Last weekend the first north German outdoor race took place in Burgdorf. The very nice astroturf track and the facilities welcomed the drivers with sunny weather, but a very cold and gusty eastern wind. As in previous years, the races hosted by the DMC (Deutscher Minicar Club) complain about less and less drivers every season. You have to attend these races if you would like to participate at the German national championships later this year.
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Most drivers utilized the Saturday for practicing. On Sunday at 09:30 am the first of the three qualifiers started. At DMC races the qualifiers run over 7 minutes. My XB2 was easy to drive, but I had trouble with my transponder.
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Two laps were missing after each run. In the last qualifier we changed the transponder. The race management added two rounds in each run, but they used a slow time, so after qualifying I was on position 8. Due to the little number of drivers they decided to run the finals with seven cars. I started on pole of the B-Main. I had a drop out in the first B-Main, but was able to win the second and third run.
2WD B-Main
8. John Zuber - XRAY XB2
9. Markus Blonn
10. Michael Grote
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In 4WD I was able to manage 3rd after qualifying ⓠmy XRAY XB4 was smashing. As always Sebastian Honscha was a class of its own. I fighted for the second place with Christoph and was a little bit faster at the end. In Monster Truck Modified I was the only driver ⦠I had to run one qualifier only to get all the points for the ranking. A good start into the outdoor season for me! A big thank you to the Burgdorf club members. The organisation was excellent as always.
4WD A-Main
1. Sebastian Honscha 2. John Zuber - XRAY XB4
3. Christoph Thiele 4. Stephan Eberding - XRAY XB4
5. Lukas Hinsch
6. Markus Blonn 7. Olaf Stein - XRAY XB4
8. Glenn Queisser
