From pole position to victory – the perfect pit strategy sums it up perfectly. Manthey EMA wins the third NLS race of the 2025 season with its Grello (#911) ahead of Mercedes-AMG Team Getspeed (#14) and Falken Motorsports (#3).

The 56th Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken Trophy was already the third NLS race in which a Porsche 911 GT3 R with KW V6 Racing suspension claimed victory.

Pole-setter Ayhancan Güven in the #911 defended his lead for the first 40 minutes of the race. As the race progressed, the Porsche 911 GT3 R slipped back slightly. The Manthey-Grello car was overtaken once by the Scherer Audi (#15) and once by a Falken Porsche (#3).

Throughout the race, Grello always pitted about one lap later than the competition, which meant that the Porsche had to stay in the pits for less time than the GetSpeed-AMG, which was leading at the time, during its final pit stop. With around 40 minutes to go, the Manthey EMA 911 with Thomas Preining at the wheel returned to the track in the lead and, after 29 laps, crossed the finish line in first place with a lead of 11.163 seconds.

As in previous NLS races, our KW Racing customers were once again among the top 10 of the 132 race cars that started. After all, we equip around half of the race cars with our KW V3 Racing, KW V4 Racing, KW V5 Racing, and KW V6 dampers.

Sven Müller and Morris Schuring in the Falken Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R #3 finished third, 20.631 seconds behind the overall winner.

Their teammates, Tim Heinemann and Dennis Marschall, in the second Falken Porsche (#4) finished fourth.

Fifth place went to the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo (#34) from Walkenhorst Motorsport. David Pittard and Nicki Thiim took turns driving the AMR.

The Porsche 911 GT3 R cars from Scherer Sport Phx (#16) and Dinamic GT (#54) finished in sixth and seventh places.

The next two races in the Nürburgring Endurance Series are just two weeks away. The two ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers are an integral part of the NLS.

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