LRP Touring Car Masters
March 14-15, 1998
Inspired by the traditional "Nicolas Cup", a German club MSC Eppelheim and LRP Germany organized a fantastic Touring Car race on carpet as never seen before! More than 60 drivers from 8 countries raced in the "190mm Touring Car Class". Another 40 drivers competed in a kind of "Stock Class" (handout tires and motors) for three LRP Team Contracts.
Beat Knutti
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Oscar Jansen (2nd), Christian Wittke (1st) and Barry Baker (3rd), 47 KB |
Christian Wittke of GM Racing soundly beat the rest of the field by winning two of the three A-Main finals. Christian is shown here with the second and third place finishers. Congratulations to Christian!! |
| This is a photo of Christian Wittke's race-winning RS4 Pro. He used GM Racing Pro tires for the carpet race. A GM Racing V12 ESC, GM 13D (13 turn, double wind) motor, and GM VIS-matched batteries powered Christian's winning car. |
Christian Wittke's slightly modified RS4 Pro, with GM Racing batteries, motor and ESC. 45 KB |
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Here is a further closeup of Christian's RS4 Pro. It shows more detail of the front end. The extremely high grip carpet surface let Christian run lay-down shocks. The racers were allowed to use GT1 bodies and a wide setup. |
Christian Wittke is 20 years old, and from what we hear, a popular German R/C driver. Starting in 1/12 scale racing some years ago, he is now racing in all the on-road electric classes, including Touring Cars, 1/12 scale, Pro 10 and Formula 1). He's previously won other championships throughout Europe in the Youth class.
| A photo of the track by Sylvain Cachard. This shows the large track size that European racers are used to. Check out the excellent racing groove laid down by the rubber tires! Sylvain did very well also, finishing third in the C Main. |
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Also present at the race was Tatsuro Watanabe, owner of HPI Racing, and Shawn Ireland, HPI's General Manager. |
GM Racing press release, the photo of the winners and the photo of Christian Wittke's car and body are provided by Heiner Martin of the German magazine Auto-Modell+Technik. Photos of Mr. Watanabe and Shawn Ireland, the closeup of Christian's car and the track are provided by Sylvain Cachard.