Rick Vrielijnck wins Dutch 1/8th Nats Rd5

The weather forecast was to expect rain for the 5th round of the Dutch 1/8th scale National championships but thankfully it was wrong and the whole day saw dry weather on the MACH track in Heemstede. Qualifying saw Rick V with the Mugen MRX-5 did take the pole position 2 seconds in front of Ilia v. Gastel, with the 3rd spot going to Robin d’Hondt and in the 4th and final direct final spot was Jordy Block.

At the start of the main final Rick took the lead with Ilia was close behind him. Robin d’Hondt was driving a strong race until he had engine problems, with this he saw any chance becoming Dutch champion come to an end. In the last 2 minutes Rick had a one and an half lap lead on Ilia and started to save his engine to bring his car home. Ilia was closing in to Rick but in the end Rick could take the win in front of Ilia with Jordy Blok taking 3rd.

The final result of the NK

1. Rick Vrielijnck – 120 Laps in 30:00.124 - Tornado fuel
2. Ilia van Gastel – 119 Laps in 30:01.150
3. Jordy Blok – 117 Laps in 30:00.712
4. Steven Cuypers – 117 Laps in 30:02.466
5. Joey Sorber – 114 Laps in 30:04.043
6. Stefan Koenders – 109 Laps in 30:12.866
7. Gunther van Staey – 108 Laps in 30:10.898 - Tornado Fuel
8. Frank Baggen – 93 Laps in 30:11.673 - Tornado Fuel
9. Robin D’hondt – 52 Laps in 12:43.688
10.Daan Haling – 44 Laps in 18:17.005