2018 Supercar Challenge Explained

The 2018 Supercar Challenge powered by Hankook was the eighteenth season of the Supercar Challenge. It began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 13 April and ended at TT Circuit Assen on 21 October.^[1]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Event	Notes
1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	13–15 April	Spa Euro Races	Both races contested with cars from the GT & Prototype Challenge.
2	Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands	19–21 May	JUMBO Racing Day
3	Circuit Zolder, Belgium	29–30 June–1 July	Zolder Superprix
4	Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands	13–15 July		Supporting Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, GT class contested both races with cars from the GT & Prototype Challenge.
5	TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands	17–19 August	Gamma Racing Day
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	28–30 September	Spa Racing Festival	Both races contested with cars from the GT & Prototype Challenge.
7	TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands	19–21 October	Hankook Finale Races	GT class contested both races with cars from the GT & Prototype Challenge.
Source:^[2]

Entry list

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Forze Hydrogen Electric Racing Forze VIII 8 Jan Bot SP 5 Leo van der Eijk Cor Euser Racing Marcos Mantis GT3 100 Cor Euser GT 4 BMW M3 E46 218 SS1 2 BMW M3 E46 GTR 318 SS2 5 Cees Lubbers 5 BODA Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II 106 Bob Herber GT All Daan Meijer 3 (R2) Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II 107 Daan Meijer GT All Jaap van Lagen 4 JR Motorsport BMW M3 GTMR 108 Martin Lanting GT 1–6 BMW M4 Silhouette 111 Bas Schouten GT All Ward Sluys 199 Willem Meijer GT All Michael Verhagen BMW M3 E92 V8 208 Ted van Vliet SS1 All BMW M3 E90 210 Fred Cavanagh SS1 4 Pieter van Soelen Topper Team Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 109 Dirk Schulz GT 2, 4, 6 Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 209 Jan Marc Schulz SS1 2, 4 Lammertink Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 116 Paul Sieljes GT 1–3 Certainty Racing Team Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I 118 Floris Dullaart GT 6–7 Niels Langeveld 6 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 292 Dillon Koster SS1 2, 4 Floris Dullaart 4 Renault Clio 1.6 Turbo 450 Lucas Groeneveld SP 2, 6 Dick Freebird Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I 121 Dick Freebird GT 2 JJ Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I 126 Jos Jansen GT 1–3, 6–7 Trencar Racing KTM X-Bow 131 Bob Bau GT 1 EMG Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II 151 Patrick Lamster GT 1–2 Wiebe Wijtzes Go Motorsports by DVB DVB Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I 180 Cenk Ceyisakar GT 1–6 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 5 182 Kris Wauters GT 1–4, 6–7 Koen Wauters 1–4, 6 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I 181 Cengiz Oguzhan GT 1–2, 4–6 Speedlover Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I 186 Willem Meulders GT 1–4, 6 Rik Renmans 187 Vincent Despriet GT 1–2, 5–6 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II 