In addition to the drivers’ championship, which includes the official Champions, the VLN endurance racing championship provides for some more several special classifications. Winners’ trophies will likewise be awarded in the VLN Production Car Trophy, the VLN Junior Trophy and the VLN Speed Trophy. Other titles are the Cup classifications organised by BMW, Opel and TMG all of which provide exciting motorsport action at the VLN races and are associated with fame and honour for the winners. With the 39th DMB Münsterlandpokal, the VLN calendar shows the tenth and final round of the series to take place on 25 October. Nine races will be taken into consideration for the final classification in the 2014 season as the 46th ADAC Barbarossapreis had to be cancelled due to fog and according to the regulations one of the nine results will be deleted for the final score. The addition of the eight best results will thus be taken into consideration.
In terms of championship, a preliminary decision has been taken at the ninth championship round. Rolf Derscheid (Much/ Germany) and Michael Flehmer (Overath/ Germany) in the BMW 325i celebrated their seventh win in the class of VLN production cars up to 2,500 cc cylinder capacity. Arithmetically speaking, the two ambitious privateers are thus in an uncatchable first place in the championship and will under normal circumstances receive start number one in a symbolic act after the season final. The decision about the following positions is still open. Hannu Luostarinen (Finland) and Tim Schrick (Munich) have the best chances to win second place in the championship. At the ninth race, the driver duo achieved their fifth victory in the Opel Astra OPC Cup class. Their advance ahead of Adam Osieka (Meuspath) in third place is far from being a comfortable lead as, after seven races, Osieka scored valuable points again at the last race together with Steve Jans (Luxembourg) in the Porsche Cup class of VLN Specials up to 4,000 cc cylinder capacity.
The positions in the production car class, in contrast, are settled. Derscheid and Flehmer have a clear advance ahead of their competitors. In second place is Manuel Metzger (Switzerland) of the Black Falcon Team TDM Friction ahead of his team mates Ivan Jacoma (Switzerland) and Christian Schmitz (Herresbach/ Germany). Schmitz is also one of the protagonists in the junior classification. With a gap of 1.65 points behind the championship leader Max Partl (Pyrbaum/ Germany) who scored his points together with Jörg Weidinger (Happurg/ Germany) in the BMW M235i Racing Cup he is waiting for his chance to catch up.
In the lead of the VLN Speed Trophy, the special classification for top cars, is the Frikadelli Racing Team. With three victories in the current season, regular drivers Sabine Schmitz, Klaus Abbelen (both from Barweiler/ Germany) and Patrick Huisman (Netherlands) have scored many points and are leading with an advance of 25 points ahead of the Audi R8 LMS ultra of the team Phoenix-Racing in which Marc Basseng (Rosenbach/ Germany) and Frank Stippler (Bad Münstereifel/ Germany) last finished third. As the number of victories will be decisive in case of a tie, the win can no longer be taken away from the Frikadelli team.
Regarding the Cup classes, only the result in the BMW classification is decided yet. The first champions in the Cup organised by the Munich manufacturer are Daniel Zils (Bendorf/ Germany), Norbert Fischer (Cologne) and Uwe Ebertz (Sinn-Fleisbach/ Germany) of the Team Adrenalin Motorsport. The titles in the Opel Astra OPC Cup with current leaders Thorsten Wolter (Berlin) together with the brothers Heinz-Otto and Jürgen Fritzsche (both from Hückeswagen/ Germany) as well as in the TMG GT86 Cup showing Arne Hoffmeister (Lutter/ Germany) and Fabian Wrabetz (Bad Soden/ Germany) in the lead will be decided in the final face.
The 39th DMV Münsterlandpokal will run over the usual four hour distance and it will conclude the 38th year of the most popular grassroots series in Europe.
