PETN Cup 2 finishes on the overall podium and early championship decision in the Cup 3 class

• Two Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars on NLS overall podium
• AVIA W&S Motorsport (#962) with Joshua Bednarski, Lucas Daugaard and Moritz Oberheim are PETN Cup 3 team and driver champions
• Incident in the paddock during the test and set-up runs overshadows race weekend

Nürburg. With 23 cars, the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring started the sixth round as part of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). With second and third place overall, the Cup 2 class achieved the best PETN result in the history of the Porsche one-make series at the ADAC 6h Ruhr-Pokal race. On the overall podium finished class winners Steve Jans, Tobias Müller and Gabriele Piana from BLACK FALCON Team 48 LOSCH (#148) as well as Daniel Blickle, David Jahn and Tim Scheerbarth from AVIA W&S Motorsport (#120). Meanwhile, Joshua Bednarski, Lucas Daugaard and Moritz Oberheim from AVIA W&S Motorsport (#962) secured the early championship in the Cup 3 class.

The thoughts of the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring continue to be with those affected by the incident that occurred in the paddock of the test and set-up runs on the Friday evening before the race. Further information can be found on the official pages of the NLS. Following the incident, the NLS organisers decided to let the ADAC 6h Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen take place.

Qualifying on Saturday morning started delayed at 9:00 and took place over a shortened distance of 60 minutes. The AVIA W&S Motorsport team qualified on pole position in both classes. With a lap time of 8:10.773 minutes, David Jahn placed the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) with starting number 120 in first place in Cup 2, while Moritz Oberheim in the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS (982) with starting number 962 secured the best starting position in the Cup 3 class. Oberheim lapped the 24.358-kilometre combination of the Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit and the Nordschleife in 8:37.166 minutes.

On Saturday, the race started as planned at 12:00, but was interrupted with the red flag at the start of the second lap after an accident due to rain. As a result, eight cars in the SP9 class, among others, were unable to restart at 14:00, which meant that the leaders of the Cup 2 class moved up in the overall standings. With class victory and second place overall, Steve Jans, Tobias Müller and Gabriele Piana from BLACK FALCON Team 48 LOSCH (#148) secured a result on the overall NLS podium for the PETN for the first time. Daniel Blickle, David Jahn and Tim Scheerbarth from AVIA W&S Motorsport (#120) also finished on the overall podium with second place in the Cup 2 class. They were followed by Christopher Brück and Michele di Martino with the number 121 car from KKrämer Racing.

Mustafa Mehmet Kaya and Mike Stursberg with PRO-driver Gabriele Piana from BLACK FALCON (#103) won the Cup 2 amateur driver classification ahead of Karsten Krämer and Fidel Leib from KKrämer Racing (#112), who were supported this weekend by PRO-driver Hendrik Still. Third place on the podium went to David Kiefer, Marius Kiefer and Stefan Kiefer with PRO-driver Luca Rettenbacher from Teichmann Racing (#131). Bill Cameron and Jim Cameron from Team Cameron (#113) secured victory in the Cup 2 Gentlemen drivers' classification as the best-placed pure AM driver pairing.

Joshua Bednarski, Lucas Daugaard and Moritz Oberheim led car number 962 from AVIA W&S Motorsport to early championship success with a class win in the Cup 3 class. After the 6-hour race, they have an unassailable lead in the team and driver standings in the Cup 3 class. The trio is also in a promising position in the overall NLS standings: Bednarski, Daugaard and Oberheim lead the table by 16 points with two races to go. Mads Gravsen, Harley Haughton and Björn Simon from SRS Team Sorg Rennsport (#949) finished the race in second place behind the Cup 3 champions. Third place went to Heiko Eichenberg, Fabio Grosse and Patrik Grütter in the sister car with starting number 959.

Leonard Oehme and Moritz Oehme from Team Oehme (#944) secured victory in the Cup 3 Amateur and Gentlemen drivers' classifications. Second place went to Matthias Beckwermert, Stefan Kruse and Ranko Mijatovic from Adrenalin Motorsport (#930), who shared the car with PRO-driver David Griessner. They were followed by Oleksii Kikireshko and Rüdiger Schicht with PRO-driver Alex Fielenbach from SRS Team Sorg Rennsport (#969).

The seventh round of the PETN will take place on 19 October. The 55th Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy covers a distance of 4 hours.

For those affected by the incident and their relatives, the VLN VV GmbH has set up a donation account. Further information and the account details can be found here.

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