Rick Abresch’s Mad & Daring Team Corvette and team-mate Alex van’t Hoff’s Mosler shared the wins as the 2011 Dutch Supercar Challenge season got underway at Hockenheim last weekend.
In the opening race, Abresch ran third in the early stages behind the Dodge Viper of Diederik Stijthoff (Speedtec Motorsport) and the Marcos LM 600 of Cor Euser (Marcos Racing International) but was up to second as the pit stop window opened after Euser made an error in the Mercedes Arena.
Abresch pitted immediately and, following Sijthoff’s stop soon after, found himself well clear in the lead. Sijthoff couldn’t produce a fight back in the remaining laps as his tyres went off, as Abresch came home almost seven seconds clear of his nearest rival.
Dave Basu beat Euser to the final podium spot in his Zero R Racing Corvette.
Supersport I category honours went to Bert van der Zweerde’s JR Motorsport BMW M3 Silhouette. Kees Kreijne (DDG Motorsport) was second in his Aston Martin Vantage, while the Carworld Motorsport Porsche shared by Erol Ertan and Rene Wijnen completed the podium.
In race 2 van’t Hoff charged from 19th on the grid to win in his Mosler.
Race 1 winner Abresch was left on the grid at the start, leaving Sijthoff, Basu and Euser to fight it out at the front in the early stages.
Van’t Hoff soon came into the lead battle and made his way to the front of the field prior to the pit stops, never looking back as he rejoined from his stop.
The battle for second was won by Basu, while Peter Versluis was third in his VEKA Racing Ferrari, finishing just ahead of his father Jan. Sijthoff was fifth.
Van der Zweede again took the honours in the Supersport I class ahead of the Porsche of Jaap van Lagen and Wolf Nathan, while Charlie Frijns (Carworld Motorsport) was third in another Porsche.
Dutch Supercar Challenge results – Round 1, Hockenheim
Race 1
1 (GT) Rick Abresch, Mad & Daring Team, Corvette CR6 GT1, 34 laps, 1:00:44.469
2 (GT) Diederik Sijthoff, Speedtec Motorsport, Dodge Viper SRT10, +6.890
3 (GT) Dave Basu, Zero R Racing, Corvette CR6 GT1, +12.801
4 (GT) Cor Euser, Marcos Racing International, Marcos LM 600, +31.735
5 (SSI) Bert van der Zweerde, JR Motorsport, BMW M3 Silhouette, +1 lap
6 (SSI) Kees Kreijne, DDG Motorsports, Aston Martin Vantage, +1 lap
7 (GT) Jan Versluis, VEKA Racing, Ferrari F430 GT2, +2 laps
8 (SSI) Erol Ertan / Rene Wijnen, Carworld Motorsport, Porsche 997 GT3, +2 laps
9 (SSI) Jacky van de Ende, BRL Associates, Ford Mondeo V6 MW, +2 laps
10 (SSI) Charlie Frijns, Carworld Motorsport, Porsche 997 GT3, +2 laps
11 (SSI) Nelson van der Pol, BRL Associates, Ford Mondeo V6 MW, +2 laps
12 (SSI) Tom Webb / James Webb, Team Webb, BMW E46 GTR, +3 laps
13 (SSI) Dirk Schulz, Topper Team, Porsche 997 GT3, +3 laps
14 (GT) Jack Rozendaal, GT3 Racing Lingewaal, Porsche GT3 RS, +3 laps
15 (GT) Dick Kvetnansku / Martin Sedlak, Race 4 Slovakia, K1 Roadster, +3 laps
16 (SSI) Ronald van Loon, V-Max Racing, BMW E46 M3, +3 laps
17 (SSI) Schrijvers van der Donk, Kuipers Racing, Ford Mondeo MW V8, +3 laps
18 (SSI) Martin Webb, Team Webb, BMW E46 GTR, +12 laps
19 (GT) Alex van’t Hoff, Mad & Daring Team, Mosler MT900R GT3, +14 laps
Not classified
(GT) Ric Wood, CNC Heads Racing, Audi A6 V8, 9 laps
(SSI) Bob Sijthoff, Speedtec Motorsport, Marcos Mantis, 8 laps
(SSI) Wolf Nathan / Jaap van Lagen, FE Racing, Porsche 997 GT3, 4 laps
(SSI) Barry Maessen, Van Berlo Racing, Ford Mondeo MW V8, 4 laps
(GT) Ron Marchal / Jean Glorieux, Marchal Racing, Aston Martin DBRS9, 3 laps
(GT) Milko Tas / Niels Bouwhuis, Carworld Motorsport, Mosler MT900R GT3, 1 lap
Race 2
1 (GT) Alex van’t Hoff, Mad & Daring Team, Mosler MT900R GT3, 34 laps, 1:00:58.592
2 (GT) Dave Basu, Zero R Racing, Corvette CR6 GT1, +13.185
3 (GT) Peter Versluis, VEKA Racing, Ferrari F430 GT2, +1:21.753
4 (GT) Jan Versluis, VEKA Racing, Ferrari F430 GT2, +1:23.554
5 (GT) Diederik Sijthoff, Speedtec Motorsport, Dodge Viper SRT10, +1 lap
6 (SSI) Bert van der Zweerde, JR Motorsport, BMW M3 Silhouette, +1 lap
7 (SSI) Wolf Nathan / Jaap van Lagen, FE Racing, Porsche 997 GT3, +1 lap
8 (GT) Cor Euser, Marcos Racing International, Marcos LM 600, +1 lap
9 (SSI) Charlie Frijns, Carworld Motorsport, Porsche 997 GT3, +1 lap
10 (SSI) Kees Kreijne, DDG Motorsports, Aston Martin Vantage, +1 lap
11 (SSI) Jacky van de Ende, BRL Associates, Ford Mondeo V6 MW, +2 laps
12 (SSI) Erol Ertan / Rene Wijnen, Carworld Motorsport, Porsche 997 GT3, +2 laps
13 (GT) Dick Kvetnansku / Martin Sedlak, Race 4 Slovakia, K1 Roadster, +2 laps
14 (SSI) Dirk Schulz, Topper Team, Porsche 997 GT3, +3 laps
15 (SSI) Ronald van Loon, V-Max Racing, BMW E46 M3, +3 laps
16 (SSI) Nelson van der Pol, BRL Associates, Ford Mondeo V6 MW, +4 laps
17 (GT) Jens Hochkopper, +10 laps
Not classified
(SSI) Tom Webb / James Webb, Team Webb, BMW E46 GTR, 20 laps
(SSI) Martin Webb, Team Webb, BMW E46 GTR, 17 laps
(SSI) Bob Sijthoff, Speedtec Motorsport, Marcos Mantis, 9 laps
(GT) Milko Tas / Niels Bouwhuis, Carworld Motorsport, Mosler MT900R GT3, 3 laps
(SSI) Barry Maessen, Van Berlo Racing, Ford Mondeo MW V8, 1 lap
(SSI) Schrijvers van der Donk, Kuipers Racing, Ford Mondeo MW V8, +0 laps
Next round: 25 April, Zandvoort
Watch the opening round of the Dutch Supercar Challenge from Hockenheim on Saturday 30 April at 1:25pm (BST).
Andy Wilkinson
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