Thomas Ferrando Thrills At Hockenheim
HOCKENHEIM, Germany – Thomas Ferrando showed thousands of race fans just how determined he is to win this season’s NASCAR Whelen Euro Series ELITE 2 championship, pulling off a stunning win on Saturday at the Hockenheimring.
The Frenchman took home his fourth win of the season and ninth of his NASCAR career, jumping to second in the record books for all-time winningest drivers in the ELITE 2 Division.
“I’m so very happy. What a fantastic win today,” Ferrnando said. “I had such a great race car and I have my incredible team to thank for it. I think the Hockenheimring is an incredible place. This win is very special for me and my team. Karl Knauf, from the Knauf family, came to watch the race today, as did over one hundred Knauf Team employees. To win here today in front of them and have the opportunity to celebrate with my Knauf Racing family is really awesome and I am so very thankful.”
Starting fifth on the grid, Ferrando took the lead on lap five after a thrilling, action-packed start in which both Maciej Dreszer and Nicky Petersen led a NASCAR race for the first time in their careers.
Once out front, Ferrando took off and built a solid margin on Dreszer and Guillaume Dumarey who engaged in a spectacular duel for second that reached its culmination with a contact costing Dumarey the second place finish after receiving a 30-second penalty that relegated him to seventh. Dreszer ended up spinning after the contact but managed to hold on to second and win the Rookie Cup.
Sixteen-year-old debutant Jean Baptiste Simmenauer put up very strong performance by scoring a podium finish in his first ELITE 2 race thanks to a pass on lap six on Martin Doubek, who ended up fourth ahead of Gil Linster.
Source :speedsport.com
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