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Surprisingly there is only 14 currently booked in for the sweeping track of Sexberium, where the second championship of the season is up for grabs: THE DUTCH CHAMPIONSHIP If you fancy a late booking for one of the most unique events in the calendar, then please book in here. Cheers Johno

Thanks very much to Dazza for the following Dutch Championship Preview. The Dutch Championship takes place tomorrow night at Sexberium, start time 8pm. It is set to be a fantastic meeting, as the final is gridded 3 a breast, with a clutch start. Bookings are being taken on the forum. UkDirt rFactor Dutch Open 2009 Welcome to shortish! preview of the 2009 UkDirt F1 Dutch Open. Plenty of drivers are expected for what is a big meeting across the water in Cloggy Land. Lets get the low down on some of the drivers. TomD Tom is the first driver this year to get a mention. Tom has been in outstanding form this year which has resulted in him being at the top of the National Points chart. Tom has had 3 final successes this year at Sheffield, Belle Vue and Knockhill, the latter carrying the coveted Scottish Championship. This also proves the he is very comfortable on both surfaces so will more then likely start as one of the pre race favourites, and maybe the driver to catch in the speed stakes. Kruiz Kruiz is having another good year this year despite by his own admission having a poor grading period last time out. Kruiz has shown this year that he too is comforatable on both tarmac and shale by taking a win at Bradford (tar) and at this years World Venue Kings Lynn. Currently lying second in the National Points table, Kruiz will again be going into the Dutch race a pre race favourite. MoR MoR is the current National Series leader after a year of more consistent starts and finishes and could well be the driver to watch in the big race. MoR however is the only driver in the top 4 of the National Points chart who is yet to take a final win this season and would love that to change here. MoR Certainly one of the quicker drivers on the loose stuff, I for one am expecting a good finish for MoR here. Lee Young gun Lee had a very promising start to the year and has currently settled into his Red grade and 4th place in the National Points table. He won the opening meeting of the season at Buxton and followed that up with a final win at the Clutch Start Classic at Sheffield. Yet to take a title in UkDirt F1’s but with his hard hitting style temperament could be the difference in him doing so or not. JK Leading the Dutch charge this year is JK who for me is having a stormer of a season so far. Currently sitting 5th in the National points table with an average of just over 20, JK will be looking to put in a good performance on his home turf. JK for me is a better tarmac driver which may mean that he will struggle a bit around Sexbierum, but still however will be one to keep an eye out for. Johno Certainly one of the most improved drivers in the consistency stakes over the last couple of years who went from a yellow grade driver up into Red territory where he seems more then happy. Despite taking a very healthy 8 wins this year, none of them have been in a final, a fact which Johno will sure to be looking to change. Similar to JK, I rate him as far better tarmac driver which may hold him back a little in his quest for the gold stripes. Walker Blue top Walker has certainly gone from strength to strength this year after a decent winter series and currently finds himself sat in a respectable 7th in the Nation Points table. A win in the final at Ipswich is his only final win to date but Walker is the kind of driver to turn on the consistent performances at meetings which matter so it wouldn’t be a surprise to see his name near the top of the leader board heading into the final few laps. IronMac Iron for me is one of the most under rated drivers out there. Started the season at red which then saw a downgrade to blue and then finally yellow, but after a couple of super meetings at Cowdenbeath and Hednesford he has seen himself back In amongst the blue grade. No stranger to final wins this year with an impressive 3 but by his own admission doesn’t like the shale as much as tarmac so may struggle to land the big one. Mike (315) Mike will be hoping to repeat his final success of earlier on in the season at Sexbierum, but other then that success and another decent drive at Skegness to take the Uk Open title it could be classed a disappointing season for the Dutch man. However, a title on home soil maybe what he needs to give him that boost that could kick start the rest of his season, and maybe a decent bet for a top 3 finish in the big race. Tosh Similar to Mke, I think Tosh will be disappointed in how his season has turned out thus far. Was a real danger man at the start of the year with some blistering pace but has seemed to lack those consistent finishes, despite that he has picked up a final win on the tarmac of Skegness. From memory, Tosh goes well at Sexbierum, so if he can get a good start and avoid too much contact could be another who is in the running for a decent finish. Mike (2) Previous heat World Champion Mike has made a very successful switch to rFactor F1’s, boasting an impressive 23.5 average over the 12 meetings he has raced. Has tasted final success at Baarlo earlier on this season, and may prove to be another dark horse if he races on Thursday due to his consistency when in amongst other cars and knowing what it takes to get the right result. Murf Murf is another to have a really decent year with 7 race wins already including 2 finals. His average of just short of 20 should maybe see him in amongst the red grade drivers which is where I think he belongs. Is a driver who tends to get through scrappy races well which could be an advantage for him if he gets a good start in the main race. Grasser Grass was earmarked as one of the danger men at the start of the year, unfortunately limited appearances have hampered his National Points position. Saying that , he has picked up a final win at Skegness and then followed that up with up with a final at Birmingham, maybe slightly better on tarmac but is certainly talented enough to win here providing he gets some luck. and he attends! Aub Aub will probably be very disappointed with his season, despite racing 15 meetings he is averaging just 10.33 which may have something to do with him being stuck at red due to his British Title win last year. Aub however is a much better driver then statistics may suggest and if he chooses to race may well have a real blast round and end up finishing in a good position. Travel Ever present Trav has picked up 3 wins this year, unfortunately not a final but it could well be a matter of time. Struggled on shale earlier on in the year, but has remained one of the more consistent yellow grade drivers. Maybe an outside bet for the win but he certainly wont go down without a fight! FastTrack A very similar story to Trav with Fasttrack, he is averaging slightly better but hasn’t raced quite as often. Has managed to finish at the front of the pack on more then one occasion and, providing he races will be looking to do so again. Would be nice to see him with a top 10 finish Matty Matty is another of my most under rated drivers. For me should be a lot higher up the grid then he is, but will start , if he chooses to race on Thursday from Yellow. His best performance has come on Shale at Sheffield so will be looking to improve recent results here, again would be nice to see Matty walk away in the main race with a decent position. Hooty Despite only a handful of starts Hooty has shown some promise with an average of just short of 20. From pre release testing it was obvious hooty was decent on shale and a turn out from him could throw the cat amongst the pigeons in the main race. Other drivers to keep an eye out for. More drivers which are capable of grabbing the headlines in the rFactor F1 newsletter are Dode, MadCowie and Munis, all of whom are more then comfortable at the wheel of an F1. Munis has gained a 25 point average from his starts and if he chooses to race will certainly be a favourite amongst the lower graded drivers. Dode has not raced this year as much as expected but is another who is able to get breaks using the bumper and then pressing home the advantage. Cowie has got a very respectable 17.5 avearge from his meetings this year and has gained a red roof for his efforts, although that may hinder him if he makes an appearance here at Sexbierum. Prediction: It will surely be a hard fought race where anything will go, but Sexbierum traditionally is favoured by the higher graded drivers so here goes. 112, 136, 137, 8, 531, 3, 363, 288, 315

