RECARO Automotive Seating on board at FIA European Truck Racing Championship 2017.

RECARO Automotive Seating supports Truck Racing Team S.L. Trucksport 30 at this year’s FIA European Truck Racing Championship. Equipped with two racing shells RECARO Pro Racer SPG, Sascha Lenz’ racing truck will be participating in nine races in total all around Europe. Weighing five and a half tons and with astonishing 1,000 HP, the giant can achieve acceleration values easily able to keep up with professional touring cars. “We are pleased to support Sascha Lenz and his team, a team that is both highly professional and extremely passionate about what they do,” says Dr. David Herberg, Executive Director of RECARO Commercial Vehicle Seating. “Our racing shells have proven themselves time and time again under extreme truck racing conditions. With their reliability and high safety standards, they do their part so that drivers can concentrate on driving – and winning!” Besides the racing shells in the racing truck, top products of RECARO Automotive seating are also installed in the team truck of S.L. Trucksport 30. Two premium commercial vehicle seats of the type RECARO C 7000 are ensuring optimum comfort for the crew during the long trips to the circuits and back home. Already during the opening weekend of the season of May 13-14 in Spielberg, Austria, the team from the Eifel region was showing their potential. Lenz took fifth place in the overall rankings and second place in the team rankings. Winner of the Championship will be determined in Spain at the weekend of 7-8 October. Sascha Lenz, who was voted Young Driver of the Year in 2016, is already looking forward to the next race weekend in Misano, Italy, May 27-28. “We are perfectly prepared and will put all we have into getting a spot on the podium!”