October 18, 2013

Track Focus – ‘Hobby’ Show Poznan

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Host – ATA
Country – Poland
Location – Poznan
Track type – Temporary
Surface – Carpet/Wood Jumps
Direction – Anti-Clockwise
Previous key events hosted – EOS/ETS

The third season of the Euro Offroad Series returns to the city of Poznan in Poland where once again the event is part of the ‘Hobby’ event being held at the vast Miedzynarodowe Targi Poznanskie exhibition centre.  This is the third time that race hosts ATA have managed to get an international r/c event held at the MTP venue.  In 2012 a round of the the Euro Touring Series ran as part of a major motorshow while later that year the EOS made its debut at the ‘Hobby’ event which covers all aspects of r/c and model building. Proving a huge success with show goers last year, the track has moved to a different hall where it is now the central attraction of the show.  The construction of the track itself features a new system by a Polish company called AzetX.  Still in prototype form, around 50% of the track has been constructed from the click together system which AzetX plans to market to clubs & race organisers as a complete temporary track building solution.  Race Director Scotty Ernst believes the track is the nicest EOS track yet.  Describing it as technical and challenging he said the double section is the key to the track.  Faster to double, the margin for getting it right is very small. Also featuring a ‘Xray’ wall section a lap of the track is 164 metres with early lap times for 2WD being in the 23 seconds.

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October 15, 2013

EOS to kick off in front of 40,000 show goers

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The third season of the Euro Offroad Series kicks off this weekend (18-20th Oct) in Poland, where Europe’s best offroad racers will do battle in front of a crowd of up to 40,000 show goers. For the second year running, the opening race on the calendar of the four round championship for 1:10 electric offroad will take place in the city of Poznan as part of the ‘HOBBY Model Making and Games Exhibition’. Providing the perfect platform to showcase the sport, the entry for the three day event will be headed by Team Durango’s Joern Neumann.

The back to back EOS Champion of both 2WD and 4WD Buggy, the German will be looking to get his campaign to claim a hat trick of titles off to the perfect start but he faces some tough opposition in the class he has made his own. Top Qualifier at the World Championships in California last month, Neumann has yet to be beaten in 4WD Buggy with a 100% winning record over past two season’s of the Euro Offroad Series. Seeking an 8th consecutive win this weekend, his biggest challenger is set to be Xray’s Martin Bayer. Last July, the Czech driver ended Neumann’s two year reign as European 4WD Champion and on two of the three EOS outings he made last season was a podium finisher.

The 2013/14 season will mark Xray’s first full EOS campaign, their first electric buggy the XB4 having not been on the market 12-months ago. Bayer’s team-mate Renaud Savoya is also set to be in the mix for securing the Slovakian manufacturer’s first win in the series. Making his electric offroad debut last year at the EOS in Austria and also contesting the season finale at Dortmund, the French ace travels to Poland having extensively tested and built up knowledge of the high traction conditions of indoor offroad racing.

Another team to commit to a full EOS campaign this season is Kyosho. The Japanese company will be counting on David Ronnefalk to bring them success. The Swedish ace made a strong impression on his two EOS outings last season, claiming podium finishes in 4WD in Austria and 2WD in Germany. The 17-year-old has since then gone on to claim his first major title becoming the European 1:8 Offroad Champion and last month was a finalist in 2WD at the Electric Buggy World Championships.

Others set to feature in Poland include Neumann’s Durango team-mates Hupo Honigl and Michal Orlowski. Last year Orlowski was on the 2WD podium in Poznan alongside Neumann and TLR’s Dustin Evans and the 12-year-old Polish talent will be hoping to again put in a strong performance in front of the large home crowd attending the Hobby exhibition. Just missing the 2WD podium in Poznan last year finishing fourth, Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill will be looking to go at least one better this year for the British manufacturer. Making his first trip to Poland, back to back German 2WD National Champion Oliver Scholz should show strongly for the factory Team C team together with Dortmund 2WD finalist Tom Maquel.

