Revised timetable for busy Day 2
While it is a pleasant dry start to Day 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series and set to remain that way for the entire day, mother nature’s intention for tomorrow are not looking as favorable and responding to the 85% chance of rain being forecast Series organisers have decided to react and revise the timetable to ensure the massive entry at Apeldoorn get to run at least one final today. Having considered dropping one of the four rounds of qualifying to clear time to run finals this evening it was decided after discussions with a number of drivers to retain the original qualifying schedule and just run later into the night.
With both the Ride Modified and Xray Pro Stock Championship titles at critical points the two A-Mains have been scheduled for tonight with the rest of the field getting one round which, should the rain force tomorrow’s action to be cancelled, will determine the overall result for the Dutch event.
Fastest in controlled practice yesterday and winner of this event last year, Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard welcomed the extended timetable saying it was a good call from the ETS as racing in the wet is fun for nobody and only ends up damaging equipment. Having considered dropping to three qualifiers the World Champion said sticking with four was the right decision as count 1 of 3 would be unfair and 2 of 3 would leave no room for a driver should they hit any problems.
With 21 qualifying groups to get through race director Scotty Ernst is in for a busy day to ensure the schedule runs swiftly and on time with the closing race of the day, the second of the Modified A-Mains, due to start at 21:22.
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