Lee Martin - 2012 2WD European Champion

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Lee Martin retains his 2WD European Champion title at this years EFRA event in Austria.

Piloting his Tamiya TRF201X to a near-total domination of the event. Only David Ronnefalk was able to out-do Lee by taking the final qualifier - only for it to be taken away due to failure to marshall the previous day - meaning Lee would take that round also, with the next fastest time.

The entertaining finals saw Lee Martin take the opening leg followed by David Ronnefalk taking the second leg after a last-corner move by Jorn Neumann to cross the line first was declared invalid since all his wheels were off the track. Video evidence was reviewed and Jorn demoted to second in the leg.
The final leg was the decider and Lee, Ronnefalk or Neumann could all win the event still. This time it was Lee who came out on top after some exciting racing - to become the 2012 EFRA 10th off road 2WD european champion.

Congratulations to Lee Martin and all the drivers racing and promoting the sport in Austria. The 4WD event begins tomorrow with practice.

Results for the A finals are here:
http://www.myrcm.ch/at/wmw/20120709_...F_Ranking.html

You can follow the EFRA media here:
http://news.efra.ws/index.php?id=336...0&y=2012-01-01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_VmkrJyyYI&feature=plcp

Photos courtesy of EFRA.