Attracting backing from offroad racing’s biggest brands, with Horizon Hobby, Pro-Line, Xray, Team Durango, Team Associated and Kyosho all primary sponsors of the upcoming season, the biggest change for season #3 is the new tyre partnership with Pro-Line. Working with the famous American tyre manufacturer, they will use the series to showcase their new line of competition tyres designed specifically for offroad carpet racing with the Pin Point and Wedge tyre, in the all-new Z3 compound, the new controlled tyre for the series.

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October 3, 2013

Pro-Line is official tire supplier for 2013-14 EOS season

Pro-Line are the Official Tire Supplier for the EOS

Just a few short weeks ahead of the opening race of the new season in Poznan Poland (October 18th-20th), the organisers of the Euro Offroad Series are excited to announce that for the 2013-14 season Pro-Line will be the Official Tire Supplier, as well as a Primary Sponsor, of the popular indoor electric offroad series. Having recently released a full range of Competition Tires for Indoor Carpet Off-Road, the US company has chosen the EOS to showcase their new line of tires made specifically for this increasingly popular form of racing. The series will be run using Pro-Line’s Pin Point and Wedge tires coupled with their all-new Z3 Compound which will provide excellent traction on the variety of racing surfaces found throughout the course of the series.

EOS Tire Information:
4wd buggy
Rear control tire – Pro-Line Pin Point Z3 Compound (#8228-103)
Front control tire – Pro-Line 4WD Pin Point Z3 Compound (#8229-103)

2wd buggy
Rear control tire – Pro-Line Pin Point Z3 Compound (#8228-103)
Front control tire – Pro-Line Wedge Z3 Compound (#8225-103)
(The 2WD Front tire does not come with an insert and most will run it without an insert. Insert choice is open)

Short Course 2wd & 4wd
Front & Rear control tire – Pro-Line Pin Point SC Z3 Compound (#10100-103)
(Includes Pro-Line Closed Cell inserts)

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April 14, 2013

4WD Podium for Hönigl & Bayer

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With Joern Neumann wrapping up the overall win in 4WD Buggy in the second A-Main, the closing race at the season finale in Dortmund, Germany, was all about deciding who would join the champion on the podium with the steps either side of him going to his team-mate Hupo Honigl and Xray’s Martin Bayer, the same order they would finish in the overall championship standings.  Starting effectively from second on the grid as Neumann sat out the race, Honigl would take the win ahead of the star of 4WD qualifying Michal Orlowski after he got by the 11-year-old on lap 4.  While Bayer would finish fourth behind Associated’s Cavalieri leaving them tied on points, his second place finish ahead of the American in Leg 2 was enough to give the Czech driver the final step on the podium ahead of the World Champion.

4WD Buggy Overall Result
1. Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – 2 pts
2. Hupo Hönigl (AT) – Team Durango – 3
3. Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 6
4. Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 6
5. Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 8
6. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 10
7. David Ronnefalk (SE) – Kyosho – 11
8. Renaud Savoya (FR) – Xray – 11
9. Oliver Speith (DE) – Team Durango – 14
10.Robert Batlle (ES) – Yokomo – 16

4WD Buggy A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(3) Hupo Hönigl (AT) – Team Durango – 20/5:07.688
2.(2) Michal Orlowski (PL) – Team Durango – 20/5:08.335
3.(5) Ryan Cavalieri (US) – Associated – 20/5:10.442
4.(7) Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 20/5:12.052
5.(6) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho – 19/5:01.275
6.(9) Renaud Savoya (FR) – Xray – 19/5:05.316
7.(8) Oliver Speith (DE) – Team Durango – 19/5:06.001
8.(4) David Ronnefalk (SE) – Kyosho – 19/5:06.484
9.(10)Robert Batlle (ES) – Yokomo – 17/5:00.886
10.(1)Joern Neumann (DE) – Team Durango – DNS

View the complete results here.

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