Fallrace 2012, Rechnitz, Austria – Team Dart Racing/SCK

The second Fallrace took place on the 29th of September 2012 in Rechnitz/Austria.

As part of the long stretch next tendurance championship, the fall race is the final of the season after the Springrace and the Endurance Race in Hungary.

On Friday it was possible to practice all day on the Speed Arena racetrack.

Enough time to get to know the asphalt conditions and to test the new BGM- shocks.

Our race vehicle was once again our proven PK, with which we have been to some endurance races already.

Equipped with Polini Evo, Strohspeed Intake, BGM-Crank and Big Bertha, we had reliable 24hp and 20Nmfor the upcoming 11h race available.

The only 970m long track with 16 turns with alternating fast and slow passages was extremely demanding. Drivers and material were brought to the limits, a fact that we have experienced in the later course of the race.

For the entire race weekend, the weather forecast had promised lots of sun, and above all no rain.

After the rain-slicked roads in Hungary and Magny Cours, a real treat for the season finale – we thought …

The Saturday morning was initially starting with few clouds and the anticipation to start at the sunrise was huge.

After the driver and the vehicle was ready and the pit lane was set up,

we were all looking forward to the Le Mants-Start at 7:30 am.

Started from grid position 11, we were able to move forward to 3rd position with the help of a tire gamble when rain started to fall.

There were many exciting battles and frequent change of position not only in the front rows.

Unfortunately, our dreams were destroyedn 3 hours before the race ended.

The brake pads gave up after 8 hours race and had to be replaced.

This unwanted stop took about 8 minutes, which made us drop from 3rd to 5th place. With 2 laps behind we started our comeback again.

Despite all attempts we could not reach one of the podium positions. We decided half an hour before the race ended, to just safely and without falling finish the race safely and ended up after the 11 hours and 532 laps on position 5.

In retrospect, we can say that it was the most exciting race weekend and a successful final to this year’s season.

We thank all those who work in the organization and realization of this series.

Thanks to our sponsor Scooter Center and everyone who supported us during the 2012 season.

See you on the track in 2013!

Dates for the Spring – and Fallrace are already set…

Dennis, Alex, Robert, Torsten