| Category: | Touring cars, Sportscars and Sports prototypes |
| Country/Region: |   Benelux |
| Inaugural: | 2001 |
| Drivers: | ~80 |
| Champion Driver: |  Bart Arendsen |
| Tyres: | Pirelli |
| Current Season: | 2023 Supercar Challenge |
| Website: | supercarchallenge.nl |
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]
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.
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.
| Season | GT | Supersport 1 | Supersport 2 | Sport 1 | Sport 2 | Marcos Mantis Cup | Mosler Challenge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Herman Buurman | Ruud Olij | Arjan Vels | Dirk-Jan Hofmans | Herman Buurman | |||
| 2002 | Cor Euser Pieter van Soelen | Rudolf van Soelen | Arjan Vels | Peter van der Kolk | ||||
| 2003 | Rob Knook Peter van der Kolk | Hans Ambaum | Albèrt Priem | |||||
| 2004 | Cor Euser Jos Menten |  Graham Coomes | Hans Ambaum | |||||
| 2005 | Pieter Dubois René Wijnen | Lex van der Meijden | Richard van den Berg | |||||
| 2006 | Hans Ambaum | Pieter van Soelen | Eugène Janssen Rolf van Os | |||||
| 2007 | Ardi van der Hoek Arjan van der Zwaan | Peter van der Kolk | Tony Brown Ian White | Kees Kreijne | ||||
| 2008 | Martin Short | Henk Thuis | Pieter van Soelen | Luc de Cock | Rob Nieman | Martin Short | ||
| 2009 | Cor Euser | Henk Haane Nol Köhler | Bert van der Zweerde | Koen Bogaerts Nik de Jong | Martin Short | |||
| 2010 | Alex van 't Hoff | Charlie Frijns Rob Frijns | Pieter van Soelen | Richard van der Bos Bert van der Zweerde | ||||
| 2011 | Diederik Sijthoff | Jaap van Lagen Wolf Nathan | Ferry Monster Robin Monster | Aart Bosman | ||||
| Season | Super GT | GT | GTB | Supersport | Sport 1 | Sport 2 | - | |
| 2012 | Diederik Sijthoff | Barry Maessen | Kees Kreijne | Koen Bogaerts Pieter van Soelen | Priscilla Speelman John van der Voort | Rob Nieman | ||
| 2013 | Glynn Geddie Jim Geddie | Steve van Bellingen Ward Sluys | Patrick Lamster Marc Neyens | Ferry Monster Robin Monster | Aart Bosman | |||
| Season | Super GT | GT | GTB | Supersport | Sport | Superlights 1 | Superlights 2 | |
| 2014 | Robert de Graaff Roger Grouwels Arjan van der Zwaan | Patrick van Glabeke Frédérique Jonckheere | Max Koebolt | Cor Euser | Dennis de Borst Martin de Kleijn | Henk Thuis | Carlo Kuijer | |
| 2015 | Roger Grouwels[2] Kelvin Snoeks | Kris Cools Patrick Lamster Donald Molenaar | Mark van der Aa[3] Koen Bogaerts Pieter van Soelen | Wiebe Wijtzes[4] | Luc de Cock[5] Sam Dejonghe | Filip Declercq[6] | ||
| 2016 |  Oliver Campos-Hull[7]  Kosta Kanaroglou | Chris Mattheus Ward Sluys | Dennis de Borst[8] Martin de Kleijn | Bart Drost[9] Niels Kool | Luc de Cock Tim Joosen |  Dominik Dierkes | ||
| Season | Overall | GT | Supersport 1 | Supersport 2 | Sport | - | - | |
| 2017 | Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet | Bas Schouten Ward Sluys | Dennis de Borst Martin de Kleijn | Ollie Taylor | Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet | |||
| 2018 | Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet | Willem Meijer Michael Verhagen | Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord | Rogier de Leeuw Patrick de Vreede | Bart van den Broeck Chris Voet | |||
| 2019 | Maxim Oosten Milan Teekens | John de Wilde | Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord | Maxim Oosten Milan Teekens | Rob Nieman | |||
| 2020 | Mark Wieringa | John de Wilde | Oscar Gräper Henry Zumbrink | Berry van Elk | Mark Wieringa | |||
| 2021 | Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord | Bob Herber | Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord | Jerome Greenhalgh Robin Greenhalgh | Pieter de Jong Jack Hokstra | |||
| 2022 | Bart Arendsen | Bart Arendsen | Dennis de Borst | Laurens de Wit | Mark Jobst |
| Season | Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| 20121 | Ferry Monster Robin Monster | |
| 20131 | Ferry Monster Robin Monster | |
| 20142 | Jonas de Kimpe |
| Season | Super GT | Divisie 2 | Divisie 3 | Divisie 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Daan Meijer | David Hauser Gary Hauser | Luc de Cock Tim Joosen | Wim Jeuris | |
| 2018 | Oliver Freymuth | Jean-Pierre Lequeux Jean-Marc Ueberecken | Alain Berg Tim Gray | Alain Berg Alistair Boulton | |
| Season | LMP3 | CN | Radical/Praga | ||
| 2019 | Max Aschoff | Tom Boonen | Alain Berg | ||
| 2020 | Max Aschoff | Alain Berg Alex Cascatău | Dominik Dierkes | ||
| 2021 | Max Aschoff | Tom Boonen | Max de Bruijn Melvin van Dam | ||
| 2022 | Gary Hauser Lea Mauer | Thomas Piessens | Melvin van Dam |