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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