Prumper wins ‘Dash for Cash’ at ETS
Having secured the honour of Top Qualifier for the finale of the 2011/12 Yokomo Euro Touring Series earlier in the day, Yannic Prumper used that blistering pace around the Traiskirchen track to pocket himself €400 in the first ever ETS ‘Dash for Cash’. Introduced as part of the series’ end of season celebrations the event saw the Top 10 Modified qualifiers running two timed laps of the track in the reverse order of how they qualified with Martin Hudy first to take up the challenge. Originally set to offer the winner €200, just before the start of proceedings an anonymous donation was announced that saw the fund doubled.
Having driven the track clockwise for the past two days just as Hudy’s Xray was about to be placed on the track race director Scotty Ernst sprung the surprise that the ‘Dash for Cash’ would be run in the reverse direction. Placed on the track at the sweeper drivers had just one rolling lap in which to adjust to the new track direction. With Hudy laying down the marker Freddy Sudhoff upped the pace only to have that time bettered by Magnus Vassmar.
Next up to hit the track was World Champion Marc Rheinard and driving two inch perfect laps he would destroy the previous bench mark by a massive 1.6 seconds a time the fifth starter Christopher Krapp was unable to better. Now into the second half of the 10 runners, Rheinard’s team-mate Viktor Wilck pulled off a great first lap of 15.851 to go ahead at the split and backing it up with an almost identical 15.865 second time of asking went to the top of the ranking much to the delight of the onlookers.
Using Yokomo team-mate Hayato Matsuzaki’s car, it was reigning ETS Champion Ronald Volker’s turn next but on the first timed lap he got out of shape resulting in a 17.992 time ending his chances of pocketing the cash. Andy Moore also messed up running wide through the sweeper at the end of his first lap bouncing his HB from the outside barrier to the inside barrier after which he pulled up. Alexander Hagberg drove two clean laps but it wasn’t fast enough leaving just Prumper between Wilck at the prize. Pulling off a first lap that put him fractionally ahead Prumper’s second was to be the perfect lap being 3/10th faster than anyone else it secured the young German the inaugural ETS Dash for Cash title.
Dash for Cash times
1. Yannic Prumper – 31.140
2. Viktor Wilck – 31.716
3. Marc Rheinard – 31.758
4. Christopher Krapp – 32.362
5. Alexander Hagberg – 33.310
6. Magnus Vassmar – 33.410
7. Freddy Sudhoff – 33.725
8. Ronald Volker – 33.845
9. Martin Hudy – 34.295
10.Andy Moore – DNF
