28.06.2009 Ras­mus Ørnholdt Nielsen par­tic­i­pated in the Ger­man Cham­pi­onship, which took place at the track in Prisan­newitz, and he deliv­ered two very fine results. Rasmus is almost 100% back after a sprained foot, that has teased a lit­tle on the phys­i­cal plane.

Ras­mus was ready for race, which he already showed dur­ing prac­tice by mak­ing 2nd fastest time, and sub­se­quently 5th fastest time dur­ing qual­i­fi­ca­tion, just a few hun­dredths of a sec­ond after num­ber 3.

“If I am among the first 10, I am happy. Then the qual­i­fi­ca­tion only means, whether I am going to start on the right side or the left side of the start house. I use it to indi­cate, whether I am in the fast end of the top 10 or the slower end” — Ras­mus tells.

First heat starts really well for Ras­mus. He is out as 3, but must sur­ren­der the posi­tion to Joe Mae­sen, who quickly goes to 2nd posi­tion and forces to catch the lead­ing Ste­fan Schreiber. In the mean­time Ras­mus estab­lishes con­tact to num­ber 3, over­takes and then make a hole and can ride safely over the fin­ish line as num­ber 3. He ends the heat approx. 20 sec­onds after the win­ning Ste­fan Schreiber.

Sec­ond heat is almost a copy of the first. Ras­mus again makes a nice start and is out as 3 after Ste­fan and Joe, but as Joe makes a bad land­ing on the first jump, Ras­mus passes him and takes 2nd posi­tion. It doesn’t take long before Joe passes again, but Ras­mus is doing his best and catches up for a while. Schreiber, who is in the lead, must stop because of a defect in the steer­ing sys­tem, and Ras­mus is back up as 2. “My first thought when I see Ste­fan stopped by the side of the track, is VOLL GAS! I try the best I can, but as I have made a stu­pid mis­take in the same cor­ner two laps in a row, I decide to relax and con­cen­trate on keep­ing Ingo in 3rd posi­tion behind me. But he estab­lishes con­tact later in the heat, and I have to see me beaten” tells Ras­mus, who ends the heat as num­ber 3 again, and thus is over­all num­ber 3 on the day, à point with num­ber 2.

1. Joe Mae­sen — 47 points
2. Ingo Ten Vrege­laar — 40 points
3. Ras­mus Ørnholdt Nielsen — 40 points

“I am super happy with the result. I have worked hard to improve the tech­ni­cal issues and to find more speed around the whole track, and these efforts make results! I know I can do bet­ter than I have done till now in this sea­son, and I have shown a lit­tle of it here. It will not be the last time, I stand at the podium, ” — says Rasmus.

Next race for Ras­mus is the Euro­pean Cham­pi­onship on the track in Slots Bjergby.