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  • ACNN Meppen 15-16 October 2016

    ACNN Meppen 15-16 October 2016

    Success during ACNN 2016 Season Finals in Meppen!

    Cor Euser, Willem Meijer and Peter Willemse scored podium finishes in all three races, driving the BMW 120d (Willem) and BMW 318ti (Peter/Cor) in the DTC 2 class.

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    Race 1:
    1. Willem Meijer
    2. Johan Hoogenwerff
    3. Peter Willemse

    Race 2:
    1. Cor Euser
    2. Johan Hoogerwerff
    3. Willem Meijer

    Race 3:
    1. Cor Euser
    2. Willem Meijer
    3. Johan Hoogerwerff

  • DRDO Assen 25 September 2016

    DRDO Assen 25 September 2016

    Fastest race laps and Race win; success!

    Cor Euser and Willem Meyer (NLD) participated in the DRDO races at Assen 25 September with the BMW E46 M3. Only beaten by a very quick BMW M3 GTR to the pole position, starting from P2 in Race one Cor could quickly take over the lead and drive away from the rest of the field setting the fastest laptime of the race. After the driver change, Willem, first time in this car, held the position perfectly until a slow puncture put an end to the good run. Race two saw Cor advance from P6 to the lead with another fastest race laptime and with no bad luck this time, Willem crossed the finish line as the winner of the race!

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  • 12H Zandvoort 18 September 2016

    12H Zandvoort 18 September 2016

    We dusted off old Herbie – and won!

    It is old and it is not very fast, but never think it cannot win races! Cor Euser, Pieter Euser and Willem Meyer drove a perfect strategy race with the little BMW 120d and could after 12 hours just snatch the victory 12 seconds in front of a much faster Renault Clio!

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  • 24H Barcelona 2-4 September 2016

    24H Barcelona 2-4 September 2016

    Great effort, but no podium in Barcelona

    With 10 entries in the A3 class, the Cor Euser Racing’s BMW E46 M3 had some serious competition from a great variety of cars; Peugeot 208 GTi, Honda Civic Type R, BMW 32oD, Seat Leon Supercopa, and BMW M235i. Drivers Cor Euser (NLD), Dirk Schulz (DEU), Dom Bastien (USA) and Meisam Taheri (TUR) were quicker than most (2nd fastest race lap), and were for a long time holding P2 and catching P1, but when the gearbox gave up in the early morning hours it was game over and only a P7 in the end.

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  • 24H Zolder 20-21 August 2016

    24H Zolder 20-21 August 2016

    Cor Euser in BMW Clubsport (E90 325i) by JJ Motorsport!

    Together with Jim Briody (USA), Johan Lambregs (BEL), Kenny Herremanns (BEL) and Florian Boehnisch (GER), they secured a fine P4 in a field of 11 cars in class.

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  • 1000km Palanga 20-23 July 2016

    1000km Palanga 20-23 July 2016

    From Disaster to Success in Palanga!

    When the Marcos was crashed badly in Free Practice, things looked pretty grim for drivers Cor Euser, Jim Briody and Stasys Brundza, but the team had an ace up their sleeve! Tucked away in the race trailer was the old BMW E36 318ti – let’s race with that! With the help of a flexible organiser and a slight adjustment of the roll-cage, the #70 was moved from the wrecked Marcos to the Compact. Still racing in the X1 class with the likes of an Aquila CR1, the odds were not high, but as always – we’re in it to win it!

    Steady does it; outpaced by all but two other cars in the entire 40 car field, the little Compact made its laps, again and again, while many other cars needed extra pitstops for repairs or simply eliminated themselves, the Compact kept going. In fact, so well that in the end we came P2 in class only beaten by the Aquila who also came P2 overall!

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  • 12H Zandvoort 6-7 May 2016

    12H Zandvoort 6-7 May 2016

    Lotus Evora GT4

    Drivers:

    • Cor Euser
    • Dom Bastien
    • Sam Allpass

    Result:

    P6 of 11 in SP3 class, P29 of 44 overall.

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  • 24H Silverstone 1-3 April 2016

    24H Silverstone 1-3 April 2016

    BMW M3

    Drivers:

    • Cor Euser
    • Dom Bastien
    • Craig Wilkins
    • Tom Webb
    • Derek Bennett

    Result:

    P7 of 14 in A3 class, P19 of 41 overall.

