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The OEPS/WEC Slot Racing Teams entered for Trier!
Scuderia Kaitserrari - Finland
Scuderia Kaitserarri and Kai Kivekäs is probably one the most accomplished model car racers from Finland. His team has been a fixture at several races throughout Europe over the past 4 years. Kai is working closely with Mathias Parke tuned Motor Modern chassis, and has had several sucsses with this chassis over the years. Kai has also confirmed that Mathias Parke will be part of the driving strength at the Copenhagen round of OEPS 2010.
Body: #1 Audi R10 TDI
Chassis: Kaitserrari - MoMo
Drivers: Kai Kivekäs (Finland)- Aleksis Salminen (Finland)
NDW Works Team - Netherlands/Germany
NDW Works Team is now the youngest, both as a team and the medium age of the drivers, which is under 20! These guys are among the best in Europe and will be among the top OEPS racers.
Body: #2 Audi R10 TDI
Chassis: NDW Judith (Kimmy plus)
Drivers: Nick De Wachter (Netherlands) - Tobias Muenchberger (Germany) - Christian Schnitzler (Germany)
Team Sloefspeed - Belgium
Team Sloefspeed has been racing model cars for a long time, and build very nice and fast cars. Team Sloefspeed races the #14 Kolles Audi R10
Car: #14 Kolles Audi R10
Chassis: tba
Drivers: Björn van Campenhout (Belgium) - Dirk Baele (Belgium) - Hubert Jacob (Belgium)
Team Badet Racing - Norway
Badet Racing is the top Norwegian model car team, pushing very hard for top results. They will surely be among the very top OEPS teams.
Body: #007 Gulf Aston Martin LMP
Chassis: Kimmy or SLOTfabrik SLP MK. IIIB
Drivers: Børge Haug (Norway) - Glenn Wennerberg (Norway) - Tamar Nelwan
(Netherlands)
Team ausFORCE - Australia
ausFORCE is the team od Jan Roestorf, comin all the way from down under to this last round of the OEPS that also doubles as the World Endurance Championship.
Body: #007 LMS Gulf Aston Martin LMP
Chassis: NDW Kimmy
Drivers: Jan Roestorf (Australia) - Werner Wittsack(Australia) - Tim Tyler(Australia)
Belgium Junior Team - Belgium
Body: #008 LMS Gulf Lola Aston Martin LMP
Chassis: ??
Drivers: Quinten Vanspauwen (Belgium) - Bart Gijzen (Belgium) - Thomas Brebois (Belgium)
Team Charlie's Angels - Denmark
Charlie's Angels was named after the classic TV series by infamous racer/organiser Tamar Nelwan during the 2008 EEC where team principal Pål Hanson was rarely seen at the races but was on the phone a lot. The driving force has good experience in international racing and should be able to push their way into the top half of the field.
Body: #009 Gulf Aston Martin LMP1
Chassis: Tifosi Viking Mk. IV
Drivers: Mark Sander (Denmark) - Rasmus Johansen (Denmark) - Pål Hanson (Norway) - Robert Castella (Denmark)
Team R.I.C.H. - Switzerland
Team RICH is lead by the venerable Swiss (But Dutch resident) Gabriel Inhäbitt. As a team they have only one seasons international model car racing behind them. They are the official works Metris team. So far they have done extremely well and will be among the top teams in the 2010 OEPS.
Body: #9 Patron Acura LMP
Chassis: Choice of four - RPM (raced in Toronto and Oslo - EEC 2nd meeting), Metris SLP Gen II (raced in Herentals EEC 1st meeting), Michi Hirt (raced in Alsdorf EEC 3rd meeting), or Fola's latest (the chassis one needs to win!)
Drivers: Gabriel Inäbnit (Swizerland) - Gaby Fischer (Swizerland) - Michael "Michi" Hirt (Switzerland)
M.A.D. Racing - Canada
The newest addition to the OEPS 2010 series is this North American team of Mark Campbell. As yet there is no news about the team mates, hopefully it will be some of the very talented Canadian or American slot racers. Mark will surely give his all to show that even "The New World" can compete at the top level of model car racing.
Body: #6 Porsche RS Spyder
Chassis: NDW Kimmy
Drivers: Mark Campbell (Canada) - Dieter Jens (Germany) - Alex Jens (Germany)
Team SLOTfabrik - Germany
Slotfabrik is the team of Fola Osu a master builder and a very acomplished slotracer. Fola uses his own SLOTfabrik SLP chassis with lots of built in gizmos. This is a team to watch out for as they will most certainly be at the very front of the field.
Body: #17 Pescarolo Peugeot 908 HDi FAB
Chassis: SLOTfabrik SLP Mk. IIIB
Drivers: Fola Osu (Nigeria) - Pierre Jung (Germany)
Jäger-Team - Germany
Joachim is the motor-tester of the german SLP series and his motors have never been critised in 3 years. He also constructed his own chassis which will have its LMP debut in the OEPS. He's also on the organisers in Trier, as it's his home track. All in all agreat addition to the 2010 OEPS.
Body: #26 XM Acura LMP
Chassi: Slotline
Drivers: Pierre Stein (Germany) - Mike Hampel (Germany) - Joachim Welsch (Germany)
Paddle Racing - Belgium
The first mother and son team to enter the OEPS! Louise is by now a well known model car racer, and has built concourse winning cars for the IMCA Worlds, and has done very well in the 2009 EEC cup for GT cars. It will be very interesting to see how Louise and Loic will fair in OEPS.
Body : #30 Lola B07 LMP
Chassis: Julia 1b
Drivers: Louise Valkenborgh (Belgium) - Loïc Valkenborgh (Belgium)
RRC Racing - Norway
This is the second year of serious international racing for RRC neé Damstredet. They have managed some very good results in the past and will build on the experiences gained in 2008 and 2009.
Body: #37 Lola B07/10 LMP
Chassis: NDW Julia
Drivers: Rolf Andersen (Norway) - Roy Bråten (Norway) - Charles Dresberg (Norway)
Team ACR - Germany
This is the reigning IMCA EEC champion Ralph Seif and team mates. This will most probably be one of the absolute top teams of the OEPS 2010.
Body: #40 Lola B07/10 LMP open top
Chassis: Ralf's homegrown baby
Drivers: Ralph Seif (Germany) - Andre Lindberg (Germany) - Sven Manti (Germany)
Art and Racing Together - Netherlands
A father and son combination who both love the exotic cars that have been seen over the last decades. In their quest to race these cars, their home is packed with rare, hard to find kits that a lot of modellers would kill for, and we can be sure their #20 Dyson Porsche will be looking very 1/1-ish.
Body: #34 van Merksteijn Racing Porsche RS Spyder LMP
Chassis: PlaFit SLP2
Drivers: Dirk-Jan de Vos (Netherlands) - David de Vos (Netherlands) - Ronald Schouten (Netherlands)
LRD International II - Germany
Body: #16 Dyson Porsche RS Spyder
Chassis: LRD International
Drivers: Heinz-Peter Schumacher (Germany) - Jörg Mews (Germany) - Boris Baum (Germany)
Team Slottec - Germany
Team Slottec is a SLP stallwart in Germany and has numerous good results in the book. They are a very welcome addition to the 2010 OEPS, and will surely show well.
Body: #66 De Ferran Acura LMP
Chassis: Slotline SLP
Drivers: Sacha Kuss (Germany) - Peter Hohne (Germany) - Mario Kreim (Germany)
Team Cherrypickers - Denmark
Team Cherrypickers is Henrik Hasagers effort to salvage the renmains from Vikings racing. He has teamed up with Gert "The Lion King" Klinge, but they are still looking for a thirds driver.
Body: #07 2010 Sebring Peugeot 905 FAB HDI
Chassis: Kimmy or SLOTfabrik SLP MK. IIIB
Drivers: Henrik Hasager (Denmark) - Gert Klinge (Belgium) - Tba
LemUA Racing - Finland
Body: #08 ALMS 2009 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Chassis: PlaFit SLP2
Drivers: Jussi Kokki (Finland) - Juha Vuorinen (Finland) - Jarkko Juhola (Finland)
Scuderia Minimale - Denmark
Scuderia Minimale has done lots of international slot racing over the past 5 year, mostly however with 1/32 cars. So this is the first all out 1/24 model car showing by this team. They have one whole season of racing LMP's behind them and hope to make it into the top half. Drivers represent three Copenhagen area model car racing clubs.
