April 21, 2017

Coelho 2WD Top Qualifier at EOS finale

Bruno Coelho is the 2WD Top Qualifier at the Euro Offroad Series season finale in Austria.   One of four drivers in contention for the overall TQ honours going into the fourth & final round of qualifying, the Xray driver would post his second TQ run with the fastest run of the day ahead of Lee Martin and Neil Cragg.  One of the those in with a chance of pole position for tomorrow’s 2WD finals, Martin was running at the top of the timing screen but a mistake at the double double followed by contact with a crashed car would end the Yokomo driver’s chances. While the final two qualifiers would see him struggle, thanks to two impressive opening qualifiers, EOS debutant Ryan Maifield will start second on the grid ahead of team-mate Martin.  The other of three drivers to post a TQ run in Wels, Joona Haatenan will line up fourth after a mistake while on Top 2 pace in the final qualifier cost the Arena 33 Top Qualifier from lining up second for the finals.

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April 21, 2017

Coelho takes Q2 in Austria

After a DNF in the opening 2WD qualifier at the EOS Season finale in Austria, Bruno Coelho came back to TQ the second round. Starting at the back of the field due to his Q1 retirement, Coelho would swap times with Q1 pace setter Ryan Maifield until an error from the American in the closing minute.  Finishing exactly a second off Coelho, Maifield would still finish second with a comfortable advantage over Yokomo team-mate Lee Martin.  Neil Cragg would take fourth for Associated with Marc Rheinard completing the Top 5, 3/10ths of a second back.

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April 21, 2017

Maifield TQ’s opening qualifier at EOS

It might be his first time racing on Europe’s indoor carpet style tracks, but Ryan Maifield has got his Euro Offroad Series debut off to a strong start be TQ’ing the opening round of 2WD qualifying in Austria.  Sixth fastest in seeding practice, the American was to lead a Yokomo 1-2 as Lee Martin took his YZ-2 to the second fastest time.  Behind them Neil Cragg would complete the Top 3 but for Team Associated team-mate Joona Haatanen it would be a DNF.  Having set the pace in controlled practice, the teenager would run wide coming onto the main straight with the contact with the boards causing the screw which mounts the shock to the rear arm to sheer off.  Another front runner failing to finish Q1 was Bruno Coelho.  Three laps into the qualifier a mistake at the end of the straight led to heavy contact with boards resulting in a broken servo.

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April 21, 2017

Haatanen Top Seed at EOS finale

Joona Haatanen will go into the 2WD qualifying at the season finale of the Euro Offroad Series as the top seed.  Unable to better his opening time in the second & final controlled practice in Austria, the Associated driver will lead away the first qualifier ahead of Lee Martin who also failed to better his opening time. Having failed to post a time in CP1, Neil Cragg would be the biggest improvement in CP2 with the Associated driver posting the 3rd fastest time. With Bruno Coelho unable to improve his time, this pushed the Xray driver back to fourth ahead of Marc Rheinard who was the only driver in the Top 5 after CP1 to improve on their time. Rheinard’s improvement moved him ahead of Yokomo team-mate Ryan Maifield.

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April 21, 2017

Haatanen tops first controlled practice at EOS

Joona Haatanen has set the early pace at the Euro Offroad Series season finale in Wels, Austria. In the first of the controlled rounds of practice, the Team Associated driver set the fastest three consecutive laps by 0.029 of a second over Yokomo’s Lee Martin. Taking his first 2WD win at the previous round in Germany, Bruno Coelho would complete the Top 3. Making his EOS debut Ryan Maifield set the 4th fastest time, with the Yokomo driver calling the carpet surface track ‘a lot of fun’.

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April 20, 2017

Kostas Katsantonis wins at Greek EP Buggy opener

The opening round of the Greek 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Attiki in the south of Athens. Kostas Katsantonis would take the TQ despite any practice before and beating many swift local racers. In the finals Kostas had a hard time but he would ultimately walk away with the day’s win courtesy of 1st place finished in A1 and A3. Kyosho driver Fotinos would come in 2nd while TLR’s Nicolas Floudas came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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April 20, 2017

Dennis Chiang wins at The NOOB race

The NOOB club race series for 2WD buggies held its 2nd round this past weekend in Singapore. Running on a mixed loose dirt, low traction carpet track made for pretty challenging racing conditions. In the opening A-main Dennis Chiang, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, would secure the crucial leg 1 win as his main rivals made mistakes during the race. In leg 2, Dennis secured a 2nd place finish after a race long battle with Sean Chang who started from P2, while Mark Lim finished first. Leg 3 of the finals was washed out as a thunderstorm descended on the track just before the start. The overall results would be based on the two legs that had been completed, with Dennis taking the overall win on a tie-break based on his faster run in leg 1. Mark Lim and Sean Chang would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 19, 2017

Dillon Caldwell wins at Dirtburners club race

The St. Louis Dirtburners recently held a round of their club race series and in the 1/8th nitro buggy class it was Nate Jaskot who took the TQ after the qualifiers. In the 15-minute main final Dillon Caldwell (Xray) got into the lead on the opening lap and he never looked back from that moment on. In the end Dillon was able to manage a 30-seconds gap on second placed Colton Kiefer (Serpent) while Aaron Pucci (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result another six seconds down.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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