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Launched as Dutch Supercar Challenge back in 2001 and growing ever since, 2012 marks the loss of the 'Dutch' part as this championship is now sort of merged between Belgium and Holland. Because Belgian racing has completely imploded, with no real racing classes on the horizon at the moment (thank you lawsuits, insults and conflicts between different instances), I know which class I'm going to watch this year.

New Belgian entrants together with the usual Dutch entrants, + some guests from overseas brings the entry tally up to about...100.

Entry list (spoilered for obvious reasons):
[spoiler]Super GT Division Min 2,8 Kg per HP (driver included)


101 Speedtec Motorsport Diederik Sijthoff Dodge Viper GT3
103 Marcos Racing Cor Euser Marcos LM 600
104 Speedtec Motorsport Robert de Graaff-Philippe Ribbens Viper SRT10 GT2
105* RS Racing René Snel Porsche 911 GT2
107 Marchal Racing Ron Marchal Aston Martin DBRS9
108* BRASS Racing Jerry de Weerdt (B) Viper SRT10 GT3
114 Van Berlo Racing Barry Maessen Dodge Viper GT3
115 Storm-Tag Point Racing Jan Storm BMW Z4 GT3
117 Team RaceArt Nol Kohler-Ardi van der Hoek Corvette C5R GT1
118 Speedtec Motorsport tba Dodge Viper GT3
119 EMO Albert Vanierschot (B) Scotty 3,4 Turbo
120 NCK Motorsport Pierre Etiene Bordet (F) Marcos LM600 GT2
121 DVB Racing Wim Lumbeeck (B)-Werner Moonens(B) Dodge Viper GT1
123 CNC Heads Racing Ric Wood DTM Astra - V8Star
124 Zero R Racing Dave Basu Corvette CR6 GT1
127 Mad & Daring team Danny Werkman Corvette C6 GT3
128 Mad & Daring team Alex van 't Hoff Corvette C6R GT1
129 VEKA Racing Bert Longin (B)-Franz Lamot (B) Ferrari F430 GT2
130 VEKA Racing Peter Versluis-Yelmer Buurman Ferrari F458 GT2
132 VEKA Racing Jan Versluis Ferrari F430 GT2
133 Mad & Daring team Rick Abresch Corvette C6R GT1
134* Mad & Daring team THE STIG V8 Star BMW M3
138 Russell Racing Frank Thiers (B)-Hans Thiers (B) Ferrari 430 GT3
140* MadrettoR Racing Martin Lanting -Henk Haane Ferrari 458 GT3
141* FastForward Racing tba- tba Camaro GT3
145 Race 4 Slovakia tba- tba Praga R4S
146 Race 4 Slovakia tba- tba Praga R4S
147 Race 4 Slovakia tba Praga R4S
171 Kevin Riley Motorsport Kevin Riley (UK) Mosler MT900R GT3
173 BlueBerry Racing Berry van Elk Praga R4S
174 Blueberry Racing tba. Mosler MT900R GT3
175 Mosler Europe Martin Short Mosler MT900R GT3
177 Team RaceArt Milko Tas-Niels Bouwhuis-Roger Grouwels Mosler MT900R GT3

GT Division Min 3,7 Kg per HP (driver included)

201 FE Racing Wolf Nathan V8Star Omega
202 DVB Racing Danny De Laet (B)- tba Lamborghini Gallardo
203 Van Berlo Racing Jacky van der Ende Ford Mondeo MW V8
204* Stichting Euro Autosport Ruud Olij BMW V8 GTR
205 JR Motorsport Henk Thuis BMW M3 Silhouette
206 JR Motorsport Steve van Bellingen BMW M3 Silhouette
208 Lammertink Racing Rene Wijnen-Charly Frijns Porsche 997 GT3
209 Topper Team Dirk Schulz (GER) Porsche 997 GT3
210 Van Herck Racing Werner van Herck (B) Mazda 3 tri rotor
211* De Jong Motorsport Gerrit de Jong Porsche 996 RS
212 Racinginfo.com Rob Knook Marcos Mantis
215 Team RaceArt Erol Ertan-Steve Matthijssen Porsche 997 GT3
221 Team Divitec Racing Carlo Kuijer Divitec SF11
226 Team Lotus Racing Jan van der Kooi Lotus Exige GT3
229* GT3 Racing Lingewaal Jack Rozendaal Porsche GT3 RS
232 Backdraft Motorsport Fiona James Lamborghini Gallardo
236 DDG Motorsports Wilfred Herder AM Vantage E85
237 DDG Motorsports Kees Kreijne AM Vantage
240 Moritz Racing Bert Moritz-Patrick Moritz Marcos Mantis
244 Race 4 Slovakia tba Praga R
245 Race 4 Slovakia tba Praga R
256* Skylimit raceteam tba Porsche 996
257* Skylimit raceteam tba Porsche 996
260 Lammertink Racing tba Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

