Come Geenen is back into the lead of the 2024 IRRC Superbike Championship, following a record-breaking ride to opening big-bike honours.
100-plate carrier Geenen, who obtained a sparkling new meeting lap record of 1:36.533 seconds, took P1 laurels by 4.14 seconds over race pole-sitter, David Datzer.
Datzer was additionally inside the now prior existing record (Vincent Lonbois – 2018 event – 1:36.836), sweeping up on lap seven, same lap that Geenen was on history making pace, a lap time of 1:36.779 seconds.
Third place attainer Thijs Peeters, also wasn’t far off record speed, slotting in a low 1:37 seconds lap time.
Fourth to sixth positions from the nine-lap SBK encounter, went respectively to top non-BMW powered pilot Gabriel Pons, Lukas Maurer and Markus Karlsson.
IRRC wins record holder Didier Grams was seventh, Jorn Hamberg accrued eighth, Luca Gottardi obtained ninth with France’s second quickest ever TT Races participant, Jonathan Goetschy banking the final position on the top ten leaderboard.
Sole British rider competing, Never Be Clever Racing’s Rhys Hardisty, was a creditable fifteenth.
IRRC Chimay – Superbike Race 1 Result:
1st – Come Geenen
2nd – David Datzer
3rd – Thijs Peeters
4th – Gabriel Pons
5th – Lukas Maurer
6th – Markus Karlsson
7th – Didier Grams
8th – Jorn Hamberg
9th – Luca Gottardi
10th – Jonathan Goetschy
11th – Mike Parmentier
12th – Wally Jacobs
13th – Johannes Schwimmbeck
14th – Laurent Hoffmann
15th – Rhys Hardisty
16th – Erwan Bannwart
17th – Eddy Ferre
18th – Fedrik Matthys
19th – Christophe Guerouah
20th – Tiziano Rosati
21st – Stephane Bednarek
22nd – Antoine Brault
23rd – Rene Grundei
24th – Julien Cregniot
25th – Mike Ceuppens
26th – Jakub Sprojcar
27th – Emil Krchnavy
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou