19th BENELUX CUP - MECHELEN (B), November 2, 2008

YOURI VAN ROSSEM & PHILIP KREMER WIN

THE 19TH BENELUX CUP - At the end of the first day it was time for the first warm-up race. Here Philip Kremer pulled away from the rest of the field, taking during the first segment a full lap on Michael Niemas and on Nick de Wachter. All others followed already at two laps or more. During the second segment De Wachter could undo his arrears, so that Philip Kremer/Youri van Rossem and Nick de Wachter had both 71 laps, followed at one la^p by Ralph Seif, at two by Miskolci/Szalai and at three by Niemas/Christophe Kremer. In the two following segments Philip and Youri realised both 37 laps, taking one lap more on Niemas/Christophe Kremer and three laps on De Wachter/Nelwan. During the second half of the race Philip and Youri had not the smallest problem to conserve their advantage. Eventually they won the race with two laps over De Wachter/Nelwan, three over Niemas/Christoph Kremer. During the last segment Montiglio/Seif could pass Miskolci/Szalai to take the fourth place. Biggest surprise came from Tamar Nelwan. Sibnce team mate Nick did the four first stints, Tamar had to do the four last. Instead of loosing field on Philip and Youri, he succeeded to take one lap back, after one of the best performances in his racing career.
Among the amateurs, driving 1999 JGTC cars, Haug/Wennerberg and Kuipers/Van Gool were fastest away, taking after two segments one lap on Huys/Van Campenhout and Osu/Hernandez. During the third segment the Norwegians lost six laps on technical woes, whilst Kuipers lost three laps on Huys. That means that Kristof Huys/Björn van Campenhout were the new leaders. Fola Osu/Oscar Hernández were second at two laps. During the five following seggments Huys and Van Campenhout could maintain their advantage over Osu/Hernández, whilst the others were loosing ground. At the finish Huys/Van Campenhout had always two laps over Osu/Hernández. Haug/Wennerberg were third at nine laps. Cuppens/Bartlett passed Kuipers/Van Gool for the fourth place. 

15th EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL CAR RACING - MECHELEN (B), November 3, 2008

NICK DE WACHTER & TAMAR NELWAN WIN

THE 15TH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL CAR RACING - The race started at 7am with "Gugu" missing the start. Four racers went out at the lead in the Autobacs Super GT class: Nick de Wachter, Philip Kremer and Josef Miskolci. After two segments they noted each 70 laps. During the third segment team mates Brian Saunders (with Nurkkanen) and Christoph Kremer (with Niemas) came one lap short so that Philip Kremer/Youri van Rossem and De Wachter/Nelwan were setting the pace. On Seif's car the motor seemed dead. At mid race both teams took a second lap, whilst Miskolci/Szalai could pass Nurkkanen/Saunders. During the fifth segment Youri deslotted a couple of times, loosing one lap on Tamar Nelwan (in great shape). They could maintain their second position until the one but last segment, when Youri (no sleep at all) was nowhere, loosing four laps and now being passed by Niemas/Christophe Kremer. Miskolci/Szalai were a strong fourth, whilst Saunders/Nurkkanen were also passed by Francesc Reyes. During the last segment Philip Kremer lost another two laps on red, whilst Niemas could not undo his four lap arrears on Nick de Wachter/Tamar Nelwan and his team finishes as second ahead over the team of Youri and Philip. 
At the 1999 JGTC class both Fola Osu and Kristof Huys had a horrible start, loosing res. five and four laps on Borge Haug. During the third segment Huys looses seven laps on Fola Osu and is definitively out for a second win. At mid-race Haug/Wennerberg are still strong leaders with Raymond Kuhn/Patrick Blondiau following at only one lap and Osu/Hernández at four laps. After having lost a rear spoiler Huys/Van Campenhout are twelve laps down. During the second half of the race Osu/Hernández seriously increase speed. With one last segment to go they come in the lead lap. The last segment they not only pass Haug/Wennerberg for the first place, but even succeed to double them two more times. So Osu/Hernández are the souvereign winners, followed at three laps by Wennerberg/Haug and at six laps by Blondiau/Kuhn. Huys/Van Campenhout finish as fourth, two small segments ahead over Cuppens/Bartlett finishing as fifth. Tom Ooms and Gert Klinge take the sixth position.

NICK DE WACHTER & TAMAR NELWAN WIN