188 John de Wilde GT All Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I 189 Roger Grouwels GT 1–2 Henry Zumbrink 2 Team RaceArt Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II 189 Roger Grouwels GT 5–6 190 Edwards Grouwels GT 5–6 191 Bas Barenbrug GT 5 FEBO Racing Team Cupra León TCR 201 Dennis de Borst SS1 All Stan van Oord Ferry Monster Autosport DK-Racing powered by FMA Cupra León TCR 202 René Steenmetz SS1 All 203 Stephan Polderman SS1 3, 6 204 Tony Vijfschaft SS1 5 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 264 Jonas de Kimpe SS1 1–2, 5–7 Priscilla Speelman 5–7 Blueberry Raving BMW M3 E46 222 Luuk van Loon SS1 All Ronald van Loon West Suffolk Racing BMW M3 E36 224 Oliver Taylor SS1 1–2 HBR Motorsport BMW M3 E90 245 Benjamin van den Berg SS1 All Robert van den Berg Euro Autosport Foundation BMW M3 E92 V8 246 Ruud Olij SS1 1–6 Bas Koeten Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 250 Oscar Gräper SS1 7 SEAT Ibiza SC Trophy 445 SP 2 BS Racing Team BMW M3 E46 GTR 259 Peter Schreurs SS1 All Marcel van de Maat Van der Kooi Racing Lotus Exige S3 262 Roelant de Waard SS1 1–4 Lotus Exige S2 263 Jan van der Kooi SS1 1–5 Priscilla Speelman 1–4 JW Race Service SEAT León Cup Racer 266 Max Veels SS1 All Jack van der Ende Volkswagen Golf 466 Dilango de Vos SP 2 Dmitri de Vos Why Not Pitstop Racing Events Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 281 Nicolas Delencre SS1 1 381 SS2 2–7 Peter Stox Racing BMW M3 GT4 299 Peter Stox SS1 5 DRDO BMW M3 E46 318 Cor Euser SS2 6–7 321 Rover Dullaart SS2 6 322 Daan Dullaart SS2 6 Sander Dullaart 323 Emile Drummen SS2 6 Ronald Friederich BMW M3 GTR 327 Peter van der Helm SS2 6 BMW Compact GTR 324 Jaxon Verhoeven SS2 6 Jean-Pierre Verhoeven BMW 130i 325 Jan Willem van Stee SS2 6 326 André Seinen SS2 6 BMW M3 E36 409 Hans Creemers SP 6 Raimond van Steen Mazda MX-5 411 Han Kolenaar SP 6 Koopman Racing SEAT León Supercopa Mk2 341 Berry Arendsen SS2 2, 5 BMW 1 Series GTR 342 Bart Arendsen SS2 2, 5 Joop Arendsen BMW M3 GTR 343 Marco Dijkhuis SS2 2 BMW Compact GTR 345 Peter Koelewijn SS2 2 BMW M3 346 René Snel SS2 6 BMW M3 E46 347 Cees van Duijn SS2 6 Floris van Duijn Tristan van Duijn Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team BMW M3 E46 355 Rogier de Leeuw SS2 All Patrick de Vreede MWR Racing BMW M3 E36 356 Remco de Beus SS2 2, 4, 7 Ricci Concept SEAT León Supercopa Mk1 373 Nick Sanderson SS2 3–4 Traxx Racing Team Peugeot RCZ Cup 401 Bart van den Broeck SP All Chris Voet Spirit Racing Renault Clio Cup RS 402 Rob Nieman SP All Joey van Splunteren 6 (R1) 499 SP 6–7 Renault Clio 1.6 Turbo 404 Bart Drost SP All Kustlicht Alfa Romeo 147 403 Sandra van der Sloot SP All John van der Voort Racing Team Tappel BMW Z4 Zilhouette 405 Henk Tappel SP 1–2, 4–7 Harold Wisselink 2, 4, 7 RDS Racing Renault Clio Cup RS 444 Pascal Ehlert SP All Source:^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Icon Class GT GT class SS1 Supersport 1 class SS2 Supersport 2 class SP Sport class

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round	Circuit	GT Winning Car	Supersport 1 Winning Car	Supersport 2 Winning Car	Sport Winning Car
GT Winning Drivers		Supersport 1 Winning Drivers	Supersport 2 Winning Drivers	Sport Winning Drivers