Supersport Division Min 4,5 Kg per HP (driver included)

301 Team Riwal Racing Ferry Monster-Robin Monster Seat Leon Supercopa
303 European Staffing Racing Koen Bogaerts -Mark van der Aa BMW E46 Coupé GTR
306* Team Riwal Racing Marc Rooker Seat Leon Supercopa
307 Power Motorsports Peter Hoevenaars BMW 132 I
308 JR Motorsport Ted van Vliet BMW E92 M3
310* JR Motorsport Laurens Gooshouwer BMW
311 Deldiche Racing Luc de Cock (B) Lotus 2/11 GT4
314 AB Racing Team Wim Meulders (B)-Bert Longin (B) Saker RapX
316 Brax Racing Remco de Beus Seat Leon Supercopa
318 Speedtec Motorsport Peter van Vliet-Nico van Vliet Zilhouette
319 Speedtec Motorsport Leo van der Eijk Zilhouette
321* Gravity Racing Marcel Norbart Seat Leon Supercopa
323 Spork Racing Team Jimmy Adriaenssens (B) - David Nye (UK) Seat Leon Supercopa
324 Spork Racing Team Jonas de Kimpe(B)- Vincent van Paemel(B) Seat Leon Supercopa
325 Spork Racing Team De Graef(B) - De Maeijer(B) - Van Kelst(B) Seat Leon Supercopa
327 PS Autosport Peter Stox BMW M3 E90 GT4
328 Meijers Motorsport Frank Meijers-Menno Meijers BMW M3 E92 3.2
332 Braspenning Racing Iman van Schelven-Ron Braspenning BMW E46 M3 GTR
333 Blueberry Racing Ronald van Loon BMW E46 M3
334 PS Autosport Marcel van Rijswick-Claude L'Ortye BMW M3 E90 GT4
336* Pethconi Racing Jochen Pethke Volvo 850 Estate
338 MTE Racing Pascal Meltssen (B)-Francois Melotte (B) Solution F BMW 1
340 MadrettoR Racing Martin Lanting-Bob Herber BMW Z4
342 Studio 42 / DVB Racing Richard Fearns (UK) Ginetta G50 GT4
343 Lammertink Racing Daan Meijer Porsche 996
351 AT Motorsport Leo Kurstjens Focus Sport
360 Kuijpers Racing Dick van der Donk Ford Mondeo MW V6
365 Vankets Motorsport Geoffrey Vankets(B)-Serge Van den Berge Seat Leon Supercopa
368 Gravity Racing Jasper Bijl-Robbert Bijl Seat Leon Supercopa
369 ABW Racing Aart Bosman Lotus Exige
384 Gary Furst Gary Furst (UK) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
388 Krayem Racing David Krayem (UK) Ginetta G50 GT4
389 DVB Racing tba BMW GTR

Sport I Division Min 5,2 Kg per HP (driver included)
402 Team TDM Guillaume Schulz (FR) Lotus Exige Cup
403 JR Motorsport Richard van den Bos BMW E36 M2.5
407 Power Motorsports John van der Voort BMW
413 LZ Racing Leon Zappeij BMW M3 E36
421* JR Motorsport Jan-Jaap van Dalen BMW E36 M3 Coupé
422 Munckhof Racing Eric van den Munckhof Focus Sport
423 Van Berlo Racing Marcel van Berlo Focus Sport
426 Team Lotus Racing Harold Wisselink Lotus Exige 260
430 Braspenning Racing Eline Braspenning BMW Compact
431* KH Racing Kevin van Eldik-Jacky Ekkelboom BMW Compact
434 Verhagen Racing Michael Verhagen Honda S2000
448 Chayka Racing Team Leonid Protasov-Sergii Pustovoitenko (UA) BMW E46 320i
449 Chayka Racing Team Iryna Protasova-Igor Denisov (UA) BMW E46 320i

