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January 27, 2018

Orlowski takes Q3 at EOS

Michal Orlowski has TQ’d the third round of 2WD qualifying at Round 2 of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany. The Schumacher driver ended Neil Cragg’s run of topping the time sheets at the new Daun venue as he topped the opening run of Day 2 from the Team Associated driver. With Orlowski fastest by 2.6-seconds, his TQ time the quickest so far, things were much closer behind him with Cragg only 6/100ths up on Martin Bayer who in turn was 3/10ths quicker than his Xray team-mate Bruno Coelho.

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January 26, 2018

Cragg TQs opening qualifier at EOS Daun

Neil Cragg has TQ’d the opening round of 2WD qualifying at the Euro Offroad Series in Daun, Germany. Having topped seeding earlier in the day, the Team Associated driver took the first of the four qualifiers ahead of Xray’s Martin Bayer and the Schumacher of Joern Neumann, all three drivers putting their results down to making less mistakes than their rivals. Championship leader Bruno Coelho who had the fastest car on the track set the early pace but his run was filled with errors and it was a similar story for reigning champion Michal Orlwoski with them finishing 10th and 6th fastest respectively.

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January 26, 2018

Orlowski quickest in 4WD practice

Michal Orlowski was quickest over the three rounds of 4WD practice for the second round of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany. Having posted the second fastest time in 2WD practice behind Neil Cragg, the Schumacher driver topped reigning champion Bruno Coelho over 2-consecutive laps in the final round. Behind them, failing to better their times from the opening seeding round, David Ronnefalk and Lee Martin made it a similar story to 2WD with four different manufacturers at the top of times. Making his EOS debut as a Schumacher driver, multiple former Champion Joern Neumann was 5th fastest.

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January 26, 2018

Jean-Pierrick Sartel FX-powered for 2018

FX Engines have announced that French frontrunner, Jean-Pierrick Sartel is joining the FX Engines team for 2018. JP will attend races such as the French Nationals, the Euros and the Neo Race and he had the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to join the FX team for this year 2018. I cannot wait to start this season with the FX engines. The performance and reliability of FX engines is great and it will allow me to win many races. I am grateful for this opportunity.

Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]

January 26, 2018

Serpent SRX2 HT Team 2WD buggy kit

Serpent’s popular SRX2 1/10th 2WD buggy platform is now also available in the HT Team edition. HT stands for High Traction with the transmission layout and included options making the kit ideal for all high traction conditions such as carpet, astroturf and prepped clay. Based off of the laydown mid motor SRX2 MHT configuration the HT Team variant included option parts such as a narrow 7075-T6 lightweight aluminium chassis with separate aluminium front kick-up plate, titanium-nitride-coated shock shafts, 3.7lbs rated front and 2.1lbs rear springs, machined 2×1.3mm shock pistons as well as a smooth gear differential, a low cab forward MH body shell and aluminium battery plate nuts. The kit is shipping now and will hit stores very soon.

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January 26, 2018

JConcepts YZ-2 DTM Punisher 2 body shell

Coming from JConcepts and made for the Yokomo YZ-2 DTM is the Punisher 2 body shell. The lid takes design elements of both the S2 and F2 bodies and sports a raised nose/hood section, taller cab and rear end force features. The sidepods are once again “JC chamfered” to provide that legendary look and the secondary window screams JConcepts styling. The cab drops off quickly and runs deep toward the rear giving plenty of drift to the newly added winglets. The tall, rear fin stabiliser acts as a vane to keep the buggy tracking in the proper direction while also maintaining a rigid roof-line even with lightweight materials. The package is available as standard or lightweight variant, arrives complete with two Aero S-type wings as used by Ryan Maifield to claim the 2017 IFMAR World Championship.

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January 26, 2018

Cragg tops 2WD practice at EOS

Neil Cragg has topped 2WD practice at Round 2 of the Euro Offroad Series in Daun, Germany. A new venue on the Season #7 calendar, the Team Associated driver set the fastest two consecutive laps of the large track from reigning 2WD Champion Michal Orlowski with championship leader Bruno Coelho completing the Top 3 times in seeding. Behind them Yokomo’s Lee Martin made it four different manufacturers at the top of the time sheets ahead of Cragg’s young team-mate Joona Hataanen.

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January 26, 2018

Xray XT8E’18 E-Truggy conversion kit

Xray have introduced a chassis conversion kit that helps to transform the XT8 nitro truggy into an electric-powered machine. The set includes a composite battery tray for 4S brick or two 2S LiPo battery packs, hook and loop battery straps as well as a 2-piece aluminium sliding motor mount, carbon fibre diff plate, steering servo plate as well as a composite receiver box along an assortment of small parts. The conversion easily adapts to the existing XT8 and allows for easy power train swaps if running in one or the other class it preferred.

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