Coming into the meeting, the Supertwin championship was a very live issue, with three racers in serious contention, and, perhaps fittingly given the events of the previous week,
Gotten’s fellow Norwegian and close friend Ronny Aasen outlasted the contenders to record his second back-to-back series title onboard his PRP motivated flyer. The points chase was secured in rather curious fashion when number one qualifier (at 6.61/210) Lorenz Stauble’s bike (below) lost fire on the burnout in the first round, and then, having made his way to the final with best numbers of 6.852/209 (after qualifying 4th with a 6.813/204), Aasen’s drivebelt failed off the startline leaving him stranded, but fellow championship contender Charley Karling had disappeared off into the distance leaving behind a cherry glowing on the tree.
With factory backing from KTM, Jaska Salakari has been impressing all with the shear grunt of his blown Nitro Duke combination during its debut season. Having struggled to get down track on earlier qualifying efforts, a last ditch 6.702 at only 196 mph hinted at the potential in this combination. Only 196 mph? Well Jaska passed the half track timers at a shade under 180 mph, and has already clocked 1/8th mile numbers of 4.3/190 mph in Hockenheim suggesting low sixes should be a matter of course once the cammer bike and rider are fully dialled in.
