10^th IMCA Worlds: the 2001 model car world champion with miss Belgium Véronique De Cock and Diepenbeek's mayor Steegmans (photo: Bob Demeyer)

3^rd Mello Yello Junior worlds: winner Dennis Vogel from Holland (photo Bob Demeyer).

Paul Ciccarello won the European Model Car Championship. Noviello and Montiglio (5^th and 6^th) where the only European drivers making the main. (photo: Stéphane Martin).

Matt Zenovitch won the Mello Yello, but since he drove off-championship a MoMo SW1, the junior worlds went to Vogel (photo: Bob Demeyer).

South-Africa's Gustav Heymann - finishing 2^nd at the EuroNats and 3^rd at the Worlds - was the only driver to make 2 podiums (photo: Bob Demeyer).

Finishing 2^nd at the Mello Yello Junior Worlds, "Piki" van Rossem was the only Belgian driver to win a trophy (photo: Bob Demeyer).

Kid Yannick Demeyer (here with Dennis Vogel) was the most consistent Belgian driver at the Nations Cup (photo: Bob Demeyer).

Hugo Dekker (mid) won the Concourse World Championship. Geert Mertens struggleed the whole week-end with a wounded car (photo: Bob Demeyer).

Piero Castricone (12^th), Josef Korec (15^th), Yannick Demeyer (13^th), Salvatore Noviello (1^st), Lasse Aberg(14^th) and Dennis Vogel (7^th) at Semi B of the Worlds (photo: Bob Demeyer).

"Il Bandito" Piero Castricone - here with Yannick Demeyer and BNL winner John van Hoornaar - finished 12^th at the Worlds and is the 2001 IOC-Rookie (photo: Bob Demeyer).

9^th EuroNats Open, main final with Chris Radisich (4^th), Giovanni Montiglio (6^th), Philip Helmuth (8^th), Clythio Backx van Buggenhout (7^th), Paul Ciccarello (winner), Gustav Heymann (2^nd), Greg Gilbert (3^rd) and Salvatore Noviello (5^th). Photo: Stéphane Martin.

Can you believe that this was only a heat of the …Consolation race with nothing than top drivers: IOC #1 Vladimir Horky, Jan Korec, Rolf Bechter, Ron Hershman, Hugo Dekker, IOC #11 Josef Korec, Lee Gilbert and IOC #6 Paolo Trigilio. Only 4 of them made the move to the Worlds: Horky, Bechter, Hershman and Josef Korec, but not Trigilio, unhappy with a bad functioning car (photo: Stéphane Martin).

Main final Mello Yello Juniors World with Josef Korec (4^th), Frantisek Poledna (5^th), Matt Zenovitch (1^st), Dennis Vogel (2^nd), Yannick Demeyer (7^th), "Piki" van Rossem (3^rd), Andrew Aynsley (5^th, after he was 6 segments out at the lead) and Desmond Dekker (8^th) (photo: Bob Demeyer).

10^th IMCA Worlds, Semi B with Greg Gilbert, Chris Radisich, Dennis Vogel, Lasse Aberg, Salvatore Noviello, Yannick Demeyer, Josef Korec and Piero Castricone. Of them Aberg, Demeyer, Castricone and Josef Korec missed the move to the main final.

9^th IMCA EuroNats, semi A with Gustav Heymann, Paul Ciccarello, Peter Ackermans, Greg Gilbert, Anders Gustafson, Geert Mertens, Yannick Demeyer and Salvatore Noviello. One remarks at the left side Matt Zenovitch, Gugu Bernardino, Josef Korec and Lee Gilbert. Ackermans, Gustafson, Mertens and Demeyer missed the move to the main (photo: Bob Demeyer).

10^th IMCA Worlds, quarter with Anko Stok, Rolf Bechter, Dawie van Rooyen, Ron Hershman, Jamie Johnston, "Piki" van Rossem, Giovanni Montiglio and Chris Radisich. "Piki" missed the semis for 2 segments. Photo: Webcam Bene.WS.

9^th IMCA EuroNats, consi B with Michael Phillipaerts, Maya Willockx, Yannick Putzeys, Dieter de Schaetsen, Kristof Klinkers, Simo Kairistola, Wim Eekelers and Andy Geeraerts. . Only Nobody of them could make the move to the Quarters. Photo: Webcam.

3^rd Mello Yello Semi B with Jan Korec, Antonio Jose Texeira, John Brown, John Aynsley, Matt Zenovitch, Josef Korec, Frantisek Poledna and Philip Helmuth. Texeira was disqualified upon arrival for glue on his tires. Brown, Helmuth and Jan Korec were the others missing the move to the main. Photo: Webcam Bene.WS.

Saturday November 24, 23h40: most painful moment of the event. Two kids, Ruben de Schaetsen and Youri van Rossem, are no longer present in Semi A of the Mello Yello. After less than 1 lap both saw their car falling on the ground after race director Limpach forgot to fix the body after scrutineering. Since they are no Clytio van Buggenhout, merely kids, the race director refused to stop the race to restart. Or the dreams of two kids falling in pieces.

Consolation Race, Heat #1 - Youri van Rossem, Andy Geeraerts, Jurgen Geeraerts, Michael Pilippaerts, Yannick Putzeys, Mikael Lemmens and Dieter de Schaetsen. Only Youri could make the move to the Worlds. Photo: webcam Bene.WS.

EuroNats Consi F - Geert Mertens (16^th), JPVR (17^th), Hugo Dekker (34^th), Anders Gustafson (10^th), Salvatore Noviello (5^th), Ralph Klose (28^th), Einari Fyhr (32^nd) and Gugu Bernardino (18^th). Of them Dekker and Klose missed selection for the Worlds, while JPVR didn't enter.

Under the vigilant eye of Paul OWH Kassens (right) John Brown, Einari Fyhr, Chris Radisich, Giovanni Montiglio, Yannick Demeyer, Stefaan van Oppen, Ralph Klose and Frantisek Poledna go after a top-3 in Quarter C of the EuroNats. Photo: Bob Demeyer

9^th IMCA EuroNats, start of Quarter C with the cars of Gustav Heymann, Fred Hood, Peter Ackermans, Greg Gilbert, Anders Gustafson, Geert Mertens, Yannick Demeyer and Salcvatore Noviello. Photo: Bob Demeyer

Mello Yello, Semi A. Ruben de Schaetsen and Youri van Rossem are no longer there since the real first lap after a flagrant error of the duo Limpach-Wasserman. Johnson, Vogel, Demeyern Kairistola and Des Dekker continue their race. Sitting Maya and Olivier Demoen. They can't understand why Limpach-Wasserman refused to restart the race. Not on the picture: "Piki" van Rossem. Photo: Bob Demeyer.

Found on Lasse Aberg's Slot pages with as text: "There is a lot of job in the beginning to build the car when you don't know how things will fit. My car before I put stickers on it J ". One of the two Porsches 911 GT2 present at the raceway during the whole week-end. Co-organiser Geert Mertens, having done a great job, let them come over.

BOTTOM: The driver's briefing. Photo: Lasse Aberg.

Simo Kairistola (back) and Paul Ciccarello working on their cars. Picture: Stéphane Martin.

LEFT: The two Porsches 911 GT2 at the Raceway. RIGHT: JPVR organised his 10^th Worlds. He already prepares next year's edition, where also teams from Australia, Japan, Portugal, Latvia, Russia and Canada will be invited.