Michael Dunlop wins with the Penz13.com BMW S 1000 RR at Frohburg.

Munich, 1st October 2014. Last weekend saw a special joint venture within the BMW Motorrad Motorsport community: Road Racing star Michael Dunlop (GB) and the German endurance squad Penz13.com Racing Team competed together in the 52nd Frohburger ADAC Dreieckrennen at Frohburg (DE). The partnership was supported by the experts from BMW Motorrad Motorsport, and it was a successful one. Dunlop claimed one win, one third place and a new lap record on the Penz13.com BMW S 1000 RR. Also the Japanese privateer BMW Motorrad riders were in action last weekend, tackling the penultimate round of the 2014 Japanese Road Race Championship (MFJ).

Road Racing: 52nd Frohburger ADAC Dreieckrennen.

The idea was born on the Isle of Man: Michael Dunlop, who claimed a historic triple with his BMW S 1000 RR at the legendary Tourist Trophy, and the German BMW Motorrad customer team Penz13.com Racing decided to team up for the Dreieckrennen at Frohburg (DE). Michael Dunlop’s uncle Joey, his father Robert and his brother William have already appeared on the winner’s list of this traditional event. And now it was Michael’s turn to bring home another Frohburg win for the Dunlop family. Together with the specialists from BMW Motorrad Motorsport they prepared for the road racing event at the “Frohburger Dreieck” near Leipzig, and after the weekend they can say: mission completed.

Dunlop was joined by Canadian Dan Kruger, who raced a second BMW S 1000 RR from the Penz13.com Racing Team. In total, four races were held in the two different Superbike categories, International Road Racing Championship “IRRC” and Open-Race. Dunlop and Kruger competed in all four of them. At the beginning things didn’t go according to plan for Dunlop, as in the Open race on Saturday he had to retire when heading for the podium due to problem which led to severe tyre wear. In the first of the three Sunday races he claimed third on the podium. In the following event he had to retire as the bike was cutting out, but the final race on Sunday saw Dunlop putting down the hammer.

In the final competition, the “Joey Dunlop Open” race he not only took victory, but set a new lap record in 1:34,355 minutes. He took the win 3.1 seconds in front of Didier Grams (DE) and Johan Fredriks (NL). Both Grams and Fredriks are also privateer BMW Motorrad riders and regular competitors in the IRRC with their BMW S 1000 RRs. Grams took both IRRC wins of the weekend, Fredriks won the Open race on Saturday night.

Canadian Kruger, who normally races in the Chinese Superbike Championship, added to the successful weekend for Penz13.com Racing. He finished all four races within the top-ten, claiming two sixth and two ninth positions.

Japanese Road Race Championship at Okayama.

The 2014 season of the Japanese Road Race Championship (MFJ) resumed last weekend with the penultimate round at Okayama (JP). In total, three privateer BMW Motorrad riders lined-up on the grid. Daisaku Sakai (JP) finished 12th with his BMW S 1000 RR from Confia Flex Motorrad 39. Kohji Teramoto (JP / Team Tras 135HP) was 15th, and Kiyotaka Yagi (JP / Yamani Racing Project) finished 22nd.

BMW Motorrad Race Trophy: Scoring period extended.

The scoring period for the 2014 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy has been extended by two weeks and will now end on 16th November. As a result, three more race events will be counted for the 2014 Race Trophy: the Macau Grand Prix, the season finale of the Spanish Superbike Championship (CEV) at Valencia (ES) and the Campo Grande (BR) round of the Brazilian Superbike Championship (BRSBK). The deadline for registration for the current season remains unchanged at the 2nd November. It is possible to register for the 2014 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy on the website www.bmw-motorrad.de/motorsport.

2014 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

Status: 1st October 2014

16. Ryuichi Kiyonari (JP/BSB/138,00), 17. Leon Bovee (NL/IDM/137,78), 18. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/BRSBK/137,00), 19. Daniel Rivas (ES/CEV/127,00), 20. Eeki Kuparinen (FI/CEV/120,00), 21. Alessandro Polita (IT/CIV/116,25), 22. Luca Conforti (IT/CIV/101,25), 23. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM/100,88), 24. Andy Rey (FR/FSBK/100,00), 25. Stefan Nebel (DE/IDM/97,50), 26. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB/97,00), 27. Michael Rutter (GB/IOMTT/BSB/96,83), 28. Florian Drouin (FR/FSBK/93,00), 29. Björn Stuppi (DE/EWC/92,75), 30. Hayato Takada (JP/EWC/MFJ/92,75), 31. Uwe Gürck (DE/SWC/91,32), 32. Gianluca Vizziello (IT/CIV/90,00), 33. Janine Davies (ZA/SAM/83,70), 34. Federico D‘Annunzio (IT/WSTK/80,00), 35. Jason Pridmore (US/EWC/79,00), 36. Fabrizio Perotti (IT/CIV/75,00), 37. Alessio Corradi (IT/CIV/73,75), 38. Mark Albrecht (DE/IDM/69,15), 39. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/68,75), 40. Thomas Hainthaler (DE/IDM/62,25), 41. Florian Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FSBK/62,00), 42. Nicolas Pouhair (FR/FSBK/58,00), 43. Lucas Teodoro (BR/BRSBK/57,00), 44. Sylvain Barrier (FR/WSBK/EWC/56,50), 45. Marco Muzio (IT/CIV/55,00), 46. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/EWC/52,73), 47. Luciano Ribodino (AR/BRSBK/46,50), 48. Jean Foray (FR/FSBK/45,00), 49. Robert Muresan (RO/WSTK/42,00), 50. Marco Sousa (CA/CSBK/41,00), 51. Jörg Steinhausen (DE/SWC/40,80), 52. Kohji Teramoto (JP/MFJ/EWC/34,96), 53. James Westmoreland (GB/BSB/33,00), 54. Sergiy Grygorovych (UA/IDM/33,00), 55. Lucas Barros (BR/BRSBK/27,00), 56. Patric Muff (CH/BSB/23,33), 57. Rémi Boitel (FR/FSBK/21,00), 58. Camille Hedelin (FR/FSBK/18,00), 59. Tim Robinson (CA/CSBK/17,50), 60. Alessio Velini (IT/CIV/15,00), 61. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/EWC/10,73), 62. Imre Toth (HU/WSBK/7,00), 63. David Datzer (DE/IDM/6,00), 64. Peter Sebestyen (HU/WSBK/3,00), 65. Filip Altendorfer (DE/EWC/2,45), 65. Florian Bauer (DE/EWC/2,45), 65. Rico Löwe (DE/EWC/2,45), 68. Didier Grams (DE/Macau Grand Prix/0,00), 68. Martjin Polinder (DK/IDM/0,00)

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