Orlowski wins Modified A2 ahead of Völker and Rheinard
Schumacher driver Michal Orlowski was celebrating with his arms raised up in the air when he crossed the line to take a record-breaking 10th consecutive race win at the ETS – something we have never seen before. But before all the pressure fell off Orlowski`s shoulders, he had to deliver another clean run in front of Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker who was super-quick as well.
In the first laps of the race, Völker had to defend against Rheinard before the Mugen driver was able to open a small gap to the Awesomatix of Rheinard behind him. David Ronnefalk and Simon Lauter raced in fourth and fifth spot which they maintained until the end of the run.
The last 60 seconds of the race saw Ronald closing in on Orlowski as the Schumacher driver made some small mistakes riding a curb here and there. But Orlowski used all his experience and race craft to bring home the win by 0.369 seconds ahead of Völker. Marc Rheinard took third and was another eight tenths behind. The crowd was spending a lot of applause to all the drivers for a great show, and especially for Michal Orlowski`s tenth race win in a row!
Sparbier adds second ETS race win to his belt
New MTC-3 dominates Pro Stock class as Sparbier shines – Izsay scores another second in A2
The second A-Main of our highly competitive ProStock class saw once again Sören Sparbier laying down a blistering run onto the Arena Nova carpet track. Sören won all rounds of qualifying with his Mugen MTC-3 and the first final on Saturday. All eyes had been on the battle between him and Adam Izsay, but the Xray driver never had the chance to set Sparbier under high pressure. Izsay posted the fastest lap of the run with a 14.443, but Sparbier was simply driving like a robot and did not make any mistakes.
After five minutes, Sparbier had a gap of one second over Izsay and celebrated his second consecutive ETS victory in a row. Behind Sparbier and Izsay it was Mark Valent who finished third, followed by Olivier Bultynck, Kevin Schmid, and Tim Benson. Our newly crowned Pro Stock champion Lukas Ellerbrock had a run to forget and was only ranked in eight places in A2.
Perfect race for Langner as he takes Frontwheel A2
Top qualifier Phil Langner executed a perfect race in the second A-Main of the Hobbywing Frontwheel class. Langner drove some perfect lines around the track and Frederik Hovgaard was always a couple of tenths behind him, waiting for something to happen out front. Wiktor Smid, the winner from Saturday evenings spectacular A1 was running in third place.
At the one-minute call, Hovgaard closed in on Langner and it looked that he had a slightly better pace in his Yokomo car. Hovgaard was all over Langner in the last two laps, but Langner was able to stand his ground bringing home the win ahead of Hovgaard, Smid, Reile, and Mark Valent.
Ehrbar wins the Masters class in Austria and crowns a perfect season
With the championship title and yesterday`s A1 already in the bag. David Ehrbar (Xray) had an easy race on top of the field in A2. Ehrbar was flying around the track and checked out completely in the first 60 seconds of the race. Michel Zierold was running in second spot ahead of Eric Anderson, until the US racer lost his third spot to Ulrich Dinger and Mirco Thalheimer.
David Ehrbar took the win in the second A-Main from Zierold and Dinger and brought a fantastic season to a great ending with another super-dominant win at the Euro Touring Series. Congratulations for a superb season to David and the Xray team – the championship title is well-deserved!
Championship decided – Kriz wins big at Arena Nova
Before the second A-main, Jaroslav Kriz knew that he was only five minutes away from a possible first ETS championship title. He had a clean start and was pulling a gap of 2 seconds over Bajusz Zsolt in the first 3 minutes. Nadine Zühlke was running in third place with her ARC car for the entire race as she was followed by Kristian Jensen, and Tobias Baumbach.
Jaroslav Kriz left no doubt about his driving quality on track and brought home a well-deserved win here at Arena Nova which handed the championship title over to him. Congratulations to Jaroslav Kriz and the Xray team for a great season in the Orca 21.5 Stock class!
Stenger takes early morning A2 to keep winning chances alive
After the chaos in A1 on Saturday evening, Thomas Stenger had some perfect laps at the beginning of the race where he was able to already pull a big gap over second placed David Ehrbar. After Ehrbar crashed his car, he lost his position to Andreas Stiebler, and Robert Kampehl.
Stenger had a lead of 4 seconds at the half time of the race, and nobody was able to match the pace of the German Xray driver. Behind Stenger, Stiebler, and Kampehl, Kölbel, it was A1 winner Michael Lipperheide who took fifth place. With Stenger winning A2, the decision for the overall win here at Arena Nova went down to the line in A3.
