4WD Podium for Hönigl & Bayer
With Joern Neumann wrapping up the overall win in 4WD Buggy in the second A-Main, the closing race at the season finale in Dortmund, Germany, was all about deciding who would join the champion on the podium with the steps either side of him going to his team-mate Hupo Honigl and Xray’s Martin Bayer, the same order they would finish in the overall championship standings. Starting effectively from second on the grid as Neumann sat out the race, Honigl would take the win ahead of the star of 4WD qualifying Michal Orlowski after he got by the 11-year-old on lap 4. While Bayer would finish fourth behind Associated’s Cavalieri leaving them tied on points, his second place finish ahead of the American in Leg 2 was enough to give the Czech driver the final step on the podium ahead of the World Champion.
4WD Buggy Overall Result
1. Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 2 pts
2. Hupo Hönigl (AT) – Team Durango – 3
3. Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 6
4. Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 6
5. Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 8
6. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 10
7. David Ronnefalk (SE) – Kyosho – 11
8. Renaud Savoya (FR) – Xray – 11
9. Oliver Speith (DE) – Team Durango – 14
10.Robert Batlle (ES) – Yokomo – 16
4WD Buggy A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(3) Hupo Hönigl (AT) – Team Durango – 20/5:07.688
2.(2) Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 20/5:08.335
3.(5) Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 20/5:10.442
4.(7) Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 20/5:12.052
5.(6) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 19/5:01.275
6.(9) Renaud Savoya (FR) – Xray – 19/5:05.316
7.(8) Oliver Speith (DE) – Team Durango – 19/5:06.001
8.(4) David Ronnefalk (SE) – Kyosho – 19/5:06.484
9.(10)Robert Batlle (ES) – Yokomo – 17/5:00.886
10.(1)Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – DNS
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Neumann completes perfect EOS season
Back to back Euro Offroad Series Champion Joern Neumann completed the perfect season at the closing race of the second season of the 1:10 Electric Offroad Championship as he maintained his 100% winning record in 4WD Buggy securing his 7th victory with a tone to tone win in Leg 2 of the A-main ahead of Xray’s Martin Bayer and reigning World Champion Ryan Cavalieri. The second round of 4WD Mains at the Dortmund event also saw the German ace successfully defend his 4WD Short Course Truck title as he took his third win of the season in the class. Neumann said he was delighted with how the season had gone adding he is already looking forward to next season’s EOS which as one of the first international drivers to sign up for the inaugural series he has seen it gain huge popularity. This weekend’s fourth & final round of the TLR/Spektrum sponsored championship attracting 239 entries.
While Neumann checked out from his TQ starting position to win by 5.8 seconds, behind him there would be a good battle between Bayer and EOS debutant Cavalieri. Starting from 7th on the grid, Bayer, who was impressive in Leg 1, took his LRP powered XB4 up through the field and after a number of laps behind the four time World Champion he found a way through to second with three laps to go. Holding off the American to take second by 3/10ths the Czech driver said afterwards ‘it was a very long race’ adding ‘it felt like a 30-minute race not 5-minutes’. Happy with the performance of his buggy and with a second EOS podium finish now within his grasp, he said starting from so far down the grid made it difficult to stay in contact with the leaders as he was losing too much time getting passed the other drivers but he would give it his best shot.
Cavalieri said his Orion powered B44.2 was ‘a whole lot better’ second time round after he ran thicker sway bars. Making the buggy more stable he could carry a lot more corner speed and for the final race he hoped to further improve on that by going up one more on the front sway bar.
Second in the opening Leg, Hupo Honigl had a tough second half to the race with two separate bad laps dropping the Austrian back to 5th with him able to recover one of those positions to finish 4th. Unfortunately for Durango team-mate Michal Orlowski it was another disappointing race, the 11-year-old would retire from fourth with 5 laps to go.
Second in the opening A-Main, Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk was not able to repeat his ‘safe drive’ pushing ‘a little too hard’ and getting swallowed up by the pack in the opening laps eventually finishing 8th. Retiring from Leg 1, team-mate Christopher Krapp took his ZX5 to 5th with multiple 1:8 Offroad European Champion Renaud Savoya completing the Top 6.
4WD Buggy A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(1) Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 20/5:02.862
2.(7) Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 20/5:08.667
3.(5) Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 20/5:08.997
4.(3) Hupo Hönigl (AT) – Team Durango – 20/5:10.990
5.(6) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 20/5:13.270
6.(9) Renaud Savoya (FR) – Xray – 19/5:01.302
7.(10)Robert Batlle (ES) – Yokomo – 19/5:04.927
8.(4) David Ronnefalk (SE) – Kyosho – 18/5:05.023
9.(8) Oliver Speith (DE) – Team Durango – 17/5:08.980
10.(2)Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 15/3:49.788
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Neumann wins opening 4WD A-Main
Joern Neumann’s domination of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series season finale continues in Germany as the Team Durango driver took the win in the opening 4WD Buggy A-Main but it wasn’t the perfect race as a mistake let team-mate Hupo Honigl through to the lead for 2 laps before the Austrian handed it back with a mistake of his own. In the end Neumann, who is chasing an unbeaten run of seven wins, took the leg by 4.4 seconds from Honigl with Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk seeing off a late challenge from fellow EOS Austria podium finisher Martin Bayer.
