The Belcar Endurance Championship is the top-tier national endurance racing championship in Belgium. The series is sanctioned by the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium and run by Circuit Zolder.
History The Belcar series has its roots in the early 1990s, with the local Flemish championships BBL Endurance Cup and the Carglass Cup. Both were sanctioned by the Flemish autosport federation VAS. In 1997 the very successful Carglass Cup was upgraded to an RACB-sanctioned series and first used the name Belcar as the Carglass Cup Belcar. From 1998 the championship dropped the Carglass name and became known as Belcar. Its title sponsors were Castrol (1998-2001) and later Mediagroep Van Dyck.
In 2012, a conflict between the championship promotor Speedworld and the RACB led to the series' demise. Belcar was succeeded by a new series under the name Belgian Racing Car Championship, with Kronos Events as the new championship promotor.
In 2015, Circuit Zolder relaunched the Belcar under the name Belcar Trophy. It ran in parallel to the BRCC, but eventually became Belgium's top-tier endurance championship again in 2016 with Kronos Events ending the BRCC after the 2015 season. The series was renamed as Belcar Endurance Championship in 2016 and still runs under that name today.
Races The Belcar has historically had a very regular calendar. The season usually starts and ends with a race at Circuit Zolder, with the New Race Festival being the season opener from 1990-2006 and again since 2015 and the NASCAR Euro Series event being the closing event since 2016. The highlight of the season has always been the Zolder 24 Hours, which usually takes place in August.
There are also at least one or two events at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and usually one event in a neighboring country, with Assen, Dijon-Prenois and Nürburgring being the most visited tracks.
Besides the Zolder 24 Hours, the race lengths are usually 180 minutes. However, there have been events where the race has been split into 2 or 3 shorter sprint races.
Classes As of the 2025 season, all cars are split into the following classes Grand Touring Cup Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars GT Cup cars > 3300 cm³ FIA GT3 cars with expired homologation or expiring in the current year Silhouette Pro and Pro Evo GTC Open Grand Touring Sport Porsche Cayman Cup cars FIA GT4 cars Silhouette Light GTS Open Super Sport Touring cars > 4000cc Touring cars between 2800cc and 4000cc TCR cars SS Open Club Sport Touring cars > 2500cc and < 2800cc NLS VT2 Class cars CS Open Club Challenge Touring & GT cars < 2500cc CC Open
Champions List of overall Champions Year Championship name Driver(s) Team Car 1990 BBL Endurance Cup Etienne Dumortier Baudoin de Rosee JED2 Racing Volvo 240 Turbo 1991 BBL Endurance Cup Erik Bruynoghe Guy Verheyen Peugeot 309 Turbo 1992 Carglass Cup Daniel Hubert Patrick Hubert BMW 335i 1993 Carglass Cup Peter Eliano Jean-Pierre Mondron Didier Wuydts Honda Civic 1994 Carglass Cup Georges Cremer Paul Kumpen Albert Vanierschot Peka Racing Porsche 993 1995 Carglass Cup Georges Cremer Paul Kumpen Albert Vanierschot Peka Racing Porsche 993 1996 Carglass Cup Marc Duez Daniel Hubert Patrick Hubert BMW M3 1997 Carglass Cup Belcar Georges Cremer Vincent Dupont Fons Taels GLPK Racing Porsche 993 1998 Castrol Belcar Jean-François Hemroulle Tim Verbergt Dubois Racing Audi A4 Quattro 1999 Castrol Belcar Jean-François Hemroulle Tim Verbergt Dubois Racing Audi A4 Quattro 2000 Castrol Belcar Stéphane Cohen GLPK Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R 2001 Castrol Belcar Pertti Kuismanen Kuismanen Competition Audi 80 Compétition 2002 Mediagroep Van Dyck Belcar Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin GLPK Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R 2003 Mediagroep Van Dyck Belcar Vincent Dupont Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin GLPK Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R 2004 Mediagroep Van Dyck Belcar Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin GLPK Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R 2005 Mediagroep Van Dyck Belcar Marc Goossens