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Perfect weather, far more than 20,000 spectators a good mood, one extended to 650 meters, a spectacular course, and an international starter field of 400 riders. These are the ingredients for a varied and entertaining weekend. The 54th Time since 1952, the engines roared between the warehouses of Bremerhaven’s fishing port.


Between not less than ten classes were able to choose the participants.WRA joined our team in the highly competitive grades one and two. In one class, the Fishtown Open Superbike, Nina Prinz started with the BMW S1000RR , for class two, Fishtown Twins + Triples, Spenner Fritz went with the new BMW R1200RT on the slopes.

But first things first: Pentecost Sunday practice day. For the participants of the training is not relaxed about their rounds. It finally went to the launch sites. And who wants to play forward, there must be “read” his best grid position. Nina in the 1000s gave everything. Nevertheless, it worked exactly as hoped not. The reason is brake problems. The brake system of the “Piranha” moved somewhere air. Even repeated bleeding did not help really. Finally, it was so critical that the experienced racer on the road boundary is bent the rims went. Rush was on – what to do? In no time built around the pit crew, Felix Abel, Thomas “Icke” Nick and Holger Schuhmann, various special parts on the replacement machine. Which is a real hit and goes to the very first time at the start – full carbon, 170 pounds and 204 hp at the rear. Nina came to indeed way around, but had only a single round to get used to the new bike.

Very carefree and Fritz is not turned his rounds. With the only BMW-Boxer in the starting field of class two, he had his problems. The brand-new DOHC boxer is not as lively as its predecessor. Although it abolished the pit crew from the series 97.5-hp 105 hp in a short time to conjure up against the slipping clutch but there was no real help. Fritz so came not so out of the corners, as he wanted. That was of course at the time.

Under the given conditions we were in the WRA team with the retracted starting places for the time being satisfied. The race could start the next day.

Whit Monday race day, the day of truth. Thousands of enthusiastic spectators were given a great show. For the first time were the “Fishtown-1/8-Mile-Sprints” on the program, exciting drag race on the start-finish straight. Finally, it was serious, and the starting flag fell for the main race. It’s amazing when the two-wheelers tear with more than 200 kilometers per hour only a few centimeters of the straw bales and a few meters past the spectators. The mood was appropriately and our two pilots were reflected perfectly in their classes.

You just have to imagine this – Nina sat for the first time on the new bike, had just one warm-up lap to come to terms with the racing machine, knew implies no or not at the track, because they never stayed was taken up in Bremerhaven. In addition, because of her race accident in the past six months, almost not allowed to drive. And what does she do? Lands in the first race with 35 starters promptly to the twelfth place in race two and make another three places. A great performance! What may come out until next year when the conditions are so much better stuff?

Even Fritz, who had actually targeted at least one third, suggested that well. With the boxer after all, he won the seventh place in race one, but could increase in the second of two places. Fifth place with slipping clutch and engine still not optimal – strummed performance!