Neumann wins 2WD at EOS Finale
Joern Neumann has capped off the successful defense of his Euro Offroad Series 2WD Buggy title by claiming overall victory at the season finale in German after he backed up his win in Leg 1 of the final with a second win although this time round the German didn’t have it all his own way with Christopher Krapp leading 7 laps of the 19 lap encounter before a mistake dropped him back to second. Once again Hupo Honigl worked his way up from 6th on the grid to complete the Top 3.
His third win of the four round championship, his only defeat in 2WD happening at his home event in Langenfeld where Japan’s Naoto Matsukura took the win, Neumann again pulled clear of the pack early as he made the race look like it was just a formality to him putting the win beyond his rivals. On lap 6 however the race would take on a bit of life as the German made a mistake that cost him almost 5-seconds and allowed Krapp, who has really impressed in 2WD this weekend, to the front. Slowly Neumann closed in on his fellow countryman getting too close at one stage causing the RB6 to roll. Waiting to allow the No.2 buggy to resume the lead, the incident unsettled Krapp and further into the lap he made a mistake allowing the Champion through where he would stay to take the win by just over 2-seconds.
‘Really happy’ with how his DEX210 has worked all weekend, Neumann described the moment that almost cost him the Leg 2 win as a ‘stupid mistake’. Getting up on two wheels coming after the crossover he said he over corrected causing the buggy to roll and land out of his sight due to the large crowd at the edge of the track. Thinking the buggy was on its roof he waited for the marshal to attend to it but said he didn’t seem to be any hurry and it wasn’t till he gestured him to drive on that he realised the buggy had actually landed on it wheels. Able to laugh about the incident afterwards, Neumann said it was great to end the season with a win and he hopes he can top off the perfect weekend by repeating the result in 4WD later today, a class in which he has never yet been beaten.
Krapp, said after an unfortunate early mid air bobble with team-mate David Ronnefalk which dropped the Swede to the back of the pack, he just set his sights on finishing second and he was as surprised as everyone else when he found himself in the lead after Neumann’s mistake. Admitting he knew Neumann had the faster car, the Kyosho driver who is better known for his efforts in electric touring cars, said he was happy to take second and his aim for Leg 3 to try and make the podium along with Ronnefalk. With Neumann sitting out the last final, Kyosho will start 1-2 on the grid and with a second place finish each Krapp is confident they can put both RB6s on the podium by working together. The biggest threat to that result is Hupo Honigl who has a pair of third place finishes.
Having again run in the Top 3 early in the race World Champion Ryan Cavalieri said he is happy with his starts but unfortunately it goes down hill from there. Finishing the second leg in 7th, Kody Numedahl the best placed Associated in 5th, the American said his buggy doesn’t have the pace as he is losing too much time in the chicanes. Having run in the second fastest of the qualifying groups he was unable to properly compare where he is losing time but that has become very clear in the finals and for the third leg he will run a geardiff in the C4.2 in an attempt to try and find more pace.
2WD Buggy A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(1) Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 19/5:00.268
2.(2) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 19/5:02.445
3.(6) Hupo Honigl (AT) – Team Durango – 19/5:04.438
4.(5) Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 19/5:07.805
5.(7) Kody Numedahl (US) – Associated – 19/5:09.779
6.(3) David Ronnefalk (DE) – Kyosho – 19/5:09.992
7.(4) Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 19/5:11.881
8.(8) Brent Thielke (US) – Associated – 19/5:15.324
9.(9) Tom Maquel (LU) – Team C – 18/5:00.196
10.(10)Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 18/5:06.410
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Neumann takes unchallenged 2WD Leg 1 win
Team Durango’s Joern Neumann drove completely unchallenged to take the win in the first of the 2WD A-Mains at the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series season finale this morning in Dortmund Germany. Starting from pole position the German quickly established a lead setting the fastest lap of the race to finish almost half a lap in front of Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk and his own team-mate Hupo Honigl who came through from 6th on the grid.
