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| Bayer TQs opening 4WD qualifier Posted: 24 Feb 2018 10:44 AM PST Martin Bayer has TQ’d the opening round of 4WD qualifying at the EOS in Slovakia. Second fastest in practice, the Xray driver topped the first of the four qualifiers from top seed Michal Orlowski, the pair having a distinct advantage over the rest of the field at the Hudy Arena with Marc Rheinard the only driver to join them in posting 23-second fastest laps. The third seed Rheinard would opening qualifying with a P4, team-mate Lee Martin improving his car from practice to go 2/10ths faster and complete the Top 3. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. |
| Bayer TQs opening 4WD qualifier Posted: 24 Feb 2018 10:38 AM PST Martin Bayer has TQ’d the opening round of 4WD qualifying at the EOS in Slovakia. Second fastest in practice, the Xray driver topped the first of the four qualifiers from top seed Michal Orlowski, the pair having a distinct advantage over the rest of the field at the Hudy Arena with Marc Rheinard the only driver to join them in posting 23-second fastest laps. The third seed Rheinard would opening qualifying with a P4, team-mate Lee Martin improving his car from practice to go 2/10ths faster and complete the Top 3. ‘Really good’ was Bayer’s reaction after taking Q1 by 6/10ths over Orlowski. He said, ‘I changed the shock set-up and made it a little harder. Before it was twitchy. Now it is not as good on the landings but it is better on the flat stuff. In the beginning it (the shock oil) was cold but once it warmed up it got better and better and at the end the feeling was very good. I will leave it the same (for Q2) and see how it goes.’ Orlowski summed up his qualifying performance with, ‘It was good and I lead most of the heat but I had a couple of small bobbles, one too many’. He continued, ‘Overall the car feels good but I struggle in the corners because it wants to flip and I can’t push as hard as I want. We will work on that for the next one’. ‘It went better than practice’, that was how Lee Martin described his run to P3. The British driver said, ‘In practice it was just too hard to drive so I copied Marc and went very close to his set-up. It was pretty easy to drive and at the start I was just getting used to it. It took a while to figure out’. He continued, ‘we still need to improve it (the car) to catch up to the other two but I know I can find time from driving better now that I am more used to the set-up change’. Rheinard described his opening qualifier as ‘a pretty nervous run’. The German continued, ‘I just want to get points so 4th is not a bad start. I was on new tyres and on second run tyres it is easier (to drive)’. He concluded, ‘I can push more in the next one’. Behind Rheinard, Xray’s Joel Valander was fifth fastest in front of Jörn Neumann and Joona Haatanen. View complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Orlowski top seed for 4WD at EOS Posted: 24 Feb 2018 09:10 AM PST Having won 2WD earlier in the day at Round 3 of the Euro Offroad Series in Slovakia, Michal Orlowski is the top seed for 4WD qualifying after he topped the two rounds of timed practice. Having had some issues in free practice, with him only totaling 11-laps, the Schumacher would top both timed runs with almost identical times for his fastest 2-consecutive laps, the final practice slightly quicker by 0.018 of a second. Behind, it was Martin Bayer who was closest to Orlowski improving from 5th fastest to 2nd overall between practice. The Top 3 would be completed by Marc Rheinard ahead of Jörn Neumann and Round 1 podium finisher Daniel Kobbevik as Rheinard’s Yokomo team-mate Lee Martin could only manage the 9th quickest time. Summing up practice Orlowski said, ‘we had some problems in the first practice. Screws coming loose and parts coming out’. The ETS Daun winner continued, ‘we are not there yet with the car set-up but in the last practice I was able to drive more consistent’. Asked what needed improve in the car’s set-up he replied, ‘we need to more stability in the corner. I looks like it is going to roll over’. ‘I finally had a better run than before’ was Bayer’s reaction to his P2 pace in the final practice. Winner of the race last season, the Xray driver added, ‘It is a struggle with the front tyres and what is the best way to cut the pins. There are hundreds of options. One will be good at the start and not good at the end (of the run) but for the last practice I found a good one. Now we have the tyre cut I like we can start working on the car set-up’. Having struggled in 2WD, finishing 9th overall, Rheinard said, ‘I was more comfortable with my 4WD already from the first practice’. The German continued, ‘my pace