David Hart Selleslagh Racing Team Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 2006 Mediagroep Van Dyck Belcar Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin GLPK Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 2007 Mediagroep Van Dyck Belcar Bart Couwberghs GPR Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 2008 Belgian GT Championship Frédéric Bouvy Damien Coens Delahaye Racing Ferrari F430 GT3 2009 Belgian GT Championship Jean-François Hemroulle Tim Verbergt Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS 2010 Belcar Endurance Championship Anthony Kumpen Greg Franchi W Racing Team Audi R8 LMS 2011 Belcar Endurance Championship Marc Goossens Maxime Soulet Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3 R 2012 Belgian Racing Car Championship Frédéric Bouvy Prospeed Competition Porsche 996 GT3 RS 2013 Belgian Racing Car Championship Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin Maarten Makelberge PK Carsport Audi R8 LMS 2014 Belgian Racing Car Championship Bert Redant Tim Verbergt Brussels Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2015 Belgian Racing Car Championship Dylan Derdaele Belgium Racing Porsche 991 Cup 2016 Belcar Endurance Championship Luc De Cock Sam Dejonghe Tim Joosen Deldiche Racing Norma M20-FC 2017 Belcar Endurance Championship François Bouillon David Houthoofd Frédéric Vervisch McDonald's Racing Norma M20-FC 2018 Belcar Endurance Championship Jeffrey van Hooydonk Gilles Magnus Frank Thiers Hans Thiers Russell Racing by DVB Racing Norma M20-FC 2019 Belcar Endurance Championship Dylan Derdaele Nicolas Saelens Belgium Racing Lamborghini Super TrofeoPorsche 991 Cup 2020 Belcar Endurance Championship Dylan Derdaele Nicolas Saelens Belgium Racing Lamborghini Super Trofeo 2021 Belcar Endurance Championship Dylan Derdaele Nicolas Saelens Belgium Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 2022 Belcar Endurance Championship Peter Guelinckx Bert Longin Stienes Longin PK Carsport Audi R8 LMS GT2 2023 Belcar Endurance Championship Peter Guelinckx Bert Longin Stienes Longin PK Carsport Audi R8 LMS GT2 2024 Belcar Endurance Championship Dylan Derdaele Jan Lauryssen Belgium Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 2025 Belcar Endurance Championship Robin Knutsson Glenn Van Parijs Cédric Wauters D'Ieteren Luxury Performance by NGT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup2026Belcar Endurance Championship Paul Meijer Dylan Derdaele Nicolas Saelens Belgium RacingPorsche 992 GT3 Cup
By driver + Multiple championships by driver Wins Driver Years 7 Bert Longin 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2022, 2023 6 Anthony Kumpen 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013 5 Dylan Derdaele 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 4 Tim Verbergt 1998, 1999, 2009, 2014 3 Georges Cremer 1994, 1995, 1997 Jean-François Hemroulle 1998, 1999, 2009 Nicolas Saelens 2019, 2020, 2021 2 Daniel Hubert 1992, 1996 Patrick Hubert 1992, 1996 Albert Vanierschot 1994, 1995 Paul Kumpen 1994, 1995 Vincent Dupont 1997, 2003 Marc Goossens 2005, 2011 Frédéric Bouvy 2008, 2012 Peter Guelinckx 2022, 2023 Stienes Longin 2022, 2023
By team + Multiple championships by team Wins Team Years 11 PK Carsport/GLPK Racing 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2022, 2023 5 Belgium Racing 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 2 Dubois Racing 1998, 1999 Prospeed Competition 2011, 2012
Race wins By driver Last updated 03 May 2026, listing drivers with 10+ wins only Rank Driver Wins 1 Bert Longin 40 2 Anthony Kumpen 37 3 Marc Goossens 18 4 Tim Verbergt 16 5 Frédéric Bouvy 14 Hans Thiers Stéphane Cohen 8 Dylan Derdaele 13 9 David Hart 12 Jeffrey Van Hooydonk Maxime Soulet
By team Last updated 03 May 2026, listing teams with 5+ wins only Rank Driver Wins 1 PK Carsport/GLPK Racing 45 2 GPR Racing 16 3 RTM Racing/Prospeed 14 4 Belgium Racing 13 5 Russell Racing 12 6 Deldiche Racing 9 7 Gravity Racing 8 8 Selleslagh Racing Team 7 W Racing Team 10 David Hart Vastgoed Racing 6 11 Delahaye Racing 5 KRK Racing NGT Racing
External links Official Belcar website
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