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March 11, 2013

Essex Winter Series Round 6 report

The sixth and final round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Once again, the event was fully booked many weeks before the meeting, including a number of top drivers. With a final total of 165 different drivers competing and over 550 individual entries to the series, the organisers were keen to thank all the drivers for their attendance and support. The Super Stock 13.5 class saw a straight championship battle between Tony Broad and the defending champion Paul Pinkney, both drivers tied on points coming into the final meeting. As qualifying begun, it was Paul’s Schumacher team-mate, last years championship runner-up Ashley Wiffen who topped the first round, with James Hart in second and Phil Chambers in third with their X-rays.

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March 11, 2013

Nathan Waters wins 2WD at Worksop Players

The final round of the Worksop Player saw Nathan Waters take the 2WD title with his Team Durango DEX210. With a close battle in both classes over the proceeding rounds of racing, it was always going to be a closely fought series. Nathan who put his DEX210 into TQ position from the first round of qualifying, and then go on to dominate the 2WD class throughout the days racing to take first overall and conclude his series campaign as Players Champion. Team Durango super racer Craig Collinson followed Nathan closely to take second overall in the series. Team Durango drivers had been forging a comprehensive collection of 4WD results during the previous rounds of this star-studded race series. The DEX410v3 vehicles of Craig Collinson and Nathan Waters had already made a big impression in previous meetings at the Worksop venue. With the closing stages of this nationally renowned series coming to an action packed conclusion, Craig Collinson was to place his DEX410v3 in fifth overall. Nathan was pipped by Neil Cragg but was again a force to be reckoned with by securing second overall in a field that was as strong as any UK based off-road line-up.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

March 11, 2013

Adrian Berntsen joins Mon-Tech Racing

Italian bodyshell manufacturer Mon-Tech Racing announce the signing of Scandinavian front runner Adrian Berntsen. The Xray factory driver will join Yokomo’s Yannic Prümper who signed with the Italian company in February.

Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]

March 11, 2013

Simo Ahoniemi wins at 1/12th Euros

The 1/12th European Championships was held in the city of Oulu, in northern Finland. A very small turn out of only 50 drivers, divided on two classes, joined the race. Some of the best 1/12 drivers in Europe were still present, making the race rather competitive. The carpet used was not the usual CRC one but a completely different type which never really developed high traction making car setup difficult for everyone. Instead, the competitors saw a similar situation to that one found at last year’s World Championships where a wide, black groove formed at the track. Traction actually decreased as the days went on, due to all the oil from the additives making the track slippery. This is a strange phenomenon seen at 1/12 races lately, which probably has to do with the oil based tire additives which are used when the rule is “open” for additives. One big change in the EFRA rules for 2013 was that a round by round qualifying system was used in the 1/12 class for the first time. 3 out of 6 points were counted to determine the final starting positions.

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March 11, 2013

Corally HMX US Carpet Spec kit

Available now is Corally’s new HMX US Carpet Spec touring car kit. The updated variant is specially designed for US style carpet tracks and includes two SGX gear differentials, silver anodised 7075-T6 aluminium steering block with ball bearings, 6 degree nylon C-hubs, red anodised aluminium servo posts and X-Hard graphite 2.4mm chassis and top deck parts.

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March 11, 2013

Marc Rheinard joins Roche

Roche Products International announce the signing of three times ISTC World Champion Marc Rheinard. Marc will use Roche products in the coming race season and will also assist with research and development. The first products out of a new MR..Roche line will hit the stores in March. Roche would also take the opportunity and thank Marc Rheinard, Toni Rheinard, all team drivers and customers for their valuable support.

Source: Roche [roche.hk]

March 10, 2013

Neumann maintains unbeaten EOS record

Joern Neumann has kept his reign as the only driver to win 4WD Buggy in the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series after another dominant performance in the second A-Main at Round 3 of the series secured the Team Durango driver the overall win in Leoben, Austria. The champion of last season’s inaugural EOS and the winner of all six events that have been run since the creation of the series, today’s victory also means that the German ace has successfully defended his title with the season finale still left to run.

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March 10, 2013

Neumann wins 2WD at EOS Austria

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Joern Neumann has won the third round of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby in 2WD Buggy despite the impressive efforts of class novice Martin Bayer who swapped the lead of the second A-Main with the Team Durango driver in Leoben, Austria this morning. In the end a last lap attempt by Bayer to repass the Top Qualifier and Leg 1 winner resulted in the Team Xray driver needed to be marshaled allowing Neumann to win by 3-seconds to secure his second overall win of the 2012/13 season. Bayer, who set the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, was able to hold on to second ahead of 1:8 Offroad rivals Robert Batlle and David Ronnefalk who managed to come through from respective 7th & 10th starting spots on the grid.

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