September 2026 - Super Sixties Racing

SuperSixties 300 km. Dijon-Prenois, September 11-12

Qualifying: Lyons takes pole

With 49 cars on track it was a busy SuperSixties qualifying session at Dijon-Prenois. Kennet Persson, whose Ford GT40 traditionally adorns the poster of the Dijon Motors Cup, initially set the fastest time, but ended up fifth. Pole was claimed by pro Michael Lyons in the AC Cobra he shared with rookie Bruce Fullerton. Andy Newall and Rhea Sautter secured second on the grid in the Jaguar with Pete Reynolds and Daniel Quintero third in the first of the Lotus Elans. In fourth was Oliver Douglas in the Cobra Daytona. It was more Lotus Elans in 6th and 7th with Jan van der Kooi and the duo of Chalendard and Perou. Roelant de Waard claimed 8th in the Shelby Mustang with yet another Elan in 9th: Jérôme Cattelin. Henk and Thijs van Gammeren were fastest of the touring cars in the Ford Falcon, with Theodore and Guillaume Colinet not far behind in their Alfa GTA and Sinke/Vriend third in another Falcon. De Vries/De Vries topped the times of the Mini’s, but the surprise was Jasper de Kruijff who was just 0,3 of a second slower on his SuperSixties debut. In GTS11 things were very close with Erwin van Lieshout in the Porsche 911 just 0,17 of a second quicker than the duo of Florian Lübbert and Christian Henke in the Triumph TR4.

Race: roll of the Safety Car dice

The safety car played an important role in the 300 km of Dijon. The first was caused by Kennet Persson on lap 18, when a wheel bearing let go on the Ford GT40. It took a while to retrieve the car from the Villeroy gravel trap. He had been disputing the lead with Andy Newall in the Jaguar E-type. By this time, we had also lost Oliver Douglas in the Cobra Daytona due to a broken crankshaft pulley. The pit window was open for the first round of compulsory stops shortly afterwards and saw Jérôme Cattelin and Pete Reynolds/Dave Quintero in their Lotus Elans in the lead for a short while, with Roelant de Waard in the Shelby GT350 and Jan van der Kooi in his Lotus Elan also near the front. The next Safety Car was caused by the Rappange Porsche 904-6 dropping its oil on the approach to the Bretelle. The car spun out on its own oil, which was a shame as Jop had moved up from 48th to 7th. We were now 25 laps into the race and soon the second pit window was open, which caused a run on the Sodifuel pumps. Cattelin in his Lotus Elan was in the lead now, until another SC period ensued when the Pages Porsche crashed into the tire barriers after the driver became unwell. The medics took care of him and the Porsche was towed away. Quintero and Reynolds now took over at the front from De Waard, the Chalendard/Perou Elan and Newall/Sautter. Thanks to the Safety Car, these four were gifted a lap, while their pursuers Sander van Gils, Marcel Kutak, Jérôme Cattelin and Jan van der Kooi lost ground in their Lotus Elans. On lap 47, Newall retook the lead. Trying to keep up, the #135 Elan unfortunately got stuck in the gravel trap. The Safety Car had to be deployed once more and we were left with a short sprint to the finish. Newall/Sautter duly took the win, with Patrick Chalendard/Eric Perou second on the road but relegated to third behind Roelant de Waard after various time penalties had been applied. Van Gils, Cattelin, van der Kooi and Kutak made it five Lotus Elans in the first 7, while Italian visitors Stefano Rosina/Alex de Angelis (Jaguar E-type) finished 8^th. GTS11 class contenders Erwin van Lieshout (Porsche 911) and Florian Lübbert/Christian Henke (Triumph TR4) rounded out the top-10. In touring cars, Bart Deenik/Hemmo Vriend took the win from Henk and Thijs van Gammeren, in Ford Falcons. René and Thijmen de Vries were next in the CT07 winning Mini Cooper S, while Gregoire and Guillaume Colinet won CT08 in their Alfa GTA from Sinke/van Abbe in the #13 Lotus Cortina. Jasper de Kruijff had a great SuperSixties debut, pedalling the white Mini to second in class together with its owner Rob Rappange. Noud den Engelsman, just 15 years old, was another SuperSixties debutant and finished 3rd in class, sharing with Bert Mets. Cornee van de Grint (Lotus Elite) and Frank Weidema (Mini Marcos) had their own “plastic fantastic” battle, both winning their class. Finally, we must mention Vick Schuijlenburg who made an impressive SuperSixties debut. With a bit of help from co-pilots Ties and Thijmen she finished an impressive 22nd overall in the “tame” Challenge-spec Mustang.

Full results are here: https://www.supersixtiesracing.com/results/

More from Dijon in SuperSixties Magazine 2026#5, download here:

https://indd.adobe.com/view/e2e1c325-f22b-4d4d-9dbf-9865d4d94c64

Standings after 9 of 11 races: https://www.supersixtiesracing.com/nl/ranking/

Qualifying: Kjaergard on top

The threatening rainstorms just about missed Assen, but there was plenty of drama still in SuperSixties qualifying. Points leader Jan van der Kooi did not set a time when the diff of his Lotus Elan lost its oil on lap 1. Next, there was a red flag when Frits Campagne’s Ford Anglia came to a halt. A wrench was retrieved from turn 1 by the marshals, but that was nothing to do with Frits, he had simply forgotten to fill up. He duly rejoined the session with some fresh fuel.

