BMWs dominated the overall classification as the Supersport II and Sport 1 classes of the Dutch Supercar Challenge visited Zandvoort at the weekend.
The BMW 130I of Powermotorsports duo John van der Voort and Peter Claassen took victory in race 1 with the 132 GTR of JR Motorsport’s Pieter van Soelen winning race 2. Koen Bogaerts and Nik de Jong shared their European Talents Racing BMW E36 M3 to both Sport I class wins.
Race 1 saw van der Voort and Claassen engaged in an epic battle with the unique Saker Sportscar GT of shared by Bob Herber and Milko Tas, the Brax Racing pair crossing the finish line just 0.365 seconds behind the BMW in the hour-long race.
Martin Roos’ Red Motorsport Lotus Exige finished third ahead of Luc de Cock in the Dlediche Racing Lotus 2 Eleven in fourth and Piet Versluis in fifth in the SBD Racing KTM X-Bow.
Rob Nieman’s Spirit Racing Renault Clio RS 2.0 finished second in the Sport I category behind ETR BMW, with the Lotus Exige Cup shared by Eline Braspenning and Iman van Schelven in third.
Race 2 saw a more comfortable win for van Soelen, who retired from race 1. He headed Versluis’ KTM X-Bow by 11 seconds. Herber and Tas finished third in the Saker with the BMW E46 shared by Richard van den Bos and Bert van der Zweerde in fourth and van der Voort / Claassen fifth.
While Bogaerts and de Jong again to a comfortable Sport I win, Laurens de Wit (BMW 130i) took a fine second place with Frenchman Guillaume Schultz in third in the Team TDM Lotus Exige.
Britain’s Fiona James, driving a GT4-spec In2Racing Ginetta G50 had a strong weekend with two eighth places in the Supersport II category.
