Neumann wins first 2WD A-Main
Starting from pole position Joern Neumann took a tone to tone win in the opening 2WD Buggy A-Main at EOS Round 3 in Austria ahead of Martin Bayer, the Czech driver mounting an early challenge on the German who at the end of 5-minutes would win by 1.7 seconds. The only two drivers to run 21-second laps in the race, Neumann and Bayer were the class of the field leaving the No.3 starting Durango of Hupo Honigl behind, the Austrian finishing in the order he started ahead of fellow countryman Peter Pinisch.
Neumann, who was happier with his DEX210 than he was in the final qualifier with worn tyres better suiting his buggy, said it was very even between him and Bayer and it was just small mistakes by the Team Xray driver that separated them. Running the fastest lap of the race with a 21.964, Bayer’s fastest lap time of 21.978 shows just how closely matched the two drivers where.
The biggest mover of the race was Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk who starting from the back of the grid took his Ultima RB6 through to sixth ahead of fellow 1:8 Offroad racer Robert Batlle who set the third fastest lap of the race with a 22.180.
Drivers will now switch their attentions back to 4WD Buggy with four rounds of qualifying which will bring Day 2 of the EOS in Leoben to a close with the remaining two 2WD Mains and all the 4WD Mains making up tomorrow’s schedule.
2WD Buggy A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(1) Joern Neumann (DE) – Durango – 15/5:16.304
2.(2) Martin Bayer (CZ) – Team Xray – 15/5:18.012
3.(3) Hupo Honigl (AT) – Durango – 14/5:03.827
4.(5) Peter Pinisch (AT) – Associated – 14/5:06.724
5.(4) Oliver Scholz (DE) – Team C – 14/5:07.700
6.(10)David Ronnefalk (SE) – Kyosho – 14/5:08.990
7.(7) Robert Batlle (ES) – Yokomo – 14/5:12.119
8.(8) Oskar Levin (SE) – TLR – 14/5:13.721
9.(6) Dominic Bauer (AT) – TLR – 13/4:46.119
10.(9)Jiri Mara (CZ) – Team Xray – 13/5:01.530
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