PRESS RELEASE Tobias Dauenhauer
Last weekend from May 17th to 19th the second round of the NASCAR European Championship took place at the 4.085 kilometer long Autodromo di Vallelunga in Campagnano di Roma (Italy). For Tobias Dauenhauer and his team Bremotion from Frankfurt, the second race weekend of the season was on the agenda.
While a few settings on the NASCAR Chevrolet Camaro were tested in the two training sessions on Friday, qualifying began on Saturday morning. Dauenhauer managed to qualify for Superpole (top 10 of qualifying) and was able to take third place with a faultless lap in Superpole. Starting from third place on the grid, the first race started on Saturday afternoon in summery temperatures. Dauenhauer had a good start and was able to maintain third place on the first lap. Due to a competitor stranded in the gravel bed, there was a yellow phase later in the race and all participants had to slow down and overtaking was not allowed for a short period of time. After the yellow phase, Dauenhauer had a good restart and was briefly able to move up to second place. However, one corner later, the 26-year-old got pushed off the track by another participant and lost some positions as a result. During the course of the race, Dauenhauer was able to fight his way back forward and took fourth place in the first race.
In the second race on Sunday, Dauenhauer started the race from fifth place on the grid. At the start, the ADAC Hesse-Thuringia sponsored driver had to give up two positions and dropped back to 7th place. During the race, the 26-year-old was involved in many duels and exciting racing action took place. In the end, Dauenhauer was able to fight his way back and crossed the finish line in fifth place.
Dauenhauer after the race: “It is unfortunate that we were forced off the track in second place in the first race on Saturday and lost many positions as a result. A podium place would certainly have been possible here. Unfortunately, my starting row didn’t get a good start in the second race and I had to give up two positions. Thereby fifth place at the end of this race was the maximum possible. Even though podium places and race victories are my goal, we were still able to score important points for the championship and I’m already looking forward to the next race weekend in England.”
In just two weeks Dauenhauer and his team Bremotion will be heading to the NASCAR GP UK on June 7th to 9th in London (England) at the legendary Brands Hatch Indy Circuit.
