By Based in Orechova Poton near Bratislava, the Slovakia ring (3.680 miles long) first entered the worldwide motorsport landscape in 2009. Last weekend it played host to this year’s penultimate Alpe Adria Series round.
Seasoned, upcoming, growing in esteem roads competitors, featuring within results of this meeting, were to name but a few:
Michal Prasek, multiple Supersport, Superbike podium finishes at Trencin Airport Races (P1 and P2 x3), podium finishes at Dymokury (P2 x2), very creditable results on debut in IRRC Supersport races (P5-P7) at Frohburger Dreieck and now fifth times two from SBK encounters at the Slovakia ring.
This is four consecutive impressive weekends from the Czech ace, who will be tackling next week the Bohumil Stasa Prize at Automotodrom Brno. Michal Filla (former Horice Superbike race exponent) ensured extra golden moments for the Barni Spark Racing team, with Superbike Slovakia ring victories added to Danilo Petrucci’s historic triple World Superbike wins at Cremona.
Krizevci’s Carlo Grsic, the Brod Open lap record holder, illustrated his talent again (P2/P1) in Superstock 600 category contests. Two times winner of Supersport class, former European Superstock 1000 rider, Slovakian ace Tomas Svitok has experience from this year’s Dolny Hricov and Trencin Airport Races same as Supersport 300 participant, Lucia Murgasova.
Supersport 300 races contained 11 times ‘300 Curves of Gustav Havel’ victor, Sport Production 125, Supersport 300 lap record holder Radek Lamich (P5-P4 finishes).
Petr Endrst (Supersport 300 podium finisher at Horice this year) and Vaclav Bittman Jr son of Supersport 400 Dymokury lap record carrier, Czech racing legend Vaclav Bittman Sr.
The Alpe Adria Championship finale will be in Croatia at Grobnik (18th-20th October). Before this, central European road racing fans will keeping a close eye on the already-mentioned Autumn (Bohumil Stasa) Prize of Brno (27th-29th September).
Announced stars in start-lists include the showcased above Michal Prasek, Tomas Svitok and Vaclav Bittman Jr plus IRRC 2024 Champions David ‘Datzii’ Datzer and Marek Cerveny along with fellow IRRC regulars, Petr Najman, Karel ‘Chupa’ Brandtner, Emil Krchnavy, Rene Mlkvy and Roman Bocek.
Adding extra depth to the meeting are for example Tomas Toth, Marek Stibor, Matej Vit, Veronika Hankocyova, David Hanzalik, Oldrich Podlipny, Slovakia’s only TT competitor this century Miroslav ´Laki´ Sloboda, Stefan Holz plus Schleizer Dreieck home riders like IRRC stalwart Sebastian ‘Frosch’ Frotscher, Phillipp Stich and Uwe Elschner.
Well worth checking out, before most riders put their machines away for winter hibernation.
Photo credit: Michael Wincott
Words by Jan Vavra
