The Dutch Supercar Challenge is a motor racing series centered on the Benelux

Benelux

The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...

. A special feature is that touring cars, GTs and Sportscars can all participate on an equal basis within the same class, enabled by very open regulations. The championship was first held in 2001. It replaced the Supercar Cup.

Format and regulations

A typical race weekend exists of the usual practice on Friday and Saturday, qualifying on Saturday and two races of 45 to 60 minutes with one pit stop of at least 60 seconds. One race is on Saturday and one Sunday. The four classes usually run separate races two classes at a time. The two fastest run together and the two slowest run their race separate. The exception is at Spa-Francorchamps where all four classes can and do run together in two races over the weekend. All races are started from a rolling start though in the past standing starts have been used as well. "Success time" is awarded after every race. The first-place finisher gets 15 seconds, second place gets 10, third place gets 5, fourth place loses 5 seconds, fifth place loses ten and all below fifth place lose 15 seconds. This is added to the time of the minimum pit stop duration. The reason no "success ballast" is used, is the immense variety in vehicles competing. For instance, a 50 kg weight has a much larger effect on a Lotus Elise than it has on a Dodge Viper Competition Coupe even though these can compete in the same class.

Classes

• Sport I - Vehicles over 5.2 kg/bhp. Engines maximum 3000cc and 6 cylinders.

• Supersport II - Vehicles over 4.7 kg/bhp but under 5.2 kg/bhp. Engines maximum 5000 cc and 8 cylinders.

• Supersport I - Vehicles over 3.7 kg/bhp but under 4.7 kg/bhp. Minimum mass is 1080kg. Engines as in Supersport II

• GT - Vehicles over 2.7 kg/bhp but under 3.6 kg/bhp. Minimum mass is 1180kg.

Single make series

During most of its lifetime the Dutch Supercar Challenge has served as a host to many single make series. In the first two years the Marcos Mantis Cup ran within the GT class. In 2003 it was fully integrated in the GT class. Starting in 2008 the Mosler Challenge has run within GT. In 2010 three series were added. Those are BRL V6

BRL V6

The Benelux Racing League V6, better known as BRL V6, is a touring car racing series held in The Netherlands and Belgium between 2004 and 2009. It's the heavier variant on the BRL Light. For 2010, BRL cars were allowed into the Dutch Supercar Challenge....

 and the Saker Challenge, not to be confused with the series of the same name the DNRT hosts, both within Supersport I and BRL Light

BRL Light

The Benelux Racing League Light is a race-class that is mostly run in Belgium and The Netherlands. It serves as the development series of the BRL V6.-The car:...

 in Supersport II. The BRL series were before separate events and still have a slightly different calendar. The races at Silverstone don't pay them points while the races at the Zolder truck Grand Prix do though to all other classes they don't count.

Champions

Season	GT	Supersport I	Supersport II	Sport I	Marcos Mantis Cup	Mosler Challenge
2001	Herman Buurman	Ruud Olij	Arjan Vels	Dirk-Jan Hofmans	Herman Buurman
2002	Pieter van Soelen   Cor Euser	Rudolf van Soelen	Arjan Vels		Peter van der Kolk
2003	Rob Knook   Peter van der Kolk	Hans Ambaum		Albèrt Priem
2004	Cor Euser   Jos Menten	Graham Coomes		Hans Ambaum
2005	Pieter Dubois   René Wijnen	Lex van der Meijden		Richard van den Berg
2006	Hans Ambaum	Pieter van Soelen		Eugène Janssen   Rolf van Os
2007	Ardi van der Hoek   Arjen van der Zwaan	Peter van der Kolk	Tony Brown   Ian White	Kees Kreijne	Sport II
2008	Martin Short	Henk Thuis	Pieter van Soelen	Luc de Cock	Rob Nieman	Martin Short
2009	Cor Euser	Nol Köhler   Henk Haane	Bert van der Zweerde	Nik de Jong   Koen Bogaerts	BRL V6	Martin Short
2010	Alex van't Hoff	Rob Frijns   Charlie Frijns	Pieter van Soelen	Richard van der Bos   Bert van der Zweerde	Niels Bouwhuis