February 17, 2012

Lee Martin confirmed for Belgian EOS encounter

Having been forced to miss the opening round of the inaugural TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby due to 1:8 Offroad commitments, Tamiya Racing Factory’s Lee Martin has confirmed his entry for the second encounter of the exciting new 1:10 electric offroad series that will take place in Belgium over the weekend of March 9-11. The current back to back European 2WD & British 4WD Champion will go head to head with factory driver line-ups from TLR and Team Durango on the indoor astroturf track in Charleroi where he will be aiming to deny Jörn Neumann a repeat of his domination of the opening race in the Czech Republic last weekend.

Round 1 of the EOS saw German ace Neumann win both 2WD and 4WD buggy along with 4WD Short Course, each time finishing ahead of his Durango team-mate Hupo Honigl. Team Losi Racing could only manage the third step of the podium in each class but with the event being their American offroad ace Mike Truhe’s first experience of a European style indoor track, the 2010 US National Champion is confident the steep learning curve of Hrotovice will stand to him in Belgium.

Taking the knowledge gained at the opening race back to the US and combining it with set-ups from team-mate Darren Bloomfield, who has a wealth of experience on non-clay surfaces, Truhe believes he can challenge for the top step of the podium at Round 2 particularly in 2WD Buggy setting the stage for an ultra competitive weekend of race action.

The organisers of the TLR/Spektrum sponsored Euro Offroad Series, legendary race announcer Scotty Ernst and Uwe Rheinard, expect to confirm more high profile entries to join Lee Martin, Mike Truhe, Joern Neumann, Hupo Honigl and Miguel Matias for Round 2 in Belgium.

Entry is currently open at MyRCM, so if you want to compete against the best in the World at an awesome venue with a great atmosphere then sign up now.

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January 31, 2012

TLR & Spektrum back inaugural Euro Offroad Series

The organisers of the inaugural ‘Euro Offroad Series’ are delighted to announce that Horizon Hobby, through their Team Losi Racing and Spektrum brands, will be title sponsors of the three round 1:10 electric offroad series which is set to kick off in the Czech Republic in just under two weeks time. To be known officially as the ‘TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby’, the partnership is a huge endorsement of the brand new series and will see Team Losi Racing send one of their star American drivers to each of the events with 2010 US National 2WD Buggy Champion Mike Truhe entered for the opening race.

Speaking on the sponsorship announcement World famous race announcer Scotty Ernst, who together with Uwe Rheinard has created the EOS following the huge success of their Euro Touring Series that is now in its fifth season, said, ’Securing the backing of a company like Horizon Hobby in the first year of an all new series is a huge endorsement for what we are trying to offer electric offroad racers in Europe. Losi has played a huge part in the history of our sport and to have TLR along with Spektrum as the title sponsor of our inaugural season is a great honour for me and the entire team who will put on each event.’

Taking place over the weekend of February 10-12, the venue for the opening race is the Sport-V Hotel in Hrotovice which has previously played host to two Euro Touring Series events and an EFRA European Championship. After the Czech Republic the series will move on to Charleroi in Belgium for Round 2 on the weekend of March 9-11. Wanting to bring the first season of the EOS to a high profile finish and to showcase electric offroad racing, the final leg with take place in Germany at Intermodellbau Dortmund, which attracts 85,000 visitors and is Europe’s largest consumer Hobby Show.

Catering for 2wd Buggy, 4wd Buggy, 17.5 2wd Short Course and 4wd Modified Short Course, the ‘TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby’ will use a controlled tyre provided by dBoots. 4wd Buggy and both Short Course classes will use controlled tyres front and rear while in the 2wd Buggy class only the rear tyre is controlled.

Entry is currently open at MyRCM, so if you want to compete against the best in the World at an awesome venue with a great atmosphere then sign up now.

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January 29, 2012

Mike Truhe confirmed for EOS Rd1

The opening race of the Euro Offroad Series (February 10th to 12th) in the Czech Republic is shaping up to be a great event with the organisers confirming that former ROAR national Champion Mike Truhe will be making the trip over from the US to compete in the event. The TLR driver will join other top drivers from around Europe to compete for the win in the first race of this exciting electric offroad series. Entry is currently open at MyRCM, so if you want to compete against the best in the World at an awesome venue with a great atmosphere then sign up now.

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January 17, 2012

Neumann & Honigl confirmed for EOS Rd1

The organisers of next month’s Euro Offroad Series season opener (February 10th to 12th) in the Czech Republic have confirmed that Team Durango will be sending their factory team to Hrotovice for round 1. Winner at the EOS Pilot race in Sweden last year, Joern Neumann will be in attendance, coming off a dominant indoor season that has seen him win both the DHI Cup and Petit race in the last fortnight. He will be joined by team mate Hupo Honigl, who also took a win at last weekend’s Petit race and both are confirmed to run in the 4wd, 2wd and 4wd SC classes. More top driver announcements will come in the next days, including a Japanese superstar, as this race shapes up to be a classic. Entry is currently open at MyRCM, so if you want to compete against the best in the World at an awesome venue with a great atmosphere then sign up now.

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January 7, 2012

dBoots chosen as official tire of EOS

As the New Year is upon us, all of us in the EOS organization want to wish everyone a very happy New Year. The new year will bring with it the beginning of the much anticipated Euro Offroad Series, kicking off in the Czech Republic on February 10th to 12th. As we prepare for the EOS, we would like to take this time to announce that the official race tire for the 2012 EOS will be dBoots tyres.  Adam and all the team at dBoots have been working very hard with us to ensure the EOS will be a tremendous success and with the quality of the dBoots tyres it will prove to be a winning combination.

For the EOS, we will be running 4 classes. 2wd Buggy, 4wd Buggy, 17.5 2wd Short Course and 4wd Modified Short Course and all classes will be using the dBoots tires.  4wd Buggy and both SC classes will use control tires front and rear and in the 2wd Buggy class it will be control tyres only in the rear.

We are very excited to begin the EOS and we look forward to bringing our style of racing, organization and excitement to the Offroad world.  We hope to see many of our old friends and many new faces in February for Round 1 of the EOS. Entry is now open at www.myrcm.ch

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November 7, 2011

EOS Season opener moved to February

The organisers of the Euro Offroad Series wanted to let everyone know of some immediate changes they needed to make regarding the beginning of the EOS. As our plans for the EOS had been set and were ready to go, we received information that the date we had scheduled for Round 1 was clashing with another event in the UK. As this would have been our first event for the EOS and the first time in the UK, the last thing we wanted to do was to conflict with another race event. So we had to make the decision to postpone Round 1 of the EOS. With this change, Round 1 of the EOS will be held 10-12 February 2012 in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. We have held many events with Michal Bok and his team for our Euro Touring Series and we know what a perfect venue they have. The track area is located in the sports hall area that is attached to the hotel and it has a very nice restaurant, bowling alley, bar and it makes for a perfect location to hold an event. Plus it is a very affordable place as the food and drinks are not very expensive.

We understand this change may have caused some problems for some racers, but please know that it was something we had to do as we did not want to cause any conflict with the other event. We look forward to seeing everyone for Round 1 of the EOS and it will be the beginning of a great race series to showcase the fun that is off road racing – Scotty, Uwe and the EOS team.

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