Points Championships After Hednesford (17/6/2009) www.kev149.com WILL BE UP TO DATE THIS WEEKEND, AND SHOULD BE TAKEN AS OFFICIAL

Top work Walker - well done

Sorry Mav, I dont tend to take drivers off until the end, and I forgot in this case. And JK, I forgot to add you onto the sheet. It's not been a good night for me and excel - I drop the ball I think in terms of the National Series by not including peoples jokers, so Ineed to tweak that too. I will sort it all out tomorrow night. Cheers Johno

I will update the points charts later tonight guys - gotta nip out. Cheers Johno

Hello Guys, First of all, thanks to everyone that raced tonight. It certainly was a chaotic meeting. Thanks very much to Kev for being the steward for the evening. Onto the meeting, and it is a big well doen to Ironmac, who took another final win, and is certainly making head roads in the world championship points chart. Congratualtions to Munis on being the top scorer on the night. EDIT: Sorry Munis, you just missed out of being top scorer - I forgot to give Ironmac double points. Results: Heat 1: 527 363 17 16 2 365 188 137 561 3 Heat 2: 288 561 531 2 136 8 391 365 221 11 Heat 3: 363 16 17 531 391 11 112 3 136 137 A-Final: 288 363 531 112 17 11 561 3 16 221 GN 1: 17 11 561 527 531 137 365 2 288 112 Points: 39 pts 288 Ironmac 38 pts 17 Munis 36 pts 531 Lee 35 pts 363 Walker 27 pts 561 Murf 26 pts 11 Chevy 20 pts 112 TomD 18 pts 16 JK 16 pts 527 Fasttrack 13 pts 2 Michael 10 pts 3 Johno 9 pts 365 Trav 8 pts 137 MoR 6 pts 391 Corny 5 pts 221 Spike 5 pts 136 Kruiz 3 pts 8 Tosh 2 pts 188 Aub 0 pts 52 Kev 0 pts 315 Mike 0 pts 323 Madcowie I think at times, the meeting got a little heated. I think it is fair to say that the reds certainly are not working together, and with the large amount of them, it certainly makes the racing tough. Wilst personally I do like to work together and race, I see the problem more being the number of people that use to curb to hit people. At every track now we have a curb, or rumble strips, and people are starting to use these to hit people. Nw whilst I think it would be hard to punish people for using them on issolated incidents, I think that perhaps we need to punish people for excessive use of the curbs to hit people. What this does is t-bone drivers, and then they get really heated up and then hard hits start going in. I am afraid I find myself diving at someone tonight because I was getting annoyed at this, and I consider myself quite a plasid driver that doesnt react to too much. What do you guys think? Something worth looking at? I think that the racing has been good this year, and last night was superb, and perhaps this was just a issolated night in your peoples eyes, but lets remember, this season has been good, with winners coming from all over the grid. Let's make sure we try to stay positive, and perhaps along the way, tweak a few things to make the racing even better. Cheers Johno