is not bad but the car is still hard to drive with no mistake but for everyone it is the same problem’. Asked about changes he made over the four practice runs he said, ‘the set-up is pretty much the same as we had in Daun and we haven’t really had to make any changes. For qualifying I will try to keep the car on the track and made some good runs’. ‘It’s going well, fourth is pretty good’, was how Neumann summed up practice. The Schumacher driver continued, ‘of course 5-minute will be different but the car has the speed and it’s down to the driver now’. Drivers will run two of the four scheduled qualifiers this evening. View complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Posted: 24 Feb 2018 07:57 AM PST Chassis: Yokomo YZ-2 Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Chassis Focus – Michal Orlowski Posted: 24 Feb 2018 06:49 AM PST Chassis: Schumacher Cougar KC Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Orlowski takes first win of EOS title defence Posted: 24 Feb 2018 05:26 AM PST Michal Orlowski has claimed the first win of his Euro Offroad Series 2WD title defence, the Schumacher driver claiming victory at the Hudy Arena from Martin Bayer and Lee Martin. The half way stage of the championship Orlowski came into the weekend a point adrift of Bayer in the standings but leaves the home of Xray and enters the final two rounds of the EOS with a two points advantage. Top Qualifier in Slovakia, Orlowski lead A3 from start to finish albeit with Bayer throwing all at it on the final lap but the Polish teenager was always in control wrapping up his 4th EOS career win in 2WD, three of which have come at the Hudy Arena. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. |
| Orlowski takes first win of EOS title defence Posted: 24 Feb 2018 05:23 AM PST Michal Orlowski has claimed the first win of his Euro Offroad Series 2WD title defence, the Schumacher driver claiming victory at the Hudy Arena from Martin Bayer and Lee Martin. The half way stage of the championship Orlowski came into the weekend a point adrift of Bayer in the standings but leaves the home of Xray and enters the final two rounds of the EOS with a two points advantage. Top Qualifier in Slovakia, Orlowski led A3 from start to finish albeit with Bayer throwing all at it on the final lap but the Polish teenager was always in control wrapping up his 4th EOS career win in 2WD, three of which have come at the Hudy Arena. ‘I did what I wanted to do”, was Orlowski reaction after taking A3 and the overall win. Winner of the event last year, he continued, ‘Bayer started quicker this time but I was able to react and keep in front. I can’t wait for the next round’. Asked about his successful record at the Hudy Arena, it being where he claimed his first ever EOS victory four seasons ago, he replied, ‘every time I come here I have pretty good result. My worst finish here in 2WD in second. I’m happy with that given it’s Xray’s home’. With the event now switching to 4WD the Pole, winner in Daun last month concluded, ‘I hope in 4WD I will be as quick as in Germany’. Continuing his run of podium finishes, a very pleased Bayer said, ‘I’m super happy I’m fighting with a person that told me at Round 1 that I should stop racing. At home you always want to win but my own mistakes cost me the fight with Michal. I was very close on the last lap (of A3) and tried something super crazy but it didn’t work out, still very happy with my pace this weekend’. The Czech driver continued, ‘from 3 races I finish on the podium all the time and I am very happy with this’. ‘It’s good to be back on the 2WD podium. It’s not as high as I wanted to be but it’s the best we could have expected given our pace’, was how Martin summed up his 3rd position overall. He continued, ‘Michal was good, he is always good here, I think he likes big open tracks. Its Bayer’s home track and he made a lot of his time on the big table top. We have a lot of work to do to get the set-up we crave & desire. I will do testing when I get home. It is funny, corner speed was not an issue the last round but this weekend it is’. Behind Martin, Kája Novotný would finish 4th ahead of Neil Cragg, a promising start to the weekend for the Round 2 winner not delivering the result the Associated driver had hoped for. View complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
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| Posted: 24 Feb 2018 03:55 AM PST Michal Orlowski made up for the first lap error that cost him the win in A1 with a perfect A2 performance that saw the Schumacher driver cruise to victory. Pulling clear of the field from the opening lap, the reigning champion would win by a massive 9-second with the main action of the race being for 2nd, first between A1 winner Martin Bayer and Neil Cragg and then between Bayer and Lee Martin. At the end it was Martin who held on for second just ahead of Bayer after a tangle at the penultimate corner allowing Kája Novotný to finish a close fourth. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. |
