dimanche 6 septembre 2015
HP Racing Mercedes wins the 2015 24H BARCELONA
Text: Janos Wimpffen
MONTMELO (6 September, 2015) –The #2 Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 of HP Racing won the 24H BARCELONA. Germany’s Bernd Schneider and Reinhold Renger along with Austrians Hari Proczyk and Reinhard Kofler as well as American Sean Johnston completed 662 laps of 4.665 kilometer circuit located a short distance from the Catalonian capital. The HP Racing team suffered a late race scare when the bonnet came loose and needed makeshift repairs. Another Mercedes finished second, the #10 car of Hofor Racing driven by Michael Kroll, Chantal Kroll, Roland Eggimann, Kenneth Heyer and Christiaan Frankenhout. Chantal Kroll’s success made her the recipient of the 2015 Ladies Cup, one of several championships decided in the first season of the FIA sanctioned International Endurance Series.
Another Mercedes finished third, the #30 car of Ram Racing (Onslow-Cole / Jäger / White / Bleekemolen). They led almost one-third of the race until suffering steering problems during the night. While results remain unofficial, Ram Racing’s third place does assure them of capturing the A6 class Team Championship.
The all-Porsche 997 class was won by French team Ruffier Racing in the #17 991 Cup. Drivers Paul Lafargue, Dimitri Enjalbert, Gabriel Abergel, and Patrice Lafargue fought off several very competitive teams. Second was the #56 Classica Motors by RMS Porsche (Feller / Nicolaidis / Piergiovanni / Spirgi) and in third place was the #54 Drivex 991 Cup with a lineup of Brazilian stock car drivers (D. Schneider / Farah / Azevedo / Ambrosio / Mauricio). Ruffier Racing’s victory hands them the 997 team championship.
The SP2 class of specially prepared endurance cars was won by the #66 ARC Bratislava Porsche 997 Cup S driven by Miro Konopka, Matej Konopka, Zdeno Mikulasko, and Miro Hornak. The winners persevered in a see-saw battle that saw most of the cars in the class lead at one stage or another. Second was the #164 GC Automobile GC 10 V-8 9 (Amrouche / Varutti / Gaillard / Calmon) and third in SP2 was the #91 MARC Cars Australia MARC-Ford Focus V8 (Kassulke / Gersekowski / Kaye / McLeod).
The GT4 based SP3 class was won the #43 APO Sport Porsche 997 Cup GT4 driven by James May, Alex Osborne, and Paul May. Second place was the #160 Cor Euser Racing Lotus Evora (Euser /Prewitt / Delnoij). Both the Lotus and Porsche had a stirring recovery after earlier problems. Third was the #178 CWS 4x4 Ginetta G55 (White / Thomas / Hughes).
The all-Lamborghini SPX class was won the by the #22 Leipert Motorsport Huracan of Isaac Tutmulu Lopez, Mikko Eskelinen, Vadim Gitlin, Ulrik Roland Pedersen, and Marcel Leipert. Second was the #13 Sportec Motorsport Huracan (Krebs / Ditzler / Barth / Salikhov). Their teammates, car #21, were next (Lenz / Pampanini / Pavlovic / Stürzinger)
The A2 class of small touring cars was won by the #119 Milan Competition Peugeot RCZ of Denis Gibaud, Carlos Antnes Tavares, Jeroe Maudet, and Jean-Louis Dauger. Second was the #99 RKC / TGM Honda Civic (T. Gannon / W. Gannon / Coomber / Bentley / Fredriksen) and third was the #108 au2parts/DK Racing Event Renault Clio (Nielsen / Nyboe / Klitgard / Soderhamn / Rytter). The #115 Team K-Reijser Peugeot RCZ led the class for over 20 hours until a heartbreaking late race mechanical problem.
The A3T class was won by the #95 Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing Seat Leon Cup Racer which also won the class team championship. Drivers were Ramzi Moutran, Sami Moutran, Nabil Moutran, and Phil Quaife. Second was the #25 KH7-Monlau Seat Leon Cup Raer (Gutierrez / Sanz) and third the #208 Team Altran Peugeot 208 GTi (Roman / Carlsen / Holmgaard / Rosta).
The #146 Saxon Motorsport BMW 135d GTR took the A5 class win for drivers Nick Barrow, Tom Barrow, Jamie Morrow, and Dave Robinson. Second was the #79 DUWO Racing BMW M235i Racing Cup (Dumont / Faber / Engljähringer / Aronov / Pereira). Disabled Swiss driver Gustav Engljähringer accrued points for his usual class, CUP1, clinching that championship. Third in A5 was the #84 Intersport Racing BMW (Radcliffe Hayes / Lindsay / Clarke).
Drivers Igoris Ivanovas, Martynas Giknius, Kestutis Vilkas, and Sigitas Ambrazevicius won the D1 diesel class in the #137 Kaukas Volkswagen Golf. Second was the #139 RCM Motorsport Seat Leon TDI (Csuti / Nagy / Elekfy / Kismarty-Gábor). Third in class was the #141 TTC Racing Volkswagen Golf TDI (Schilliger / Kempf / Kresnik)
There were no major incidents and thirteen brief Code 60 neutralizations to collect stranded cars and scattered debris. The race was run in cool and dry conditions.
The 24H SERIES powered by Hankook now moves on to its final round at the Brno Autodrom in the Czech Republic for the Hankook 12H EPILOG BRNO on 9-10 October..
24H Series à Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
THE MOMENT #2 HAS BEEN WAITING FOR!
