April 28, 2015

Dutch Electric On-road Championship Rd1 – Report

Dutch Electric On-road Championship Rd1 – Report

Last weekend the first round of the Dutch Electric On-road Championship was hosted by the RC Hotwheels club in Deventer on a small and technical track made especially for electric cars. The weather forecast did not look very good for the weekend and on Saturday the track was wet the whole day but that did not stop some of the drivers to test different bits and pieces. In 2015 the championship sees the running of Touring Car Modified and 13.5T Blinky Stock classes along a supporting Formula category that will be run if at least five drivers sign up. Back to the race, on Sunday morning the track was still wet due to overnight rain and some of the drivers helped to get most of the puddles out of the way to allow the qualifiers to get underway. Round one and two were still very wet but round 3 offered decent conditions although it was still declared a wet race.

Modified top 3 qualifying result:
1. Jetze Reitsma
2. Rob Janssen
3. Mitchell van Es

Stock top 3 qualifying result:
1. Sybrand de Boer
2. Martijn Spaans
3. Jeroen Streefkerk

Formula top 3 qualifying result:
1. Ruud Hulsegge
2. Hampy Jansen
3. Martijn van der Heijden

During the lunch break the heaven opened again and so all finals were run as wet races. The Modified category had Jetze Reitsma winning the first two A-mains to take the overall win early. Rob Janssen and Mitchell van Es were not able to catch him but in the third A-main Rob was able to win at least one leg to come in 1st in front of Jetze and Mitchell.

Modified top 3 results:
1. Jetze Reitsma
2. Rob Janssen
3. Mitchell van Es

The Stock class finals were very fun to watch. In the opening leg local racer Bram Lagerwey, who started from the 5 spot, would be able to jump into the 2nd place behind Sybrand de Boer after the first lap. After 2 minutes Sybrand made a mistake and Bram took the lead and later also the win in the first A-main. In the second A-final Bram would would again be able to grab the 2nd spot early in the race, this time behind Martijn Spaans. There were some great battles between these two guys and also great sportsmanship. The third final had to decide on the overall victory. This time Sybrand had his car under control and he took the win from tone to tone. Bram again managed to get into 2nd place early, this time in front of Tim Streefkerk who finished 3rd.

Dutch Electric On-road Championship Rd1 – Report
Stock top 3 results:
1. Sybrand de Boer
2. Bram Lagerwey
3. Martijn Spaans

In the Formula class Ruud Hulsegge was the man to beat as he finished 1st in the first and second A-final. Ben Looyen, who started from 4th on the grid finished the first final in 2nd place while Hampy Jansen came in 3rd. The second final saw Martijn van der Heijden finishing in 2nd with Hampy 3rd. The last final would have Ben snatching the win from Ruud in 2nd and Hampy in 3rd.

Dutch Electric On-road Championship Rd1 – Report

Formula top 3 results:
1. Ruud Hulsegge
2. Ben Looyen
3. Martijn van der Heijden

Thanks to Martijn van der Heijden for the report



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