With back to back champion Neumann checked out and on cruise control, the main battle of the race would be between the two Kyosho’s of Ronnefalk & Christopher Krapp and Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri. A bad 8th lap from Ronnefalk, who got the jump on his team-mate at the start to move into 2nd, would allow both Krapp and Cavalieri through but 2-laps later Krapp would get it wrong at the crossover where he would collect Cavalieri’s pursuing Centro C4.1. This allowed the Swede back up to second where he would stay till the end. Looking like he would get his day off to a solid start with a Top 3 finish with 2 laps to go Cavalieri had a moment of his own that would cost him over 2.5 seconds and drop him back to sixth behind the Team C of Tom Maquel where he would finish in front of his Team manager Brent Thielke.
2WD Buggy A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(1) Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 20/5:11.095
2.(3) David Ronnefalk (DE) – Kyosho – 19/5:02.405
3.(6) Hupo Honigl (AT) – Team Durango – 19/5:05.718
4.(2) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 19/5:05.843
5.(9) Tom Maquel (LU) – Team C – 19/5:07.444
6.(4) Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 19/5:08.733
7.(8) Brent Thielke (US) – Associated – 19/5:13.141
8.(10)Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 19/5:15.033
9.(5) Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 19/5:18.559
10.(7)Kody Numedahl (US) – Associated – 18/5:02.209
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Neumann’s reign in 4WD continues with TQ no.7
Joern Neumann’s domination of 4WD Buggy in the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series remains intact after the German claimed his 7th consecutive overall TQ honour to put him in the best position possible to end the second season of the EOS as the only 4WD race winner since the creation of the series. After posting only the fourth fastest time in Q2, the European Champion bounced back in Q3 to become the only driver to complete a 20-lap qualifier, a feat he would repeat in the final qualifier to lead a Team Durango 1-2-3 on the grid with Q2 pace setter Michal Orlowski set to carry the No.2 on his DEX410 and Hupo Honigl due to line his example up third for tomorrow’s triple leg A-Main.
Needing good runs in the final two qualifiers, just like he did in 2WD, Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk again came good setting the 2nd & 3rd fastest times respectively to book himself 4th on the grid ahead of series debutant & reigning World Champion Ryan Cavalieri. The only Associated driver to make the final, with Brent Thielke set to start 8th in the B-Main, Cavalieri did not have a good last qualifier posting only the 11th fastest time but armed with a lot more knowledge of the surface, today being only his second day to run on a carpet offroad track, the American should be able to run closer to the pace of the series regulars in the finals.
Behind Cavalieri, Kyosho’s Chrishtopher Krapp will start 6th ahead of the Xray of Round 3 podium finisher Martin Bayer who is joined in the final by his team mate Renaud Savoya who together with his nitro offroad rival Robert Batlle scraped onto the back of the grid in 9th and 10th respectively. Making it four Durango’s in the A-Main, 17-year-old Oliver Speith will start 8th.
4WD Buggy Qualification Round 3
1. Joern Neumann – Team Durango – 20/5:12.375
2. David Ronnefalk – Kyosho – 19/5:01.012
3. Michal Orlowski – Team Durango – 19/5:03.199
4. Ryan Cavalieri – Associated – 19/5:06.047
5. Martin Bayer – Xray – 19/5:06.818
6. Renaud Savoya – Xray – 19/5:06.999
7. Christopher Krapp – Kyosho – 19/5:09.004
8. Oliver Speith – Team Durango – 19/5:09.942
9. Patrick Hofer – Associated – 19/5:10.597
10.Oliver Scholz – Team C – 19/5:12.451
4WD Buggy Qualification Round 4
1. Joern Neumann – Team Durango – 20/5:13.317
2. Michal Orlowski – Team Durango – 19/5:01.267
3. David Ronnefalk – Kyosho – 19/5:03.122
4. Christopher Krapp – Kyosho – 19/5:03.171
5. Martin Bayer – Xray – 19/5:04.093
6. Renaud Savoya – Xray – 19/5:08.366
7. Joakim Nicolaisen – Associated – 19/5:12.754
8. Robert Batlle – Yokomo – 19/5:13.827
9. Luca Rua – Kyosho – 19/5:14.935
10.Markus Metsch – Team Durango – 19/5:15.491
4WD Buggy A-Main Grid
1. Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 310 pts
2. Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 308
3. Hupo Hönigl (AT) – Team Durango – 306
4. David Ronnefalk (SE) – Kyosho – 305
5. Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 303
6. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 301
7. Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 301
8. Oliver Speith (DE) – Team Durango – 299
9. Renaud Savoya (FR) – Xray – 298
10.Robert Batlle (ES) – Yokomo – 29
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Chassis Focus – Ryan Cavalieri
Chassis Name – Centro C4.1
Motor – Team Orion
ESC – Team Orion
Batteries – Team Orion
Tires – dBoots (handout)
Radio/Servos – Airtronics
Remarks – 4-time World Champion Ryan Cavalieri is making his carpet racing debut in Dortmund, Germany using the Centro C4.1, made by UK Associated distributor CML. Having built the car just for this race, Ryan’s C4.1 needed some tweaks after he arrived and ran the car. Up front he is running a brass bulkhead for added weight and on the chassis he has mounted carbon stiffeners, which are a standard part but one that Ryan overlooked when building the car prior to coming to Europe. Following a difficult start he managed to improve the car and alter his driving style to end up 4th after qualifying.
