Dear friends of "Racing with Friends",
What wonderful four days we had with you at the 26th edition of our Biketoberfest! We would like to sincerely thank you for the great time and this fantastic season finale.
Dozens of gas conversations, many hero stories, and even more smiling faces – a race weekend can hardly conjure up more than this. You are absolutely amazing!
Besides all that, there were, of course, extremely fast lap times that you all etched into the asphalt. Whether with the rookies or the seasoned veterans – you all mastered the 3.667-kilometer Endorphin track of the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben! Thank you also for your discipline on and off the track – without that, it simply wouldn’t work!
Gigantic respect is also owed to our fast boys and girls in the sprint classes ProThunder and TT SuperclassiX. Once again, you have impressively shown what top-class hobby racing looks like. Brutally fast lap times, hard and – very importantly – fair on the asphalt: Not many can do that.
We can only take our hats off to you. The family atmosphere among you is truly unique and lives our motto "Racing with Friends" in every sense. Awesome!
So, at this point already: Congratulations to our ProThunder and TT SuperclassiX champions 2026! No panic: your grand honors will of course come – and in a big way.
The same words can be directed to all participants of the last race of our Bridgestone 100 Endurance Championship. After all, our little endurance championship is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year – and the birthday race could hardly have gone better.
The idea for our Mini-Endurance Championship was conceived by ART MOTOR founder Wolf Töns in collaboration with Bridgestone back in 2017. The starting point was the then Biketoberfest with twelve teams participating.
For the anniversary race, we have now reached the magical number of 44 (!) participating teams – this is the maximum possible in Oschersleben. In short: absolute madness!
We at least know: Wolf and Dorle were watching the race from above and surely had big smiles on their faces.
So, here too: Thank you to all teams – newcomers and regular pilots – who participated in the anniversary race. And we also tip our hats to all racers who turned a small "endurance race" into a real institution of grassroots culture in motorcycle racing. Without all of you, this would never have been possible!
Also at this point: Congratulations to the Bridgestone-100 champions 2026! You will also receive the great glory that you deserve.
And then, of course, there was also the Classic Endurance! In Oschersleben, we held the third and final race of our Classic Endurance Championship – once again over the full distance of four hours. Racing took place in five classes, where participants competed again for championship points, rankings, and of course the crown of their respective class.
Congratulations already now to our Classic Endurance champions 2026! We will also celebrate and honor you appropriately.
Of course, the Biketoberfest brings a few tears of sadness along with tears of joy every year. After all, with the "O' Zünd is!" we also signal the end of our grassroots and racing season.
Honestly speaking, it feels like just yesterday that we started the racing year on German soil with you at "Zünd in den Mai" – and now it’s all supposed to be over again?
Oh dear!
If it were up to us, we would love to race with you all winter long in Oschersleben. But unfortunately, the racing weather god has something against that.
But you know: The racing summer in Germany will return! And of course, we will visit the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben together again next year.
And if you can't wait until then, we are also offering a few winter training sessions in Italy, Spain, and France.
So: Either we will see you in the sun of Italy or Spain. If not, we wish you a restful – but hopefully short – winter!
Until then,
Your ART MOTOR team!
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PS: All lap times and results from the BIKEtoberfest 2026 can be found here!
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