Last weekend the German Championship was held at Megadrom, Geilenkirchen.
The track was open for the entire week for practice, and everybody used the time to find a good setup for the weekend.
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The Stock category was the biggest class with 40 drivers. We had five rounds of qualifying: four on Saturday afternoon and the last round on Sunday morning. After qualifying, Eric Dankel secured the TQ spot for XRAY followed by Benjamin Maslowski and Tim Wahl (also XRAY).
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Top 10 after Qualifying:
1. Eric Dankel XRAY T3
2. Benjamin Maslowski 3. Tim Wahl XRAY T3
4. Mike Treder
5. Martin Schmidt
6. Michael Spiering
7. Matthias Kröger
8. Philipp Bätz
9. Oliver Basdorf
10. Heinz-Jürgen Kalinowski
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The Main Finals started on Sunday afternoon.
In the first A-main, everybody had a good start and Eric Dankel lead the race from start to finish. Tim had problems and retired from the race. Eric won, followed by Benjamin and Heinz Jürgen Kalinowski.
In the second A-Main, Eric also won and secured the German title for XRAY. Benjamin was 2nd again, followed by Martin Schmidt in 3rd.
In the last A-Main, after a bit of trouble at the start it was Mike Treder, Michael Spiering, then Tim Wahl who finished in the top 3.
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Final results:
1. Eric Dankel XRAY T3
2. Benjamin Maslowski
3. Mike Treder
4. Michael Spiering 5. Tim Wahl XRAY T3
After 2009, XRAY could defend the German Stock Indoor title. For the whole year the car showed great performance at every race.