Sport II Division Min 5,5 Kg per HP (driver included)
501 Spirit Racing Rob Nieman Renault Clio
502 Spirit Racing Frank Bédorf- Machiel Kars Renault Clio
504 Nico Been Nico Been Renault Clio
505 AT Motoren Kim Troeyen Focus Sport
506 Team Lotus Racing Toon Rutgers-Jeremy Adams Lotus Exige 192
508 Race Service Simonis Harry Simonis Renault Clio
509 Race Service Simonis ntb Renault Clio
510 Team Lotus racing tba Lotus Exige 192
511 DVB Racing tba Renault Clio[/spoiler]

Calendar:
3-4 april: Pre season test, Circuit Zolder *

22-04: FIA GT1, Circuit Zolder
06-05: ADAC Masters, Circuit Park Zandvoort
27-05: GT Open, Nürburgring
24-06: Euroraces, Spa Francorchamps
08-07: Zolder Super Prix, Circuit Zolder
05-08: Gamma Racing Day, TT-circuit Assen
26-08: DTM, Circuit Park Zandvoort (1)
02-09: Super, TT-circuit Assen (2)
14-10: Racing Festival, Spa Francorchamps
28-10: Finaleraces, TT-circuit Assen
(1) Only GT & Supersport I
(2) Only Supersport II, Sport I & Sport II

SBS6 (Holland), EXQI Sport (Belgium) and Motors TV (Europe) will be airing highlights and in the case of the first two also live races on TV.

wow, that's a lot of cars!

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DSC is much older, ran as the Supercar series in the end 90s. Rob Knook in the Camaro versus a couple of BMW M3s I believe the Compacts used to run as a second class for a year or two.

Saw one race live at Zandvoort back in 97 or 98, great battle between the Camaro and the M3s, the Camaro sound was awesome

Well, I was talking about "DSC" only, which started in 2001. Just like Belcar started after the Carglass Cup.

Some pics of the testdays at Zolder:

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What happened with BTCS and Belcar. Haven't followed that for like years, so surprised to see 2 healthy championships gone.

Implosion, literally. It started back in 2007 when Zolder handed over Belcar to SRO. Ever since that GT3 concept failed hard and SRO got rid of the championship, fights in the courtroom over who would be allowed to organize BTCS and Belcar have caused both championships to be scrapped. Just last week has been decided that Kronos (you know, the team know from WRC/IRC and Procar back in the days) is now the official organisation for the "Belgian Racing Cars Championship", a mix of BTCS and Belcar. First raceweekend is at the end of May...

Oh that's sad to hear. So no more Zolder 24?

Good to see them keeping their skills up in this championship though.

Zolder has jumped ship early enough to be able to organize the 24 Hours independently. No real restrictions as to who can participate. So (probably) a lot of these cars will be entering there.

Looks like the GT1-guys are friendly enough to keep their stream running for the Supercar Challenge race starting now.
They race in two groups, this is the first group with the "big cars".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQzryPn-9EY

This years calendar:
21-04: SRO GT Sprint Zolder
19-05: Slovakia Ring Bratislava Slovakia
09-06: Euroraces Spa Francorchamps
23-06: SUPERSTARS @ ZOLDER
04-08: Gamma Racing Day Assen
08-09: Trophy of the Dunes Zandvoort
29-09: Racing Festival Spa Francorchamps
20-10: Finaleraces Assen

This years grid is not as big as mentioned in the first post for the 2012 season, unfortunately, but still 30+ cars in the Supersport division.
New for this year is the Superlights division, which was specially created because of Praga R1, which could not be placed in any of the other divisions, and among those cars, there will be Radical, Norma, Ligier and that sort of cars. This division has its debut next weekend at the Slovakia Ring.

Looking forward to see those cars next weekend. Gonna be fun

oh, and the full races, with natural sounds, from the first round at Zolder are up on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa-4apJXN00NY7UGKjvnfHtWoAvJvKSFN