1		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 188 Speedlover	No. 201 FEBO Racing Team	No. 355 Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team	No. 401 Traxx Racing Team
			John de Wilde	Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord	Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede	Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet
			No. 111 JR Motorsport	No. 202 Ferry Monster Autosport	No. 355 Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team	No. 403 Kustlicht
			Ward Sluys Bas Schouten	René Steenmetz	Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede	Sandra van der Sloot John van der Voort
2		Zandvoort	No. 199 JR Motorsport	No. 259 BS Racing Team	No. 342 Koopman Racing	No. 402 Spirit Racing
			Willem Meijer Michael Verhagen	Peter Schreurs Marcel van de Maat	Bart Arendsen Joop Arendsen	Rob Nieman
			No. 188 Speedlover	No. 202 Ferry Monster Autosport	No. 343 Koopman Racing	No. 401 Traxx Racing Team
			John de Wilde	René Steenmetz	Marco Dijkhuis	Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet
3		Zolder	No. 111 JR Motorsport	No. 259 BS Racing Team	No. 355 Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team	No. 402 Spirit Racing
			Ward Sluys Bas Schouten	Peter Schreurs Marcel van de Maat	Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede	Rob Nieman
			No. 111 JR Motorsport	No. 222 Blueberry Racing	No. 355 Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team	No. 401 Traxx Racing Team
			Ward Sluys Bas Schouten	Luuk van Loon Ronald van Loon	Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede	Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet
4		Zandvoort	No. 180 Go Motorsports by DVB	No. 201 FEBO Racing Team	No. 355 Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team	No. 402 Spirit Racing
			Cenk Ceyisakar	Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord	Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede	Rob Nieman
			No. 199 JR Motorsport	No. 202 Ferry Monster Autosport	No. 381 Why Not Pitstop Racing Events	No. 402 Spirit Racing
			Willem Meijer Michael Verhagen	René Steenmetz	Nicolas Delencre	Rob Nieman
5		Assen	No. 107 BODA Racing	No. 201 FEBO Racing Team	No. 355 Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team	No. 405 Racing Team Tappel
			Daan Meijer	Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord	Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede	Henk Tappel
			No. 188 Speedlover	No. 201 FEBO Racing Team	No. 342 Koopman Racing	No. 405 Racing Team Tappel
			John de Wilde	Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord	Bart Arendsen Joop Arendsen	Henk Tappel
6		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 111 JR Motorsport	No. 246 Euro Autosport Foundation	No. 346 Koopman Racing	No. 402 Spirit Racing
			Ward Sluys Bas Schouten	Ruud Olij	René Snel	Rob Nieman Joey van Splunteren
			No. 199 JR Motorsport	No. 202 Ferry Monster Autosport	No. 381 Why Not Pitstop Racing Events	No. 401 Traxx Racing Team
			Willem Meijer Michael Verhagen	René Steenmetz	Nicolas Delencre	Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet
7		Assen	No. 111 JR Motorsport	No. 266 JW Race Service	No. 356 MWR Racing	No. 405 Racing Team Tappel
			Ward Sluys Bas Schouten	Max Veels Jack van der Ende	Remco de Beus	Henk Tappel Harold Wisselink
