Volker takes first A-Main

Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker has taken victory in A-Main Leg 1 here at the 10th Anniversary DHI Cup after a thrilling climax to the opening race.  Initially it looked as though Top Qualifier Christer Andersson was checking out and that the big battle of the race would be for second but in the final minute the Associated driver caught a dot flipping his TC5.  This allowed Volker to take the lead as the No.1 car resumed in second spot just in front of defending champion Marc Rheinard.  Nothing separated the trio as Andersson challenged for the lead and defended from Rheinard at the same time.  In the end Volker held his nerve to take the win with the Top Qualifier taking second as he and Rheinard touched crossing the finish line. Coming from last on the grid Martin Hudy took fourth just ahead of Xray team-mate Leino.

Volker said the race was how he expected with the top four cars very closely matched on pace, Teemu Leino having also been part of the battle until he rolled his Xray. The German said the technical design of the track made it difficult to pass but he was very happy to open his account with a win. Andersson said he gave away the race but plans to look forward for the second leg.  Having pulled a comfortable gap the 18-year-old said he saw Volker was closing and reacted by pushing too hard resulting in his costly mistake.  Rheinard said the race was OK but thinks winning from 3rd is going to difficult unless someone in front crashes.

In Pro Stock Alexander Stocker converted his pole position start in to a light to flag victory but he was made work very hard for it by defending champion Tommy Bergfeldt.  Having decided to start with a fresh set of LRP CPX tyres, Stocker said his Cyclone was loose for the opening few laps as the new rubber bedded in and only for an error by Bergfeldt he was struggling to hold the lead.  Dropping back almost 2 seconds after missing his apexes just before the main straight, the Swede stormed back with his Red Bull sponsored Hot Bodies closing the gap down to just 5/10th by the finish.  A great race from Tony Streit saw him come from starting last on the grid to finish third.

Modified A-main Leg 1 results
1. Ronald Völker – 20 Laps in 5:09.119
2. Christer Andersson – 20 Laps in 5:09.771
3. Marc Rheinard – 20 Laps in 5:09.802
4. Martin Hudy – 20 Laps in 5:13.308
5. Teemu Leino – 20 Laps in 5:13.720
6. Steen Graversen – 20 Laps in 5:14.173
7. Alexander Hagberg – 20 Laps in 5:14.429
8. Freddy Südhoff – 20 Laps in 5:15.654
9. Yannic Pruemper – 20 Laps in 5:16.376
10.Marc Fischer – 14 Laps in 3:43.580

>Pro Stock A-main Leg 1 results
1. Alexander Stocker – 19 Laps in 5:07.217
2. Tommy Bergfeldt – 19 Laps in 5:07.798
3. Tony Streit – 19 Laps in 5:14.543
4. Henry Salmén – 18 Laps in 5:02.393
5. Ola Westholm – 18 Laps in 5:03.099
6. Thomas Larsen – 18 Laps in 5:08.877
7. Daniel Horn – 18 Laps in 5:10.222
8. Bastian Hennig – 18 Laps in 5:10.625
9. Carsten Madsen – 18 Laps in 5:14.299
10.Yukijiro Umino – 2 Laps in 0:26.930

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