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Hello Guys, With 20 drivers booked in, I am currently in between plans for the meeting. I have put the heats out as follows, but it may change to an all in meeting. HEAT GRIDS: Heat 1: 52, 221, 17, 365, 527, 363, 561, 8, 137, 188, 315, 2, 112 Heat 2: 11, 52, 221, 288, 365, 391, 561, 3, 188, 315, 323, 531, 2, 136 Heat 3: 11, 17, 288, 391, 527, 363, 3, 8, 137, 323, 531, 112, 136 This is the booking list I have, please check that you are on it: 11 Chevy 52 Kev 221 Spike 525 Mav 17 Munis 288 Ironmac 365 Trav 391 Corny 527 Fasttrack 363 Walker 561 Murf 3 Johno 8 Tosh 137 MoR 188 Aub 315 Mike 323 Madcowie 531 Lee 2 Michael 112 TomD 136 Kruiz Cheers Johno

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As the topic says, book in here if you would like a late one, or cancel if needs be.

The issue will be looked into. Cheers Johno

Points Championships After Birmingham (17/6/2009)

Hello Guys, Sorry for the slight delay - I am afraid I have been on the phone to the lovely customer service department at Orange. Anyway, back to tonight, and its a big thank you to Spike for running the meeting, and to Kev for being the meeting steward. For the second week on the trot, the final winner is blue grade driver Murf #561. He has clearly got used to the game now, and is taking full advantage of his blue grade status. There is no doubt that this will be changing with the end of the grading period coming up tomorrow night. That said, it was a consistant performance from Fasttrack #527, that sees him finish as top points scorer for the meeting, so well done to him. Results: Heat 1: 112 188 2 288 233 3 500 323 365 531 Heat 2: 531 561 221 527 112 136 525 3 17 16 Heat 3: 288 188 16 488 323 2 525 363 527 365 A-Final: 561 17 16 527 112 233 323 2 136 531 GN 1: 527 525 599 500 323 112 16 136 3 17 Points: 34 pts 527 fast track 32 pts 561 Murf 32 pts 112 Tom D 30 pts 16 JK 23 pts 17 munis 22 pts 323 madcowie 17 pts 2 Michael 16 pts 233 Grasser 14 pts 525 Maverick 14 pts 188 Aub 13 pts 288 Ironmac 13 pts 531 Lee 13 pts 136 Kruiz 10 pts 500 Allstar 9 pts 599 Harold 7 pts 3 Johno 6 pts 221 Spike 5 pts 488 dave 2 pts 365 travel 1 pts 363 razza 0 pts 492 Earache 0 pts 8 tosh874 0 pts 315 Mike Thanks to everyone that raced tonight in the meeting - it really was great to see such a high attendance for a meeting that carries non of the main championship points. All the same, it is good to take to the track with no pressure on, and hopefully, it is adding valuable experience to some of the lower grade drivers. Anyway, you very priviliaged this week, in that this was the first of 2 meetings - TOMORROW sees us return to the hills of HEDNESFORD, where we will be chasing WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING POINTS and NATIONAL SERIES POINTS. So, if you fancy a slot on a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL GRID or wish to imporve your current grid slot, then tomorrow is the time to do it. Cheers Johno

Thanks for the pictures Tosh - always great to look at. The racing was superb on Thursday, and it has been for a good few weeks now - let's hope it stays that way as we are heading into crunch time in the season!! Cheers Johno

