Huge SuperSixties field at Historic GP Zandvoort

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Qualifying: Huge field

With 55 cars on track for SuperSixties qualifying there was a lot of traffic on the Zandvoort GP circuit. Yet everything went smoothly and we were treated to an uninterrupted session. Danish hotshot Nicolai Kjaergaard set a blistering 1:58.3 laptime in the Lotus Elan 26R. Unfortunately, he was on the reserve list as was the 3rd fastest man, David Methley in the Marcos. Only 47 cars are allowed to start at Zandvoort. Both were running in the Masters Gentlemen Drivers and treated this as an extra practice session.

So, pole position went go to the Allard Kalff/Michiel Campagne Corvette GS, with Jan van der Kooi lining up next to the ‘Vette in his Lotus Elan. On row two were Chris Chiles in Bas Jansen’s Shelby Cobra and Jop Rappange in the Porsche 904-6. Next it was the Meeuwissen father and son Cobra Daytona and Roelant de Waard in the Shelby Mustang GT350. Kennet Persson took it easy in the Ford GT40 and would start 7th. He was expected to improve! Fastest of the touring cars was Jack van der Ende in the car he shares with his father. Armand Adriaans (AC Cobra) and Rhea Sautter/Andy Newall (Jaguar E-type) completed the top-10. Per Roxlin set the GTS11 pole in his TVR, marginally faster than the Porsche 911’s of Van Gammeren and Van Lieshout. In CT07, all Mini Cooper S, De Vries/De Vries were the pacesetters once again while Julius and Valentin Junck claimed top spot in CT08/09 in their Lotus Cortina.

Race 1: Kalff from lights to flag

It was a bit odd that this race was scheduled for 8.20 am on a Saturday, when the stands were still empty. During prime time, the audience was treated to grids that at didn’t even reach double figures… Given the heat, the drivers were quite happy with that early start time though! All 47 grid places were taken, the first two reserves stepping in for the missing Lotus Elans (no jokes, please). After some serious overnight thunderstorms, the track was still wet in places.

Allard Kalff led away in the Corvette GS and was never threatened, although his lead at the finish was just 3,8 seconds. Jan van der Kooi slotted into second in the little Lotus Elan. Cubic inches counted though, and soon Chris Chiles in the V8 Cobra passed the Lotus Elan on the straight. Van der Kooi repassed him a couple of times in the twisty bits, but in the end had to give best. Andy Newall was next to attack him and also passed the Lotus, the Jaguar E-type restored to health after some late-night wrenching. Van der Kooi wasn’t too bothered, 4th overall still gave him the GTS10 class win. Kennet Persson in the GT40 was also on the move, taking fifth from Jop Rappange in the Porsche 904-6, before parking the Ford in the pits with just two minutes to go. Next at the flag was Roelant de Waard in the Shelby Mustang GT350, who stayed ahead of Armand Adriaans in the Cobra to take second in GTS12. Jack van der Ende had a demon start in the Ford Falcon and was first touring car home, even though Carlo Hamilton set faster laptimes in his similar Ford. Marcel Kutak in the Lotus Elen passed the similarly mounted Jos Stevens to take the final top-10 spot.

In GTS11, Per Roxlin led away in the TVR Grantura until Erwin van Lieshout caught up and passed him in the Porsche 911. Florian Lübbert in the Triumph TR4 made it three different makes in the top- 3, great variety in this class. René de Vries was never headed in CT07, the Mini Cooper class. Second place was not a foregone conclusion though, as Bernd Horlacher was right up with Bert Mets for a couple of laps. Zandvoort instructor Mets managed to secure second though, helped by Hemmo Vriend in his Ford Falcon who split the two Mini’s in the final laps. In CT08/09, Julius Junck was the runaway leader in his Lotus Cortina, but in the end it was Magnus Lillerskog who took the win away. Behind the two Lotus Cortina’s it was Jerry Breg in the BMW who is getter faster with every race. For those that did not need to work on their cars, it was off to the beach as race 2 would on Sunday afternoon.

