Third A Main to decide ETS Rd1 Winners
The winners of the opening round of the Much More Euro Touring Series will be decided in the third A Main here in Germany after Jilles Groskamp and Daniel Wohlgemuth denied Leg 1 winners there second win and early overall victory. Groskamp and Leg 1 winner Marc Rheinard again showed they were the class of the Modified field but this time the Dutch driver managed the keep four wheels on the ground and make a brilliant move on his team-mate. Getting a better run onto the main straight Groskamp put his Tamiya down the inside as they enter the first corner on lap 17. Rheinard immediately fought back and later in the lap the two touched but great sportsmanship saw Rheinard wait and let his great rival back into the lead. The former World Champion tried again to pass but the ETS Champion, who set the fastest lap of the weekend in the race, had it covered taking the win to force a head to head in the final leg. Once again Freddy Sudhoff completed the Top 3 while Joel Myrberg got the better of Yannic Pruemper to take fourth.
In Pro Stock, Leg 1 saw Alexander Stocker get the better of Top Qualifier Wohlgemuth but on this occassion the Xray driver was determined to keep the defending Champion behind him and thats exactly what he did taking the win by 2 seconds. Christoph Thiele made it another an all German Top 3.
Elsewhere there was a slight interuption to the start of the Pro Stock F Main 2 as Scott Ernst and Uwe Rheinard made a presentation of a birthday cake to the only female competitor here this weekend Melanie Koepe. A landmark birthday, the presentation did not put Melanie off the job in hand as she went on to go one better than Leg 1 taking her Xray to fifth.
On interesting spectator here today is leading LRP team driver Ronald Volker who so brilliantly took the fight for victory to Atsushi Hara at the final of last season’s Euro Touring Series. Volker was unable to compete here this weekend as he has just returned from Thailand where he enjoyed a successful test for the World Championships which take place next month. Jilles Groskamp heads back to Holland tonight to get his bags ready for Thailand as he goes out to the RCS track for testing with Tamiya.
