Kissling Motorsport celebrated its 40^th anniversary in style with another victory in the VLN’s TCR class at the Nürburgring Norschleife.
The Opel Astra driven by Volker Strycek and Hannu Luostarinen won the 4-hour 49. Barbarossapreis, eighth round of the German enduro. This was their second victory of the season.
The Astra, decorated with a special 40^th anniversary livery, completed 24 laps and finished an impressive 20^th overall out of a field of 158. It beat by a margin of only three minutes the SEAT León of Bernd Hömberg-Benedikt Gentgen, while the Mathilda Racing VolkswagenGolf GTI of Andreas Gülden-Benjamin Leuchter completed the podium a further three tenths adrift. The Honda Civic of Markus Oestreich-Moritz Oestreich-Roger Vögeli was classified fourth in the same lap as the top three.
The final round of the VLN series will be the 42. DMV Münsterlandpokal.