The opening round of the 1/10th scale 200mm Dutch Nationals was held recently at the AMCA track in Apeldoorn.
The weather was really nice for this time of the year, making it a perfect weekend for racing! It was interesting to see that the number of racers driving XRAY NT1 cars continues to increase each race year.
On Saturday:
The excellent weather led to fantastic conditions for much of the field to lay down fast laps. There was a great competition for this weekend.
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On Sunday:
There were three Qualification runs on Sunday, and as Saturday’s practice had indicated, the lap times were very fast and competitive.
National class top 4 after qualification:
1. Daan Jacobs XRAY NT1
2. Sander Borghoff
3. Jurgen Geerligs 4. Maarten van Lierop XRAY NT1
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In the NK final, the race had to be stopped half way due to technical problems. Daan Jacobs was leading at that time followed by Maarten Van Lierop in 2nd and Jurgen Geerligs in 3rd.
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The Dutch national organization (Nomac) deliberated for some time before reaching the decision that the race order half way was the final result.
Final results
1. Daan Jacobs XRAY NT1
2. Maarten van Lierop XRAY NT1
3. Jurgen Geerligs
4. Sander Borghoff
5. Pedro Rombouts
