Next stop for the Euro Touring Series is the Sporthotel Grafenwald in the small village of Daun, GER. The huge hotel complex is located in the large forests of the Eifel region, only 20km away from the famous Nürburgring. It is the fourth time for the ETS circus at this venue after the first race 2018, followed by two more in 2019 and 2020.
We always saw high numbers of registrations in Daun, making this event one of the most popular ones of the year. This time we are happy to welcome almost 300 racers in Daun who signed up for our six ETS racing classes!
This year`s track layout
Building a track is not so difficult. But building a “perfect track” is more than difficult. The ETS crew always has the goal to create an amazing track for the racers to guarantee maximum racing action and fun during the weekend. Therefore, everything needs to be in good shape. New carpet gets rolled out always at the ETS and needs hundreds of meters of double-sided tape and hot liver to get fixed on the floor perfectly.
After the carpet is in place, it is time for putting the layout on it. The well known ETS curbs are perfect for carpet racing and the crew always tries to build a track which is challenging for every class, without being too hard to the car`s in case of crashes. This year, Tobias Baumbach and Marc Rheinard invested a lot of time and work to built up the track on Tuesday – thank you for this amazing job guys !
Due to the T-Shape of the hall in Daun, we always see a very special and unconventional layout. The main straight is always directly in front of the driver stand, followed by a technical infield. One of the biggest challenges in Daun is the area of the track on the opposite side of the rostrum. In this corner, the cars are driving away and then back towards the drivers into the “normal” section of the track again. Drivers must get used to the visibility of their car on track during the practice sessions on Thursday to be prepared when the controlled practice starts.
Winners from the past
The special track layout always was a huge challenge for the drivers here in Daun, and we saw amazing RC racing all the time. The atmosphere in the full packed sports hall was always very intense, especially when it came down to the A-Main finals to decide the winners at the Sporthotel Grafenwald.
2018 – Coelho wins first ETS race in Daun
At the first ever ETS race in Daun, it was Xray´s Bruno Coelho who took the win in the Modified class. His teammate Jan Ratheisky took the win in the Pro Stock class and Awesomatix driver Özer Yürüm won the second ever 40+ Masters race at the ETS. In the Formula class it was Olivier Bultynck on top of the podium!
| Modified | 1. Bruno Coelho (PT) | 2. Marc Rheinard (DE) | 3. Ronald Völker (DE) |
| Pro Stock | 1. Jan Ratheisky (DE) | 2. Mustafa Alp (TR) | 3. Alex Kunkler (FR) |
| 40+ Masters | 1. Özer Yürüm (DE) | 2. Thomas Oehler (DE) | 3. Marcus Askell (GB) |
| Formula | 1. Olivier Bultynck (BE) | 2. David Ehrbar (DE) | 3. Jan Ratheisky (DE) |
2019 – Mächler celebrates emotional Pro Stock win
Bruno Coelho was able to win again in the Modified class while Max Mächler took the win in a thrilling Pro Stock race. Daniel Pöhlmann was on top in 17.5 Stock, and Alexander Stocker stamped authority on the 40+ Masters class. Jan Ratheisky walked away with maximum points after winning the Formula class.
| Modified | 1. Bruno Coelho (PT) | 2. Frederik Südhoff (DE) | 3. Ronald Völker (DE) |
| Pro Stock | 1. Max Mächler (DE) | 2. Simon Lauter (DE) | 3. Frederik Mikkelsen (DK) |
| 17.5 Stock | 1. Daniel Pöhlmann (DE) | 2. Joachim Altenhof (DE) | 3. Alexander Müller (DE) |
| 40+ Masters | 1. Alexander Stocker (DE) | 2. Andreas Weyhoven (DE) | 3. Christian Drießle (DE) |
| Formula | 1. Jan Ratheisky (DE) | 2. David Ehrbar (DE) | 3. Andreas Stiebler (AT) |
2020 – Heitsch wins his first ETS in the FWD class
At the last ETS in Daun, Ronald Völker was able to break Coelho`s winning streak and took the victory. Jan Ratheisky striked back and won the Pro Stock class with Joachim Altenhof winning 17.5 Stock and Alexander Stocker 40+ Masters again. Henrik Heitsch was able to celebrate his first ever ETS race win in the new FWD class and Matej Dobnikar achieved the same as he won in Formula!
| Modified | 1. Ronald Völker (DE) | 2. Marc Rheinard (DE) | 3. Bruno Coelho (PT) |
| Pro Stock | 1. Jan Ratheisky (DE) | 2. Alexandre Duchet (FR) | 3. Simon Lauter (DE) |
| 17.5 Stock | 1. Joachim Altenhof | 2. Dominik Ruf (DE) | 3. Alexander Müller (DE) |
| 40+ Masters | 1. Alexander Stocker (DE) | 2. Andreas Weyhoven (DE) | 3. Werner Schmitzer (AT) |
| FWD | 1. Henrik Heitsch (DE) | 2. Marwin Riedelbauch (DE) | 3. Enrico Jung (DE) |
| Formula | 1. Matej Dobnikar (SI) | 2. Jan Ratheisky (DE) | 3. Luke Lee (GB) |
2021 – Race canceled due to Covid-19
Everybody knows about 2021 – no words needed. We really liked to race in Daun but there was no chance for us to make it happen!
2022 – New heroes wanted!
This year the ETS is back at the Sporthotel Grafenwald in Daun and we are more than happy to welcome all of you at this amazing place. We are looking forward to a great weekend of high class ETS racing and we are excited who will be our next race winners in all six racing classes of the Euro Touring Series!
Let`s go racing
We are looking forward to the racing action at the great facility in Daun and we hope that all of you will like the media coverage of ETS RD5 on our website!
