Rheinard takes runner-up spot in Kastellaun
With Ronald Volker having already secured the overall victory with wins in the opening two legs, and opting to sit out the third final, it was Marc Rheinard who became the only other driver to appear at the top of the Xenon Modified time sheets here this weekend in Kastellaun. The defending ETS Champion took a rather easy win but only after he made contact the rear of early leader Freddy Sudhoff on lap 4, the body once again tucking under on the green Hot Bodies TCX. Rheinard said afterwards that the incident was unfortunate and ‘shit for Freddy’ but reflecting on Volker’s domination of the event said his Tamiya team needs to find something before the next round in Czech Republic next month. The 3-time World Champion believes the level of support provided by Yokomo here in Germany was key to Volker’s performance.
With Rheinard winning by over 2.5 seconds, the interest in the race was the battle for second which at one point was between four cars. In the end Hot Bodies driver Dominik Fleischmann resisted pressure from Team Associated’s Juho Levanen who in turn had to deal with challenges from Yannic Pruemper and Viktor Wilck. A much improved Pruemper, the German teenager finally showed the kind of speed we expect from the former race winner, but a mistake in the chicane while trying a move on Levanen dropped him back and he eventually finished 6th. Having traction rolled off the track on the opening lap Wilck worked his way back up the order but also failed to find a way passed the Finnish ace who crossed the line in third 15/100th ahead of the Swede. The result of the third leg would see Levanen, Wilck and Sudhoff all tie for the final podium place on 7 points but Wilck’s Leg 3 race time would see him take the 3rd overall.
In Pro-Stock Eric Dankel, having already secured the overall win, completed a perfect day with a clean sweep of victories from pole. A rather chaotic race, the Xray driver managed to lap everyone up to second place which went to Martin Hofer which was good enough to secure the Yokomo driver the final step on the podium. Finishing third, backing up his second place finish in Leg 2, 16-year-old Tim Wahl made it a successful 1-2 result for Xray’s new T3 ’11 as he finished runner-up overall.
A superb start to the 2010/11 ‘Yokomo Euro Touring Series’, with a record 262 entries registering championship points, the teams and drivers have six weeks to prepare for the next stage of the World’s biggest touring car championship. Making a very successful debut on the ETS calendar last season, the series returns to the Czech Republic on November 26-28 when we will see if anyone can respond to the pace laid down by the on-form Volker.
‘Xenon Modified’ Overall Result
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 2 points
2. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 3
3. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 7
4. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/LRP – 7
5. Frederik Südhoff (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 7
6. Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – Hot Bodies/LRP – 8
7. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Speedpassion – 10
8. Elliott Harper (GB) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 14
9. Lucas Urbain (FR) – Losi/Speedpassion – 15
10.Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/LRP – 16
‘Xray Pro-Stock’ Overall Result
1. Eric Dankel (DE) – Xray – 2
2. Tim Wahl (DE) – Xray – 5
3. Martin Hofer (DE) – Yokomo – 5
4. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 9
5. Alexander Stocker (DE) – Yokomo – 9
6. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Tamiya – 9
7. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 10
8. René Klöckner (DE) – Tamiya – 12
9. Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – Xray – 17
10.Carsten Madsen (DK) – Tamiya – 18
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