By Back-to-back Chimay racing weekends arise soon, the 32nd Chimay Classic Bikes edition (18th-19th July) and the sixteenth Chimay Open Trophy event (25th-26th July), both toasting the 100th anniversary celebration of racing at Circuit de Chimay.
While we wait for expected announcement of IRRC (Supersport/Sportbike – 690 KTM Supermono metal new eligible – added to list of homologated motorcycles), ESR, BeNeLux Trophy (Superbike) Chimay Open Trophy start-lists, we can display today, the provisional start-list for the nine-lap BTT (Belgian Twin Trophy) races.
Twenty-nine riders representing six nations (Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Netherlands) piloting machines from three different marques (Aprilia x21, Suzuki x4, Kawasaki x4) including Southern 100 participants this week Seppe Noel and Russell Taylor are poised to compete.
The full provisional Chimay Open Trophy Super Twins races, entry-list, reads as follows:
Johan Guerin (Belgium)
Mathieu Locuty (France) – LRT #14
Quentin Bourgeois (France)
Raf Roobrouck (Belgium) – The Rouck Racing Team
Russell Taylor (England)
Jacques Borremans (Belgium) – ToDD Racing
Pieter Ghysels (Belgium)
Sasha De Vits (Belgium) – DV1
Marc Declerck (Belgium) – Chargebuze Racing
Jerome Varlet (Belgium) – La Savoyart
Kenny Meersman (Belgium) – R&C Racing
Kenny Hinck (Germany) – HC-Motorcycle
Christophe Carlier (Belgium) – De Vliegende Schotel
Mike Ceuppens (Belgium) – Texas Racing
Seppe Noel (Belgium) – MGB Racing
Rick Harthoorn (Netherlands) – Racing Team AKS
Christian Hirsch (Austria) – Team Newcon
Jo Burm (Belgium) – Aprilia Turnhout
Ezio Badts (Belgium)
Romain Fortemps (France)
Wim Van Den Bossche (Belgium) – Alteco Racing
Gauthier De Hert (Belgium) – Aprilia Turnhout
Matthias Pharazijn (Belgium) – SJL-Racing
Gauthier De Hert (Belgium) – Aprilia Turnhout
Elias Van Roekel (Netherlands)
Niko Maes (Belgium) – Aprilia Turnhout
Johny Jadoul (Belgium) – La Savoyart
Hadrien Demierbe (Belgium) – HDMotorsport
Jeffrey Vromant (Belgium) – MGB Moto
Special thanks to BTT organizer, active racer Jacques Borremans for providing the above list of riders.
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Jan Vavra
