YOKOHAMA at 24h race Zolder
02 Sep 2013

The 35th edition of the 24h race of Zolder took place from 29th to 31st August 2013. YOKOHAMA took part in the long endurance race with 5 cars, one car for each decade that the Zolder race circuit in Belgium has been in existence.

The racing team Skylimit competed with a Porsche 997 GT3 and a Porsche 996 GT3 cup.

Both Porsche from Skylimit enjoyed very good results with team van  Bouillon/Van Eename/Wijnschenck/Schoonjans finishing in 8th overall and the second team with drivers Vaes/Maes/Lammens/Van Ham finishing in 12th position overall.

In between the Porsche’s, another YOKOHAMA car achieved a meritorious 11th: place with drivers Hermans/Bonnet/Werckx/ De Neef/Caeldries from JJ Motorsport BMW.

The other two YOKOHAMA equipped cars from the Racingstar Project of Jan Wouters included 4 girls and 4 boys who were selected out of 1.000 participants who wanted to join the 24h race of Zolder. Considering their inexperience they performed well in their two Mazda MX-5 cars. The young talents were well supported by the advantage of the YOKOHAMA tyres which only needed to be changed one time per car during the 24 hours!  Both cars were equipped with YOKOHAMA ADVAN NEOVA AD08 tyres, which are developed speed and performance.

In the end, the girls’ car overtook the boys’ vehicle: with the white MX-5 driven by the ladies Maes/Bammens/Aelaerts/De Dauw finishing in 15th overall, also winning their class while the young gents Rausch/Herremans/Lievens/Eyckmans finished on 2nd position in their class and 17th overall.