'- 7th round of the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring
- Walkenhorst-BMW M6 GT3 with # 36 after third place now front runner in the VLN-Speed-Trophy
- Alexander Mies / Michael Schrey are still VLN leaders
Dunlop and Team Walkenhorst Motorsport powered by Dunlop made it onto the winners' podium again in the seventh race of the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring. The BMW M6 GT3 with the #36 from BMW works driver Jörg Müller, BMW Motorsport junior Jesse Krohn (Finland), Victor Bouveng (Sweden) and Felipe Fernández Laser (Leipzig) won the “6 hours ADAC Ruhr Cup race” third parties. The race over the distance of six hours is the longest of the VLN season. At the highlight of the season, the M6 GT3 in black and yellow Dunlop design marked 8: 04.638 minutes the fastest race lap in the "Green Hell" and took the lead in the VLN Speed Trophy with the third podium in a row. In the highly competitive race, in which the lead between five teams changed 16 times, the #36 was in the lead for eight laps. Frank Stippler, Anders Fjordbach (Denmark) and ex-formula-1-Pilot Markus Winkelhock in the Dunlop-tyred Audi R8 LMS from Phoenix Racing took fourth place in the varied race.
Bonk Motorsport pilots on the way to the VLN title
Alexander Mies and Michael Schrey from Bonk Motorsport secured victory in the BMW M235i Racing Cup class, which is exclusively equipped by Dunlop. With the seventh victory in the seventh race, the VLN championship leaders also set the course in the fight for the championship: Mies / Schrey another top result in the remaining three races is enough to secure the title in the VLN endurance championship Nürburgring 2016.