Rookies take the helm in Assen (NL) 21.07.2010: At the TT Cicuit in Assen, German and Dutch motorsport fans enjoyed two spectacular ADAC PROCAR races well worth seeing at the weekend. The two rookies Johannes Leidinger and Florian Spengler shared the winning places in the PROCAR Super 2000 division and

At the TT Cicuit in Assen, German and Dutch motorsport fans enjoyed two spectacular ADAC PROCAR races well worth seeing at the weekend.



The two rookies Johannes Leidinger and Florian Spengler shared the winning places in the PROCAR Super 2000 division and now lead the table together with equal points. Just like Ralf Glatzel and Guido Thierfelder in division 2. Alf Ahrens convinced with a second and first place in division 3.


Division 1 (PROCAR Super 2000):

Johannes Leidinger dominated the first race after passing tightly duelling Roland Hertner and Florian Spengler. "It was a good result we had not counted on as my car is the heaviest in the field", explains the third placed in race two. "I am delighted with the points." After a lightning start, his team colleague Florian Spengler took the lead and secured his second victory of the season. "The track in Assen suited me very well throughout the weekend", explains the rookie who achieved second place in the first race.

These results catapulted the two BMW pilots with 59 points in front of former top of the table Roland Hertner. Audi pilot Oliver Mayer reached third place in the first race. In the second race, however, he was defeated by Leidinger and fast Ukrainian Andrii Kruglyk who sped to second place. "I am very satisfied with my first division 1 PROCAR action".



Division 2 (PROCAR 1600):

A torn connector destroyed Benedikt Boeckels' engine at Saturday's qualifying. Due to the essential engine replacement, the former pole setter had to start the race from the last position. After an impressive performance on Sunday he was still able to celebrate places 2 and three through.

"Compliments to my team for working on my Fiesta all hours of the night. Obviously, the hard work was worth it." Guido Thierfelder, winner of the first race, also had to fight his way through from the back. "In the second race I had the lead again", reports the Troisdorf man. "Unfortunately I suffered gear box problems and powered cuts during the race, limiting me to third place." With a second place in the first and a victory in the second race, Ralf Glatzel achieved the best result of the day.

 "If I had not hit a slower car in front of me in the first race, it could well have been a double victory." Even though the Ford Fiesta pilot took over the top of the table, Guido Thierfelder is in close pursuit with the same count of 58 points in second place. The two fourth places were shared by Alexander Prinz and Nils Mierschke.


Division 3 (PROCAR 2000):

"I wouldn't have thought the weekend would go so well for me", explains Alf Ahrens after two podium places at the end of the racing day. "Just before the event we had to replace the engine, which then caused problems during time training: The fuel pressure disappeared from one minute to the next. It is unbelievable that I actually made second place in the first race and then even achieved the top place on the podium." Matthias Kaul also had engine problems during the qualifying but still reached a place on the podium.

"There was a little glitch in the first race and I only made fifth place. In the second race though, I went out on full risk and was rewarded with second place." As the only pilot of the three divisions, Andreas Kast was able to arrive and leave the Dutch circuit as top of the table - even though he is only two points ahead. The Berlin man won the first race but had to give in to damage on his Renault Clio: "The car wasn't sitting quite right during the first race and it got worse during the second. It will be really hard at the Salzburgring with the 60kg extra weight."

The Salzburgring will be the venue for the ADAC PROCAR next week already, hosted by the FIA ETCC event. (mb/kb)


- Katharina Brüggmann -  also photos