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October 19, 2013

Final 4WD qualifier set to be TQ Showdown

The final round of 4WD Buggy qualifying at the season opener of the Euro Offroad Series in Poznan, Poland, is set to be a showdown for the overall TQ honours with each of the opening three qualifiers having been topped by different drivers. Starting off his title defence perfectly having topped yesterday’s practice Joern Neumann took Q1 from Martin Bayer. In Q2 Bayer went one better and set the pace taking the round from Xray team mate Renaud Savoya. The penultimate qualifier saw Hupo Honigl post the fastest time ahead of Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk with 2WD Top Qualifier Tom Cockerill third. Such is the closeness of the lead drivers just 2/10ths of a second separated the time of the fastest and slowest rounds.

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October 19, 2013

Cockerill is 2WD Top Qualifier at EOS opener

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Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill is Top Qualifier for the opening round of the Euro Offroad Series taking place this weekend in Poland. Claiming his & Schumacher’s first pole position, the British driver becomes only the fourth driver to claim the honour in the 2WD class. Topping the fourth & final qualifier Team Durango’s Hupo Honigl will start second with team-mate & defending champion Joern Neumann set to line-up third. Despite breaking in Q4, young Team Durango talent Michal Orlowski will start his home event from 4th on the grid.

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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.

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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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