ICS-Champion 2006 is

Final Standings (see the full details in the ICS-Database):

Carsten Scheid wins the final race of the season!

Starting from pole Carsten Scheid could win the longest race of the season (race-time 2 hrs 28 mins). 91 laps out of 161 on the lead was a really strong performance.

Blessing in disguise for the championship-aspirant Thomas Schloesser as he got wrecked in lap 39 (see picture bellow). The 2nd candidate for the championship Florian Kirchhofer had big problems with his PC and could not be there at the show. Hence the lost money wasn't really an issue for Thomas.

Once again a well considered race of Johannes Leemann (starting from position 13 / finishing at position 6) brought him the brilliant 3rd place in the championship. 

Who can stop him?

Great job of the Hungarian Volyka Csaba! After 7 lead-changes between 5 drivers,   9 yellows and 141 laps out of 150 leading the field he was again the winner! 
Even more: Once again fastest in Practice, Quali and Warmup. 

Behind Volyka was a breath-taking battle with changing positions every lap among 6 to 8 drivers. Resulting with Thomas Schloesser in 2nd and Uwe Berger in 3rd position.

Lap 112 made the blood run cold when the car of the german Joerg Kormany turned to the right just within a tenth of a second and crashed into the wall due to a electrical problem in the steering system. God guarded he jumped out of his car nearly unhurt. Up to that point the german was fighting close behind Csaba and had great chances for the win - like he did it many times in the former european Thunder-Cup.

See the full results in the ICS-Database on the left sidemenu.

California speedway sits on a 568-acre site that once hosted the first steel mill located west of the Rocky Mountains, Kaiser Steel Mill. The mill produced the steel that helped build the Liberty ships used by the Allies to win World War II.

Kaiser Steel went out of business in 1983. A few years later Penske Motorsports Inc. purchased the land and completed the track in 1997. The first race held on the track was a Winston West Series race won by Ken Schrader on June 21, 1997. Later that day, Mark Martin won an International Race of Champions event at the new facility. Jeff Gordon won the track's first Cup race the following day.

Welcome to the grid!

 

Track-Info: 2 Mile D-shaped oval; all turns 14° banked; Front Stretch 11° banking; Back Straightaway 3° banking

Training-Session: 10:00 am EST = 16:00 MEZ
Race-Session: 12:00 pm EST = 18:00 MEZ

Volyka Csaba wins 2nd time this season ...

Just like in Dover: Fastest time in Practice, Quali, Warmup, Race and finally again the win for Volyka Csaba.

Behind Volyka was a long fight for the 2nd position between Uwe Berger and Justin Roberts which Uwe could win at lap 90.  

3 Yellows (laps 6, 32 and 47) occured during the 96 laps.

The weekend at the "World Center of Racing"

Daytona International Speedway is the home of "The Great American Race" - the Daytona 500. Though the season-opening NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event garners most of the attention - as well as the largest audience in motorsports - the enormous 480-acre motorsports complex boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe, thus earning it the title of "World Center of Racing."

The Speedway is a venue that is known throughout the world as a place where everyone in motorsports wants to claim a victory!

Welcome to the grid!

 

Track-Info:

Superspeedway, 2.5-mile trioval, 40 feet wide
Turns: Banking: 31 degrees, Length: 3,000 feet, Radius: 1,000 feet
Tri-oval: Banking: 18 degrees (at start/finish line)

Training-Session: 10:00 am EST = 16:00 MEZ
Race-Session: 12:00 pm EST = 18:00 MEZ

Volyka Csaba wins the inaugural race of the
International Cup Series at Dover ...

Fastest time in Practice, Quali, Warmup, Race and finally the win with 10 seconds ahead of Claudio Ferrera. Once again an impressive race of Volyka Csaba. Last of the podium finishers was Nikolaus Neumann, finishing 21 seconds behind the winner.

18 drivers started the engines for the 240 laps at Dovers Monstermile. 11 yellows interrupted the suspence-packed race.

Photographer: TS

[You can find the full race-results on the Championship-Standings-Page (see link on top left and top right)].

The inaugural season of the ICS starts ...
at Dover's Monster-Mile, Delaware,

one of the most popular race destinations in the Northeast of the USA.

Welcome to the grid!

 

Track-Info: 1 Mile, All turns 24° banked

Training-Session: 10:00 am EST = 16:00 MEZ
Race-Session: 12:00 pm EST = 18:00 MEZ

Volyka Csaba, Hungary, wins at Phoenix

Volyka Csaba, starting from pole, did it in dominating fashion, leading 143 of the 188 laps, but had to keep a close eye on Jared Smith and Thomas Schloesser in his rearview mirror while navigating through traffic.

At the end the Hungarian won 10 seconds ahead of Jared and 17 seconds ahead of Thomas. Once again an impressive race from the german who is still handicaped by his broken arm.

A great race just interrupted by 1 yellow. Gentleman-Racing as it should be.

[You can find the full race-results on the Championship-Standings-Page (see link on top left and top right)].

One more time everyone can prepare for the 2006-ICS-Championship ...

Take the chance at Phoenix!

 

Training-Session: 10:00 am EST = 16:00 MEZ
Race-Session: 12:00 pm EST = 18:00 MEZ

Have a look at the Driver-List at bottom right. The grid is nearly full!

The German Thomas Schloesser took out a great win at Las Vegas

Starting from position 3 behind 2 other Germans (Thomas Quella and Carsten Scheid) he could take the lead on lap 7. At the end of the race he was driving 124 out of the 161 laps on top of the field.

Only 4 cautions came out.

The race was Gentleman-Racing from it's finest.

You can find the full race-results on the Championship-Standings-Page (see link on bottom right).

Okay fellas ... after a long talking about an international Nascar-Series we are now ready to start ...

We will have drivers from USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland for sure. We are hoping to get some drivers from other European Countries signed up as well.

We will begin with 2 Test-Races starting on 8th of April @ Las Vegas.  5 Weeks later we will race at Phoenix.

In the meantime - on 22nd of April - the ICS will present the ICS-400, one of two special events this year, in the context of the "Nations Cup" (Track: Michigan; Racelength 100%; see news-posting below).

These races will give us the time to know each other and also to find further drivers for the cup.

For 2006 we will run a season consisting of 7 races. Each first Saturday of a month we will start our enginges and battle for the win.

The key-features of the cup can be found here on the left column. Further details are written on the page >> ICS-Further Details.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask in the >> ICS-Sub-Forum or email to the admins (see left bottom column).

Best whises to each driver!
The league- and cup-administration

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The International Cup Series (ICS) proudly presents the 1st of 2 special events this year:

The 2nd Nations Cup Race on 22nd of April 2006.

The race will be at Michigan. Length is 100%. Entry is FREE.

Race-Day: 22nd April 2006

Race-Time: Just like a usual ICS-Race (see top left on this page)

Serversetup: Just like a usual ICS-Race, but Race-Length is 100% & Aids Off

 >> Currently registered drivers & sign up form

We will have drivers from USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland for sure. We are hoping to get some drivers from other European Countries signed up as well.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask in the >> ICS-Sub-Forum or email Stefan Weihermueller.

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