By Next week sees the 2023 IRRC (International Road Racing Championship) series, travel to Belgium’s most famous, active road race venue, Circuit De Chimay.
34, 36 racers respectively are set to tackle Supersport, Superbike competition at Chimay, with 18 nations having representation.
The UK’s challenge is topped by Richard Charlton, Never Be Clever Racing’s Rhys Hardisty and Forest Dunn.
King of Imatra winner Erno Kostamo, Amalric Blanc, Manx Grand Prix front runner Jamie Williams are also entered as is European, Italian hill climb ace Maurizio Bottalico.
The full provisional IRRC Chimay Supersport/Superbike entry lists, reads as follows:
(Title located near racer’s name)
Supersport:
Jorn Hamberg – Performance Racing Achterhoek
Marek Cerveny – WRP Wepol Racing parts
Ilja Caljouw – Performance Racing Achterhoek
Wayne Bourgeais – Objectif 2R
Matthieu Pauchard – MC Racle Bitume
Rico Vetter – VRP Vetter Racing Performance
Thomas Wendel – 2WAM.de Racing
Rhys Hardisty – Never Be Clever Racing
Patrick Glauser – PG Racing
Yannik Jacops – SJL Racing International Road Race Team
Sebastian Frotscher – Team Schleizer Dreieck
Anssi Koski – AK 51 Racing Team
Jakub Sprojcar – TTRace
Petr Najman – Festa Laserscanning Europe by PSB
Ferdinand Van Der Naald – Perfect Dream Bikes
Forest Dunn – Never Be Clever Racing
Jamie Williams – JLG/NCE Racing
Lukas Vaclavovic – TTRace
Peter Lionel – Team Peter Racing
Andreas Jochum – TTSL-Sued.de
Mauro Poncini – Team Manici Racing
Romain Cleaz Savoyen – RCS Team
Clement Fitte – CF Team
Mike Ceuppens – Texas Motors
Nicolas Therouin – ProSpeed MotoSport
Jimmy Wauters – JST Racing
Amalric Blanc
Robert Rohde – Rossdorfer Racing Team
Bernard Fau
Thierry Vanhollebeke
Gregory Botty – BG Racing
Erik Kjuus
Jonathan Lesceux – JLJ Racing Team
Maurizio Bottalico – BRS
Superbike:
Lukas Maurer – Maurer Racing
Patrick Hoff – Neumann Racing
Pontus Roestlinger – PoEm Racing
Nico Muller – Muller Motorsport by Edeka Meisel
Jaroslaw Szczesny – SRT supported by Kopec Racing
Virgil Amber Bloemhard – Performance Racing Achterhoek
Paul Manx – Van Eijs Technical Support
Luca Gottardi – Syntainics Racing by Penz 13
Didier Grams – G&G Motorsport by BMW Motorrad
Morgan Baplu – Vodden en Been Racing Team
Rhys Hardisty – Never Be Clever Racing
Lasse Karki – Team Vuokrakontti
Markus Karlsson – Hoffmann by MRP
Johannes Schwimmbeck – MTP Racing Team
Richard Charlton – RCR
Mike Ceuppens – Texas Motors
Reinhard Strack – Mogli Racing Team
Olivier Lupberger – Team Moto Meile/Lupberger
Rob Van Eijs – Van Eijs Technical Support
Forest Dunn – Never Be Clever Racing
Emil Krchnavy – ZD Motorsport
Dirk Walter – DWR99
Christoph Kreller – KRC Racing Crew
Laurent Hoffmann – Hoffmann by MRP
Wally Jacobs – Rob Van Eijs
Rene Grundei – ZSG Racing
Florian Astner
Patrick Van Der Eecken – Pure Capital Racing
Amalric Blanc
Erno Kostamo – 38 Motorsport Syntainics
Davy Maes – Mototech/DM43
Andy Anen – Mototech.lu
Thijs Peeters – Peeters Racing
Jean Pierre Polet – JPM Racing Team
Gabriel Pons – ITeM17-Innovation Technique Moto
Salvatore Sallustro – 4S Riding School ASD
Photo credit: Mark Corlett
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
