EOS10 R2 Worksop – 4wd Qualifying Round 3

A very quick update for 4wd round 3. Neil Cragg had previously mentioned that his car was not where he needed it to be setup-wise, so we were very happy to see him run in heat 9 at a very sharp pace – obviously the car is working out better now. Cragg won the heat on a 16/513.67 with Jamie Hall and Josh Holdsworth a couple of seconds behind. That result put Neil 6th in round and another one of those should see him being propelled into the A Main.

Drama in the top heat

The top heat started off in a routine fashion with Lee Martin leading Kilic, Widmaier and Orlowski away on a fast pace. Martin was putting in his third possible TQ run by midway through the race which would have been enough to secure Pole Position for sure. Four laps from the end of the heat, Martin was coming up on Tommy Hall who was mid-field and soon to be a lap down. Hall’s car seemed to move across the track lane on the start finish straight in an unusual fashion and tag a hose, pushing him into a high speed spin. Martin coming down the straight at full speed had no time to react and he impacted with Hall at full speed. This was a huge impact. Hall’s car immediately and critically damaged and taken off track. Martin recovered to the track after Kilic and Widmaier had passed through. He continued for the remaining three laps but his car was visibly down on power. It was later discovered that the impact had caused a cell in his Lipo battery to fail.

EURO OFFROAD SERIES
10th edition – 2022/2023

Round 2 – WORKSOP [UK] – 07-09 OCTOBER 2022

Burak Kilic won the heat with a new fastest time on the warmup up track – 16/304.57. Michae Widmaier in second some 2 seconds adrift. Michal Orlowski able to get by a damaged Lee Martin on the last lap to set a 16/309.02. Burak now the only driver who can possibly upset Lee Martin’s Pole Positions claim.

4wd Qualifying Round 3 results:

Overall standings after 4wd Qualifying Round 3