By Uncorking IRRC race winners club membership, Kevin De Haan gave suitors, 2025 IRRC Superbike Champions Never Be Clever Racing, their first IRRC triumph of 2026, via success in a wet weather afflicted second Supersport contest at Circuit de Chimay.
Next gen European roads talent De Haan, once passing lap one leader, lead chaser, Matej Vit, sped clear.
Such was De Haan’s consistency, turn of speed, he finished with a huge race winning margin of 11.575 seconds.
Petr Najman bested IRRC history maker Marek Cerveny for third behind Vit whilst Gary Johnson (P5) edged Jamie Williams (P6) for top UK/Isle of Man racer honours.
Prospective Manx Grand Prix newcomer, Mauro Poncini bagged another solid result, placing seventh. Performance Racing Achterhoek team-mate Wesley Ankersmid followed in eighth.
IRRC Supersport Race 2 Result:
1st – Kevin De Haan
2nd – Matej Vit
3rd – Petr Najman
4th – Marek Cerveny
5th – Gary Johnson
6th – Jamie Williams
7th – Mauro Poncini
8th – Wesley Ankersmid
9th – Sebastian Frotscher
10th – Rico Vetter
11th – Ilja Caljouw
12th – Robert Rohde
13th – Jonas Stracke
14th – Thierry Vanhollebeke
15th – Brian Fuidge
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
