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.

Format and regulations 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.

Classes Sport I - Vehicles over 5.2 kg/bhp. Engines maximum 3000cc and 6 cylinders. Supersport II - Vehicles over 4.7 kg/bhp but under 5.2 kg/bhp. Engines maximum 5000 cc and 8 cylinders. Supersport I - Vehicles over 3.7 kg/bhp but under 4.7 kg/bhp. Minimum mass is 1080 kg. Engines as in Supersport II GT - Vehicles over 2.7 kg/bhp but under 3.6 kg/bhp. Minimum mass is 1180 kg.

Single make series 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.

Champions

Supercar Challenge 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 Kelvin Snoeks Kris Cools Patrick Lamster Donald Molenaar Mark van der Aa Koen Bogaerts Pieter van Soelen Wiebe Wijtzes Luc de Cock Sam Dejonghe Filip Declercq 2016 Oliver Campos-Hull Kosta Kanaroglou Chris Mattheus Ward Sluys Dennis de Borst Martin de Kleijn Bart Drost 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 Maxime Oosten Milan Teekens John de Wilde Dennis de Borst Stan van Oord Maxime 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

BRL V6 Season Champion 2010 Niels Bouwhuis

SEAT León Supercopa Season Champions 20121 Ferry Monster Robin Monster 20131 Ferry Monster Robin Monster 20142 Jonas de Kimpe Notes 1 – The SEAT León Supercopa class was a class for just SEATs within the Supersport class. 2 – The SEAT León Supercopa class was a class for just SEATs within the Sport class.

Other Champions Season CN Praga SR8 SR3 2013 David Houthoofd Jürgen van Hover Danny van Dongen Martin Short Ko Koppejan

Prototype Challenge 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

References

External links Supercar Challenge website