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October 4, 2015

Cragg closes on Tebo in 1st Controlled Practice

Having set the pace over the four rounds of practice which opened proceedings at the 1:10 Offroad World Championships in Japan, Jared Tebo continued that form into controlled practice but Neil Cragg continues to reduce the American’s advantage. Having ended practice with a 6/10th advantage, Tebo was just 0.175 quicker in CP1 with both drivers running a fastest lap of 17.3 around the Yatabe Arena track. Behind the current and the former World Champions, Naoto Matsukura was third fastest with things closing up as just 6/10ths covered the Top 10 compared with the 1.6 seconds separation at the end of practice.

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October 4, 2015

Tebo the early benchmark at Yatabe

Jared Tebo continues to be the early benchmark at the 1:10 Offroad World Championships in Japan with the defending champion laying down the pace with three rounds of practice completed at the Yatabe Arena. Both in terms of fastest lap time and 3-consecutive laps, the Kyosho driver is distinctly faster than his rivals with team-mate Naoto Matsukura closest on consistency almost a full second off. A driver who didn’t attend the Warm-up Race and a novice on astro turf, TLR’s Dakotah Phend is third fastest followed by former champions Ryan Cavalieri and Neil Cragg.

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October 4, 2015

Drivers give first impressions of Worlds track

Drivers got their first taste of the 1:10 Offroad World Championship’s contentious astro turf track this morning at the Yatabe Arena with the overall layout getting a positive reaction however the track’s washboard section has been widely branded as ‘a stupid’ feature. A completely new track build to that used for the warm-up and having had no running drivers reported the astro turf needs more time to get a groove however in terms of outright 2WD lap times it was the defending champion Jared Tebo who set the pace from former champions Neil Cragg and Ryan Cavalieri. Over 3-consecutive laps it was Cragg who laid down the early pace ahead of Japanese star Kohta Akimoto.

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October 3, 2015

World Championship Track Focus

The 16th running of the IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championships takes place at the World famous Yatabe Arena with the Japanese venue’s second hosting of the bi-annual event sparking much debate and divide within the offroad racing circles. With the World’s best drivers having fought it out for the sport’s greatest prize on dirt since the championship was first held in 1985, 30-years on the week long event will be run without a bit of dirt in sight. After receiving a proposal from the Japanese hosts seeking to use an artificial surface, the sport’s governing body IFMAR accepted, allowing the Yatabe Arena to create the first astro turf World Championship track. With many purists opposed to allowing an Offroad World Championship to be decided on a ‘touring car track with jumps’, 7-time Offroad World Champion & legend of the sport Masami Hirosaka sees a place for both dirt and astro turf tracks in the sport.

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October 1, 2015

Micha Widmeier renews with Schumacher

Up and coming young German driver, Micha Widmaier, has re-signed with Schumacher Racing and CS Electronics. Micha is the current German junior champion in 2WD with his KF2. Just two weeks ago Micha raced a prototype of Schumachers new CAT K2 4WD buggy at the EOS in Nurburgring and won the B final against some world class drivers. Micha plans to race at most of the big races in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland next year, including EOS and Euros. Micha said:

I am very happy that I can drive for Schumacher and CS in 2016. I will give my best at the races.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 30, 2015

EOS schedule confirmed

After a successful first visit to the famous full size Nürburgring racing circuit for the opening round of Season #5 of the Euro Offroad Series, the organisers are delighted to confirm the championship will also conclude at an all new venue. The fahr(T)raum Museum, a homage to Austrian automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche, will host the fourth & final round over the weekend of April 29th to May 1st. Situated in Mattsee, Austria, the town is no stranger to welcoming R/C racers from around the world having twice been a unique venue for a round of the Euro Touring Series. Great race hosts, the arrival of the EOS ties in perfectly with May 1st celebrations to throw a racer’s party over the race weekend.

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September 30, 2015

Grainer doubles at Slovakian Off-road Nationals Rd6

The 6th and final round of the Slovakian 1/10th Electric Off-road National Championship was held at the very dusty and bumpy MSR-Bratislava race track. Lucas Grainer was the man to beat in the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes as he was able to grab the TQ in both categories. Michal Nagy came in 2nd in 2WD and Adam Urban grabbed the 2 spot in the 4WD class. In the 2WD class Michal and Lucas then also clearly dominated the mains. The opening leg saw Lucas coming in first while leg 2 had Michal coming out successful following a small bobble of Lucas. The very entertaining third and deceive final was then again won by Lucas, following a series of passes of both drivers.

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September 29, 2015

Martin Wollanka wins Austrian Nitro Buggy Nats Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Austrian 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the A-Team Graz track. The newly prepared surface offered high yet smooth traction and it was Xray’s Martin Wollanka who set the pace by winning three qualifiers to take the TQ while Serpent’s Hupo Hönigl closely followed in second spot. After the semifinals Martin placed his buggy on the pole position for the 45-minute main final with Hupo coming in second, only one second short of Wollanka’s time. The main then saw Martin and Hupo running like a freight train and thanks to a different fuel strategy Hupo was even able to take the lead at some point but a silly mistake had Hönigl collide with a back marker so he would loose contact to Martin. From that moment on Wollanka was able to cruise to the win with Hupo securing a happy second place. Dominik Bauer (Mugen) would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]