Toni Gruber takes German National 1/10th 200mm title

The AMC Hamm track hosted the 2019 German 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Nationals this past weekend. Perfect weather conditions welcomed the drivers on all four days and it was Shepherd’s Thilo Tödtmann who took the overall TQ some 0.3s in front of his teammate Toni Gruber. Serpent’s Tobias Hepp came in 3rd from Shepherd’s Melvin Diekmann 4th. In the opening minutes of the A-main final Thilo and Toni would slightly pull away, but unfortunately Thilo had some problems with his car’s bodyshell right after the first fuel stop and Toni took over the lead. With all his routine the young driver from Plauen was able to control a safe gap over the rest of the field until the chequered flag to take the German National title while behind him, a thrilling battle for the runner-up spot emerged between Melvin Diekmann and Jakub Rozycki. Melvin had decided to change tyres only on the outside while Jakub had more tyres left towards the end of the race as he changed all four. For the last 15 minutes of the race the crowd at the track saw a thrilling battle with several overtaking manoeuvres. It all came down to the last corner; both drivers pushed their vehicles towards the finishing line after the chicane. Jakub went all-in but it was not enough and Melvin kept the upper hand to take the 2nd place from Jakub in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]