{"id":139428,"date":"2017-11-28T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T11:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikanews.de\/?p=139428"},"modified":"2017-11-28T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T11:51:16","slug":"xrs-germany-r2-der-bericht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikanews.de\/?p=139428","title":{"rendered":"XRS Germany R2 \u2013 Der Bericht"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auf dem Eifel-Ring, der permanenten Indoorstrecke des Mac Adenau, direkt neben dem ber\u00fchmten N\u00fcrburgring, fand Round 2 der XRS-Germany am 18. und 19. November 2017 statt. Dies war bereits die dritte XRS-Lauf auf der 111-Meter Strecke. Durch das Event f\u00fchrte Uwe Baldes als Rennleiter, der hier in einem ausf\u00fchrlichen Bericht (in Englisch) vom Event berichtet. Es war eine tolle Veranstaltung mit ausgezeichneter Gastronomie. Als Bonus gab es einen tollen Workshop von Tom Kr\u00e4gefski, der Tipps zu der Xray T4 Serie gab. Mehr in der englischen Version.<\/p>\n

Englische Version<\/h6>\n

XRS Germany R2 \u2013 race report<\/b><\/p>\n

The challenging Eifel-Ring, permanent indoor track of MAC Adenau, located next to the famous Nuerburgring, played host of round two of the XRAY Racing Series (XRS) Germany on 18<\/span>th<\/span> and 19<\/span>th<\/span> of November. It was already the third XRS appearance at the 111-metre indoor track during 2017. Many competitors made their entry for the XRS #2 weekend. After some drivers already took the opportunity to practice on Friday, Saturday was full of action with nearly all drivers present and enjoying eleven hours of practice to adjust their set-ups during thousands of laps, only interrupted by the prestigious XRAY Work.Shop organized by team driver Tom Kraegefski with lots of tips especially around the T4 platform. During the evening the fun factor continued when lots of participants joined for a common dinner and a late drink at the bar. Following another practice slot on early Sunday morning and the driver\u00b4s briefing, three qualification heats were run before the lunch break with three final rounds to follow in the afternoon. Once again, the hosting Modell-Auto-Club (MAC) Adenau, led by race director and time keeper Uwe Baldes, did a great job with a flawless organization and excellent catering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Touring Car Stock Class 13.5T<\/b><\/p>\n

Touring car stock class with hand-out XRS 13.5T motors and mandatory HUDY C1 tires was the most popular class of the event. The fight for TQ has been tight and exciting. Finally, Majuran Tharmalingam took first spot with just a 0.4-second advantage over Melvin Diekmann (Mugen) in his best qualification heat over five minutes. Ren\u00e9 Puepke in his first attempt was another 0.2 seconds down to catch third spot in the grid., Tom Kraegefski brought his T4\u20192018 to fourth. Everything was settled for three thrilling A-mains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Completing 28 laps, Tharmalingam was one lap in front winning the first A-main ahead of Kraegefski. Puepke captured third position in front of Diekmann and Baldes. In the second A-main things went bad for some drivers in a first-lap collision, especially Tharmalingam dropping back from first to eighth. The victory went to Puepke, who left Kraegefski one lap behind. 17-year old Marc Stuebben (XRAY) was the lucky guy of the first-lap incident and captured third spot which he brought home with a faultless run. The decision was left open for the third and final race. Tharmalingam took advantage from his TQ and kept Puepke behind for the whole race even he was following at his tail. With two wins Tharmalingam celebrated a brilliant overall victory on his home soil with Puepke, Kraegefski and Diekmann on second to fourth. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming in fourth and fifth, Marc Stuebben was honored as the best young driver and XRAY fellow Joerg Baldes as the best 40+ racer. Andreas Weyhoven (Mugen) won the B-main, the C-main Daniel Otterbach (XRAY).<\/span><\/p>\n

Result Touring Car Stock Class 13.5T<\/span><\/h6>\n
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  1. Majuran Tharmalingam, Serpent<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Ren\u00e9 Puepke, Awesomatix<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Tom Kraegefski, XRAY<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Melvin Diekmann, Mugen<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Marc Stuebben, XRAY<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Joerg Baldes, XRAY<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Tobias Hoefflin, XRAY<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Sven Soltau, XRAY<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1\/12 Stock 13.5T<\/b><\/p>\n

    Two years after the German Championship 1\/12 with about 70 competitors was held at the challenging Eifel-Ring with its original ETS carpet, the 1\/12 class started into a new era as it was the first time with 13.5T motors which are now mandatory in stock. The lap times have dropped by about half a second but obviously made 1\/12 racing more exiting and tight. Bernd Wiesenberger was the man of the race, showing a perfect performance from qualifying to finals. He became the unbeaten overall winner and was the best 40+ driver as well. Michael Holla came quite close sometimes, not close enough to catch his fellow but enough to take second in qualifying and on the podium in front of XRAY racer Benjamin Kuester. Fabian Bahl managed to win the B-main with his XRAY X12\u00b42018.<\/span><\/p>\n