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Orlowski TQs second 4WD Qualifier at EOS
Promising 11-year-old Polish talent Michael Orlowski put in an impressive and mature performance in the second round of 4WD qualifying at the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series in Dortmund, Germany this evening when he posted a TQ run ahead of house hold names Hupo Honigl, Ryan Cavalieri and Joern Neumann. Fifth in last night’s opening qualifier, the Team Durango driver set a new overall fastest time knocking 1.6-seconds off Neumann’s Q1 pace to finish 2/10ths up on Honigl with Cavalieri a further 4.4-seconds back.
Delighted with his TQ Orlowski, who despite his young age is a former champion in the Euro Touring Series, said he was a little surprised to be fastest but a driver with ambitions he added it was a big boost for him. Leaving his DEX410 set-up the same as yesterday’s opening qualifier, he said used tyres suited his set-up better and that was the reason for his extra pace today and he plans to run his first set of controlled dBoots again in Q3 before switching to his second for the final qualifier in order to have them scrubbed in for the tomorrow’s finals.
Having swapped the top spot on the timing screens with Orlowski over the 5-minute qualifier, Honigl said it was very close between him and his junior team-mate. Happy with his buggy he said other than two mistakes it was a good run and he was happy to back up his Q1 run with another P2 run. Team-mate & undefeated Champion of 4WD in the EOS, Neumann said his buggy was a little edgy to drive but it was driver errors that left him only fourth fastest. The German who is chasing a seventh consecutive TQ & win this weekend said the change from 2WD Buggy to Short Course and then back to 4WD contributed to his below par driving but he is confident he will be back in the rhythm for Q3.
Cavalieri described his run to third, having retired from Q1, as ‘solid’. Feeling he now has the track sorted he said he can now work on improving his Orion powered Associated B44.2. With team-mate Kody Numedahl only competing in 2WD, the World Champion said he had him watch his car in Q2 and between the experience he has gain himself and the feedback Numedahl gave him regarding how the buggy looked compared to the competition he thinks they can create a good set-up for the penultimate qualifier. Brent Theilke was on for a Top 10 run but a mistake two laps from the finish leaft the team manager 12th for the round.
Ending 2WD Buggy qualifying second fastest overall, Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp set the fifth fastest time in Q3 saying his 4WD is not working as well as his 2WD. Describing the run as ‘OK’ he said he was lacking a little steering and he hopes more Ackerman for his next run will give him a better feeling with the Lazer ZX5 and hopefully allow him to post a run good enough to secure him a spot on the A-Main grid. The top seed for 4WD qualifiying after setting the pace in timed practice, David Ronnefalk again finished outside the Top 10 following mistakes but the Swede said his buggy is working well and like in 2WD, in which he TQ’d Q3, he needs to get the driver sorted for the final two rounds of heats.
Team Yokomo’s Robert Battle completed the Top 6 with a ‘so so’ run with Renaud Savoya the top Xray for the round with seventh. Making it 4 Durango’s in the Top 8, young Czech driver Kaja Novotny backed up his Q1 performance with another run to the 8th fastest time.
