Groskamp & Janssen secure Dutch glory
A-Main number 2 has decided the outcome of the Dutch round of the 2008/2009 Euro Touring Series with Jilles Groskamp and Rob Janssen repeating their opening leg victories to secure the overall win here at the impressive Apeldoorn facility. Groskamp again took an easy win with his Tamiya TRF416 World Edition this time over the Corally of Marc Fisher and the Xray of Bart Wubben. The only driver to run a sub 16 second lap, Groskamp made it look easy as behind him a number of great battles were fought out. Marc Rheinard once again had a loose car dropping him down the order as Martin Hofer and Fischer took up the race for second spot. Team Yokomo’s Hofer was putting in a great drive and fending off the close atentions of his fellow countryman but on lap 13 his new BD5 stripped a spur gear at the end of a straight. This handed Fischer second while Wubben and Rheinard mixed it for third but the World Champion couldn’t find a way passed as his car and that of Fischer started to dump on the final lap. Neither lost position but both hope they can go the distance in the third leg with Fischer in with a chance of a podium. Kyosho pairing Steen Graversen and Christopher Krapp completed the top six after a good battle involving Hot Bodies Andy Moore who crossed the line in seventh. Yannic Pruemper, second in the opening Leg, struggled with his car on used tyres and he managed only 8th having started fourth on the grid.
The opening lap of the Pro Stock final looked as though Daniel Wohlgemuth might have got the better of the dominant Janssen and that we finally had a challenger for the local ace. Janssen’s Corally ran wide in the fourth corner allowing Wohlgemuth’s Tamiya down the inside but it was short lived as at the start of lap 2 the Top Qualifier was back in control. Wohlgemuth now had to contend with Alexander Stocker and Ronald Arts, Stocker eventually finding a way through but despite his best efforts Arts couldn’t. In Pro 10 Tim Altmann of Germany proved he is the class of the field with his self designed 4 Turn Lipo powered car taking its second win again from Ralf Boos’ Speedline with Dutch ARTS Racing driver Richard Arts third.
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