BNL Karting Series - Round 3 - Erftlandring , Kerpen 
24-25 August

Mini MAX & Mini MAX Rookie: Jenson Chalk (#164 – GBR) would further extend his lead in the championship standings, having taken a clean sweep at the weekend, ending up victorious in the Final by 0.220 seconds ahead of Belgium’s Jef Verbeke (#126 – Bouvin Power). Hunter Motorsport’s Max Jolly (#114 – GBR) again impressed on only his second visit to Europe by securing third, having started outside of the top ten, with KR-Sport new addition Jack Freeman (#193 – GBR) and Michal Zajac rounding out the top five in the class.

Latvia’s Theo Steindal (#30 – GKS Lemmens Power) would also make an impressive debut in Mini MAX Rookie, ending up fifth overall in the Final and taking the class win, ahead of Albert Pharaoh (#42 – GBR – DHR) and Ryan Rampadarath (#32 – NED – SP Motorsport).

Mini MAX Standings Top 5:
1 – Jenson Chalk: 471 points
2 – Michal Zajac: 433 points
3 – Vince Vanderhallen: 421 points
4 – Vic Van Campenhout: 410 points
5 – AJ Burggraaff: 405 points

Mini MAX Rookie Standings Top 5:
1 – Ryan Rampadarath: 351 points
2 – Yesse Moonen: 301 points
3 – Albert Pharoah: 283 points
4 – Tristan Abeels: 252 points
5 – Theo Steindal: 131 points

Junior MAX: Dan Holland Racing’s Jacob Ashcroft (#222 – GBR) would become the new championship leader after what was an ultra-competitive weekend in the Junior ranks in Kerpen. Last year’s Mini MAX champion would take the lead at turn five on the penultimate lap of the Final in order to break the dominance run of Bouvin Power’s Boaz Maximov, who was leading the way after the Super Heats.
Ashcroft would take the win by a mere 0.083 seconds ahead of Bran Vanderveken (#290 – BEL – Bouvin Power), with Mate Kobakhidze (#291 – Dan Holland Racing) rounding out the top three, having his best run of form to date. The Georgian would also impress with a fantastic outside overtake into turn three on the last lap of the Final.

Junior MAX Standings Top 5:
1 – Jacob Ashcroft: 465 points
2 – Boaz Maximov: 442 points
3 – Ties Van Wijk: 423 points
4 – Cameron Nelson: 408 points
5 – Ollie Wise: 375 points

Senior MAX: Vic Stevens (#327) would be another driver to take a maximum score of points in Kerpen, as the Bouvin Power driver would be on his best form, making sure he closed the gap to points leader Jayden Thien (#359 – NED – Dan Holland Racing).
The Belgian would comfortably win the Final by just over half a second from Thien, whilst the UK’s Macauley Bishop (#367 – Dan Holland Racing) would also keep himself in the hunt for the Senior title by finishing third. Lawrence Herbots (#398 – BEL – Bouvin Power) and Olivier Jonckers (#316 – BEL – Daems Racing Team) would also be in the hunt for the win in the Final, but both would have to settle rounding out the top five after 20 laps.

Senior MAX Standings Top 5:
1 – Jayden Thien: 473 points
2 – Vic Stevens: 454 points
3 – Macauley Bishop: 447 points
4 – Sverre Ubben: 417 points
5 – Lawrence Herbots: 407 points


DD2 & DD2 Masters: Germany’s Nikita Gense (#407 – Dörr Motorsport) would be untouchable on home soil, not only taking a maximum haul of championship points, but would also take the lead in the championship heading into the final round at the end of September. Gense would win the Final by 1.507 seconds ahead of Imke Arts (#405 – NED), who moves up into third in the standings, having had a good run over the course of the weekend.
Denmark’s Frederik Zebis Christensen (#433 – RS Competition) would have to settle for the final step of the rostrum, but only trails Gense by 15 points heading into the Genk Finale. Germany’s Mats Johan Overhoff (#401) and Nicolas Guillaume (#491 – BEL – SP Motorsport) rounded out the top five in the Final.
This year’s DD2 Masters crown will go down to the wire, as Germany’s Michael Becker (#504) took the class win in the Final and would keep both championship leader Carl Cleirbaut (#540 – BEL) and Christophe Capitaine (#599 – FRA – RM Concept) at bay to move to within 8 points of Cleirbaut.

DD2 Standings Top 5:
1 – Nikita Gense: 470 points
2 – Frederik Zebis Christensen: 455 points
3 – Imke Arts: 426 points
4 – Dylan Lahaye: 422 points
5 – Nicolas Guillaume: 413 points

DD2 Masters Standings Top 5:
1 – Carl Cleirbaut: 358 points
2 – Michael Becker: 350 points
3 – Christophe Capitaine: 345 points
4 – Nikolai Kristensen: 147 points
5 – Kamil Kubera: 70 points

The final round of the 2024 BNL Karting Series season will see the drivers return once again to Karting Genk on September 28th & 29th to witness who will become champion and who will secure a prestigious entry for the 25th Anniversary of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Sarno, Italy!