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January 18, 2014

Neumann is 4WD Top Qualifier in Berlin

Despite facing his toughest opposition yet at a Euro Offroad Series race, defending champion Joern Neumann is the 4WD Buggy Top Qualifier at the record entry second round taking place in Berlin, Germany. Having TQ’d last night’s second qualifier, the Team Durango got day 2 off to the perfect start by posting another TQ run in Q3 meaning only Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura could deny end his 100% record of having started every EOS A-Main from pole position. Topping the opening qualifier yesterday, Matsukura could only manage 8th the final time of asking as his new team-mate Lee Martin TQ’d to secure second overall on the grid. His 9th overall TQ in 4WD Neumann will look to continue his reign over the class in tomorrow’s final and continue to be the only driver to have stood on the top step of the EOS 4WD Buggy podium.

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January 17, 2014

Matrix selected as 2014 1/12th Worlds control tire

Matrix selected as 1/12th Worlds control tire

Having recently announced the spec tire for the ISTC portion of the 2014 IFMAR Electric onroad Worlds in Florida, the organisers have today announced that Matrix Tyres have been chosen as the control tire for the 1/12th section. The suggested compounds have been sent to the 4 blocs to be voted on and will be announced at a later date. Full Throttle Rc Raceway informed us that they conducted the 1/12th scale tire testing in the same time period and alongside the 1/10th tire testing.

January 17, 2014

TQ runs for Matsukura & Neumann at EOS

Day 1 of the second round of the Euro Offroad Series in Berlin, Germany, ended with TQ runs in 4WD Buggy for Naoto Matsukura and Joern Neumann. Yokomo’s Matsakura looked on for a second TQ run until he lost a front wheel off his B-Max 4 handing Durango’s Neumann, who was 3rd fastest in Q1, the round ahead of Team Xray’s Martin Bayer who was also second in the opening qualifier. Having had similar wheel nut issues to his team-mate in the first round, new Yokomo signing Lee Martin completed the Top 3 in Q2.

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January 17, 2014

Neumann fastest from Martin in opening EOS qualifier

Joern Neumann has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at a highly competitive second round of the Euro Offroad Series in Berlin, Germany. The Team Durango driver was the only one to record 15-laps of the 21-second average lap track in the 2WD qualifier with new Yokomo signing Lee Martin, who topped the morning’s three rounds of practice, second fastest. Making a return to the series having finished runner-up at year’s season finale, Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp completed the Top 3 ahead of Round 1 winner Hupo Honigl.

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January 15, 2014

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Rd4 – Report

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Rd4 - Report

The 4th round of this Winter’s Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup saw the participation of a good amount of drivers from Austria, Finland and Slovakia. Many of the drivers used the practice on Friday to learn the track and to finalise chassis setup. In the Touring Car Modified class Kuba Simurda and Jirka Vysin battled out the win with the better end for Kuba. David Nemcek, Tomas Liptak and Werner Schmitzer came in third, fourth and fifth respectively.

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January 15, 2014

EOS heads to Berlin with record entry

The Euro Offroad Series travels to Germany this weekend (17-19 Jan) with the second round of the high profile 1:10 electric offroad championship attracting a record 300 strong entry as it makes its first visit to the country’s capital city of Berlin. While set to be the biggest encounter yet in the EOS’ short 8-race history, it is also the most competitive to-date with two reigning World Champions and four current European Champions among the World class field who are set to do battle.

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January 15, 2014

Mike Malkinson wins TC Stock at WCICS Rd5

Round 5 of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series (WCICS) was held by the IROCC and Nanaimo RC in Victoria, BC, Canada. With 220 entries running in 8 different classes, there where 24 entries in Modified Touring Car and 36 in Stock TC. In Stock Touring Car Awesomatix driver Mike Malkinson finished in first place after taking TQ while team mate Frank Bortolazzo finished third.

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January 14, 2014

2014 ISTC Worlds control tire is Hot Race Tyres

The organisers of the 2014 IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Full Throttle Raceway in Florida, have announced that they have selected Hot Race Tyres as the official control tire of the event. ‘After intense trackside testing for the past 3 months to ensure the best overall results & durability will be provided we have selected Hot Race Tyres as the 2014 IFMAR controlled Tyre for Touring’. They went on to state that the compound was yet to be finalised, something that will be voted on by the different blocs. News regarding the 1/12th scale side of the event is said to be released soon.