At the weekend of June 22nd and 23rd the 4th round of BNK took place in Merchtem. It is a astro style "English" track.
Saturday 22: free practice, the weather was unpredictable with rain and wind bothering drivers on the podium and on the track)
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Sunday 23: Qualifications and finals
Light rain and wind were still affecting the race and with the cool temperature around 14 ° C made track very slippery. The organizers set up tarps on the podium to improve the comfort of drivers. David Pauwels (XB4) was on his trail and nobody doubt it will be fast (as in the next round in Arendonk because he lives close to these two tracks). After 3 qualifications David Pauwels was on pole position with his XB4. I accompanied the final A (also with XB4), I qualified in 3rd place.
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After a short break the track completely dried out so we went for yellow minispike tires (control tires) but only a few moments before the start of the final it started to rain again causing the panic on the starting line. Everybody changed tires back to silver minispike. I won the first final race. Second final was driven on a dry track and won by David Pauwels. In the early laps of the third final David got the lead while I fought for the second spot with Erik Michiels. This order did not change untill the end of the race so the final results were:
