The PSCCE had a great weekend at Tor Poznan in Poland, a circuit very much liked by all the drivers. As a classical old-school track, it poses a great challenge while at the same time being a lot of fun to drive. Rather hot temperatures added to the difficulties the whole field had to overcome especially in the Endurance race at the end of an interesting and action-packed race day.

In qualifying Eduardas Klepikas from Lithuania set pole position for the two Sprint races of this third round of the PSCCE 2024. German Herbert Geiss came second, just nine thousands of a second behind for Race 1, 0.236 seconds for Race 2. But scrutineering afterwards was going to bring a bad surprise for him: His car did not comply with the technical regulations as the ride-hight was too low. So initially he was completely disqualified from the event, but after an appeal allowed to start in all three races from the very back of the field.

So for race one, P2 on the grid would go to Thomasz Lach from Poland, ahead of his fellow countryman Franz Dziwok in P3. For Race 2, it was another Lithuanian behind Klepikas, Marius Bartkus, and German Ulrich Ziegler in P3. Peter Brunner from Switzerland claimed first place in the AM classification for both races, even reaching 4th overall for Race 1.

In Race 1 Klepikas proved again that he is on the best way to become one of the dominant drivers in the series this year. He immediately took the lead at the start, never was really challenged afterwards, and finally won ahead of Polish local hero Franz Dziwok and Herbert Geiss. The German made his way up from the back of the grid with a lot of great overtaking, recovering once or twice from little excursions into the grass while on his way to the front. The race ended behind the Safety-Car after a late off by Leo Willert. That was bad luck for Thomasz Lach, P2 on track and Peter Brunner who crossed the finish line first in the AM class. Both had a 5-second-penalty due to leaving the start corridor and lost a lot of places, with the AM win now going to Peter Brecka from the Czech Republic.

Eduardas Klepikas also claimed the win in the second Sprint race. Despite a big off into the grass with only a bit more than two minutes to go, the Lithuanian driver kept his lead until the finish line and won ahead of Beat Ganz from Switzerland, after long-time runner-up Ulrich Ziegler also made a big mistake in the penultimate lap. Herbert Geiss again came home in third place after another great recovery race from the back of the field, overtaking already six cars on lap one and now just two points behind Klepikas in the overall championship standings despite the difficult circumstances for him. Victory in the AM category again went to Peter Brecka from the Czech Republic, sixth overall. Milan Sitnianski had a pit stop due to a perceived technical problem on his car, but was able to continue for the moment. Nevertheless he was not able to take part in the Endurance race later due to technical issues.

For the 100 Miles of Poland Klepikas handed over his car to his young Lithuanian teammate Kajus Siksnelis. The reserve driver of the team had a great start and was able to defend his lead until the mid-race break, with Ziegler and Geiss behind him and local hero Thomasz Lach in P4. Ziegler handed car nr. 69 over to Franz Dziwok, while the only PRO driver in the field, Daan Arrow from the Netherlands, took over from Lach. In the second half of the race Arrow made up a lot of ground from P4 and finally took the lead with four laps to go from Siksnelis, who in P2 overall was the winner of the ProAM class. Herbert Geiss for the third time this day came home third from behind and is now leading in the Endurance championship with an advantage of 28 points.

The AM category saw a close fight between Peter Brecka/Karel Neffe and Peter Brunner over the whole distance with the Czech duo finally keeping the upper hand by half a second, but Brunner extending his championship lead in this class. Austrian Leo Willert had bad luck with a blown tyre, which cost a lot of time and dropped him to the very end of the field, but together with Freddy Fast he was at least still able to finish the race and score some points.