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September 18, 2015

Coelho heads Xray 1-2 at Nürburgring

Making his Euro Offroad Series debut, Touring Car ace Bruno Coelho is proving the big surprise at the opening round of of Season #5 at the Nürburgring in Germany. Having impressed when he posted the 3rd quickest time in 2WD practice earlier in the day, he headed an Xray 1-2 in 4WD practice ahead of team-mate Martin Bayer. With Xray’s Martin Wollanka ending up 4th fastest it was a promising start to the event for the Slovakian manufacturer. Closest to the Xrays over 3-consecutive laps would be reigning Champion Lee Martin who despite having battery issues in the second of the two seeding runs would put his all new Yokomo 3rd on the time sheets.

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September 18, 2015

Martin tops 2WD practice at Nurburgring

Reigning double Euro Offroad Series Champion Lee Martin has opened Season #5 in the best way possible as he topped 2WD practice at the Nürburgring. The Yokomo driver set the fastest 3-consecutive laps ahead of last year’s 2WD season finale winner Michal Orlowski, the Schumacher driver 0.389 of a second off. Making an impressive EOS debut this weekend, Touring car ace Bruno Coelho completing the Top 3 with his Xray ahead of fellow touring car star Marc Rheinard

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September 18, 2015

Jesper Rasmussen takes double Danish Buggy title

Young Jesper Rasmussen has emerged from a gruelling seven-race series to be double-crowned the 2WD and 4WD 2015 Danish Champion. Jesper secured the overall win in 2WD with maximum points in the 2WD class, with five TQs and five wins and he took the 4WD title with four TQs and five wins. Team mate Jonas Kaerup was runner-up in 2WD with a second-place overall.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

September 17, 2015

Greg Williams returns to Schumacher

Schumacher Racing welcome Greg Williams back to the team. Greg is a regular A-finalist at the BRCA Off Road Nationals and achieved his best results when driving for Schumacher a few years ago. He is sure to be a strong contender with his new cars in 2016.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 17, 2015

Glenn Smith teams up with TLR

Horizon Hobby UK welcome Glenn Smith as the newest edition to the TLR UK team. Recent results have seen a real turn of speed from Glenn and his sponsors now hope to see him further his development with the support and experience of his new team mates.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.co.uk]

September 17, 2015

EOS Season #5 opens at iconic Nurburgring

This weekend (18-20 September) the Euro Offroad Series opens its fifth season at the iconic Nürburgring racing circuit in Germany. Marking the 15th event of the high profile 1:10 electric offroad championship, Round 1 of the 2015/16 season takes place alongside the Nürburgring 1000KM, a round of the full size sportscar Blancpain Endurance Series. Heading the entry on the EOS’ first visit to the Nürburgring is defending double champion Lee Martin. Last season in addition to claiming the 2WD Buggy title, the Yokomo driver became the first driver to deny Joern Neumann the 4WD title, the German having held that crown since the creation of the indoor championship.

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September 17, 2015

Marnix Bul takes Dutch Buggy Cup Hobby class title

The seventh round of the Dutch National Championship recently took place at the beautiful track in Hengelo. After three rounds of qualifying Marnix Bul took the TQ in the Hobby Class but he would encounter some difficulties in the semifinal when he had a flame-out at the start. Nevertheless Marnix was able to catch up quickly and bumped up to the main final coming in second after 20 minutes. Starting the main final from 5th position he climbed up the order constantly and after 25 minutes he crossed the finishing line in first position. With this result his current points in the overall ranking can’t be equalled by anyone, meaning Marnix will take the championship title at the last race.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 17, 2015

Brandon Marsh doubles at Race Against Cancer

Racers from across the eastern U.S. gathered at McCullough’s Off Road in Sarver, PA for the 14th annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. Despite rain showers drowning out the A-mains, the race still managed to raise over $20,000 in donations for the American Cancer Society, which puts the 14-year total upwards of $121,000 in donations. This year’s event saw over 200 entries, which brought some very intense competition. In Modified 2WD, Brandon Marsh took the winning honors, with Paul Nam finishing second and Luke McCullough in third. In the 4WD class Marsh took another win with Matt Stoltz in second and Alex Miller in third.

View the 4WD podium here