January 11, 2009
He dominated qualifying and its looks like business as usual today for Tommy Bergfeldt with the Swede crushing his opposition in the first Leg of the Pro Stock A-Main. Starting from pole the Hot Bodies driver was very challenged cruising to a 3 second winning margin over former DHI Cup Champion Bastian Hennig. While Bergfeldt disappeared up front the big battle of the race was for second. For the opening 2 minutes of the race it was Germany’s Matthias Lang and Finland’s Henry Salmén who rubbed bodyshells but the Xray and Tamiya eventually made contact with Lang coming off the…
January 11, 2009
Your first big international race TQ is always going to be something special but when you fend off the might of a double World Champion the occasion is even greater. For Sweden’s Alexander Hagberg the DHI Cup marks such an achievement as he topped the final round of heats to secure the Top Qualifier’s spot on the grid for tomorrow’s 9th edition of the famous Danish race. Going into the last qualifier only reigning World & European Champion Marc Rheinard could deny Hagberg the No.1 starting spot but the Swede rose to the occasion to top the round by over…
January 10, 2009
…Tommy Bergfeldt who sacrificed the final heat to scrub in new tyres for the Finals. Having run his spare Xray in the last run Lang was pleased with the feeling of the car and is pleased to be lining up second referring to last year’s winner Jimmy Maddison who held the same starting position and beat Top Qualifier Christoph Thiele. Thiele will carry No.5 in this years final. The only previous DHI Cup winner to line up on this year’s grid will be Bastian Hennig who took the title back in 2007 when he too beat the Top Qualifier. Final…
January 10, 2009
Alexander Hagberg is looking good for TQ honours in the Modified class here in Odense after the factory Xray driver set the fastest time of the day in the penultimate qualifier for the 2009 DHI Cup. Running in the top heat, Hagberg topped the time sheets for the second time and only Marc Rheinard can now deny him the pole. Rheinard had been on for an impressive 22 lap run but made two mistakes allowing Hagberg to take control and record the fastest time so far with 21 laps in 302.61. Eventually Rheinard stopped the clock with the second fastest…
January 10, 2009
It is all to play for here at the Speed Passion supported DHI Cup as World Champion Marc Rheinard became the third different driver in as many rounds of qualifying to top the time sheets. A switch to a light weight body and heavier shock oil on his Tamiya TRF416 have transformed the German’s performance which up to now was far from what we have come to expect from the reigning World & European Touring Car title holder. Recording 21 laps in 303.10, Rheinard was a massive three seconds clear of the next fastest man, team-mate Jilles Groskamp who was…
January 10, 2009
Tommy Bergfeldt will start on pole for the Pro Stock A-Mains of the 2009 DHI Cup here in Odense, Denmark, tomorrow after topping the third round of qualifying to record the perfect score. The Swede was once again the class of the 108 strong international field and shaved over three seconds off his previous best time. The Red Bull supported driver is delighted to guarantee that his Hot Bodies Cyclone TC will carry the No.1 in the three legs of tomorrow’s final. With the job done in terms of qualifying he plans to use the final two runs today to…