The German Outdoor Nationals were held last week in Hannoversch MĂĽnden, attended by 43 Modified drivers and 55 Stock drivers.
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Qualification rounds started on Saturday morning, but the weather was still bad and the rain came down. It was difficult to get a dry run and most time the drivers were racing in wet conditions.
Sunday morning also started with rain, but the track dried quickly. So all drivers finally got a dry run in a total of 5 qualification rounds. In Germany this meant that only the best run of each would be counted.
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All the XRAY drivers did the best out of this situation and in Modified it was Steven Weiss who qualified in 3rd place and teammate Freddy SĂĽdhoff in 5th place. There were two more XRAY drivers in the A Main: Stefan BrĂĽck was 7th and Steffen Leinburger was 8th.
Top 10 after qualifying:
1. Christopher Krapp
2. Ronald Völker 3. Steven Weiss XRAY T2'009
4. Florian Bernklau 5. Freddy SĂĽdhoff XRAY T2'009
6. Dominik Fleischmann 7. Stefan BrĂĽck XRAY T2'009
8. Steffen Leinburger XRAY T2'009
9. Daniel Sieber
10. Pascal Schönrock
XRAY drivers also did a great job in Stock division. Daniel Wohlgemuth took 2nd place, and also Kai Bastian Hennig and Fabian Bucher could finish in the A-Main.
Top 3 after qualifying:
1. Alexander Stocker
2. Daniel Wohlgemuth XRAY T2'009
3. Dai Sakaguchi
All A-mains started in dry conditions. In Modified was a great battle between Chrissy Krapp and Team XRAY driver Steven Weiss. Both were driving amazingly well. Steven tried everything to catch Krapp but to no avail. In the end Team XRAY driver Steven Weiss finished on the podium, while XRAY driver Freddy SĂĽdhoff finished in the unlucky 4th place.
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TOP 10 after 3 finals MODIFIED:
1. Christopher Krapp
2. Ronald Völker 3. Steven Weiss XRAY T2'009
4. Freddy SĂĽdhoff XRAY T2'009
5. Florian Bernklau
6. Dominik Fleischmann
7. Daniel Sieber 8. Steffen Leinburger XRAY T2'009
9. Stefan BrĂĽck XRAY T2'009
10. Pascal Schönrock
There was also a great battle in Stock category. Alexander Stocker and XRAY driver Daniel Wohlgemuth were pulling away from the rest of the field in each final. Both were doing very well but in the end, Stocker took the win (no pun intended). The other XRAY drivers had a lot of trouble in the finals.
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TOP 10 after 3 finals STOCK:
1. Alexander Stocker 2. Daniel Wohlgemuth XRAY T2'009
3. Oliver Näthe
4. Dai Sakaguchi
5. Malte Baumkötter
6. Florian Botzenhart
7. Sascha Speck 8. Fabian Bucher XRAY T2'009
9. Kai Bastian Hennig XRAY T2'009
10. Michael Spiering
