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Breaker Breaker One Niner: FIA Releases Truck Racing Entry List

The competitors in the 2016 season of the European Truck Racing Championship, officially Europe’s most American sport, have been anounced. 14 drivers are signed up to compete in all nine scheduled races.

Eight of the 14 drivers entered will be racing trucks originally produced by MAN and one will be racing in a SCANIA. Both companies fall under the Volkswagen Group, though VW has no direct involvement in the sport.

Last year’s champion raced a MAN. Indeed all champions since 2010 drove MANs. Jochen Hahn, will be looking to return to form this season. Although he missed championship honors the last two years, he won three championships in row between 2011 and 2013.

Ellen Lohr and Stephanie Halm, in her rookie season, will also look for race wins this season, both in MANs. Erwin Kleinnagelvoort will race the grid’s only Scania.

The racing begins on May 1 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. In meantime watch these insane trucks in action below. I promise you won’t regret it.

Team Nat.
Team		 Driver Nat.
Driver		 No. Vehicle
Tankpool 24 Racing DEU Norbert Kiss HUN 1 MERCEDES-BENZ
Jochen Hahn DEU Jochen Hahn DEU 3 MAN
Lion Truck Racing PRT Anthony Janiec* FRA 8 MAN
Truck Sport Lutz Bernau* DEU Ellen Lohr MCO 10 MAN
Eduardo Rodrigues PRT Eduardo Rodrigues PRT 11 MAN
Czech Truck Racing Team CZE Frantisek Vojtíšek CZE 12 MAN
Erwin Kleinnagelvoort NLD Erwin Kleinnagelvoort NLD 15 SCANIA
Tankpool24 Racing DEU André Kurism DEU 24 MERCEDES-BENZ
Team Schwabentruck DEU Gerhard Körber DEU 27 IVECO
Sascha Lenz* DEU Sascha Lenz* DEU 30 MAN
Stephanie Halm DEU Stephanie Halm DEU 44 MAN
Buggyra International Racing System CZE Adam Lacko CZE 55 FREIGHTLINER
Reinert Racing* DEU René Reinert* DEU 77 MAN
Buggyra International Racing System CZE Jiří Forman CZE 86 FREIGHTLINER

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