June 15, 2014

Dankel takes second ENS win

Having struggled throughout qualifying Eric Dankel would pull off an impressive performance at Hockenheimring in Germany to take his second win of the inaugural Euro Nitro Series Championship.  Starting from 5th on the grid, the winner of the season opener in Melzo, would work his way to the front getting passed early race dominator Teemu Leino in the final 10 minutes to win the race from Ronald Volker with a late crash & resulting flame-out dropping Leino to third.  For Top Qualifier Dominic Greiner, who lead for the first 10-minutes of the 45-minute encounter, a problem with his throttle servo linkage would see him retire just before the race reached 2/3 distance.

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June 14, 2014

Kurzbuch claims home TQ for Shepherd at German ENS

Shepherd’s Simon Kurzbuch claimed a home TQ for his team at Round 3 of the Euro Nitro series this evening at the Hockenheimring in Germany.  With its headquarters not too far from the track, the Swiss driver secured the manufacturer’s second overall TQ of the season when he topped the penultimate round of qualifying, team-mate Oliver Mack having secured pole position at Round 2 in Aigen last month.  His fourth TQ run of the weekend, the championship points leader will start tomorrow’s 45-minute Main in front of the Mugen of his main title rival Robert Pietsch with Shepherd team-mate Lars Hoppe third and BMT’s Daniele Ielasi fourth.

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June 14, 2014

Greiner is Top Qualifier at ENS Round 3

Dominic Greiner is Top Qualifier for tomorrow’s 200mm A-Main at the Euro Nitro Series in Germany. The factory Serpent driver claimed his first pole position with a TQ run in the sixth & final round of a thrilling qualifying that would go down to the final lap.  Topping the time sheets for the first time in Q4, the Aigen race winner would go on to produce a hat trick of TQ runs to secure pole position at the Hockenheimring ahead of HB’s Teemu Leino and new Mugen recruit Ronald Volker, both of whom had a shot being the No.1 car for the 45-minute final.

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June 14, 2014

Kurzbuch fastest in Q3 & 4

Simon Kurzbuch is knocking on the door of his first overall TQ of the Euro Nitro Series as he posted two more fastest runs in Q3 & 4 at the Hockenheimring.  The championship points leader can now only be denied pole position for tomorrow’s 45-minute Main by Mugen’s Robert Pietsch should the former World Champion top the remaining two qualifiers. With three of the six rounds to count, if Pietsch does take Q5 & 6 it will be thanks to his faster Q2 pace that he will be Top Qualifier for the second time in the championship having taken the honour at the season opener in Melzo.

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June 14, 2014

Pietsch takes second ENS Hockenheim qualifier

Robert Pietsch topped the second round of qualifying at Round 3 of the Euro Nitro Series this morning in Germany.  The Mugen driver would set a new fastest time at the Hockenheimring with BMT’s Daniele Ielasi, who crashed out of Q1, posting the second quickest time just 7/10th of a second adrift at the end of the 4-minutes.  Last night’s Q1 pace setter Simon Kurzbuch completed the Top 3 with his Shepherd followed by team-mates Lars Hoppe and Italy’s Andrea Lorenzi.

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June 14, 2014

Volker fastest in Q2

Electric Touring Car ace Ronald Volker got Day 2 of the Euro Nitro Series in Germany off to the perfect start as he TQ’d the second round of qualifying.  A much cooler day at the Hockenheimring, the Mugen driver, who is on loan from Yokomo for the weekend, ran a new fastest time going 0.364 faster than the opening TQ time set by Teemu Leino last night.  Once again Serpent’s Dominic Greiner would post the second fastest time with fellow race winner Eric Dankel getting his first full run to complete the Top 3.

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June 13, 2014

Kurzbuch tops opening ENS qualifier in Germany

Simon Kurzbuch made it a perfect opening day to the Euro Nitro Series for locally based manufacturer Team Shepherd as he TQ’d the opening 1:8 qualifier at the Hockenheimring in Germany.  The Swiss ace topped the closing action on Day 1 of the championship’s third round almost 1-second clear of Mugen’s Robert Pietsch with Shepherd team-mate Lars Hoppe completing the Top 3.

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June 13, 2014

Leino TQ’s opening Hockenheim qualifier

Teemu Leino TQ’d the opening 200mm qualifier of the Euro Nitro Series at the Hockenheimring, the HB driver narrowly outpacing Dominic Greiner who was left rueing a mistake that would cost the Serpent driver over 1-second.  Leino, who was unavailable for comment having made a speedy return to his hotel after the qualifier, would have a slight incident of his own in the race. On the second lap, the Finn would have a coming together with Ronald Volker, the Mugen driver coming off worst but eventually recovering to take third for the round.  For last year’s ENS Pilot race and Round 1 winner Eric Dankel, Q1 would see a DNF for the Capricorn driver due to a broken manifold spring.

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