As he did at Zandvoort, Nicolai Kjaergaard set the fastest lap in his Lotus Elan. This time, he did get to race and thus secured pole. The Corvette Grand Sport, shared by Michiel Campagne and Allard Kalff would start next to him. Third was claimed by David Methley in the Marcos 1800GT, with Ford V8 power in the next four places: Roelant de Waard (Shelby GT350), Oliver Douglas (Shelby Cobra Daytona), plus Volker Weidler and Carlo Hamilton in Ford Falcons. The top-10 was completed by Marcel Kutak (Lotus Elan), Hemmo Vriend (Ford Falcon) and the Van Gammeren Porsche 911. In CT07 and CT08 the usual suspects were the pacesetters, de Vries/de Vries in the Mini Cooper S and Magnus Lillerskog in the Lotus Cortina. Series debutant Cornee van de Grint was going well in the freshly built Lotus Elite, with just one small excursion, setting 15th fastest and demoting the competition in the GTS08 class.

Race 1: Corvette in the wet

The SuperSixties Assen jinx struck once again: the forecast of a few drops of rain turned into a serious shower moments before the start. Volker Weidler had good traction in the big Ford Falcon and confidently motored from sixth into the lead, while the others cautiously felt their way around. Nicolai Kjaergaard slotted into second in the Lotus Elan, while Michiel Campagne (Corvette GS), Dave Methley (Marcos 1800GT) and Roelant de Waard (Shelby GT350) contested third. Kjaergaard fought back and retook the lead, until the Lotus twincam gave up the ghost after 8 laps. This was good news for Jan van der Kooi, who had moved up from 28th to 12th in his Elan. After overtaking Marcel Kutak he was in the class lead and thus scored maximum points.

After the compulsory pitstops the rain had eased a bit. Allard Kalff had taken over the big Corvette and hunted down Weidler to take the win. De Waard finished third to win GTS12 with Methley in the GTP Marcos fourth. Oliver Douglas used the drier conditions to move up to 5th at the finish in the Cobra Daytona. Deenik/Sinke were second touring car home in the Falcon, from Ties Meeuwissen in the experimental Mustang Challenge car and Thijmen de Vries in the Mini Cooper S. Jan van der Kooi was 9th at the finish with the GTS11 winning Porsche of Theo and Thijs van Gammeren 10th. Florian Lübbert and Christian Henke kept their title hopes alive with second in GTS11 in their Triumph TR4, ahead of Holger Felske in the first of the MGB’s. Jerry Breg beat the Lotus Cortina’s to win CT08/09 in the BMW 1800. Finally, Cornee van de Grint had a brilliant debut race in the Lotus Elite, finishing 14th overall and first in class. Roland Zoomers did provide the most entertainment of the race when he bumped one of the tire stacks onto the racing line in the GT chicane with the rear of his Lotus Elite, giving Magnus Lillerskog and several others a few heart-stopping moments.

Race 2: pitlane traffic jam

SuperSixties had an eventful second race at Assen, both on track and in the pits. Michiel Campagne led from the start in the Corvette Grand Sport, while Volker Weidler tried to hang on in the big Ford Falcon. His challenge faded after he performed a nice pirouette in the T15 gravel and later dropped out altogether with a broken throttle cable. Roelant de Waard took over second in the Shelby Mustang GT350, but was soon reeled in by Jan van der Kooi and Nicolai Kjaergaard in their Lotus Elans. Kjaergaard held the lead for three laps when Campagne went into the pits early to hand over to Allard Kalff, but Kalff was back in front after Kjaergaard made his stop. The Dane could not challenge as he had incurred some suspension damage. There was a traffic jam in the pits behind De Waard, which caused a bit of mayhem on track before things sorted themselves out. Jan van der Kooi took third from Dave Methley in the Marcos and Oliver Douglas in the Cobra Daytona, with De Waard relegated to sixth. Carlo Hamilton came through to win the touring car class in the Ford Falcon, from Ties Meeuwissen in the Mustang and Deenik/Sinke in another Falcon. Marcel Kutak was tenth in his Lotus Elan while René de Vries finished just outside the top-10 in his class-winning Mini. Magnus Lillerskog won CT08/09 this time in his Lotus Cortina after Jerry Breg lost time trying to find a way past Gerrit Jan van Leenen’s very wide Cortina. Cornee van de Grint was going well again in his Lotus Elite, scrapping with Bert Mets in the Mini Cooper S, until a mysterious problem relegated him to the pits for investigation. This gifted the class win to the other Elite, driven by Roland Zoomers and Mike van Thiel. In GTS11 there were fireworks. The TR4’s of Lübbert/Henke and father and son Forell led away, pursued by Holger Felske in the MGB, with Theo van Gammeren fourth in the 911. Just before the pitstops, Forell had taken the lead. Then it was Egbert Kolvoort in the MGB thanks to a late stop, but normal order was soon resumed with Lübbert/Henke now ahead of Forell, while Thijs van Gammeren was in third and making up time. He put his foot down and managed to pass the Triumphs, stealing the class win on the final lap.

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

More from Assen in SuperSixties Magazine 2026#4, download here:

https://indd.adobe.com/view/25e6042a-54f7-4559-9a74-1adf051c55b2?fbclid=IwY2xjawUL1uVwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMW1oRjd1YThmcGRJUFF0TFFzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeEltTkTKCKpLSQUScHwdSTHyu3seu8gv3fSqdBlYJtFQKVGVdJzfu4Htornw_aem_7yu4ZT2LHs2oH9YCOdy0NA

Standings after 8 of 11 races: https://www.supersixtiesracing.com/nl/ranking/

Next race: Dijon Motors Cup, 11-12 september