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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2017
ENDURANCE
Competition in the TCR class of the VLN
is becoming fiercer. In the 4-hour ADAC
ACAS H&R Cup, the third round of the
series, cars of four different brands had a
close battle for victory. Eventually the
SEAT León run by FEV Racing and driven
by Benedikt Gentgen and Marcell Willert
won the race from the LMS Engineering
Audi RS3 LMS of Matthias Wasel/Marcus
Löhnert/Christian Schmitz, but only
following the bad luck that hit the two
fastest cars: the Mathilda Racing
Volkswagen Golf GTI of Andreas
Gülden/Benjamin Leuchter was slowed
down by a technical problem, while the
Kissling Motorsport Opel Astra shared by
Volker Strycek and Hannu Luostarinen
retired after a collision.
Two weeks later, Gülden and Leuchter
took their revenge by claiming their
third victory out of the four rounds held
so far in the 48. Adenauer ADAC
Rundstrecken-Trophy. They completed 27
laps to be classified an impressive
17th overall out of the 144 starters; the
FEV SEAT (with Markus Horn replacing
Willert) and the LMS Audi finished
second and third, two laps behind.
TCR cars deliver
good battles on the Nordschleife