Honigl holds off Truhe to take Leg 2

Hupo Honigl won an entertaining second A-Main of the EOS 2WD Buggy class in which the Durango driver had to fend off a strong challenge from American TLR star Mike Truhe.  Honigl, who messed up his opening lap in Leg 1, was handed an early lead when team-mate & Leg 1 victor Joern Neumann got his landing wrong on the first run over the table top dropping the German to last. Shadowed by a much more competitive looking TLR22 of Truhe the race came to a head when the American, who had shown great patience behind the Austrian, tried a pass into the hairpin after the double which resulted in the pair getting tangled.  Getting free of each other the delay set the stage for a four way dash to the finish.  With the timing loop positioned just after the table top Honigl, Truhe, Oskar Levin and the recovering Neumann threw their buggies at it but in the air Truhe go clipped resulting in a disappointing fourth place behind winner Honigl, Levin and Neumann.

Afterwards Truhe said he was probably too patient during the race but having come here to learn about racing on ‘European style’ carpet tracks he was pleased to finally be able to run on the pace of the Durango squad.  Neumann said his errors are down to changing between his 2WD Buggy and 4WD Short Course truck over the morning as they both need a very different approach at the table top where in Leg 1 of the buggy final he also had problems.  Making a mistake Miguel Matias was unable to repeat his run to 2nd in Leg 1 but was encouraged by his pace as his Nosram powered TLR 22 set the fastest lap of the race.

2WD Buggy Leg 2 Result
1.(2) Hupo Hönigl (AT) – Durango DEX210 – 14/5:18.469
2.(3) Oskar Levin (SE) – TLR 22 – 14/5:18.716
3.(1) Jörn Neumann (DE) – Durango DEX210 – 14/5:19.018
4.(4) Mike Truhe (US) – TLR 22 – 14/5:21.118
5.(5) Miguel Matias (PT) – TLR 22 – 14/5:25.165
6.(6) Otto Ausfelt (SE) – TLR 22 – 13/5:08.398
7.(7) Martin  Kreil (AT) – Durango DEX210 – 13/5:12.534
8.(10)Vaclav Strupek (CZ) – Durango DEX210 – 13/5:17.521
9.(8) Roland Hauleitner (AT) – Associated B4 – 13/5:17.635
10.(9)Gerd Strenge (DE) – Durango DEX210 – 13/5:19.470

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