Photo Gallery «Gallery Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge - Hockenheim Historic 2011»
A highlight of the Hockenheim Historic 2011 was the Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge, which was visiting the Hockenheimring from the Netherlands. Pole position holder Daniel Schrey was unable to exploit his advantage at both starts and had to make up the lost places, which he managed to do thanks to the generous amount of power available, so that he finished at the top of the podium in his Porsche 911. The YTCC field is extremely diverse and there is a broad spectrum of vehicles from the expected BMW M3 (E30), Ford Escort RS 2000 to Porsche 944, Renault-Alpine A310, VW Golf GTI, Toyota Celica, Rover Vitesse SD1, Opel Ascona B, Ferrari Mondial or Fiat 128 Coupé to the Trabant 601, which together offer entertaining racing. And when the Trabant braked into the Sachskurve a few meters later and caught up with a BMW or a VW Golf GTI, the audience cheered enthusiastically. The many duels that raged across the most diverse vehicle concepts and eras were exciting. The Ford Escort RS 1600 in third place in the first race is proof of the balanced field, as is the BMW 635 CSI, which successfully fought its way through a pack of Porsches. The audience applauded the spirited battles, not least because there were cars racing against each other that they knew or had even driven themselves.
