Rheinard ‘Czechs’ out in Leg 2 to win ETS Round 3
Marc Rheinard is the winner of the third round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series, the current World Champion backing up his A-Main Leg 1 win by cruising to a 2 second winning margin over his Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck. The result means Rheinard leaves the Czech Republic with a 2 point advantage over the Swede who came to Hrotovice as the championship leader.
Rheinard said once he had established a gap up front he just controlled the race. Commenting on the weekend the German said it was one of the more difficult races for the team as they struggled with set-up but in the end they made progress and it was good practice for the up coming indoor European Championships in Finland. Wilck was disappointed he wasn’t able to mount a challenge for the win in Leg 2 and take the race to the third leg. The ETS Round 1 winner said his Tamiya was lacking steering after being late putting on the front additive and despite giving his all there was nothing he could do about his team-mates pace.
Repeating his Leg 1 third place finish Associated’s Juho Levanen said he felt he could pass Wilck before making a small mistake which dropped him back. With the pace of the Top 3 so close the Finn said he couldn’t make back the lost time and had to settle for third once again.
The big battle of the race was for fourth position with Martin Hudy once again the man getting the most attention from his rivals. Like in Leg 1 the Slovak driver stayed calm and kept his LRP powered Xray online to finish in front of fellow T3 driver Zdenek Hamak and former World Champion Andy Moore. After piloting his airborne Hot Bodies down the straight on the opening lap the former World Champion finished ahead of fellow Brits Elliot Harper and Olly Jefferies.
In Pro stock, Leg 2 wasn’t as action packed as the opening race with Daniel Wohlgemuth converting his TQ starting position into victory but once again the German had his moments rolling once as he came onto the straight. Behind him it was defending Champion Balint Rajki took second making it a 1-2 finish for the Cyclone. Afterwards the Hungarian summed up the race but saying, ‘that was much better’. Ivan Laptev again had a good run to bring his Tamiya home in third ahead of a very Carsten Madsen, the Dane recording the fastest lap of the race. The overall winner of Round 3 for Pro Stock will be decided in the third leg with three drivers, Wohlgemuth, Leg 1 winner Dennis Fadtke and Rajki, in contention.
Modified A-main Leg 2 results
1. Rheinard Marc – 19 Laps in 5:07.623
2. Wilck Viktor – 19 Laps in 5:09.841
3. Levanen Juho – 19 Laps in 5:11.944
4. Hudy Martin – 18 Laps in 5:00.699
5. Hamak Zdenek – 18 Laps in 5:01.031
6. Moore Andy – 18 Laps in 5:01.816
7. Harper Elliott – 18 Laps in 5:02.192
8. Jefferies Olly – 18 Laps in 5:03.177
9. Graversen Steen – 18 Laps in 5:03.724
10.Kunák Zdenko – 18 Laps in 5:06.805
Pro Stock A-main Leg 2 results
1. Wohlgemuth Daniel – 18 Laps in 5:03.906
2. Rajki Balint – 18 Laps in 5:06.344
3. Laptev Ivan – 18 Laps in 5:08.984
4. Madsen Carsten – 18 Laps in 5:11.017
5. Ashton Chris – 18 Laps in 5:12.039
6. Fadtke Dennis – 18 Laps in 5:12.352
7. Mara Jiri – 18 Laps in 5:12.690
8. Klöckner René – 17 Laps in 5:02.898
9. Schmidt Martin – 17 Laps in 5:07.910
10.Stocker Alexander – DNS
Full results can be found here.
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