Race 2: What a race!

Once again, the maximum allowed number of 47 cars took to the Zandvoort GP track for the second SuperSixties race of the weekend. At the rolling start, Michiel Campagne jumped into the lead in the thundering Corvette, pursued by Jan van der Kooi in the little Lotus Elan, Bas Jansen in the rumbling AC Cobra and Dante Rappange in the very loud Porsche 904-6. These four were at it for the entire race and were never more than a few seconds apart. The Corvette looked to have the upper hand, but as the race went on, the Lotus and the Cobra placed various attacks. Finally, a little slip one lap from the end let them get away, with Bas Jansen taking the win by 1,3 seconds from Jan van der Kooi. There was a photo finish for third between the Corvette and the Porsche, but it was immaterial as Campagne received a 5-second penalty. In fact, there were quite a few penalties, most of them incurred during a short Safety Car interlude which was needed to extract Patrik Goetzinger‘s Morgan from the gravel trap in Gerlach Corner. The restart was quite chaotic with heavy traffic and some tense moments in Tarzan Corner. Behind the top-4, Michiel van Duijvendijk got his TVR Griffith running well and finished 5th overall, followed by Marcel Kutak (Lotus Elan) and Oliver Douglas (Cobra Daytona). Roelant de Waard should have with them, but took avoiding action after the restart. The long way around Tarzan Coner cost him a lot of places. He ended up in 9th behind touring car winner Thijs van Gammeren in the Ford Falcon Futura. Thijs had started dead last and actually finished only third in class on the road, but rivals Carlo Hamilton and Volker Weidler received hefty time penalties, dropping them out of the top-10. Jaap van der Ende was classified tenth, second in CT10, with Tim Scott Andrews third in class, all in Ford Falcons of course. At the beginning of the race Tim had a great scrap with Thijmen de Vries, the CT07 class winner in the Mini Cooper S. Bert Mets took second in the Mini class and Bernd Horlacher third. In CT08, Magnus Lillerskog was once again unbeatable in his Lotus Cortina, with Jerrry Breg second in his BMW 1800 Tisa. Gerrit Jan van Leenen (Lotus Cortina) overtook Ernst Leemans in the Alfa to take third at the flag. In GTS11, there was heartbreak for Per Roxlin. He was determined to give Erwin van Lieshout in the Porsche 911 a run for his money, but the gearbox in his TVR seized. Christian Henke drove a solid race to take second in class in the Triumph TR4, with Egbert Kolvoort third in the first of the MGB’s. Multiple champion Arthur van Dedem waved the chequered flag on this occasion, which was hard work with so many cars on track!

Full results: https://www.supersixtiesracing.com/nl/uitslagen/

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HSCC Spring Trophy report from Donington Park

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Qualifying: steep learning curve

Qualifying was slow to get underway, maybe it had something to do with the fact that the GP loop is not often used. While the continentals set about learning the track, the seasoned British competitors showed them the way. It was Graham Moss who came out on top in the ex-Voyazides Cobra Daytona, with David Methley second fastest in his trusty Marcos 1800. Jan van der Kooi in the Lotus Elan will start 3rd and Roelant de Waard 4th in the Shelby GT350. In 5th is Jamie Boot in the TVR Griffith, followed by the first of the touring cars, Tim Scott Andrews in the Ford Falcon. Row 4 will be Oliver Douglas in the Cobra Daytona and Adam Cunnington in the Lotus Cortina, with Carlo Hamilton in the Ford Falcon and Smeer/Izaks in the Shelby GT350 rounding out the top-10. Rene and Thijmen de Vries were fastest in CT07 in their Mini Cooper and Florian Lübbert and Christian Henke likewise in GTS11 in the red TR4.

There were no less than 14 laptimes disallowed for track limit infringements. King of the gravel traps is of course Jaap van der Ende in the orange Ford Falcon. He remembered his way through them from a Toyota Corolla Trophy Race in the 1980s which he nearly won…..

