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Published: 28 December 2020

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Published: 09 May 2018

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Published: 13 March 2015

It was not said who would be the champions of the IRRC edition. So the tension was high before the last races in Frohburg (Germany). German rider Didier Grams had the best chance in the Superbike category. He needed only 10 points to be the Superbike champion for the fifth time. Dutchmen Johan Fredriks was second. The practise showed the same as the championship. Grams on pole position before Fredriks. On the third place multiple TT Man winner Michael Dunlop and on the fourth place Matti Seidel.

Fredriks took the lead after the start in the first race. Grams was second before Dunlop, Seidel, vd Hoek and Kreutz. Fredriks hold the lead till three laps before the finish line. Grams took over the lead and showed who was the man to beat this season. He won with a difference of 0,6 seconds. Second was Fredriks, third Dunlop. Seidel and Kreutz were fourth hand fifth.

Vd Hoek had a magnificence start in the second race but he could not hold the lead. Fredriks, Grams, Seidel and Dunlop overtook him in the first lap. Grams took over the lead in the fourth lap before Fredriks but Seidel, Dunlop and vd Hoek stayed close and changed position a lot of times.

In the end Seidel won the battle for the third place. Vd Hoek won the battle for the fourth place. Marnix d’Hondt was fifth after a recovery of almost one year. Didier Grams was the best of 2014 and won the Superbike championship. The two Dutchmen Fredriks and Bakker joined him on the podium.

The tension before the two Supersport races was even higher. Joey den Besten (NL) had the lead with only one point difference. The Czech rider Cerveney was second and Baken (B) third.

The leader in the championship had two bad practise sessions. He trained himself to the fifteenth place due to problems with the bike. Guest rider Antweiler had pole position on his fast 3 cylinder MV. Den Besten started as a arrow that left the bow. After the first lap the was ninth. More important for him, Cerveny left the race after a crash at the back of the circuit. Den Besten had only one mission after that and that was reaching the finish line. He succeeded his mission and ended the race on fifth place. That meant he had a advantage of 17 points for the last race. Antweiler won the race. Dokupil was second Kreutz third and Baken fourth.

There was a crash in the first corner after the start of the second race. Den Besten had some luck and could pass the crowd at the inside of the corner. After the first lap Baken had the lead before Cerveney and den Besten. Halfway Kreutz overtook den Besten but the fourth place was enough to win the overall Supersport championship.

Overall IRRC Superbike championship 2014

1. Didier Grams       Germany      
2. Johan Fredriks     Netherlands
3. Frank Bakker       Netherlands
4. Thomas Kreutz    Germany
5. Ales Nechvatal     Czech Republic

Overall IRRC Supersport championship 2014

1. Joey den Besten   Netherlands
2. Timothy Baken     Belgium
3. Marek Cerveny     Czech Republic
4. Thomas Kreutz     Germany
5. Anders Blaha         Denmark

The IRRC organisation looks back with mixed feelings. There were more riders in this year’s championship, which meant the organisation could split up the Superbike and Supersport races. There were 32 Supersport championship riders and due to that hardly any guest riders. In the Superbike races there were some guest riders each races. The organisation hopes the Superbike championship will be as crowded as the Supersport championship next year.

The IRRC championship was confronted with the dark sides of motor racing in Chimay. Two championship riders, Vick de Cooremeter and Thilo Häfele lost their lifes after a crash.

The organisation is looking forward to 2015. We expect to visit the same circuits as this year. At the end of this year we will publish the exact plans for 2015.

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Published: 05 December 2013

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Published: 07 May 2013

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Published: 06 May 2013

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Published: 06 May 2013

2018 

The IRRC competition and activities have been privatised in 2018 and incorporated into 'Stichting International Road Racing Championship'. This foundation has been established in 2018.

2012

Splitting the IRRC-competition in Superbike & Supersport. 

2010

More circuits approached in 2009 the organisation of the ‘3 Nations Cup’ to join the competition in 2010. Drivers from countries other than the organising countries had the same question. So it was time for a change, time for a new competition. A new competition needed a new name. The new name was International Road Racing Championship (IRRC). The goal was still the same: an international competition on road circuits. The amount of circuits of the competition was expanded in 2010. Besides the races in Hengelo, Oostende and Frohburg there were also races at Chimay (Belgium), Oss (Netherlands), Terlicko (Czech Republic), Horice (Czech Republic) and Schleiz (Germany). 

2003

The motorclubs HAMOVE (Hengelo Gld, The Netherlands), KV Ostend Motorsport vzw (Oostende, Belgium) and MSC Frohburger Dreieck (Frohburg, Germany) have started an international competition in 2003. The name of the competition was ‘3 Nations Cup’. The goal of this cup was an international competition between 10 Dutch drivers, 10 Belgium drivers and 10 German drivers. The total competition existed of 6 manches, 2 at every event (Hengelo, Oostende & Frohburg). 

These are the circuits where the IRRC & 3 Nations Cup have raced:

• 2021: Chimay (BE) - Horice (CZ) - Hengelo (NL) - Frohburg (DE)
• 2020: no races held due to covid-19 pandemic 
• 2019: Hengelo (NL) - Imatra (FI) - Terlicko (CZ) - Chimay (BE) - Horice (CZ) - Frohburg (DE)
• 2018: Hengelo (NL) - Terlicko (CZ) - Imatra (FIN) - Chimay (B) - Horice (CZ) - Frohburg (D)
• 2017: Hengelo (NL) - Imatra (FIN) - Chimay (B) - Schleiz (D) - Horice (CZ) - Frohburg (D)
• 2016: Hengelo (NL) - Oss (NL) - Chimay (B) - Horice (CZ) - Imatra (FIN) - Frohburg (D)
• 2015: Hengelo (NL) - Oss (NL) - Oostende (B) - Chimay (B) - Horice (CZ) - Frohburg (D)
• 2014: Hengelo (NL) - Oss (NL) - Oostende (B) - Chimay (B) - Horice (CZ) - Frohburg (D)
• 2013: Hengelo (NL) - Oostende (B) - Chimay (B) - Frohburg (D)
• 2012: Schleiz (D) - Hengelo (NL) - Chimay (B) - Terlicko (CZ) - Frohburg (D)
• 2011: Schleiz (D) - Hengelo (NL) - Chimay (B) - Terlicko (CZ) - Frohburg (D)
• 2010: Hengelo (NL) - Oostende (B) - Chimay (B) - Schleiz (D) - Frohburg (D)
• 2003 until 2009: Hengelo (NL) - Oostende (B) - Frohburg (D)

The top 3-results of the IRRC and 3 Nations Cup are:

International Road Racing Championship

• 2021-SBK: 1. Didier GRAMS (DE) - 2. Lukas MAURER (CH) - 3. Joey DEN BESTEN (NL)
• 2021-SSP: 1. Pierre-Yves BIAN (FR) - 2. Ilja CALJOUW (NL) - 3. Petr NAJMAN (CZ)

• 2019-SBK: 1. Davey TODD (GB) - 2. Didier GRAMS (DE) - 3. Marek CERVENY (CZ)
• 2019-SSP: 1. Matthieu LAGRIVE (FR) - 2. Laurent HOFFMANN (BE) - 3. Christian SCHMITZ (DE)

• 2018-SBK: 1. Danny WEBB (GB) - 2. Didier GRAMS (D) - 3. Erno KOSTAMO (FI)
• 2018-SSP: 1. Matthieu LAGRIVE (F) - 2. Laurent HOFFMANN (B) - 3. Thomas WALTHER (D)

• 2017-SBK: 1. Sebastian LE GRELLE (B) - 2. Marek CERVENY (CZ) - 3. Didier GRAMS (D)
• 2017-SSP: 1. Joey DEN BESTEN (NL) - 2. Thomas WALTHER (D) - 3. Piere-Yves BIAN (F)
  
  
• 2016-SBK: 1. Vincent LONBOIS (B) - 2. Sebastian LE GRELLE (B) - 3. Didier GRAMS (D)
• 2016-SSP: 1. Marek CERVENY (CZ) - 2. Joey DEN BESTEN (NL) - 3. Thomas WALTHER (D)
  
  
• 2015-SBK: 1. Sebastien LE GRELLE (B) - 2. Johan FREDRIKS (NL) - 3. Didier GRAMS (D)
• 2015-SSP: 1. Marek CERVENY (CZ) - 2. Joey DEN BESTEN (NL) - 3. Laurent HOFFMANN (B)
  
  
• 2014-SBK: 1. Didier GRAMS (D) - 2. Johan FREDRIKS (NL) - 3. Frank BAKKER (NL)
• 2014-SSP: 1. Joey DEN BESTEN (NL) - Timothy BAKEN (B) - 3. Marek CERVENY (CZ)
  
  
• 2013-SBK: 1. Didier GRAMS (D) - 2. Nicky DE WIT (B) - 3. Vick DE COOREMETER (B)
• 2013-SSP: 1. Laurent HOFFMANN (B) - 2. Thomas KREUTZ (D) - 3. Marcel ZUURBIER (NL)
  
  
• 2012-SBK: 1. Branko SRDANOV (NL) - 2. Didier GRAMS (D) - 3. Frank BAKKER (NL)
• 2012-SSP: 1. Laurent HOFFMANN (B) - 2. Torben REUELS (D) - 3. Hans SMEES (NL)
  
  
• 2011: 1. Dider GRAMS (D) - 2. Frank BAKKER (NL) - 3. Tom VAN LOOY (B)
  
  
• 2010: 1. Didier GRAMS (D) - 2. Wim THEUNISSEN (NL) - 3. Thilo Häfele (D)

3 Nations Cup

• 2009: 1. Didier GRAMS (D) - 2. Stefan DEMEULEMEESTER (B) - Wim THEUNISSEN (NL)
• 2008: 1. Stefan DEMEULEMESTER (B) - 2. Didier GRAMS - 3. Johan FREDRIKS (NL)
• 2007: 1. Denny LANNOO (B) - 2. Alex VERLEYE (B) - 3. Bernd SCHEEDER (D)
• 2006: 1. Denny LANNOO (B) - 2. Wim VAN DEN BROECK (B) - 3. Didier BOELENS (B)
• 2005: 1. Kris JENNES (B) - 2. Wim VAN DEN BROECK (B) - 3. Patrick QUINTENS (B)
• 2004: 1. Kris JENNES (B) - 2. David DRIEGHE (B) - 3. Marnix D’HONDT (B)
• 2003: 1. Kris JENNES (B) - 2. Gunther ROELENS (B) - Leon THIJSSEN (NL)

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Published: 06 May 2013

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Published: 06 May 2013