Neil Cragg does the double - 4WD Euro Champion

[jimmy]

Neil Cragg took a hard fought win in the 4WD event at the 2008 EFRA European Championships with the new Yokomo B-Max. Neil didn't have everything his own way in qualifying - laying in third position overnight. As mentioned in the oOple race report though, the last two qualifiers can change everything and Neils Yokomo was dialled in the last two qualifiers - taking both rounds to give him overall TQ.

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/euros2008/day6/trophy.jpg


Neil won the first two legs of the A and sat out the third to allow the other drivers to battle for second. Hupo Honigl took the third in an amazing race with Lee Martin right behind all the way - giving him second overall, with Lee Martin third overall.

Full race report on oOple here
(http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/euros2008/)

[Chrislong]

Congratulations to Neil & Mick! I am really pleased for you, got to mention Mick as he is the one smiling enough for both of you :thumbsup:

[Bathy]

Now that is pretty dam impressive I must say, well done Neil and Yokomo!

[DCM]

Congrats, thats a huge can of whoop arse considering he only got the car on Wednesday!!!

[bigred5765]

well done you guys,agreed with chris,mick looks well pleased,the new car must be ace

[GRIFF55]

Well done Neil and the Yokomo guys, can't wait to see vids of the racing!!
Just noticed in the pic, the car designer has not one but TWO halo's above his head!!:lol: Much deserved i'd say:thumbsup:nice one

[telboy]

Great win Neil, well done. The Yokomo looks pretty good.:thumbsup:

[Freakypen]

BRILLIANT STUFF NEIL...-What can I say??Well done mate amazing!!

[Belsten]

Absolutely awesome, well done Neil and the rest of the Uk team :thumbsup:

[lochness42]

Nothing else to say, but congrats Neil again :thumbsup:

[ben]

Good skills neil. Well done mate.

[gps3300]

Great to see Neil on form again. To win 4wd with a beginner car he'd never driven before, against Europe's best is a great show of skill - well done:thumbsup: Congrat's to all the other UK drivers for a dominant performance :)

[Garry Driffill]

Its crept into my mind, was the BX holding him back ?

[Chrislong]

Some great pictures of Day 6 in the report, well done fella. :)

[ashleyb4]

Vicky is super at getting spy shots :thumbsup::thumbsup:

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[JohnM]

Ash, if a girl with a camera asks a man if its ok to take some pictures, most men will let her take as many as she wants, of whatever she wants:lol:

[millzy]

Ash, if a girl with a camera asks a man if its ok to take some pictures, most men will let her take as many as she wants, of whatever she wants:lol:

Is that a Micheal jackson quote?

[BRS]

I think Cragg could put a set of wheels on a turd and beat most :thumbsup:

Well done that man and he didnt tell his bird for three months that he raced toy cars ...spot on!!

[Welshy40]

Jimmy,

I see that you have met Manolis. He is really quite impressive. I know he will get it together sooner rather than later and we will see a new car worthy of owning. Im impressed by his designs, including my favourite the conversion of a 2wd Losi buggy to a 4wd. Work of art machining.

[JohnM]

Is that a Micheal jackson quote?

Not sure if Micheal Jackson would be interested in talking to a girl, didn't he think the group "Boys to Men" was a home delivery service:woot:

[samboneecanada]

has anyone found some video footage on this?

Jimmy keep up the great work. this site is awesome!!

the surface is similar to the one we have in Canada at Sid's raceway. www.sidsraceway.com

tons of pics and videos there.

ciao
Sean

[MHeadling]

Is there any shots of the inside of Neil's Yokomo?? interested to see what options he had on it? looks like it could be a good car for 08/09 season

[jimmy]

Theres one or two on the report, but I have a load more to add to the BIG photo gallery - sooooooon :)

Options? nothing really. this car was pretty much standard. the main change was the dampers, from the kit plastic to the BX items. They said if they had the plastic ones on time they would have run those, but they weren't finished.

There were some Hex screws and some phillips - my guess (and it's only a guess) is that the car comes with phillips screws and the Hex screws were added to make maintenance easier for the mechanics. Neil ran with diffs front and rear - so no additional stuff like one ways etc.

[MHeadling]

Cool thanks for that Jimmy, look forward to the pictures being added, and maybe getting a Yokomo!