Slalom Frauenfeld: Action again in front of spectators
Free admission and early summer weather should attract many spectators to the Frauenfeld Allmend. As in Bière, three fast racing car drivers will decide the day's winner among themselves.
After a one-year forced break, the racing engines roared again on the Frauenfeld Allmend in July 2021. However, spectators were not yet permitted for various reasons.
Please come in!
It is with all the greater pleasure that the ACS Thurgau Section, as the organizer of the 22nd Frauenfeld Auto Race Days, welcomes the public to its traditional event next Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15 - and admission is free. In addition, beautiful early summer weather is announced. Ideal conditions therefore.
Visitors can move freely in the signposted zones and, as usual, enjoy refreshments at various catering stands. They will also be informed about everything worth knowing about the race by the two accomplished course announcers Christian Mettler and Marcel Muzzarelli.
A new track record is in the air
The event counts as the second round of the Swiss Slalom Championship. The season opener took place on May 1 on the arms course of Bière and ended once again with the day's victory of Philip Egli.
With his ideal Dallara race car, the Glarner, who lives in Zurich, is aiming for his seventh consecutive victory in Frauenfeld. Last year, Egli needed two minutes and 96 hundredths for the 3.2-kilometer course with 49 gates. Since his run had not been perfect then, the two-minute mark could fall on Sunday.
Two instead of three challengers
As in Vaud, the day's victory will be contested by Lukas Eugster from Appenzell in a Ligier-Honda sports car and Yves Hängärtner from Biel in a Dallara-Egmo GP3. For Eugster, the Frauenfeld Auto Race Days are virtually a home game.
The driver from Herisau is eager for his first win of the day, having already finished second or third on the podium eight times. And Hängärtner immediately showed the potential of the 500-horsepower race car on slalom courses in Bière. In the top speed measurement at the end of the long start straight, the 46-year-old from Biel should definitely be in front.
Unfortunately, last year's runner-up cancelled the planned first start of the season with his Tatuus-LRM F4 at short notice. The Thurgau native had set his sights on nothing less than a home victory.
Joel Burgermeister: "We have to go over the books again on the engine. I don't want to come to Frauenfeld with a half-finished car. I'd rather do without and do everything I can to be ready for the mountain season.
Gala of the touring car drivers
In the touring car category, Simon Wüthrich in a VW Golf Turbo 4WD is the favorite on the partly winding course. As usual, defending champion Martin Bürki in a VW Polo, runner-up Christian Darani in a Fiat X 1/9, local hero Christoph Zwahlen in a Porsche 997 GT3, Bruno Ianniello in a Lancia Delta S4 and Hermann Bollhalder in an Opel Speedster are also contenders for top times. A Swiss slalom premiere is provided by Michael Widmer with his first start in a Hyundai i30 TCR.
The Renault Classic Club is holding the third round of the season with its Clio II, III and IV cars, which are divided into three classes. The first two races in the "Prize of the City of Stuttgart" in Hockenheim three weeks ago both times Thomas Zürcher won just ahead of Denis Wolf.
Two chances for the Muzzarelli opponents
More than 300 participants have registered for the two race days. During the LOC event on Saturday, points will be contested for the fiercely contested Suzuki Swiss Racing Cup and the Porsche Slalom Cup. The Suzuki will hold separate races in the morning and afternoon. Defending champion and Bière winner Marcel Muzzarelli is also on the organizing committee.
In addition, there will again be a uniformity test for historic vehicles. The aim is not to achieve the best times, but to keep the deviation between the two running times as small as possible.
Oldtimer-Höck on Sunday morning
On Sunday from 9 to 11 a.m. a classic car get-together will take place on the occasion of the Auto-Renntage Frauenfeld 2022. Welcome are all classic car owners who arrive with their jewel and look forward to spending a few gasoline-soaked and informal hours among like-minded people.
Registration for this is not required, the number of participants is limited to a maximum of 100 vehicles. Admission to this social event is also free of charge.
Further information before and after the event is continuously available on the homepage of the ACS Thurgau.