			No. 188 Speedlover	No. 201 FEBO Racing Team	No. 355 Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team	No. 499 Spirit Racing
			John de Wilde	Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord	Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede	Joey van Splunteren

Championship standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Pole
Points	23	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	3	1	1

Driver Team SPA ZAN ZOL ZAN ASS SPA ASS Points GT 1 Willem Meijer Michael Verhagen JR Motorsport 10 6 1 2 7 3 Ret 5 8 Ret 10 6 6 3 207 2 Bob Herber BODA Racing 7 11 7 4 4 7 6 11 2 25 8 16 5 5 196 3 John de Wilde Speedlover 5 Ret 15 1 3 5 7 9 5 1 15 12 9 2 195 4 Ward Sluys Bas Schouten JR Motorsport 11 3 Ret Ret 1 1 12 6 9 16 6 14 3 Ret 180 5 Cenk Ceyisakar Go Motorsports by DVB 9 18 2 3 5 6 5 10 10 3 13 11 154 6 Roger Grouwels Speedlover 6 38 4 5 111 Team RaceArt 3 4 12 7 7 Daan Meijer BODA Racing 8 10 8 28 Ret 7 9 16 1 Ret 11 15 WD WD 103 8 Martin Lanting JR Motorsport DNS 14 11 18 8 9 10 12 6 14 14 11 89 9 Jos Jansen JJ Racing 16 13 3 35 6 4 49 13 7 8 86 10 Kris Wauters DVB Racing Ret 9 Ret Ret 2 2 Ret Ret 50 Ret 11 7 77 Koen Wauters Ret 9 Ret Ret 2 2 Ret Ret 50 Ret 11 Edward Grouwels Team RaceArt 4 Ret 9 8 49 12 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Go Motorsports by DVB 10 3 13 10 49 13 Patrick Lamster Wiebe Wijtzes EMG Motorsport 13 8 10 7 44 14 Cor Euser Cor Euser Racing 8 8 32 15 Floris Dullaart Certainty Racing Team 16 17 8 6 32 16 Paul Sieljes Lammertink Racing 19 20 6 14 16 8 30 17 Bas Barenbrug Team RaceArt 7 2 29 18 Henry Zumbrink Speedlover 4 5 28 19 Vincent Despriet Speedlover 15 12 19 6 11 Ret DNS DNS 24 20 Cengiz Oguzhan Go Motorsports by DVB Ret 15 DNS DNS 13 14 14 Ret 18 32 18 21 Jaap van Lagen BODA Racing 9 16 17 22 Willem Meulders Rik Renmans Speedlover 14 16 Ret 17 26 Ret Ret Ret 22 19 14 23 Dick Freebird Dick Freebird 5 Ret 13 24 Dirk Schulz Topper Team Ret 33 14 15 31 Ret 10 25 Niels Langeveld Certainty Racing Team 16 17 4 26 Bob Bau Trencar Racing 27 40 0 Supersport 1 1 Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord FEBO Racing Team 17 21 29 12 10 12 1 2 12 5 23 Ret 6 1 242 2 René Steenmetz Ferry Monster Autosport 20 19 16 8 14 13 3 1 21 Ret 21 20 2 2 228 3 Peter Schreurs Marcel van de Maat BS Racing Team 22 24 9 Ret 9 11 4 3 17 7 26 22 Ret 12 195 4 Benjamin van den Berg Robert van den Berg HBR Motorsport 18 23 13 9 12 Ret 5 17 15 9 Ret 23 3 4 178 5 Jonas de Kimpe DK-Racing powered by FMA 23 25 17 10 16 6 20 21 4 3 159 6 Max Veels Jack van der Ende JW Race Service 24 30 12 11 19 25 6 4 13 8 Ret 28 1 Ret 148 7 Priscilla Speelman Van der Kooi Racing Ret 27 Ret 24 15 16 Ret 6 146 DK-Racing powered by FMA 16 6 20 21 4 3 8 Luuk van Loon Ronald van Loon Blueberry Racing Ret 22 Ret 13 25 10 9 5 18 10 25 26 13 DNS 123 9 Ruud Olij Euro Autosport Foundation Ret 32 Ret 25 11 19 2 12 20 Ret 19 24 92 10 Ted van Vliet JR Motorsport 25 41 24 21 13 23 12 10 Ret 13 29 29 7 5 87 11 Stephan Polderman Ferry Monster Autosport 17 14 28 40 12 Jan van der Kooi Van der Kooi Racing Ret 27 Ret 24 15 16 Ret 6 Ret Ret 39 13 Cor Euser Cor Euser Racing 14 16 22 14 Dillon Koster Certainty Racing Team 20 15 10 18 21 15 Roelant de Waard Van der Kooi Racing Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 