4WD Buggy Qualification Round 2
1. Michal Orlowski – Team Durango – 19/5:02.583
2. Hupo Honigl – Team Durango – 19/5:02.860
3. Ryan Cavalieri – Associated – 19/5:07.269
4. Joern Neumann – Team Durango – 19/5:07.481
5. Christopher Krapp – Kyosho – 19/5:10.384
6. Robert Batlle – Yokomo – 19/5:12.203
7. Renaud Savoya – Xray – 19/5:14.601
8. Kaja Novotny – Team Durango – 19/5:15.419
9. Oliver Speith – Team Durango – 19/5:16.321
10.Markus Metsch – Team Durango – 18/5:00.353
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Neumann 2WD Top Qualifier at EOS Finale
Team Durango’s Joern Neumann is the Top Qualifier of 2WD Buggy at the season finale of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series, the back to back champion TQ’ing the fourth & final round of qualifying at the Dortmund event to secure his third A-Main pole position of the 2012/13 series. The German topped the final qualifier ahead of Durango team-mate Michal Orlowski who put in a superb drive in the second fastest heat where he ran competitively up against World Champion Ryan Cavalieri who took third for the round and will make his EOS debut from 4th on the grid.
The only driver who could deny Neumann from carrying No.1 on his buggy in the A-Main, David Ronnefalk looked like he might back up his Q3 TQ run. Moving to the top of the timing screen on lap 10, the Swede would get it wrong at the cross over next time round losing 3-seconds and with it any chance of starting at the opposite end of the grid to which he made his series debut in Austria last month where he qualified 10th. Posting the 5th fastest time for the round just ahead of Christopher Krapp’s similar Orion powered RB6, the 19-year-old Swede will start third on the grid behind his Kyosho team-mate.
Making their first official entry of the second season of the EOS, Team Associated managed to get all three of their US drivers into the Main event at Dortmund. Lacking the experience of their rivals on the uniquely European style carpet surface offroad track, Cavalieri will be joined by Kody Numedahl and Brent Thielke who will start 7th & 8th respectively for the triple leg A-Main which takes place tomorrow in front of one of the biggest audiences RC racing gets in Europe, the event part of the ‘Intermodellbau’ hobby exhibition which attracts in the region of 85,000 visitors.
Lining up behind Cavalieri on the grid in 5th position, 11-year-old Orlowski is going to be one to watch in the final having shown he is not at all fazed by mixing it with the World’s best professional drivers. Completing the Top 6 in the final qualifying ranking despite three Top 3 runs, Hupo Honigl will line-up his DEX210 in the 6th spot.
Making their 2WD debut this weekend, electric offroad newcomers Team Xray will be pleased to get one of their prototype XB2s into the main event with star of Round 3 of the EOS Martin Bayer securing the 10th and final spot on the grid behind the Team C of Tom Maquel.
Having made the 2WD A-Main in Austria on his EOS debut 1:8 Offroad World Champion Robert Batlle couldn’t repeat the result on his second outing and the Yokomo driver will start 8th on the grid in the B-Main, two spots behind the Xray of his great 1:8 Nitro rival Renaud Savoya.
2WD Buggy Qualification Round 4
1. Joern Neumann – Durango – 19/5:12.589
2. Michal Orlowski – Team Durango – 19/5:13.771
3. Ryan Cavalieri – Associated – 19/5:15.405
4. Kody Numedahl – Associated – 19/5:15.738
5. David Ronnefalk – Kyosho – 19/5:15.924
6. Christopher Krapp – Kyosho – 19/5:16.135
7. Brent Thielke – Associated – 19/5:16.898
8. Tom Maquel – Team C – 18/5:00.782
9. Oliver Scholz – Team C – 18/5:01.535
10.Patrick Hofer – Associated – 18/5:01.583
2WD Buggy A-Main Grid
1. Joern Neumann (DE) – Durango – 310 pts
2. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 306
3. David Ronnefalk (DE) – Kyosho – 305
4. Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 305
5. Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 304
6. Hupo Honigl (AT) – Team Durango – 304
7. Kody Numedahl (US) – Associated – 302
8. Brent Thielke (US) – Associated – 298
9. Tom Maquel (LU) – Team C – 297
10.Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 296
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