and can in fact access the track by foot. The race will see the running of several on-road classes including Stock TC, a FWD class, Modified and Stock 1/12th scale, World GT and more. Racers interested can visit the official event site here, where you will find all the information also in English.

April 22, 2014

Ty Tessmann sweeps Neo ’14 race

Ty Tessmann sweeps Neo '14 race

Canada’s Ty Tessmann (Hot Bodies) had an amazing Easter weekend at the Neo ’14 in the UK, leading almost the entire 45-minute A Final to win the main event, plus winning not just the electric buggy race but the Dash for Cash race as well. On Day 2 after 3 rounds of qualifying that saw different drivers and cars taking the top spot, Team Tessmann started cranking up the pressure, starting with the ‘Dash4Ca$h’ race, a single 10-minute race with a fat cash prize. Ty waited for the crashes to sort themselves out and from second place on the track homed in on the leader, who was powerless to stop the young Canadian from running off into the distance. Ty then took his first victory of the Neo.

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April 18, 2014

Asian On Road Championships Rd1 – Report

Year two of the Asian On Road Championships is kicking off this weekend with the opening round of the 2014 season starting off at the brand new RCI V2 On Road racing facility in Shanghai, China. The five race series will travel to as many countries with stops in China, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan. The AOC’s focus is on having fun in an organized event, with simple rules, great friendships and exciting racing.

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April 18, 2014

Jörn Neumann sweeps Petit RC Race

The 8th Annual Petit Race was held this past weekend in Dortmund, Germany. This race was part of the largest Toy Fair in Europe with over 88,000 consumers passing by over 5 days. This years track layout was very flowing and contained many difficult jump sections. Drivers from Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Poland made the trip for this great event.

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