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November 18, 2016

Coelho takes Q1 despite mistake

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Bruno Coelho has taken the the opening round of qualifying at the Euro Offroad Series in Poland despite an error in the middle of the five minute qualifier that cost him almost 2-seconds. Dropping to fifth but recovering to go back to the top of the timing screens, the reigning champion would head an Xray 1-2 from Martin Bayer by 1.5 seconds, Bayer himself recovering from a crash on his third lap. Lee Martin would ensure it wasn’t a complete Xray white wash, the Yokomo driver posting the third fastest time with the next best no Xray being his team-mate Marc Rheinard, who having been on he TQ pace for a time finished up 8th struggling with how his car was landing the jumps. For second seed Michal Orlowski his opening qualifier was short lived as he retired after just two laps as the ‘screws in the gear were left loose’.

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November 18, 2016

Advantage Coelho after 4WD seeding at EOS Poland

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Bruno Coelho holds the early advantage on the Euro Offroad Series’ return to Poland with the reigning champion topping seeding in Warsaw. The Xray driver set the pace in both rounds of controlled practice, with his CP2 pace the quicker to leave him top of the time sheets by 0.242 of a second from 2WD top seed Michal Orlowski. Having set the pace in the single round of 4WD free practice, Martin Bayer would end practice third with his CP1 time when he was second fastest to Coelho. Outside the Top 3, Marc Rheinard would take his Yokomo to 4th ahead of team-mate & reigning champion Lee Martin with Kája Novotný 6th as Xray filled 6 of the Top 10 spots.

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November 18, 2016

Orlowski tops 2WD seeding at EOS

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Having kicked off his home event with the fastest time in free practice, Michal Orlowski went on to top 2WD seeding for Round 2 of the Euro Offroad Series in Warsaw, Poland. Fastest in the first of the two controlled practices from Bruno Coelho, the Schumacher driver went quicker in CP2 with a ‘lucky’ last lap that denied Marc Rheinard from topping times. Running two cars in the second practice but losing the front wheel off his better car after just a lap, Coelho would end up third having to count his CP1 time. Behind, Lee Martin would be one of only 4 drivers in the Top 10 to improve in CP2 with that time leaving the reigning champion 4th for the seeding ahead of fellow countryman Neil Cragg, with Martin Bayer completing the Top 6.

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November 18, 2016

Orlowski tops free practice in Warsaw

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Michal Orlowski topped 2WD free practice on the Euro Offroad Series’ return to Poland with the Schumacher driver setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps over the two rounds. Racing at Warsaw Moto Show in the capital city, Orlowski was fastest from a trio of Xray’s with Martin Bayer heading Bruno Coelho and Hupo Honigl. Winner of the season opener in Germany, Marc Rheinard would post the fifth fastest time with Team Associated’s Neil Cragg completing the Top 6 ahead reigning champion Lee Martin, Martin having broke early in the first practice.

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November 17, 2016

Kaja Novotny doubles at Open Challenge Rd2

Round two of the Czech Open Challenge was recently held on a nicely prepared track with pretty big jumps and some super-fast sections. In the 2WD qualifiers it was Michal Blahovsky who took the overall TQ from Kaja Novotny and Jiri Benes. The 4WD class was TQ’d by Kaja who suffered a DNF in the opening qualifier but he would come back in Q2 and Q3 to take the pole position for the A-mains.

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November 17, 2016

Tasos Paparegkas wins at Greek EP Off-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Greek Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the new astro turf off-road track of the FRT facility in Athens. The 4WD Buggy class saw Tasos Paparegkas walking away with the win, his second in this year’s championship, and he now also leads the standings with one round to go at the end of November.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 17, 2016

Orlowski aims for home win at ‘Warsaw Moto Show’ as EOS returns to Poland

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After a successful season opener at the Nurburgring in Germany in September, this weekend (18-20 Nov) Euro Offroad Series competitors will again race in high octane surroundings as Round 2 takes place as part of Warsaw Moto Show in the Polish capital city. A country that hosted the championship opener for three seasons in the city of Poznan as part of a Hobby & Gaming Show, there is much excitement about returning to Poland after a year off the EOS calendar in particular for title contender Michal Orlowski for whom the city of Warsaw is home. Opening Season #6 with a double podium finish, the Schumacher driver will be striving to better that this weekend with victory in particular in 2WD as he looks to clinch the title, having been the runner-up on his last two attempts.

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November 17, 2016

BRCA GT Circuit Championship Rd2 – Report

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The 2016/17 BRCA GT circuit championship Continued last weekend at another new addition to the calendar, the event was hosted by the Eastbourne club in Robertsbridge. The club laid a great track for the weekends action, based on the track that they used for the LMP national. At first some of the drivers thought it may be too tight and technical for the Saturday classes, however after the drivers had been on track it turned out to be a fun layout to drive and provided some very good racing.

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