By Varsselring specialist Thijs Peeters, turned on the style in IRRC Hengelo – Second Superbike Qualifying, going close to a sub 1:46 seconds lap time.
Peeters riding his own teams BMW, within the early stages of SBK Q2, was clocked at 1 minute 46.175 seconds.
Adam McLean (1.47.892 – Performance Racing Achterhoek Kawasaki) as in Q1, finished top full-time IRRC competitor, closest to 84 plate carrier Peeters.
Laurent Hoffmann (1.48.848 – Hoffmann by MRP BMW), IRRC Supersport Champion in 2012 and 2013, continued the good form he illustrated during the Briggs Equipment Northwest 200, by finishing third fastest.
Fellow Belgian, event-wildcard Mike Parmentier (1.49.564) narrowly outpaced Never Be Clever Racing’s Darryl Tweed (1.49.997) for fourth whilst top German rider in sixth was Nico Muller (1.50.920 – Muller Motorsport by Edeka Meisel BMW).
Wally Jacobs (1.50.948), sole Swedish rider competing Pontus Roestlinger (1.51.883) were seventh, eighth speediest respectively.
Wrapping up the SBK Q2 leader-board top 10 were Hoffmann by MRP’s Fedrik Matthys (1.52.006) and Austrian rider Florian Astner (1.53.319).
IRRC Hengelo – Superbike Second Qualifying Result:
1 – Thijs Peeters – 1.46.175
2 – Adam McLean – 1.47.892
3 – Laurent Hoffmann – 1.48.848
4 – Mike Parmentier – 1.49.564
5 – Darryl Tweed – 1.49.997
6 – Nico Muller – 1.50.920
7 – Wally Jacobs – 1.50.948
8 – Pontus Roestlinger – 1.51.883
9 – Fedrik Matthys – 1.52.006
10 – Florian Astner – 1.53.319
11 – Rhys Hardisty – 1.53.520
12 – David Brook – 1.54.303
13 – Lasse Karki – 1.55.088
14 – Christoph Kreller – 1.55.404
15 – Jakub Sprojcar – 1.55.577
16 – Patrick Van Der Eecken – 1.56.453
17 – Emil Krchnavy – 1.56.648
18 – Anssi Koski – 1.56.835
19 – Morgan Baplu – 1.57.696
20 – Rene MIkvy – 1.59.373
21 – Michal Podrabsky – 1.59.752
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