Making his mistake three laps into the race, Neumann said he got caught out by the switch from 2WD Buggy, in which he took the overall win earlier in the day, back to his 4WD. Getting just three warm-up laps to re-adjust from his DEX210 to his DEX410 he said took the landing as he would with his 2WD and it rolled. Able to steer his 2WD before landing on the flat surface after the jumps he said doing this with his 4WD caused the buggy to grip roll. Having to get the buggy landed first and then feed in the steering he said once he made the mistake he was able to adapt the right driving style. Setting the fastest lap of the race, a 15.094, which was 4/10ths faster than the next best lap time which was set by Ronnefalk, he said his Speed Passion powered buggy worked perfectly in the race.
Honigl was also happy with his DualSky powered example of the DEX410 and the Austrian was very honest about his mistake saying it was simply down to him ‘focusing on what Joern was doing rather than concentrating on his driving’. Starting from third on the grid, he was happy to finish second saying even without the mistake he knew he would never be able to hold off his recovering team-mate. Unfortunately for the team’s 11-year-old star Michal Orlowski an early incident dropped the talented Polish driver to the back of the field from where he would recover to finish 6th.
Ronnefalk was pleased with third saying he drove a safe opening final. Happy with how his Orion powered Lazer ZX5 worked over the 5-minute encounter he plans to push a little harder in Leg 2 with an overall podium finish his goal. Claiming his first 2WD EOS podium finish earlier in the day he is confident he can run closer to the front but added challenging Neumann would be a very tall order. Unfortunately the race didn’t go well for team-mate Christopher Krapp. A false start to the race saw his ZX5 get collected by the Durango of Oliver Speith resulting in a broken rear arm. With the start delayed to allow the runner up in 2WD Buggy fix his buggy, the German would retire while running fifth with a broken front diff which he said may have been caused by the earlier heavy impact the buggy got.
Lining up 7th on the grid and dropping back to ninth at the start, Team Xray’s Bayer put in a very strong race to finish a competitive 4th ahead of team-mate Renaud Savoya who started the race from 9th. Savoya’s 1:8 Offroad rival Robert Batlle managed to work his way through from 10th on the grid to run 3rd but it was shorted lived, the Yokomo driver tumbling back down the order to finish 9th and the last buggy running.
4WD Buggy A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(1) Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 20/5:05.609
2.(3) Hupo Hönigl (AT) – Team Durango – 20/5:10.039
3.(4) David Ronnefalk (SE) – Kyosho – 20/5:11.402
4.(7) Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 20/5:12.022
5.(9) Renaud Savoya (FR) – Xray – 19/5:02.026
6.(2) Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 19/5:02.224
7.(8) Oliver Speith (DE) – Team Durango – 19/5:04.950
8.(5) Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 19/5:08.317
9.(10)Robert Batlle (ES) – Yokomo – 19/5:11.115
10.(6)Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 12/3:10.509
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Krapp & Ronnefalk complete 2WD Podium
Kyosho pairing Christopher Krapp and David Ronnefalk completed the 2WD podium at the fourth & final round of the 2012/13 Euro Offroad Series joining overall winner Joern Neumann after they claimed an Orion powered RB6 1-2 in the third A-main at the Dortmund event. With Top Qualifier Neumann having wrapped up his third win of the season in Leg 2, the German was able to sit out the the closing final leaving the No.2 buggy of Krapp to lead from start to finish.
Running a geardiff for the first time in his mid motored C4.1, Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri was much happier with the handling and was able to lay down his best lap of the finals setting the fastest lap of the race. Finding a way passed Ronnefalk on lap 10, the World Champion kept the Swede at bay for 6 laps before a mistake dropped him back to third where he would finish to claim 5th overall on his EOS debut.
Having had strong showings in the opening two legs when he came from 6th on the grid to finish third, podium contender Hupo Honigl had a fraught race. Eventually finishing the leg 8th, the Austrian would be classified 4th overall ahead of his young team-mate Michal Orlowski. In terms of the championship the result was good enough to give Team Durango a 1-2-3 in the final 2WD Standings with Neumann the champion from Honigl and Orlowski.
2WD Buggy Overall Result
1. Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 2 pts
2. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 3
3. David Ronnefalk (DE) – Kyosho – 4
4. Hupo Honigl (AT) – Team Durango – 6
5. Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 8
6. Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 9
7. Kody Numedahl (US) – Associated – 10
8. Tom Maquel (LU) – Team C – 11
9. Brent Thielke (US) – Associated – 15
10.Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 15
2WD Buggy A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(2) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 20/5:14.928
2.(3) David Ronnefalk (DE) – Kyosho – 20/5:15.753
3.(4) Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 19/5:01.344
4.(5) Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 19/5:02.204
5.(7) Kody Numedahl (US) – Associated – 19/5:13.830
6.(9) Tom Maquel (LU) – Team C – 18/5:01.858
7.(10)Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 18/5:02.740
8.(8) Brent Thielke (US) – Associated – 18/5:03.149
9.(6) Hupo Honigl (AT) – Team Durango – 18/5:08.879
10.(1)Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – DNS
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