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With the high level
of racing and the best German Modelracers of the new Millenium present
, the only down note of the DPM event was that almost all teams
opted for cars from the last Century.
The German translation of the English EPC rules stated that absolutely
no body modifications were allowed. In the final version of the
English rules a provision had been made that allowed changes to
make room for the spur gear. But by then the German translation
had already been published and the German teams had buildt their
cars accordingly.
This strict interpretation meant that modern sportsprototypes
other than the Topslot/Mad Production Audi R8, could only be run
in an inline configuration.
Although several teams ran the "old" 124 chassis with
very good results, all had converted them to the allowed anglewinder
configuration.
The result was a DPM, were a Group C appeared to be the car to have,
no less than 9 of the 24 entered cars being a Porsche 962. The highspeed
nature of the Mörfelden track quickly eliminated the 2 teams
that had dared to race their Resin bodied Audi R8's. Which was a
sad sight at what was for the rest a top of the bill model car event.
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of the DPM Concourse was the Stars& Stripes Porsche 962
of team" Heavy Duty" by Michael Niemas. Under the
Group C body sat a 124 chassis with a anglewinder conversion.
Although more than a decade old, both were stil extremely
competitive. |
P.O.-RACING's
beautifull Panoz GTR was proof that a Group C was not the
only competitive solution. Claiming pole-position with a stunning
4,66 Sec. |
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