Race 1: Moss makes the most of it

It was all Cobra Daytona in today’s SuperSixties race at Donington Park, with Graham Moss leading every lap but one, when he came in for his compulsory pitstop. Late-stopping Oliver Douglas had one lap of glory before order was restored. Unfortunately, Douglas was forced to retire shortly afterwards due to a broken thrust bearing. By that point, Jaap Sinke had already pulled into the pits with a coolant leak from the Big Healey’s engine block. This caused quite a few competitors some nerve-wracking moments at the blisteringly fast Coppice Corner, with several spins and skids. Marcos-mounted David Methley had to work hard for second, with a determined Jan van der Kooi harrying him all the way, ven though the engine misfired at times. The green Lotus Elan held second at one point, but it wasn’t to be, a small mistake meaning he had to settle for third. Roelant de Waard’s quest for fourth was settled when Jamie Boot in the TVR dropped out. Fifth at the finish was the first of the touring cars, pedalled by Tim Scott Andrews. Carlo Hamilton had been reeling him in and actually took the class lead with a very well timed pitstop, but the light/dark blue Falcon repassed the light blue/white one on lap 14. Next up was Adam Cunnington with some masterly driving in his Lotus Cortina, ahead of Jos Stevens in the second of the Lotus Elans. He could relax after the pursuing Marcel Kutak had to drop out with a broken throttle cable. Volker Weidler and Jaap van der Ende rounded out the top-10 in yet more Ford Falcons, while class winners De Vries/De Vries (CT07 Mini) and Lübbert/Henke (GTS11 TR4) had a race long scrap for 11th, which the Mini guys won in the end. Time for a well-earned beer and some routine maintenance on the cars as well. The crews of the 5 retired cars set to work to patch them up, while the DNS Shelby GT350 of Jacques Smeer had also been fixed after a parts raid. Jan van der Kooi borrowed a brand-new alternator from his rival Jos Stevens (talk about camaraderie!), but unfortunately that didn’t solve the problem. The Lotus kept spluttering.

Race 2: Methley’s mastery

Sunday’s SuperSixties race started with an exciting opening lap. It all got a bit tight in the Craner Curves, which Bart-Jan Deenik solved by taking to the grass, gaining two places!

Jan van der Kooi had taken the lead and tried hard to stay ahead of David Methley. The Marcos was marginally quicker though and was 5.8 seconds ahead of the Lotus Elan after 40 minutes of racing. Roelant de Waard took third in the Shelby Mustang GT350. Jamie Boot in the TVR Griffith looked on course to threaten him at first, but he was upstaged by Volker Weidler in the Gross’ Falcon. Volker made good use of a set a fresh Dunlop rubber to take fourth overall, just 2 seconds behind De Waard. Behind Boot were the no. 2 and 3 in the big touring car class, Tim Scott Andrews and Carlo Hamilton, in Ford Falcons of course. Carlo finished ahead on the road but had spent 7 seconds too little in the pits, which multiplied into a 35 second time penalty. Adam Cunnington was once again displaying some great cornering antics in his Lotus Cortina, until a halfshaft cried enough and he lost a wheel. Jos Stevens (Lotus Elan) and Jaap Sinke (Healey 3000) passed Jaap van der Ende (Ford Falcon) to take 8th and 9th at the flag. Rene and Thijmen de Vries went well again and finished 11th overall in the Austin Cooper S and first again in the small touring car class. Bart-Jan Deenik was victorious in CT08/09 and Florian Lübbert and Christian Henke took their fourth GTS11 class win of the year in the Triumph TR4.

Full results: https://www.supersixtiesracing.com/nl/uitslagen/

More news from Donington in SuperSixties Magazine 2026#2, download here:  https://indd.adobe.com/view/aa936e96-ae03-4205-a3f2-f90aa1e77f93

Ranking after 4 of 11 races: https://www.supersixtiesracing.com/nl/ranking/

NEXT RACE: Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort, June 19-21