European Touring Series 2008 Round 4: Adernach, Germany

Atsushi TQ’s with domination by winning 4 out of 5 qualification heats.The German current European Champion Ronald Völker followed in 2nd and current World Champion Andy Moore completed a top 3 Hot Bodies starting grid. It was Steen Graversen on 4th with his new Kyosho prototype. Dutch Jilles Groskamp who already won the ETS Series by winning the previos two rounds qualified 9th.

    
         
Hara confirmed that his ESC line will follow. The new AHRP ESC will be based on the KO Brushless ESC.   Jilles Groskamp had already won the overall Euro Touring Series in the modified class.   It was a home race for the former world Champion Marc Rheinard, he lives just up the road.

In the first main it was Hara dominating and Völker going for an easy 2nd place. It was Andy Moore who took the final podiumposition in front of American Paul Lemieux. Local favorite Marc Rheinard finished 5th after Steen and Jilles hit each other right in front of him.

In the 2nd main there was a battle between only 2 racers, Völker and Hara. Völker was pushing hard but didn’t take any risks of a collission with his teammate. But after 3,5 minute it was Hara hitting the kerb at the end of the straight and rolling the car. It was Völker who was right behind him overtaking him and winning the 2nd main. 3rd was Tamiya driver Jilles Groskamp.

In the last main it was Völker who was pushing once again in the battle for the racevictory. In the end the gap between Hara and runner up Völker was only 0.29 seconds. It was Lemieux who claimed the final podiumposition by getting a 3rd place in the last main. 

Pos. Qual. Name Nationality Car
1 1 Atsushi Hara TQ Japan Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
2 2 Ronald Völker Germany Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
3 5 Paul Lemieux USA XRay T2'008
4 3 Andy Moore England Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
5 8 Jilles Groskamp The Netherlands Tamiya TRF416
6 6 Marc Rheinard Germany Tamiya TRF416
7 7 Viktor Wilck Sweden Tamiya TRF416
8 10 Christopher Krapp Germany Kyosho Prototype
9 4 Steen Graversen Denmark Kyosho Prototype
10 9 Bastian Schaefer Germany Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC

Stock:

In Pro Stock it was Hot Bodies driver Alexander Stocker who was the fastest. He won the first two legs and didn’t need to ride the last one. He won in front of X-Ray’s Mike Niemann. In third was the best privateer of the season: Dutch George Spitteler.

Pos. Qual. Name Nationality Car
1 1 Alexander Stocker TQ Germany Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
2 2 Meik Niemann Germany XRay T2'008
3 6 George Spitteler The Netherlands Corally RDX-PHI
4 8 Kai Maurus Germany Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
5 4 Tony Streit Germany Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
6 5 Dominik Reschke Germany Corally RDX-PHI
7 10 Christoph Thiele Germany XRay T2'008
8 9 Steffen Koch Germany Yokomo MR4-TC BD
9 3 Matthias Lang Germany XRay T2'008
10 7 Dai Sakaguchi Germany Tamiya TRF416

The victory was enough for Stocker to become overall ETS champion in front of Spitteler and Niemann.

Text by Rick Thomson, pictures by: http://www.eurotouringseries.com