VLN-Race 12.06.2010

THE RACE

At the 4th race of the Endurance Championship at the Nürburgring (VLN) the boes Motorsport racing team from Kempenich competed with a close-to-production Porsche 996: After an engine failure at the third VLN race and a few damages at the Porsche Carrera during the legendary 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in mid-May, boes Motorsports took advantage of the past weeks to check-up the vehicle from scratch. "We have now installed a new engine that we wanted to break-in and to test first," explains team manager Horst Boes. 

The driver trio Jörg Wiskirchen, Carsten Welschar and Jens Riemer completed 23 laps of the 24.433 km long circuit in the four hours of racing, consisting of the Nürburgring-Sprintcourse and the Nordschleife, and in the end drove it to the fifth place in the class "V6". But as Horst Boes said: "For safety reasons we had spared the new engine and are consequently also satisfied with the fifth place."

Jörg Wiskirchen stated after the race: "The engine made a few problems at the beginning and had missfires, but these disappeared during the race." In addition, an onset of rain in the final laps of the “41st Adenauer ADAC RundstreckenTrophy” made driving difficult on one of the most demanding circuits in the world. Also two unscheduled pit stops set the team from Kempenich back in the ranking. Nevertheless he draws a positive conclusion: "The car is really very good on the track. We found an optimal setting for the chassis and want to attack again fully in the coming races." The goal for the rest of the season 2010 is now to constantly compete for the first three places in the class.

The fourth boes Motorsport driver Andres Serrano (Ecuador) started on a BMW E46. He immediately performed fast laps, but only reached place seven in the class "V4". Klaus Hänel from the motorsport team about his colleague: "We had a great racing weekend. It is nice that Andres Serrano drives the BMW. The spirit as team member rises when you have such a good and understanding driver at your side that you may support . I hope that Andres will continue to drive for us."  

THE RESULTS

Porsche 996 (car no. 473)  - V6 class (p. 8)
Driver 1 = Jörg Wiskirchen, Euskirchen [IC1096319]
Driver 2 = Carsten Welschar, Petershagen [IC1051408]
Driver 3 = Jens Riemer, Espelkamp [IC 1063947] 

BMW E 46 (car no. 544) - V4 class (p. 32)
Driver 1 = Frank Unverhau, Hamburg [NA 1049342]
Driver 2 = Andres Serrano, Ecuador [USA 1886S108]
Driver 3 = Renato Kirin, Schweiz [A 1134]