SuperSixties 300 km. Dijon-Prenois, September 11-12

Qualifying: Lyons takes pole

With 49 cars on track it was a busy SuperSixties qualifying session at Dijon-Prenois. Kennet Persson,

whose Ford GT40 traditionally adorns the poster of the Dijon Motors Cup, initially set the fastest time,

but ended up fifth. Pole was claimed by pro Michael Lyons in the AC Cobra he shared with rookie

Bruce Fullerton. Andy Newall and Rhea Sautter secured second on the grid in the Jaguar with Pete

Reynolds and Daniel Quintero third in the first of the Lotus Elans. In fourth was Oliver Douglas in the

Cobra Daytona. It was more Lotus Elans in 6th and 7th with Jan van der Kooi and the duo of

Chalendard and Perou. Roelant de Waard claimed 8th in the Shelby Mustang with yet another Elan in

9th: Jérôme Cattelin. Henk and Thijs van Gammeren were fastest of the touring cars in the Ford

Falcon, with Theodore and Guillaume Colinet not far behind in their Alfa GTA and Sinke/Vriend third

in another Falcon. De Vries/De Vries topped the times of the Mini's, but the surprise was Jasper de

Kruijff who was just 0,3 of a second slower on his SuperSixties debut. In GTS11 things were very

close with Erwin van Lieshout in the Porsche 911 just 0,17 of a second quicker than the duo of Florian

Lübbert and Christian Henke in the Triumph TR4.

Race: roll of the Safety Car dice

The safety car played an important role in the 300 km of Dijon. The first was caused by Kennet

Persson on lap 18, when a wheel bearing let go on the Ford GT40. It took a while to retrieve the car

from the Villeroy gravel trap. He had been disputing the lead with Andy Newall in the Jaguar E-type.

By this time, we had also lost Oliver Douglas in the Cobra Daytona due to a broken crankshaft pulley.

The pit window was open for the first round of compulsory stops shortly afterwards and saw

Jérôme Cattelin and Pete Reynolds/Dave Quintero in their Lotus Elans in the lead for a short while,

with Roelant de Waard in the Shelby GT350 and Jan van der Kooi in his Lotus Elan also near the

front. The next Safety Car was caused by the Rappange Porsche 904-6 dropping its oil on the

approach to the Bretelle. The car spun out on its own oil, which was a shame as Jop had moved up

from 48th to 7th. We were now 25 laps into the race and soon the second pit window was open, which

caused a run on the Sodifuel pumps. Cattelin in his Lotus Elan was in the lead now, until another SC

period ensued when the Pages Porsche crashed into the tire barriers after the driver became unwell.

The medics took care of him and the Porsche was towed away. Quintero and Reynolds now took over

at the front from De Waard, the Chalendard/Perou Elan and Newall/Sautter. Thanks to the Safety Car,

these four were gifted a lap, while their pursuers Sander van Gils, Marcel Kutak, Jérôme Cattelin and

Jan van der Kooi lost ground in their Lotus Elans. On lap 47, Newall retook the lead. Trying to keep

up, the #135 Elan unfortunately got stuck in the gravel trap. The Safety Car had to be deployed once

more and we were left with a short sprint to the finish. Newall/Sautter duly took the win, with Patrick

Chalendard/Eric Perou second on the road but relegated to third behind Roelant de Waard after

various time penalties had been applied. Van Gils, Cattelin, van der Kooi and Kutak made it five Lotus

Elans in the first 7, while Italian visitors Stefano Rosina/Alex de Angelis (Jaguar E-type) finished 8th

.

GTS11 class contenders Erwin van Lieshout (Porsche 911) and Florian Lübbert/Christian Henke

(Triumph TR4) rounded out the top-10. In touring cars, Bart Deenik/Hemmo Vriend took the win from

Henk and Thijs van Gammeren, in Ford Falcons. René and Thijmen de Vries were next in the CT07

winning Mini Cooper S, while Gregoire and Guillaume Colinet won CT08 in their Alfa GTA from

Sinke/van Abbe in the #13 Lotus Cortina. Jasper de Kruijff had a great SuperSixties debut, pedalling

the white Mini to second in class together with its owner Rob Rappange. Noud den Engelsman, just

15 years old, was another SuperSixties debutant and finished 3rd in class, sharing with Bert Mets.

Cornee van de Grint (Lotus Elite) and Frank Weidema (Mini Marcos) had their own "plastic fantastic"battle, both winning their class. Finally, we must mention Vick Schuijlenburg who made an impressive

SuperSixties debut. With a bit of help from co-pilots Ties and Thijmen she finished an impressive

22nd overall in the "tame" Challenge-spec Mustang.

Top 10 result

1. Rhea SAUTTER / Andy NEWALL (Jaguar E-type) 59 laps in 2:01:05.90

2. Roelant DE WAARD (Shelby Mustang GT350) + 15.330

3. Patrick CHALENDARD / Eric PEROU (Lotus Elan) + 27.704

4. Sander VAN GILS (Lotus Elan) + 27.752

5. Jérôme CATTELIN (Lotus Elan 26R) 1 lap

6. Jan VAN DER KOOI (Lotus Elan 26R) 1 lap

7. Marcel KUTAK (Lotus Elan) 1 lap

8. Stefano ROSINA / Alex DE ANGELIS (Jaguar E-type) 1 lap

9. Erwin VAN LIESHOUT (Porsche 911) 1 lap

10. Florian LÜBBERT / Christian HENKE (Triumph TR4) 1 lap

Full results are here: https://www.supersixtiesracing.com/results/

More from Dijon in SuperSixties Magazine 2026#5, download here:

https://indd.adobe.com/view/e2e1c325-f22b-4d4d-9dbf-9865d4d94c64

Standings after 9 of 11 races: https://www.supersixtiesracing.com/nl/ranking/

Final races: SuperSpa, 2-4 October

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The 2026 SuperSixties schedule is as follows:

Date Event Race Format

April 18-19 Preis der Stadt Stuttgart Qly 30' - 2x40'

May 30-31 HSCC Donington Park Qly 30' - 2x40'

June 19-21 Historic GP Zandvoort Qly 30' - 2x30'

August 28-30 Classic GP Assen Qly 30' - 2x40'

Sept. 11-13 Dijon Motors Cup - Dijon Prenois Qly 40' - 1x120'

Oct. 3-4 Super Spa - Spa Francorchamps Qly 30' - 2x40'

Super Sixties Racing was established in 1996 as the Dutch Championship for Historic Touring Cars

and GT's. Nowadays it has evolved in a series of races in various countries, catering for touring cars

and GT's built between 1947 and 1965.

Super Sixties Racing is very popular with spectators because of the variety of competing cars,

ranging from the huge Corvette Grand Sport to tiny Mini Coopers. In between you'll see iconic cars