NLRC: Jos Kuijpers again

Category: June, Miscellaneous, News Posted 19.06.12 23:29 by Eddi Laumanns

Round 3 of the Dutch Rallycross Championship saw class wins by Jos Kuijpers, Marcel Snoeijers, Koen Pauwels, Kristof Bex and Pedro Cokelaere.

The third round of the Dutch Rallycross (or RallyRacing) Championship was held on Sunday June 17 at the Eurocircuit near Valkenswaard. Almost 80 Dutch and Belgian drivers took part in the event, the weather was fine all day, and the spectator turnout was good enough to keep the organisers satisfied.

After problems with his Mk7 Fiesta SuperCar during the practice runs Jos Kuijpers made the rest of the day his by winning all three qualifying heats as well as the A final. In the Super1600s class it was that man Marcel Snoeijers who set the fastest times in the first and second qualifier, having a break during the third heats, and eventually winning the A final from Davy Van Den Branden and Peter van de Wege. Among the men in the TouringCars class lady driver Mandy Kasse did a marvellous job by twice claiming the fastest qualification time. However, when the daughter of former Euro champ Ko Kasse decided not to start in the A final, due to technical problems with her rear-wheel driven Ford Fiesta Mk7, victory fell prey to Volvo C30 RWD driver Koen Pauwels from Belgium.