Ebbinge leads after day two of WDC

At 0h02, on August 16, 2023 By TROT INSIDER

After finishing the first leg of the World Driving Championship (WDC) on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 13, drivers took a break from racing the next day to travel from Wolvega, Netherlands to Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The second leg of the WDC continued at GelsenTrabPark in Germany on Tuesday, Aug. 15, with Doug McNair now standing in sixth place.

The third leg resumes on Wednesday, Aug. 16 in Mons, Belgium at Hippodrome de Wallonie before the WDC concludes on Friday, Aug. 18 at Trabrennbahn Mariendorf in Berlin, Germany.

Here’s the 2023 World Driving Championship leaderboard after 10 of 20 races with two legs complete:

Rick Ebbinge – The Netherlands – 103
Hanna Huygens – Belgium – 69
Peter McMullen – Australia – 68
Blair Orange – New Zealand – 65
Santtu Raitala – Finland – 65
Doug McNair – Canada – 63
Jordan Ross – United States – 59
Miodrag Pantić – Serbia – 53
Michael Nimczyk – Germany – 49
Rodney Gatt – Malta – 48

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