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  • 12H Mugello 18-19 March 2016

    12H Mugello 18-19 March 2016

    Lotus Evora GT4

    Drivers:

    • Cor Euser
    • Bas Barenbrug
    • Sam Allpass
    • Einar Thorsen

    Result:

    P5 of 8 in SP3 class, P37 of 60 overall.

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  • 24H Dubai 2016 – the season has started!

    24H Dubai 2016 – the season has started!

    Respectable effort, but no podium finish at 24H Dubai 2016

    IMG_1133Cor Euser brought his Lotus Evora GT4 to the 24HDubai with high expectations. IMG_1164The 2015 season finale in Brno had shown that the pace and durability was there, and only a small electrical gremlin had gotten in the way of a fantastic end of year result. Having secured a fine driver line-up with Vic Rice (USA), Dom Bastien (USA), Richard Verburg (NLD) and Einar Thorsen (NOR), his premier mechanics crew Eloy Garcia Castillo, John Kristof, John Meijers, John Reedijk and Khan Shah, and filled the shipping container with essential spare parts, what could go wrong?

    The car ran like clockwork during Wednesday and Thursday practice and qualifying while the drivers got faster and more confident with the car and track. Qualifying had seen Cor put the car in P6 with a good run, so obviously there were other fast cars and drivers in Dubai.

    Cor took the start as usual, and in just half a lap had advanced to P2! Once the Code 60s started, and there were many of them, different pitstop tactics meant that track positions no longer accurately reflected the standings, but we nevertheless were more than happy to see #70 as P1 in the SP3 class for a while!

    Einar Thorsen was our second driver, and although new to the car he put down steady and acceptable laptimes in between the many Code 60s he had to be part of. IMG_1145Our first unscheduled stop came towards the end of his stint and was caused by a failure in the gearbox system, but was quickly fixed. IMG_1140Next driver was Dom Bastien who drove into the long Dubai night and being inexperienced with night driving and new to both car and track, put safety over bravery and brought the car back in one piece. Then Richard Verburg took over and we could witness an outstanding performance where laptimes were very close to Cor’s daylight times and we climbed on the ranking getting back into contention. Then it was Vic Rice’s first turn in the Lotus. He and Richard were actually double-starting on a Speelover Porsche so Vic had already driven a daylight stint there. Again we could see how it matters to have experienced night-drivers as fast-Vic was continuing the climb up the rankings.

    Unfortunately, a technical gremlin decided to strike and in the next 8 hours we had several unscheduled pitstops all related to a failing fly-by-wire throttle system. Eventually we ran out of spare parts and could not avoid declaring a DNF result. The 24H Dubai is a hard race and this time we could not celebrate a podium finish there. However, we had a great time and learned a lot, so we will be back!

    For more details, please have a look at Einar Thorsen’s race report.

     

  • Double pole at 12H Brno!

    Double pole at 12H Brno!

    The best qualifying of the season in 24H Series final!

    Pole position, with a margin, for both the SP3 Lotus Evora GT4 and the A5 BMW E46 M3 after the qualifying sessions in the final race of the 2015 24H Series in Brno 10-11 October.

    The starting point could not have been better for Hal Prewitt (USA) who was the strongest contender for the overall driver’s championship title behind Chantal Kroll of Kroll Racing. Both Hal and Chantal were doubling their chances by driving two cars at this race, and with Hal only 1 point behind Chantal having pole in both his classes, the outlook could not have been better for the Cor Euser Racing star driver.

    10291726_724081444391635_2881597917355633152_nTeamed with Cor Euser (NLD) himself and pro-driver Danny van Dongen (NLD) on the Lotus Evora and with pro-drivers and brothers Jacky and Ricardo van der Ende (NLD) in the BMW M3, Hal Prewitt had very good cards on his hands and in the first 20 minutes of the race the two cars pulled away confidently from the class opponents. The Motors TV and Internet broadcasts were filled with the two cars making excellent progress and following each other as if they were connected by an invisible cord – until suddenly the BMW’s rears locked up and it span out of the  picture; ABS failure. However, it was quickly fixed and with more than 11 hours to go, the team soon got back into fast laptimes and started reeling in the competition.

