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April 21, 2012

TQ puts Neumann on target for EOS 2WD title

Joern Neumann is Top Qualifier for tomorrow’s title deciding A-Main after the Team Durango ace set a new fastest time in the final round of 2WD Buggy Qualifying at the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series finale in Dortmund, Germany. A major boost for the championship protagonist, whose two title rivals will start the deciding race from the middle of the grid, the German claimed pole position on tie break with Marc Rheinard and Darren Bloomfield thanks to his Q4 time which was just .065 shy of being the only 16 lap run of the event.

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April 21, 2012

Bloomfield tops opening Qualifier in Dortmund

Darren Bloomfield has topped the opening round of 2WD Buggy qualifying at the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby. The Team Losi Racing driver took his Team Orion powered 22 to a fastest time of 15 laps in 5:09.191 to take the first of the four scheduled qualifiers ahead of the three title protagonists, Joern Neumann, Dustin Evans and Lee Martin who took the next three positions on the time sheets at the Dortmund event.

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April 21, 2012

2012 JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals report

Round 2 of the 2012 JConcepts Indoor National Series took place at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Carrolton, TX on April 14-15. There was a great turnout for this event with just over 200 entries. JConcepts was well represented with Team Drivers Steven Hartson, Kody Numedahl, Taylor Larson and Cody Hollis in attendance. For Mod Buggy, TQ Steven Hartson went on to win the class with his JConcepts equipped B4.1, Steven lead the way all weekend running JConcepts Bar Codes in Green Compound. Kody Numedahl in the second spot also running Bar Codes in Green and Brent Thielke in third.

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April 20, 2012

Taylor Larsen & Cody Hollis join TeamSR

TeamSR is proud to announce the addition of two extremely talented drivers. TeamSR has always placed driver conduct, desire and talent as the foundation of the team. After watching several drivers during the most recent JConcepts Off-Road Spring Nationals held at Mikes Hobby Shop located in the heart of Texas, TeamSR would like to welcome Taylor Larsen, Cody Hollis and Trevor Nault to the team. Taking top honors after three rounds of highly competitive qualifying rounds racing with heavy hitters, Taylor Larsen quickly rose to the number one starting position on the grid for the 2wd Modified Truck A-main. At the sound of the tone for the start of the first A-main of three, Taylor Larsen used the momentum of his first qualifying position and never looked back to cross the finish line in first. In equally dominant fashion he drove consistently in the second A-main to gain the overall points to claim the class as his own.

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April 20, 2012

CJ Weaver wins Canadian Off-Road Shootout

This past weekend the 6th Annual Canadian Off-Road Shootout took place in Ontario, Canada. The three-day event gathered racers from across Canada and the United States. The 259 entries consisted of 90 nitro buggies, 48 nitro trucks, 77 E-Scales, and 44 short course trucks. The nitro buggy class was definitely the most competitive and anticipated race of the weekend. CJ Weaver was able to put himself comfortably in the A-Main event qualifying 6th on the starting grid. He got off to a great start and immediately moved up a few spots into 2nd place. As the race progressed, CJ slowly started to catch the leader. With just 5 minutes to go, he was only a few seconds behind 1st place. With consistent fast laps he was able to catch and eventually pass the leader for the overall win with his Novarossi powered XB9 equipped with JConcepts Green Hybrids mounted on Inverse wheels and a JConcepts Punisher wing.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 20, 2012

Day 1 of EOS finale ruled by Neumann

Joern Neumann made his intentions for the finale of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series very clear on the opening day of the event after he backed up his run to the fastest time in the morning’s 2WD Buggy practice to top 4WD Buggy and Short Course this evening in Dortmund, Germany. Topping 2WD Buggy from Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans, Neumann posted the three fastest consecutive laps in the 4WD class ahead of team-mate Hupo Honigl meaning the German will carry the No.1 race number on all three of his Durangos in qualifying tomorrow.

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April 20, 2012

Pro-Line Camaro GS body announced

Pro-Line have announced the soon release of the Camaro GS body for Traxxas’ 1/16 scale rally chassis. The body resembles one of the hottest of today’s american muscle cars and will very likely come as clear polycarbonate shell including detailing stickers for lights, grille and more.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

April 20, 2012

Perfect start to EOS finale for Neumann

Joern Neumann has given his hopes of a securing a second buggy title in the inaugural TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby an early boost by topping 2WD buggy practice at the season finale in Dortmund, Germany. The Team Durango star, who is in a three way battle for the overall championship crown with Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans and Tamiya’s Lee Martin, set the fastest three consecutive laps to head the time sheets by 3/10ths from Evans to secure the top seeding for tomorrow’s qualifying while Martin struggled to gel with the track ending up with only the 8th fastest time.

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