Dutch Supercar Challenge results – Round 3, Zandvoort
Race 1
1 SSII John van der Voort / Peter Claassen, Powermotorsports, BMW 130I, 1:02:12.340
2 SSII Bob Herber / Milko Tas, Brax Racing, Saker Sportscar GT, +0.365
3 SSII Martin Roos, Red-Motorsport.de, RED Lotus Exige, +18.031
4 SSII Luc de Cock, Deldiche Racing, Lotus 2 Eleven GT4, +32.664
5 SSII Piet Versluis, SBD Racing, KTM X-Bow, +41.384
6 SSII Eugene Janssen, Albi-Engineering, BMW Z4 M GT, +1:12.934
7 SSII Luco Hornsveld, Penucci Racing/Brax Racing, Seat Leon Supercopa, +1 lap
8 SSII Fiona James, In2Racing, Ginetta G50 GT4, +1 lap
9 S1 Koen Bogaerts / Nik de Jong, European Talents Racing, +1 lap
10 S1 Rob Nieman, Spirit Racing, Renault Clio RS 2.0 16V, +1 lap
11 S1 Eline Braspenning / Iman van Schelven, Braspenning Racing, BMW E36 M3, +1 lap
12 S1 Willem van der Kooi / Ben Verwoerdt, Van der Kooi Racing, Lotus Exige Cup 190, +1 lap
13 SSII Mark Willems / Erik Braunius, Willems Racing, BMW E46 M3, +1 lap
14 S1 Nico Been, Driver, Renault Clio RS 2.0 16V, +1 lap
15 S1 Jitse Villerius, Downforce Motorsport, BMW 130i, +2 laps
16 S1 Aart Bosman, ABW Racing, Porsche 944 S2, +2 laps
17 S1 Cor Euser, Driver, BMW 120d, +2 laps
18 S1 Frank Bedof, Spirit Racing, Renault Clio RS 2.0 16V, +2 laps
19 S1 Peter Tunissen, Downforce Motorsport, BMW 130i, +3 laps
20 S1 Manfred Lewe, Lewe KG, Ford Focus ST, +3 laps
21 S1 Guillaume Schulz, Team TDM, Lotus Exige, +4 laps
22 S1 Esra van Elk / Lotte Cortie, V-Max Racing, Mini Cooper S, +4 laps
23 SSII Ferry Monster / Robin Monster, Team Riwal Racing, Seat Leon Supercopa, +5 laps
24 SSII Helmert Jan van der Slik / Isaac van der Slik, Van der Slik Racing, Marcos Mantis +5 laps.
Not classified
S1 Philip Hillege / Jan-Bart Kolsteren, BMW E36 M3, 20 laps
S1 Henk Thuis, Intrax Racing, Honda Civic, 16 laps
SSII Ron Braspenning, Braspenning Racing, BMW E46 M3, 7 laps
SSII Richard van den Bos / Bert van der Zweerde, JR Motorsport, BMW E46, 5 laps
S1 Laurens de Wit, Downforce Motorsport, BMW 130i, 4 laps
S1 Marco Rugieri, Red-Motorsport.de, Lotus Exige Cup 255, 1 lap
Race 2
1 SS1 Pieter van Soelen, JR Motorsport, BMW 132 GT3, 1:02:21.102
2 SSII Piet Versluis, SBD Racing, KTM X-Bow, +11.164
3 SSII Bob Herber / Milko Tas, Brax Racing, Saker Sportscar GT, +11.694
4 SSII Richard van den Bos / Bert van der Zweerde, JR Motorsport, BMW E46, +1:06.947
5 SSII John van der Voort / Peter Claassen, Powermotorsports, BMW 130I, +1:26.292
6 SSII Luco Hornsveld, Penucci Racing/Brax Racing, Seat Leon Supercopa, +1:32.522
7 SSII Luc de Cock, Deldiche Racing, Lotus 2 Eleven GT4, +1 :45.424
8 S1 Koen Bogaerts / Nik de Jong, European Talents Racing, +1 lap
9 SSII Fiona James, In2Racing, Ginetta G50 GT4, +1 lap
10 S1 Laurens de Wit, Downforce Motorsport, BMW 130i, +1 lap
11 SSII Mark Willems / Erik Braunius, Willems Racing, BMW E46 M3, +1 lap
12 S1 Guillaume Schulz, Team TDM, Lotus Exige, +1 lap
13 S1 Rob Nieman, Spirit Racing, Renault Clio RS 2.0 16V, +1 lap
14 S1 Nico Been, Driver, Renault Clio RS 2.0 16V, +1 lap
15 SSII Eugene Janssen, Albi-Engineering, BMW Z4 M GT, +2 laps
16 S1 Willem van der Kooi / Ben Verwoerdt, Van der Kooi Racing, Lotus Exige Cup 190, +2 laps
17 S1 Aart Bosman, ABW Racing, Porsche 944 S2, +2 laps
18 S1 Jitse Villerius, Downforce Motorsport, BMW 130i, +2 laps
19 S1 Frank Bedof, Spirit Racing, Renault Clio RS 2.0 16V, +2 laps
20 S1 Manfred Lewe, Lewe KG, Ford Focus ST, +2 laps
21 S1 Philip Hillege / Jan-Bart Kolsteren, BMW E36 M3, +3 laps
22 S1 Esra van Elk / Lotte Cortie, V-Max Racing, Mini Cooper S, +3 laps
23 S1 Henk Thuis, Intrax Racing, Honda Civic, +3 laps
24 SSII Ferry Monster / Robin Monster, Team Riwal Racing, Seat Leon Supercopa, +4 laps
Not classified
S1 Peter Tunissen, Downforce Motorsport, BMW 130i, 10 laps
S1 Eline Braspenning / Iman van Schelven, Braspenning Racing, BMW E36 M3, +6 laps
SSII Martin Roos, Red-Motorsport.de, RED Lotus Exige, 0 laps
Watch Dutch Supercar Challenge highlights from Zandvoort on Motors TV (Sky Channel 413, Virgin Media 545) on Saturday 20 June at 4pm (BST).
Andy Wilkinson
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