WHITE Chevy #11 Tinman #48 Kev #52 Spike #221 Mav #525 Harold #599 YELLOW Munis #7 Jarry #164 Ironmac #288 Trav #365 Corny #391 Dave #488 Fastrack #527 BLUE Jimmy #259 Walker #363 Murf #561 RED Johno #3 Tosh #8 JK #16 MoR #137 Aub #188 Madcowie #323 Lee #531 SUPERSTAR Michael #2 TomD #112 Kruiz #136 Total: 19

Hello Guys, With Rfactor F1 running 2 meetings this week, we therefore need a booking thread for one of the meetings. So therefore, the following arrangements have been made. WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE - BIRMINGHAM Book in on the UK Drt Website THURSDAY 18th JUNE - HEDNESFORD World Championship Qualifying Round and National Series Round Book in on this thread I will try and keep the booking list for the Thursday meeting up to date, on the post below, during the coming week. Will we see a few surprise names on the list with only 2 qualifying rounds left? Johno

First of all, thanks very much to Spike for running the meeting, and Kev for being the steward for the evening. Once again, good to see that numbers are creeping up on shale too, and I do hope it continues as there are still some noticable names missing. I must say, Coventry is yet another superb venue, and should produce a fantastic British Championship in October. Well done to Murf on taking the meeting final, and it was a cracking drive to get 5th in the grand national. Murf seems a real threat on the shale currently, which is fantastic to see. Personally, it was a disaster poitns wise, but when I look back it was just purely bad luck. Not poor driving on my part, nor poor driving on anyone elses part, but Iwas purely and simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sometimes it happens like that!! Superb racing once again, and great to see very few complaints during the meeting chat. Cheers Johno

Hello Guys, Just a very quick reminder about next week: WEDNESDAY 17TH JUNE - START TIME: 7:45pm Birmingham - Another opportunity to tweak that semi final set up in race conditions. Nothing improves your set ups better than acutally racing with them and finding out how they handle in the heat of battle. This is also a big opportunity for those of you that are thinking about getting into rfactor F1, as there is no pressure in terms of points championships, but at the same time, it gives you the chance to have a go in an F1under race conditions. THURSDAY 18TH JUNE - START TIME: 8pm Hednesford - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING ROUND 11 and NATIONAL SERIES ROUND 13 - An absolutely huge meeting around the biggest short oval in Britain. The World Championship Qualifying Points Chart is now looking really tight, and despite Kruiz looking in control, the battle for the remaining front row grid slots is well underway. Don't forget, this is also the pernultimate round of the series, and if you want to try and get onto a semi final grid, or indeed improve your grid slot, then you are going to have to do so soon, as time is running out. If the Qualifying rounds were tight, then the National Series is definitly something else to keep your eye on. Not only do we have a battle for the lead in the points, but we have a new guy in that vital 6th place, Walker (363), with no fewer than 5 drivers all after that elusive last place. We are into the second half of the series now, and the is perhaps some drivers who are losing touch that perhaps need to think about playing their jokers. Tis series is possibly the hottest points championship in UK Dirt right now, and things can only get better!! Cheers Johno

Points Championships After Coventry (11/6/2009) White = National Points Yellow = National Series

Hello Guys, Sorry for being brief, but racing Heat next. Well done to Mruf on taking the final, and being the top scorer for the meeting. Results: Heat 1: 561 363 221 136 8 288 112 525 323 188 Heat 2: 561 365 8 391 137 527 136 3 531 488 Heat 3: 363 323 137 288 2 3 112 17 527 531 A-Final: 561 288 17 2 363 112 531 136 8 323 GN 1: 391 17 2 288 561 531 11 136 363 323 Points: 55 pts 561 Murf 36 pts 288 Ironmac 32 pts 363 razza 29 pts 17 munis 29 pts 2 Michael 19 pts 136 Kruiz 18 pts 531 Lee 17 pts 391 Corny 16 pts 8 tosh874 16 pts 112 Tom D 14 pts 323 Madcowie 10 pts 137 MoR 7 pts 365 travel 6 pts 221 Spike 5 pts 11 chevy 4 pts 527 fast track 4 pts 3 Johno 1 pts 525 Maverick 1 pts 488 dave 1 pts 188 Aub 0 pts 315 Mike Next week we have 2 meetings - WEDNESDAY night at BIRMINGHAM, and THURSDAY night at HEDNESFORD Cheers Johno

Points Championships After Cowdenbeath (4/6/2009)