On 12/13 April the first Region West German Nationals were on. The first race was held on the tricky track Dormagen in Germany. The track has some nasty bumps and no room for mistakes. If you make a mistake you will break your car.
During practice on Saturday we had to change the car completely due to track and grip conditions compared to last weekend. Also we had to make some adjustments to let the car handle well over the big bumps on the track. At the end of the day we could do a 15,2 sec lap time and only Michael was faster with a 15,0 sec lap time.
On Sunday morning the track was allot colder and the track was really fast. I was able to do a clean run with some minor errors and made 20 laps in 5:07,60. The 2nd run I made a driving error and the 3rd run the car was not as good as in the 1st run so my time was allot slower. But eventually I had pole with a minor difference of 0,09 sec after 5 minutes in front of Michael.
1. Ermen John - XRAY RX8
2. Salven Michael
3. Cuypers Steven
4. D'hondt Robin 5. Hepp Tobias - XRAY RX8
6. Schewiola Frank
7. Wurst Christian
8. Rischard Dirk
9. Meister Karl-Heinz
10. Kostadinov Emil
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After a clean Semi final run I had 2nd position on the grid, because Michael had a faster tie in his semi.
Before the start if the final Michael had some problems with his car and he was not able to make the start but started a lap later. At the start Steven and I pulled away from the field. And I was able to extend my lead from Steven to about 4 â“ 6 seconds and it stayed that way the whole race. As MichaeI started a lap later I knew he wasnâ™t going to change tires and we had to. So eventually he could close the lap at the 2nd half of the final to Steven and had battled Steven for the 2nd spot. Eventually Steven came in as 2nd and Michael as 3rd.
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Final results:
1. Ermen John - XRAY RX8
2. Cuypers Steven
3. Salven Michael
4. Wurst Christian
5. Vahrenkamp Ralf
6. Lenaers John
7. Rischard Dirk
8. Kröger Thomas
9. Meister Karl-Heinz
10. Schewiola Frank
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Iâ™m very happy with the result and how the car and engine performed whole weekend! How could I not be: TQ, Fastest lap of the day (15,075) & the win.
Thanks to Ismail and Frank for the fast fuelstops and tire change. And thanks to my sponsors for the support: Team XRAY, REDS Engines, Blitz Bodies, Team Titan, Tornado Fuel, Matrix Tires, FVSS Shop, and RC Car Color.
Next race: Regional West German Nats in Bad-Breisig in 2 weeks
Until next time. CU!
John
