Martin wins A2 from Wollanka

Reigning Euro Offroad Series 4WD Champion Lee Martin has won A2 setting the stage for a three way shot out for the overall win at the second round of the championships in Slovakia.  A chaotic start and then a mistake by the Top Qualifier at the first double would give Martn’s Yokomo the lead on the first lap followed by the fourth place starting Xray of Martin Bayer.  Pursued by Bayer, Martin who be handed a huge advantage half way into the encounter when the two time winner of the event, who was coming under pressure from his recovering team-mate and A1 winner Martin Wollanka, crashed at the start/ finish line. Setting the fastest lap of the race Wollanka set about chasing down Martin but yesterday’s 2WD winner would hold on for the win with Ales Bayer completing the Top 3 ahead of older brother Martin.  Dropping to last in the race World Champion Coelho would only manage to recover to finish 6th but thanks to his second in A2 he goes into the closing race of the Hudy Arena hosted event in with a chance of his first overall EOS win against Wollanka and Martin.

‘Everyone crashed and left me with Bayer to lead the way but then he crashed too’.  Playing safe for the win due to large gap he had over the field he said in hindsight he should have pushed harder as its advantage Wollanka as the Austrian has the faster winning time.  With a win needed to make it four wins from four for Season #5 of the EOS, the British ace said ‘I know what I have got to do and I’ll try do it’.

Wollanka who won the opening final with a risky but spectacular pass on Coelho, found himself pushed out at the first corner dropping him down the field.  With ‘many mistakes by other drivers’, he said this helped his recovery but trying his best to catch Martin once he got by Bayer and setting his fastest lap on lap 11 of 13 he said he ran out of time.  Within striking distance of his first EOS event win, he said for A3 he would just see what happens, the pressure being on Martin and Coelho as they must win with the latter needing to do so in a quicker time than his A1 win.

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