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October 19, 2013

Cockerill takes EOS 2WD Q2

Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill took the second round of qualifying at the EOS in Poland making amends for a late start in Q1 when he broke his prototype Cougar in the warm-up. Running a new set of Proline controlled tyres, the British driver topped the round with a time that was fractionally quicker than Joern Neumann’s Q1 pace. Neumann would be 3rd quickest second time round behind Durango team-mate Hupo Honigl.

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October 19, 2013

Neumann heads Durango 1,2,3 in Q1

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Joern Neumann headed a Durango 1, 2, 3 in the first round of 2WD Qualifying at the Euro Offroad Series season opener in Poland this morning, the German topping the times ahead of team-mates Hupo Honigl and Benni Gröschel. EOS debutant Patrick Hornum was best of the rest taking his Team C to a surprise 4th fastest ahead of the Kyosho of David Ronnefalk and Yokomo of Björn Prümper.

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October 18, 2013

Neumann also fastest in 4WD at EOS

Having set the pace in 2WD Buggy practice at the Euro Offroad Series earlier in the day, Joern Neumann repeated the feat in 4WD this evening in Poland. Taking his Durango to the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the fourth & final practice, the German will be the top seed for qualifying ahead of Xray’s Martin Bayer. Hupo Honigl posted the third fastest time while unable to improve on his P3 time Renaud Savoya end the day fourth ahead of Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk and Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill.

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October 18, 2013

Avid B44.2 brass chassis weight

Designed for the Avid B44.2 hard-anodised aluminium chassis kit is this 31g brass weight insert. It rounds out the already existing range of delrin, aluminium and steel inserts in order to provide a maximum of tuneability. The insert attached to the chassis via 4-40 screws and adds 31g of weight between the saddle pack battery, something that can be helpful on low-bite or very bumpy tracks.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

October 18, 2013

Neumann tops 2WD Practice at EOS Season opener

Defending Champion Joern Neumann set the pace in 2WD practice at the opening round of the Euro Offroad Series which is taking place in Poznan, Poland. The Team Durango driver set the fastest three consecutive laps to top the reseed for qualifying ahead of team-mate Hupo Honigl and Xray’s Martin Bayer third with Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk fourth.

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October 18, 2013

LRP S10 Twister & Blast carbon fibre option parts

LRP introduce new carbon fibre option parts for the S10 Twister and Blast series of club-level off-road vehicles. Available soon are 4mm front and rear shock towers that lower the weight and centre of gravity of the chassis while offering added rigidity at the same time. They are available separately, come with suitable mounting hardware and the series includes specific parts for the S10 Twister BX, Twister TX/SC and Blast BX/TX/MT/SC. Also for the 4WD S10 Blast series come 4mm front and rear topdecks, the parts also lower the overall weight of the cars while offering improved durability and looks.

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October 18, 2013

Xray XB4 2014 announced

Xray announce the 2014 version of their EFRA European Championship winning XB4 4WD buggy. Based on an all-new chassis frame the buggy now features separate front and rear parts to allow the suspension to be mounted in the standard position using the rear chassis plate or in a lower position directly onto the 7075 aluminium chassis which is the preferred position for low-bite tracks. The 2014 kit further features a new narrow arm design with adjustable flex setting, and a chassis weight balance system for swift weight bias adjustment.

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October 18, 2013

Exotek RB6 titanium front axles

New from Exotek come these titanium front axles for the Kyosho RB6 2WD buggy. At 5.5g per pair their are almost 50 percent lighter than the stock steel shafts while offering nearly the same rigidity. They are a direct replacement and designed to work with the stock spacer set.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]