| Posted: 24 Feb 2018 03:51 AM PST Michal Orlowski made up for the first lap error that cost him the win in A1 with a perfect A2 performance that saw the Schumacher driver cruise to victory. Pulling clear of the field from the opening lap, the reigning champion would win by a massive 9-seconds with the main action of the race being for 2nd, first between A1 winner Martin Bayer and Neil Cragg and then between Bayer and Lee Martin. At the end it was Martin who held on for second just ahead of Bayer after a tangle at the penultimate corner allowing Kája Novotný to finish a close fourth. Commenting on his win which included him setting a new fastest lap of the weekend, Orlowski said, ‘Again I made a good gap at the start. I was on new tyres so the car was very good. I got the gap to 1-second over Bayer and was trying to make it bigger but then he made a mistake so I was very comfortable’. He continued, ‘I wanted to make a faster time than him (Bayer) so started to run fast laps at the end’. Bettering Bayer’s A1 time by 7-seconds, giving him the tie breaker advantage if needed come A3, he concluded, ‘I have nothing to change for A3, just go out and race’. Traction rolling in A1 after which the marshal put his Yokomo back on its roof ending any chance of a result, Martin was much happier after A2. A former winner at the Hudy Arena, he said, ‘I made the most of everyone’s errors. I was not that fast and just plodded around. By the time I got up to second Orlowski was a distant spot. Martin (Bayer) was faster but couldn’t get around me’. Looking to A3, the British driver said, ‘we’ll try a few things for the last one to try and improve the car’. ‘One mistake’ was how Bayer summed up A2. An error half way through the race would drop the Xray driver to third with him unable to regain the position despite his best efforts. ‘I had a fun fight with Lee. I tried at the table top on the last lap and I was almost there. At the next corner I was up on 3-wheels and had no brakes which is why I hit Lee’. Waiting to give back position, the championship leader said of his 3rd place finish, ‘the podium is already secured. I’m very happy because I have made the podium every race and it means I can go all in for the last one’. View complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Posted: 24 Feb 2018 02:30 AM PST Martin Bayer has won the opening A-Main at the Euro Offroad Series, the Xray driver just seeing off Top Qualifier Michal Orlowski for the win. Starting from second on the grid, Bayer would go to the front on the opening lap after a mistake from Orlowski but the Schumacher was clearly quicker. Catching the Czech driver, a first attempt saw the Pole get on the inside only for the two to tangle with Bayer able to hold on to the lead. A second charge from Orlowski then set up a photo finish with Orlowski launching his car into the final corner. With the timing screens showing him as the winner, the reigning champion had triggered the loop by cutting the corner and the result was corrected so that Bayer was rightly the winner. With the two in a class of their own, it was Kája Novotný who would complete the Top 3 after Neil Cragg suffered an unlucky retirement with half a minute remaining. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. |
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| Posted: 24 Feb 2018 02:26 AM PST Martin Bayer has won the opening A-Main at the Euro Offroad Series, the Xray driver just seeing off Top Qualifier Michal Orlowski for the win. Starting from second on the grid, Bayer would go to the front on the opening lap after a mistake from Orlowski but the Schumacher was clearly quicker. Catching the Czech driver, a first attempt saw the Pole get on the inside only for the two to tangle with Bayer able to hold on to the lead. A second charge from Orlowski then set up a photo finish with Orlowski launching his car into the final corner. With the timing screens showing him as the winner, the reigning champion had triggered the loop by cutting the corner and the result was corrected so that Bayer was rightly the winner. With the two in a class of their own, it was Kája Novotný who would complete the Top 3 after Neil Cragg suffered an unlucky retirement with half a minute remaining. ‘Way too much pressure on me. If a Doctor was measuring my heart rate they would think I was having a heart attack’, was Bayer’s reaction to his win. He continued, ‘when