Porsche juniors win Cup classification

The season final of the VLN Long Distance Championship on one of the world’s most demanding race tracks ended with a strong performance from Marco Holzer (Germany) and Martin Ragginger (Austria): At the wheel of a Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 the pair secured victory in the Cup3B class and fifth overall on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife. For both Porsche juniors this marked their first shared class victory in Europe’s most popular endurance racing series. On a wet circuit, Marco Holzer and Martin Ragginger put in an im-maculate drive and held the lead over the entire four-hour race distance. At times, the two UPS-Porsche-Junior pilots even ranked third overall.

“That was a fantastic conclusion to the season. A huge thanks to Porsche and Manthey Rac-ing for enabling us to gather a lot of crucial experience,” said Marco Holzer, who recently won the season final of the Porsche Carrera Cup on the Hockenheimring. Martin Ragginger commented: “Our team put a super car on the track for us. It’s always a wonderful challenge to drive the 911 GT3 on the Nordschleife.”