Supercar Challenge
CategoryTouring cars, Sportscars and Sports prototypes
CountryBelgiumNetherlandsLuxembourg Benelux
Inaugural season2001
Drivers~80
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' championNetherlands Bart Arendsen
Official websitesupercarchallenge.nl
Current season

The Supercar Challenge is a motor racing series centered on the Benelux. A special feature is that touring cars, GTs and Sportscars can all participate on an equal basis within the same class, enabled by very open regulations. The championship was first held in 2001, after replacing the Supercar Cup. From 2001 to 2011 the championship was called the Dutch Supercar Challenge, but due to interest from drivers, teams and tracks outside the Netherlands the organisers decided to drop 'Dutch' from its name on 11 February 2012.[1]

Format and regulations

A typical race weekend exists of the usual practice on Friday and Saturday, qualifying on Saturday and two races of 45 to 60 minutes with one pit stop of at least 60 seconds. One race is on Saturday and one Sunday. The four classes usually run separate races two classes at a time. The two fastest run together and the two slowest run their race separate. The exception is at Spa-Francorchamps where all four classes can and do run together in two races over the weekend. All races are started from a rolling start though in the past standing starts have been used as well. "Success time" is awarded after every race. The first-place finisher gets 15 seconds, second place gets 10, third place gets 5, fourth place loses 5 seconds, fifth place loses ten and all below fifth place lose 15 seconds. This is added to the time of the minimum pit stop duration. The reason no "success ballast" is used, is the immense variety in vehicles competing. For instance, a 50 kg weight has a much larger effect on a Lotus Elise than it has on a Dodge Viper Competition Coupe even though these can compete in the same class.

Classes

Single make series

During most of its lifetime the Supercar Challenge has served as a host to many single make series. In the first two years the Marcos Mantis Cup ran within the GT class. In 2003 it was fully integrated in the GT class. Starting in 2008 the Mosler Challenge has run within GT. In 2010 three series were added. Those are BRL V6 and the Saker Challenge, not to be confused with the series of the same name the DNRT hosts, both within Supersport I and BRL Light in Supersport II. The BRL series were before separate events and still have a slightly different calendar. The races at Silverstone don't pay them points while the races at the Zolder truck Grand Prix do though to all other classes they don't count.

