Dierckens/Rostingt win the Belgian Championship sidecar cross in Gooik!
Arne Dierckens/Luc Rostingt managed to win the well-occupied BK Sidecars in Gooik. With a first and third place in the heats, they managed to become the winner of the day ahead of Veldman/Janssens and Vanluchene/Van den Boogaart.
A perfectly laid out cross track and a collaboration between various associations turned out well. Finally we saw a well-stocked list of participants in the Belgian Championship with about 29 sidecars in Gooik. The name of Jason Vandaele was special. After 2017 months of not doing anything on a sidecar due to all kinds of injuries, the 10 Belgian champion rode for a one-off, together with top racing driver Robbie Bax.
Dierckens/Rostingt took the holeshot in the first heat and would also win the heat. Santermans/Beleckas were fourth but quickly passed Vanluchene and Veldman and finished second. Veldman/Janssens in turn finished third after a fierce duel with Van Werven/Mans who would finish fourth. Vanluchene/Van den Boogaart then finished fifth after a replacement of non-functioning motocross goggles and problems with the dead man's button. In sixth place, albeit with a nice gap to the top five, we saw Vandaele/Bax at the finish. A great result for someone who has done nothing for months in sidecar cross with which Vandaele clearly proved his class in Gooik!
In the second heat there was no match for Vanluchene/Van den Boogaart and Veldman/Janssens. Side by side they came through the first corners, after which Vanluchene came out on top. Vanluchene/Van den Boogaart did not give up first place in this second heat and were therefore flagged first, with the increasingly strong combination of Veldman/Janssens in second place. Half a minute later, Dierckens crossed the line and won the BK in Gooik in the day's results after winning in heat 1. Santermans first competed for the top places, but experienced an incident and fell back, but still managed to get to to take fourth place. Then on fifth we again saw surprisingly good Vandaele/Bax and on sixth Stanneke Goeyvaerts/Dennis van der Bulck crossed the finish line after a strong heat. Van Werven/Mans dropped out of the top five after problems with the clutch.
So Dierckens/Rostingt took the victory with two Veldman/Janssens and three Vanluchene/Van den Boogaart who retained the lead in the 2018 Belgian Sidecar Cross Championships.
The next competition for the Belgian Sidecar Cross will take place on July 15 in Hasselt, where MC Santi will organize a spectacular final!
Full results BK sidecar cross Gooik 2018
Text: Emil Bilars
Photo: www.orangehat.nl
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