Unfortunately, organizer Wolfgang Heinz is always unlucky with the weather in Zweibrücken. At this year's third edition on September 24 and 25, the weather was again less than considerate. Although it was dry on Saturday, it wasn't exactly warm in late summer. Sunday was even more unpleasant: very cool, damp air with wafts of mist in the morning, followed by rain showers right on time for the second round.
Many a driver from the two-wheeler faction will have suspected this and therefore decided not to enter, as the field of motorcycles and sidecars was manageable with 30 starters, while over 100 cars were entered and the five classes on the almost two-kilometer course were correspondingly well filled. With 1000 spectators on both days, the event naturally still has room for improvement.
Thorsten Stölting from Westphalia had probably brought the most eye-catching car in the field with him to the West Palatinate. His 1994 Tame-Nissan TA-120 had primarily run in South America, had been parked for some time and finally came to Europe. At the beginning of the nineties, Nissan initiated a racing series in Mexico with 25 sports prototypes, the "Copa Tecate". The C3 racers were built by the Mexican company Tame Composite Division, had a carbon fiber chassis and were powered by the engine from the 240 SX sports coupé.
Due to the unfavorable weather conditions at the end of September, Heinz is planning to postpone next year's event to the last weekend in August. Looking at the provisional schedule for next year's "GLPpro" regularity series, the two-month break between the two Hockenheim races at the end of July and the end of September immediately catches the eye. The Zweibrücken race would give the drivers another opportunity to drive during the long summer break. An event on a classic airfield circuit would definitely be an enrichment for the successful series. Some GLPpro pilots had already taken part this time.
Heinz is also making very good progress with the city race planned for Whitsun in Losheim am See in Saarland. This year, the event had to be canceled due to numerous construction sites. However, more than 40 percent of the 1.3-kilometer route has now been resurfaced. The concept should be finalized and presented by the Retro Classics in Stuttgart at the latest.
