Pedro Rombouts wins Rd2 Dutch 10th Nats

Round 2 of the Dutch 1/10th scale Nationals took place over the weekend at the quick Baanbrekers track in Ruchphen, who put on another well organised event. Weather was very mixed all weekend with rain early in the day meaning everyone skipped the 1st qualifier and only went out in the 2nd and 3rd, with some rain falling again after, but for the finals it was dry. Qualifying for the NK class went the way of local driver Pedro Rombouts, well ahead of Jurgen Geerlings in 2nd, Ricardo van Dam and Maarten van Lierop rounding out the top 4. In the Nomac class Davy Geraets took pole position and in the 1/8th promo series Paul Conradi took top spot. The NK class saw a very good final with pole man Rombouts the fastest guy on the track but some mistakes throughout the 30 minute final allowed Euro B podium finisher Daan Jacobs through to the lead. Pedro didn’t give up and closed the gap into the leader every lap over the last 5 minutes, getting within striking distance on the last 4 corners and pulling off the move on the very last corner to win by 0.007 of a second from Daan, with Maarten van Lierop 3rd. The Nomac class was won by Emiel Lensink from Theun Zoethout and Martijn Aarden, while in the Promo class it was Luigi Pili from Ron Veger and Wesley van Silfhout.

NK class final result:
1. Pedro Rombouts – 116 Laps in 30:06.892
2. Daan Jacobs – 116 Laps in 30:06.899
3. Maarten van Lierop – 115 Laps in 30:09.081
4. Ricardo van Dam – 113 Laps in 30:11.591
5. Jurgen Geerligs – 111 Laps in 30:01.434
6. Daan Stuiver – 111 Laps in 30:09.628
7. Arco de Jong – 110 Laps in 30:06.145
8. Sander Borghoff – 109 Laps in 30:01.971
9. Nick de Boer – 108 Laps in 30:00.434
10. Remy Möller – 103 Laps in 30:03.777

NOMAC class final result:
1. Emiel Lensink – 90 Laps in 30:01.522
2. Theun Zoethout – 85 Laps in 30:06.354
3. Martijn Aarden – 84 Laps in 30:02.627
4. Arne Schober – 82 Laps in 30:01.185
5. Michael Behnert – 82 Laps in 30:05.247
6. Rik Meijeren – 80 Laps in 30:02.221
7. Max Hombergen – 78 Laps in 30:05.872
8. Davy Geraets – 77 Laps in 30:09.074
9. Marc Meijer – 74 Laps in 29:53.986
10. Dave de Ruiter – 71 Laps in 30:07.603

Promo class final result:
1. Luigi Pili – 61 Laps in 15:07.351
2. Ron Veger – 59 Laps in 15:05.130
3. Wesley van Silfhout – 58 Laps in 15:05.911
4. Jeroen Smits – 58 Laps in 15:07.902
5. Paul Conradi – 58 Laps in 15:13.709
6. Alfred van Dijk – 56 Laps in 15:01.293
7. Ruud Knoester – 53 Laps in 15:01.733
8. Ad Arends – 53 Laps in 15:06.980
9. Matt Hesterman – 53 Laps in 15:12.889
10. Sybrand de Boer – 4 Laps in 2:39.657

Thanks to Ruben D’arco for the report.