I went in the lead I just tried not to make any mistakes. I know I was slower so I drove on the inside line to leave no space. I have one win so let’s see what happens in the next one’. The championship leader raised a concern of his tyres saying, ‘I feel the race tyres are different each set. I had a new set (for A1) and there was a big difference to the new set I used in Q3 but I will see how they go in the second one’. Running the same set of tyres he used to take Q4 and seal the overall TQ, Orlowski said his car ‘was a bit oversteering in the warm-up’. He continued, ‘I got a good start and had a half second gap but clipped the pipe. I tried to save it but clipped the next pipe and crashed’. Chasing a third win at the Hudy Arena, he said, ‘I knew I was faster so I stayed behind Bayer, we both had small mistakes, and when I went for a pass down his inside I was unlucky I touched him. I tried to get by again but it was too late’. Looking to A2 he is confident saying, ‘I will be on new tyres and know I have a pace advantage so I will try to pull away’. Starting third and joining the battle for the lead for a time, Cragg was annoyed at losing out on an ‘easiest 3rd place’. The Team Associated driver said, ‘I was really good for four & a half minutes but then something really weird happened that I have never seen before. I crashed and somehow lost all four screws from the chassis weight’. With the speed controller mounted to the plate this would then lift and ‘pull the sensor cable out’ ending his race to the benefit of Xray’s Novotný. Behind the Czech driver, Cragg’s team-mate Joona Haatanen would get fourth followed by A-Main debutant Adam Izsay. View complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Posted: 24 Feb 2018 02:09 AM PST The Motorama, the U.S.’s largest all-indoor motorsports event, took place last weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The race, which is organised by Scotty Ernst, includes 1/10th and 1/8th electric off-road racing. Motorama consists of two practice rounds Friday and one qualifier, followed by three more rounds of qualifying Saturday and Triple A-ains on Sunday. After some hard fought battles in the highly contested Modified 2WD class, Team Associated’s Dustin Evans grabbed top qualifying honours and went on to win the first and third mains for the overall victory. Teammates Cole Tollard and Alex Kosciuszek rounded out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively, giving the new Associated B6.1D the podium sweep. In 4WD Modified, Team Associated’s Cole Tollard took TQ honours, but Dustin Evans won the first two mains for the overall victory. Cole Tollard finished 2nd and Alex Kosciuszek 3rd for another podium sweep for the Team Associated trio. In Modified SC, Dustin Evans took TQ and won the first two mains for the overall victory. The TLR duo of Aaron Kothman and Caleb Jennings would round out the top 3 result. Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com] |
| Reedy Sonic 540-M3 6.5T 1/12th pan car motor Posted: 24 Feb 2018 12:43 AM PST Reedy’s Sonic 540-M3 motor is now available in a special 6.5T version designed specifically for 1/12th Modified class racers who race in European events where a 6.5T limit is mandated. A short-stack stator, revised wire sizes, upgraded magnet, and reduced weight make this version perfectly suited for this distinct racing application. Features Specifications: Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com] |
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| Orlowski secures overall TQ at EOS Slovakia Posted: 23 Feb 2018 11:29 AM PST Michal Orlowski has secured the overall TQ at the Euro Offroad Series in Slovakia, the Schumacher driver delivering a second TQ run in the all counting fourth & final qualifier at the Hudy Arena. With four drivers in contention to become the 2WD Top Qualifier at the 3rd round of the championship, it was Orlowski who came out on top producing the fastest time of the day and bettering Martin Bayer’s previous quickest time from Q3 by 4-seconds to claim the first TQ championship point of his 2WD title defence. Behind him, but unable to match Orlowski’s 13 lap pace, Neil Cragg would post the second fastest time of Q4 but with Bayer having a faster TQ time, it meant the Associated driver lost out on the tie breaker and will start tomorrow’s finals 3rd on the grid. Completing the Top 3 for the final qualifier ahead of Bayer, the Xray driver’s challenge ending with a mistake on his 3rd lap, Lee Martin makes it four different manufacturers represented at the front of the grid, a result not expected at the home of Xray. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. |
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