Champions

Supercar Challenge

Season GT Supersport 1 Supersport 2 Sport 1 Sport 2 Marcos Mantis Cup Mosler Challenge
2001 Netherlands Herman Buurman Netherlands Ruud Olij Netherlands Arjan Vels Netherlands Dirk-Jan Hofmans Netherlands Herman Buurman
2002 Netherlands Cor Euser
Netherlands Pieter van Soelen 		Netherlands Rudolf van Soelen Netherlands Arjan Vels Netherlands Peter van der Kolk
2003 Netherlands Rob Knook
Netherlands Peter van der Kolk 		Netherlands Hans Ambaum Netherlands Albèrt Priem
2004 Netherlands Cor Euser
Netherlands Jos Menten 		United Kingdom Graham Coomes Netherlands Hans Ambaum
2005 Netherlands Pieter Dubois
Netherlands René Wijnen 		Netherlands Lex van der Meijden Netherlands Richard van den Berg
2006 Netherlands Hans Ambaum Netherlands Pieter van Soelen Netherlands Eugène Janssen
Netherlands Rolf van Os
2007 Netherlands Ardi van der Hoek
Netherlands Arjan van der Zwaan 		Netherlands Peter van der Kolk United Kingdom Tony Brown
United Kingdom Ian White 		Netherlands Kees Kreijne
2008 United Kingdom Martin Short Netherlands Henk Thuis Netherlands Pieter van Soelen Belgium Luc de Cock Netherlands Rob Nieman United Kingdom Martin Short
2009 Netherlands Cor Euser Belgium Henk Haane
Netherlands Nol Köhler 		Netherlands Bert van der Zweerde Netherlands Koen Bogaerts
Netherlands Nik de Jong 		United Kingdom Martin Short
2010 Netherlands Alex van 't Hoff Netherlands Charlie Frijns
Netherlands Rob Frijns 		Netherlands Pieter van Soelen Netherlands Richard van der Bos
Netherlands Bert van der Zweerde
2011 Netherlands Diederik Sijthoff Netherlands Jaap van Lagen
Netherlands Wolf Nathan 		Netherlands Ferry Monster
Netherlands Robin Monster 		Netherlands Aart Bosman
Season Super GT GT GTB Supersport Sport 1 Sport 2 -
2012 Netherlands Diederik Sijthoff Netherlands Barry Maessen Netherlands Kees Kreijne Netherlands Koen Bogaerts
Netherlands Pieter van Soelen 		Netherlands Priscilla Speelman
Netherlands John van der Voort 		Netherlands Rob Nieman
2013 United Kingdom Glynn Geddie
United Kingdom Jim Geddie 		Belgium Steve van Bellingen
Belgium Ward Sluys 		Belgium Patrick Lamster
Belgium Marc Neyens 		Netherlands Ferry Monster
Netherlands Robin Monster 		Netherlands Aart Bosman
Season Super GT GT GTB Supersport Sport Superlights 1 Superlights 2
2014 Netherlands Robert de Graaff
Netherlands Roger Grouwels
Netherlands Arjan van der Zwaan 		Belgium Patrick van Glabeke
Belgium Frédérique Jonckheere 		Netherlands Max Koebolt Netherlands Cor Euser Netherlands Dennis de Borst
Netherlands Martin de Kleijn 		Netherlands Henk Thuis Netherlands Carlo Kuijer
2015 Netherlands Roger Grouwels[2]
Netherlands Kelvin Snoeks[2] 		Belgium Kris Cools[2]
Belgium Patrick Lamster[2]
Netherlands Donald Molenaar[2] 		Netherlands Mark van der Aa[3]
Netherlands Koen Bogaerts[3]
Netherlands Pieter van Soelen[3] 		Belgium Wiebe Wijtzes[4] Belgium Luc de Cock[5]
Belgium Sam Dejonghe[5] 		Belgium Filip Declercq[6]
2016 Spain Oliver Campos-Hull[7]
Greece Kosta Kanaroglou[7] 		Belgium Chris Mattheus[7]
Belgium Ward Sluys[7] 		Netherlands Dennis de Borst[8]
Netherlands Martin de Kleijn[8] 		Netherlands Bart Drost[9]
Netherlands Niels Kool[9] 		Belgium Luc de Cock
Belgium Tim Joosen 		Germany Dominik Dierkes
Season Overall GT Supersport 1 Supersport 2 Sport - -
2017 Belgium Bart van den Broeck
Belgium Chris Voet 		Netherlands Bas Schouten
Belgium Ward Sluys 		Netherlands Dennis de Borst
Netherlands Martin de Kleijn 		United Kingdom Ollie Taylor Belgium Bart van den Broeck
Belgium Chris Voet
2018 Belgium Bart van den Broeck
Belgium Chris Voet 		Netherlands Willem Meijer
Netherlands Michael Verhagen 		Netherlands Dennis de Borst
Netherlands Stan van Oord 		Netherlands Rogier de Leeuw
Netherlands Patrick de Vreede 		Belgium Bart van den Broeck
Belgium Chris Voet
2019 Netherlands Maxim Oosten
Netherlands Milan Teekens 		Belgium John de Wilde Netherlands Dennis de Borst
Netherlands Stan van Oord 		Netherlands Maxim Oosten
Netherlands Milan Teekens 		Netherlands Rob Nieman
2020 Netherlands Mark Wieringa Belgium John de Wilde Netherlands Oscar Gräper
Netherlands Henry Zumbrink 		Netherlands Berry van Elk Netherlands Mark Wieringa
2021 Netherlands Dennis de Borst
Netherlands Stan van Oord 		Netherlands Bob Herber Netherlands Dennis de Borst
Netherlands Stan van Oord 		United Kingdom Jerome Greenhalgh
United Kingdom Robin Greenhalgh 		Netherlands Pieter de Jong
Netherlands Jack Hokstra
2022 Netherlands Bart Arendsen Netherlands Bart Arendsen Netherlands Dennis de Borst Netherlands Laurens de Wit Netherlands Mark Jobst

Prototype Challenge

Season Super GT Divisie 2 Divisie 3 Divisie 4
2017 Netherlands Daan Meijer Luxembourg David Hauser
Luxembourg Gary Hauser 		Belgium Luc de Cock
Belgium Tim Joosen 		Belgium Wim Jeuris
2018 Germany Oliver Freymuth Luxembourg Jean-Pierre Lequeux
Luxembourg Jean-Marc Ueberecken 		Luxembourg Alain Berg
United Kingdom Tim Gray 		Luxembourg Alain Berg
United Kingdom Alistair Boulton
Season LMP3 CN Radical/Praga
2019 Germany Max Aschoff Belgium Tom Boonen Luxembourg Alain Berg
2020 Germany Max Aschoff Luxembourg Alain Berg
Romania Alex Cascatău 		Germany Dominik Dierkes
2021 Germany Max Aschoff Belgium Tom Boonen Netherlands Max de Bruijn
Netherlands Melvin van Dam
2022 Luxembourg Gary Hauser
Luxembourg Lea Mauer 		Belgium Thomas Piessens Netherlands Melvin van Dam

References

  1. ^ "Nieuwe naam voor DSC: Supercar Challenge powered by Dunlop". supercarchallenge.nl. Supercar Challenge. February 11, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Kox/Pronk racewinnaar, Grouwels/Snoeks en Lamster/Molenaar GT kampioenen!". supercarchallenge.nl. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Bogaerts/Van der Aa kampioen en Shahin/Enge opnieuw racewinnaar!". supercarchallenge.nl. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Schouten/Delnoij spectaculair racewinnaar, Wijtzes kampioen Sport-divisie!". supercarchallenge.nl. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Freebird racewinnaar en de Cock/Dejonghe kampioen bij de Superlights!". supercarchallenge.nl. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Filip Declercq kampioen bij de Superlights!". supercarchallenge.nl. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d "Een race met onderbrekingen en de eerste kampioenen van 2016 zijn bekend". supercarchallenge.nl. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Dennis de Borst en Martin de Kleijn winnen het kampioenschap van de Supersport divisie". supercarchallenge.nl. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Drost en Kool pakken kampioenschap, in de Sueprsport blijft het spannend". supercarchallenge.nl. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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