Body: #15 Kolles Audi R8 LMP
Chassis: SLOTLINE R10 chassis - a chassis made especially for the Audi R10 body
Drivers: Gorm Nørgaard (Denmark) - Søren Thomsen (Denmark) - Martin Borch (Denmark)
Team Dr. Slot - Germany
Team Dr. Slot the team of Martin Bartlemes is one of the founders of the German SLP series, and will surely be among the front runners in the OEPS.
Body: #6 Penske Porsche RS Spyder
Chassis: SLP1
Drivers: Martin Bartlemes (Germany) - Yannick "Stubbi" Horn (Germany) - 3rd driver ???
Team Trondheim - Norway
Team Trondheim has it's base in the club who has the newly built MTT track, but they have also chosen to take Jostein Vandås from Oslo into the driving strength. All three drivers have done lots of slotracing focusing more and more on model car racing during the last few years. It is good to see their return to International model car racing
Body: #7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAB
Chassis: ??
Drivers: Frank Rødahl (Norway) - Jostein Vandås (Norway) - Kristian Hottran (Norway)
LRD International I - Netherlands/Germany
Body: #5 Penske Porsche RS Spyder
Chassis: LRD International
Drivers: Martijn de Kanter (Netherlands) - Robby Mauer (Germany) - Gerd Schumacher
Team No Limits - Germany
One of the top DPM and German SLP teams. Clearly a team to look out for as they will certainly be among the top runners.
Body: #15 Loewes Acura LMP
Chassis: a true beauty by Alex and Peter
Drivers: Peter Oberbillig (Germany) - Alex Ortmann (Germany) - Jörg Hart (Germany)
Team Racing for Julia II - Germany
Body: #44 Lola
Chassis: Whatever the Dremel still has to cut ;)
Drivers: Marcus Hasse (Germany) - Peter Juchen (Germany) - Michael Moes
(Germany)
MH-Racing - Germany
Body: #12 Lola B07/9
Chassis: PlaFit SLP2
Drivers : Huber Michael (Germany) - Wilke Michael (Germany)
DE-Tomaso-Raceteam - Germany
The De Tomaso Raceteam is another German SLP stalwart that we welcome to the ranks of the OEPS!
Body.: #31 Essex Porsche RS Spyder
Chassis: SLOTfabrik Mk. III
Drivers: Huber Thomas (Germany) - Hans Steininger (Austria) - Vinzenz Forsthuber (??)
TnT - USA/GB
A team formed out of 2 top-racers, that generally race flexi's and eurosport-like cars, and are taking an occasionaly dip in the modelcar-waters. Racing a spectacular new chassis, body and livery, you can be sure this team will stand out, and not only cause of it's car's colours, but also because it's a RtR car from NdW stabeles! Watch out boys, these guys are out to kick som serious butt.
Body: #4 Oreca Peugeot 908
Chassis: NDW Kimmy
Drivers: Mike Stahl (USA) - Brian Saunders (Great Brittain)
Jack's Friends - Sweden
Finaly a Swedish team with lot's of talent and substance, these guys have been around slotracing for years, building tracks and cars however mostly for Eurosport type racing. They will get a RtR car built by Nicks, so should be very competitive cars and should be contenders.
Body: #27 Horag Porsche RS Spyder
Chassis: NDW Kimmy
Drivers: Lars Harrysson (Sweden) - Christer Helgesson (Sweden) - Michael Landrud(Sweden)
Slotcraft Racing Team - Germany
Body: #008 Lola Aston Martin
Chassis: ??
Drivers : Gerd Westerhausen (Germany) - Jürgen Schmitz (Germany) - TBA
GMS Racing - Germany
Father and son team of the Kuhns is back for the last round of the OEPS again with their Fola bodied Peugeot.
Body: #07 Sebring Peugeot 905 FAB HDI
Chassis: SLOTfabrik Evo
Drivers: Stefan Kuhn (Germany) - Marcel Kuhn (Germany)
Smokey - Netherlands
Body: #08 B-K MOTORSPORTS Lola B07/46-Mazda
Chassis: NDW Kimmy
Drivers: Rob De Ridder (Netherlands) - Dennis Vogel (Netherlands)
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