Congratulations to: Bernd Schneider (GER), Hari Proczyk (AUT), Reinhold Renger (GER), Sean Johnston (USA), Reinhard Kofler (AUT) and the rest of the team members!
Total laps driven: 662
Congratulations to: Bernd Schneider (GER), Hari Proczyk (AUT), Reinhold Renger (GER), Sean Johnston (USA), Reinhard Kofler (AUT) and the rest of the team members!
Total laps driven: 662
Class winners Hankook 24H BARCELONA 2015
- #2 HP Racing
B. Schneider / H. Proczyk / R. Renger / S. Johnston / R. Kofler
Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 , 662 laps - #10 Hofor - Racing 2
M. Kroll / C. Kroll / R. Eggimann / K. Heyer / C. Franke
Mercedes SLS AMG GT3, 659 laps - #30 Ram Racing
T. Onslow-Cole / J. Bleekemolen / P. White / T. Jaeger
Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 , 649 laps
Class 997
- #17 Ruffier Racing
P. Lafargue / P. Lafargue / G. Abergel / D. Enjalbert
Porsche 991 Cup, 641 laps - #56 Classica Motors by RMS
R. Feller / M. Nicolaidis / F. Piergiovanni / F. Spirgi
Porsche 991 Cup, 634 laps - #54 Drivex
D. Schneider / G. Farah / E. Azevedo / C. Ambrosio / R. Mauric
Porsche 991 Cup, 621 laps
Class SP2
- #66 ARC Bratislava
M. Konopka / M. Konopka Jr. / Z. Mikulasko / M. Hornak
Porsche 997 Cup S , 617 laps - #164 GC Automobile 2
L. Amrouche / A. Varutti / E. Gaillard / C. Calmon
GC Automobile GC 10 V8, 611 laps - #91 MARC Cars Australia 1
K. Kassulke / B. Gersekowski / J. Kaye / R. Mcleod
Marc Focus V8 , 606 laps
Class SP3
- #43 APO Sport
P. May / A. Osborne / J. May
Porsche 997 Cup GT4 , 617 laps - #160 Cor Euser Racing 1
H. Prewitt / H. Delnoij / C. Euser
Lotus Evora GT4, 616 laps - #178 CWS 4x4
C. White / M. Thomas / T. Hughes
Ginetta G55 GT4, 590 laps
Class SPX
- #22 Leipert Motorsport
I. Tutumlu Lopez / M. Eskelinen / V. Gitlin / U. Roland Peder / M. Leiper
Lamborghini Huracan, 624 laps - #13 Sportec Motorsport 1
J. Krebs / O. Ditzler / F. Barth / R. Salikhov
Lamborghini Huracan Supertrofeo, 616 laps - #21 Sportec Motorsport 2
C. Lenz / R. Pampanini / M. Pavlovic / N. Stürzinger
Lamborghini Huracan Supertrofeo, 573 laps
Class A5
- #146 Saxon Motorsport
N. Barrow / T. Barrow / D. Robinson / J. Morrow
BMW 135D GTR, 609 laps - #79 DUWO Racing
J. Dumont / M. Faber / M. Aronov / G. Engljâhringe / D. Pereir
BMW M235i Racing Cup, 571 laps - #84 Intersport Racing
M. Radcliffe / A. Hayes / R. Lindsay / K. Clarke
BMW E46 M3 , 548 laps
Class A3T
- #95 Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing
R. Moutran / N. Moutran / S. Moutran / P. Quaife
Seat Leon Cup Racer, 614 laps - #25 KH7 - Monlau
L. Sanz / F. Gutiérrez Agüi
Seat Leon Cup Racer, 610 laps - #208 Team Altran 1
G. Roman / M. Carlsen / M. Rostan / K. Holmgaard
Peugeot 208 Gti, 608 laps
Class A2
- #119 Milan Competition Michel Vaillant
D. Gibaud / C. Antunes Tavares / J. Maudet / J. Dauger
Peugeot RCZ, 575 laps - #99 RKC/TGM
T. Gannon / R. Coomber / C. Bentley / H. Bo Frederkis / W. Gannon
Honda FD2-Civic Type R, 566 laps - #108 au2parts/DK Racing Event
S. Nielsen / N. Nyboe / O. Klitgard / T. Söderhamn / C. Rytter
Renault Clio, 551 laps
- #137 KAUKAS
I. Ivanovas / M. Giknius / K. Vilkas / S. Ambrazeviciu
Volkswagen Golf, 575 laps - #139 RCM Motorsport
N. Nagy / G. Kismarty-Lechner / W. Elekfy / L. Csuti / A. Tassi
Seat Leon TDI, 432 laps - #141 TTC-Racing
Engljähringer-Niedertscheider / D. Schilliger / A. Kempf / K. Kresnik
Volkswagen Golf V TDI, 349 laps
Cheap Truck Challenge!
On this episode of Roadkill, HOT ROD's David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan join Fred Williams and Rick Péwé of Peterson's 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine to compete in the infamous Cheap Truck Challenge. Riding into battle with a modded 1979 Bronco, they face-off against a rock-ready 1980 Toyota Pickup and a beastly 1987 Chevy Suburban in a cash-strapped quest for ultimate off-road glory.
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Inspired by the Wrenchmonkees' style Frederick wanted a daily rider for warmer summer days. Learning on the job and honing skills along the way he's really happy with the result, and rightly so, having covered 2500 fun-filled kilometres.
With a freshly rebuilt motor ready for the next 38 years of service and a slammed stance Frederick has certainly done himself proud for a first build.
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