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March 25, 2018

Orlowski remains in charge in Austria

Michal Orlowski remains in charge of proceedings at the Euro Offroad Series in Austria, the Schumacher driver posting another TQ run in the penultimate 4WD qualifier. Only missing out on a TQ run in Q2, the first qualifier of the day, when he was unsighted by a marshal, the championship leader had a 2.4-second advantage over reigning champion Bruno Coelho with the a similar pattern emerging at the top of the time sheets. Having TQ’d the second qualifier, Joern Neumann was again in the Top 3 as up & coming Norwegian talent Daniel Kobbevik posted the fourth fastest time ahead of Martin Wollanka who maintained his run of Top 5 times.

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March 24, 2018

Orlowski takes opening 4WD qualifier

Michal Orlowski is clearly looking on target for another double this weekend at the penultimate round of the Euro Offroad Series, the Schumacher driver capping off his 2WD winning day with a TQ run in the opening 4WD qualifying. Top Seed for qualifying, he would top the first of the four qualifiers ahead of Bruno Coelho, the Xray driver having a costly mistake 5-laps into the heat. Behind, Daniel Kobbevik completed the Top 3 ahead of Joern Neumann and the weekend’s 2WD Top Qualifier Neil Cragg.

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March 24, 2018

Orlowski takes 2WD win at EOS Austria

Michal Orlowski has moved a step closer to retaining his 2WD title in the Euro Offroad Series after securing the overall win at the penultimate round of the championship in Wels, Austria today. One of 5 drivers in contention for the win going into A3, the Schumacher driver came out the winner to secure the second consecutive win of his title defence campaign. Beating Top Qualifier Neil Cragg to the A3 and overall win, Orlowski’s only remaining title challenger is the Associated driver. Completing the podium at the Modellbau Wels Hobby Exhibition, 3rd place put an end to reigning 4WD Champion Bruno Coelho’s hopes of also adding a 2WD title to his list of achievements. The Xray driver would tie on points with Joona Haatanen but with a quicker time for his second place in A3 he denied the young Associated driver his first podium of the season.

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March 24, 2018

Orlwoski wins mistake filled A2

Michal Orlowski has won the second A-Main of 2WD at the Euro Offroad Series in Austria which saw four different race leaders all of whom seemed to not want to win as the each gave away their leads with mistakes. In the end the race came down to a showdown between Orlowski and Finnish star Joona Haatanen, with the Associated driver relinquishing the lead when he came up short on the triple allowing Orlowski back into first position which this time he held to the finish. Having benefited from a clean A1 to take, Top Qualifier Neil Cragg looked on to repeat the result but it all went wrong on lap 5 as he got it wrong allowing Bruno Coelho to catch him before a mistake at the tabletop allowed the Xray driver through. Coelho’s lead was short lived as on the next lap he got stuck in the wall section allowing Haatanen to the front. For Coelho the race would go downhill as he retired while running 6th, with Cragg coming back to complete the Top 3 with everything to play for A3.

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March 24, 2018

Cragg wins A1 with ease with rivals all crashing

Neil Cragg claimed an easy win in the opening A-Main of 2WD at the Euro Offroad Series this morning, the Team Associated driver having an easier than expected race from pole position as all his rivals made errors. In the end the British driver finished almost 7-second clear of second place Daniel Kobbevik who put in a clean run to come through from 6th on the grid. Having looked like he might mount a challenge on Cragg, two mistakes at the same spot on the track left Bruno Coelho to complete the Top 3 ahead of a recovering Michal Orlowski. Starting second on the grid, the championship leader crashed just after the start over the double leaving him to complete lap 1 down in 8th.

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March 23, 2018

Cragg is 2WD Top Qualifier in Austria

Neil Cragg is the 2WD Top Qualifier for the penultimate round of the Euro Offroad Series in Austria tomorrow. The winner in Germany, the Associated driver went into the fourth & final qualifier as one of four drivers in contention for the overall TQ but in the dying seconds of the top heat the British driver managed to out pace Bruno Coelho for his second TQ of the day and his third EOS career TQ. Behind, championship leader Michal Orlowski will line-up second, a mistake on the table top ending his quest for the bonus championship point while Coelho’s second in the final qualifier salvaged him 3rd on the starting grid ahead of Q3 pace setter Joona Haatanen.

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March 23, 2018

Avid XB8 carbon rear chassis braces

Avid have introduced a rear carbon fibre chassis brace set for the Xray XB8 and XB8E buggies. The 1.5mm parts are designed to stiffen up the rear of the car for high traction surfaces and included in the set are two braces as well as three stainless steel screws and nuts. The set fits all 2016 to present XB8 and XB8E kits.

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March 23, 2018

Haatanen takes Q3 at EOS

Three qualifiers have been completed at the penultimate round of the Euro Offroad Series in Austria and it is Joona Haatanen who becomes the third different driver to post a TQ run. Following on from the Team Associated 1-2 lead by Neil Cragg in Q2, Haatanen put in a blistering third round with his B6.1 to better the previous best time set by Michal Orlowski in the opening run by 2-seconds. It was reigning champion Orlowski who would be closest to Haatanen, the difference 3-seconds, with Xray’s Daniel Kobbevik making it an all ‘Young Guns’ Top 3. With early errors putting Bruno Coelho, now out of contention for the overall TQ, and Cragg out of the Q3 running, it was former multiple champion Joern Neumann would get fourth ahead of Martin Bayer and Marc Rheinard.

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