    1781937_724160591050387_8029302818768878309_nPrecisely after 2 hours, Cor came into the pit for the first driver change, but was held at the penalty area for having driven too fast! Very harsh, but rules are rules. Danny got into the car, but did not get away smoothly; a reset was needed. Unfortunately, this was to be the first of a series of throttle body issues causing the car to stop on track repeatedly and tumbling down the standings. Eventually an electrical gremlin was identified in a connector and once fixed the car run fine, but could not salvage more than P4 of 8 in SP3.

    In the meantime, Murphy had struck the M3 and sent it backwards into the barriers. Repaired, but no longer able to outrun the competition, the car finished P7 of 8.

    Obviously disappointed by not having been able to convert the brilliant qualifying into podium finishes, the team had to concede both overall driver’s championship title as well as team titles in the 2015 24H Series.

    Read the full race report and his reflection on the season in the press release published by Hal Prewitt.

    Cor Euser Racing will be back even stronger for the 2016 edition of the 24H Series, starting with the 24H of Dubai 14-16 January. Do get in touch if you want to be part of a winning team driving the Lotus Evora GT4 or the BMW E46 M3!

    In the meantime, we are rounding off the season with the world record 32H MaxiEndurance race in Portimao 20-22/11! We are bringing the BMW 120D, last year class winner and overall P3, as well as the M3. There are still last minute driver seats available – do get in touch if you want to win with us!!!

  • Technical gremlins spoiled 24H Oschersleben for Cor Euser Racing

    Technical gremlins spoiled 24H Oschersleben for Cor Euser Racing

    Good old trustworthy BMW 120D did not want to do 24H Oschersleben!

    Cor Euser (NLD), Hal Prewitt (USA), Jim Briody (USA), Dirk Schultz (DEU) and David Hannewijk (NLD) spent most of the first 5 hours of the race hoping that the team would be able to replace the engine that gave up in lap 2. Of course the team succeeded, they never give up, and the drivers could set off to try and avoid the very last place in the field. In the end it held to 6th place (of 9) in the Sport class (28th of 36 overall).

    Read the full race report in the press release published by Hal Prewitt.

  • P2 in 24H Barcelona with Lotus Evora GT4

    P2 in 24H Barcelona with Lotus Evora GT4

    Podium finish after flawless performance during 24H Barcelona!

    10455767_710383069094806_1616238619513205077_nTeam owner and racing legend Cor Euser with racing ace Hal Prewitt and young talent Huub Delnoij took home P2 (of 9) in the SP3 class and P11 (of 74) overall after a very tight battle for victory that lasted till the chequered flag.

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    Read the full race report in the press release published by Hal Prewitt.

     

    Next up is 24H Oschersleben 25-27/9 with the BMW 120D – driver seats available!

  • No podium at 24H Zolder, but fans loved the underdog car and the two-driver team challenge!

    No podium at 24H Zolder, but fans loved the underdog car and the two-driver team challenge!

    Heroic effort in 24H Zolder by two-man team Euser and Prewitt!

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    Team owner and racing legend Cor Euser with racing ace Hal Prewitt drove 3-hour stints as the only two-driver team and completed the race in a fine 5th place (of 8) in the very tough T3 class (32nd of 61 overall).

    Read the full race report in the press release published by Hal Prewitt.

  • 1000km Palanga success for Cor Euser Racing with BMW 120D

    1000km Palanga success for Cor Euser Racing with BMW 120D

    From 38th on the grid to 15th overall and P2 in class!

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    For the number lovers: funny statistics from this year ENEOS 1000 km race1000km Palanga BMW

    Number of teams: 44

    Number of drivers: 149

    Number of countries, presented: 13 (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Byelorussia, Russia, Australia, USA and UK)

    Youngest driver: Ignas Brusokas (“Siuskpigiau.lt-Zaibelis” team, “Honda Integra”) – 18 years

    Oldest driver: Dirk Shultz (“Cor Euser Racing” team, BMW 120D) – 74 years, oldest in “ENEOS 1000 km” race history

    Most popular manufacturer: BMW – 20 cars

    Most successful manufacturer in the history: Porsche – 9 victories

    Most successful driver in the history: Jonas Gelzinis – 5 victories

    Best lap: (1 min 11,490 sek.) made by Jeroen Bleekemolen (“General Financing-Autopaslauga by Pitlane” team, “Porsche 991 GT3 Cup“) on 3rd lap of the race.

    Cumulative distance, covered by all teams: 27716 km

    Fuel burned during the race weekend: 15733 liters (1994 liters of diesel, the rest is petrol)