18 16 Fred Cavanagh Pieter van Soelen JR Motorsport 7 7 18 17 Nicolas Delencre Why Not Pitstop Racing Events 26 26 16 18 Tony Vijfschaft Ferry Monster Autosport 19 15 16 19 Oscar Gräper Bas Koeten Racing 5 Ret 13 20 Jan Marc Schulz Topper Team 33 27 11 10 11 21 Ollie Taylor West Suffolk Racing 28 28 Ret Ret 11 22 Peter Stox Peter Stox Racing Ret 17 5 23 Floris Dullaart Certainty Racing Team 10 18 3 Supersport 2 1 Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede Brightfiber Glaszevel Promotion Team 30 35 22 37 18 17 13 Ret 22 18 Ret 23 17 6 244 2 Nicolas Delencre Why Not Pitstop Racing Events 21 22 Ret 22 Ret 8 24 Ret 32 30 Ret Ret 141 3 Cor Euser Cor Euser Racing 25 12 109 DRDO 34 34 16 7 4 Remco de Beus MWR Racing 34 23 14 11 15 Ret 89 5 Bart Arendsen Joop Arendsen Koopman Racing 18 26 23 11 81 6 Berry Arendsen Koopman Racing 31 29 30 23 52 7 Marco Dijkhuis Koopman Racing 23 19 38 8 Cees Lubbers Cor Euser Racing 25 12 35 9 René Snel Koopman Racing 30 50 29 10 Rover Dullaart DRDO 36 36 28 11 Emile Drummen Ronald Friederich DRDO 40 35 28 12 Jaxon Verhoeven Jean-Pierre Verhoeven DRDO 41 41 22 13 Peter Koelewijn Koopman Racing Ret 20 20 14 Jan Willem van Stee DRDO 45 47 14 15 André Seinen DRDO 43 Ret 9 16 Peter van der Ham DRDO Ret 42 9 17 Cees van Duijn Floris van Duijn Tristan van Duijn Koopman Racing 46 DNS 5 Daan Dullaart Sander Dullaart DRDO Ret Ret 0 Nick Sanderson Ricci Concept Ret Ret DNS DNS 0 Sport 1 Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet Traxx Racing Team 29 36 28 30 22 18 17 19 28 20 37 37 10 9 266 2 Rob Nieman Spirit Racing 31 34 25 34 20 Ret 15 13 27 22 35 44 9 10 258 3 Henk Tappel Racing Team Tappel 33 42 Ret 36 16 14 26 19 Ret 40 8 11 179 Harold Wisselink Ret 36 16 14 8 11 4 Bart Drost Spirit Racing 36 37 26 Ret 21 21 18 15 29 Ret 39 45 11 Ret 169 5 Sandra van der Sloot John van der Voort Kustlicht 32 33 DNS DNS 23 20 Ret 16 Ret 21 38 43 DNS Ret 137 6 Pascal Ehlert RDS Racing 35 39 Ret Ret 24 24 Ret 20 31 24 44 46 12 13 135 7 Joey van Splunteren Spirit Racing 35 38 14 8 78 8 Lucas Groeneveld Certainty Racing Team 27 Ret 42 39 47 9 Oscar Gräper Bas Koeten Racing 30 31 33 10 Dilango de Vos Dmitri de Vos JW Race Service 32 32 28 11 Han Kolenaar DRDO 47 48 14 12 Jan Bot Leo van der Eijk Forze Hydrogen Electric Racing 32 DNS 11 13 Hans Creemers Raimond van Steen DRDO 48 49 10 Driver Team SPA ZAN ZOL ZAN ASS SPA ASS Points

Notes and References

1. News: Presentation Calendars Supercar Challenge, GT & Prototype Challenge and Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup. Supercar Challenge. 20 December 2017. 20 December 2017.
2. Web site: Supercar Challenge. RacingCalendar.net.
3. News: The Supercar Challenge powered by Hankook kicks of at Spa Francorchamps. Supercar Challenge. 11 April 2018. 11 April 2018.
4. News: Large starting field during the Jumbo Racing Days. Supercar Challenge. 13 May 2018. 13 May 2018.
5. News: Time to go back in the saddle!. Supercar Challenge. 21 June 2018. 21 June 2018.
6. News: Preview Gamma Racing Day. Supercar Challenge. 18 August 2018. 18 August 2018.
7. News: Spa Racing Festival Preview - Supercar Challenge. Supercar Challenge. 26 September 2018. 26 September 2018.
8. News: Preview Hankook Finale races. Supercar Challenge. 15 October 2018. 15 October 2018.