Dutch only: Test mogelijkheden Junior Rotax Max World Finals La Conca
Zoals reeds bekend, zullen de Junioren de World Finals rijden op een Zanardi Kart.
Om zich optimaal te prepareren, hebben een aantal rijders reeds al getest bij Keijzer Racing, met de karts die gebruikt gaan worden tijdens deze races. Om niet achter te blijven, is er de mogelijkheid voor andere rijders om zich ook optimaal te prepareren en te testen met de Zanardi kart.
Naast het testen is er een mogelijkheid om de Zanardi karts over te nemen na de World Finals. De gebruikte karts zullen te koop aangeboden worden na afloop van de races.

Preview World Championship KF1
After being succesfull in several classes, Keijzer Racing didn't participate in the World Championship KF1. This year Keijzer Racing will be there for the first time, with 3 drivers.
As already know, Jack te Braak is one of the drivers for Keijzer Racing in the KF1 and also a contender for a podium position. Just like in Hahn, Germany, Jack will drive with the HP Race tuned Maxter Engines.
Not new in the KF1 class, but switch to Keijzer Racing is Ramon Kuipers.  Although he is familiar with the IAME Parilla engines, it will be his first time on the Zanardi Chassis at the world championship. Although it will be a difficult task, the pre-tests we're confident.
The second 'new' driver is Aleksi Mustonen. This Finnish driver has driven in the past for Maranello and CRG, but due to circumstances only participate in the Finnish Championship and became second overall. Last week he tested in Lonato and Parma, you couldn't see he did not drive international this year at all!
Check the CIK-FIA website for the entry list, time table and LIVE TIMING! >>>



European Championship KF3
Nyck De Vries had a hard time during the European KF3 Championship held in France, on the fast circuit of Varennes sur Allier. On his first attempt at this level of competition, the Dutch driver showed he had the potential to achieve a good result. Unfortunately, he was very unlucky during the weekend… read full story >>>



Keijzer Racing DKM and DJKM Champion 2008!

Although Jack was secure of his titel already, he won both races for the DKM Championship in Hahn, which brought his total to 4 out of 5 win!!
After Liedolsheim Nyck needed just a couple of points for the championship. With 2 wins, in both sprint and final, he is the 2008 DJKM champion and the second champion of Keijzer Racing!
Although Nyck secured his championship in the first race, Joey Elkerbout scored a 2nd place in the sprint race and 6th in the final race. Joey switched, just like Jack, to the engines of Maxter, from the factory tuner HP Race.
 With the 5th and 6th place of Dylan Davies, Keijzer Racing had a good weekend, with all drivers in the top 10 in Hahn, which was the last race for this season in the German Championship.



Final round European Championship
The final rounds of the KF1 and finals of the KF2 where held in Braga, Portugal.
Dylan Davies didn't qualify for the finals, Jack te Braak was the only driver this weekend.
Jack had a lot of engine troubles during this weekend, resulting in a disappointing weekend.
After a crash in the start of Race 1, Jack had to start all the way in the back, and had to retire with engine trouble in the second race.
Since Braga was the final race of the European Championship, Jack finished 16th in total.



Jack te Braak DKM Champion 2008!
After his vice-championship in 2007, Jack is the new champion in the DKM series!
After another victory in the sprint and final race, the third double of the year, Jack is now with one race to go, the new 2008 CHAMPION!
In the KF3 class, Nyck is heading up for a championship also. With a second place in the sprint race and a win in de final, he solid his place in the Championship.
Joey Elkerbout had also a good weekend in Liedolsheim, with a 6th and 7th in the finals, he finally scored some championship point.
Also in the DCKM, the german KF2 series, Keijzer Racing scored an top 10 position. Dylan finished 8th in the sprint race but was unlucky in the finals and became 26th



WSK Sarno, Nyck scores another podium!
Just one week after his qualify for the finals of the European Championship which where held in Sweden, Nyck competed in the southern of Italie (!).
With 2 podium finishes, twice a 3rd place, Nyck is now second in the championship of the KF3 and still able to become champion!
read the complete story on his website: www.nyckdevries.nl



Northern Qualify European championship KF2 and KF3
With Dylan Davies in KF2 and Nyck de Vries, Joey Elkerbout, Chantal van Haandel and Christie Albai, Keijzer Racing had 5 drivers competing in Sweden.
From these 5 drivers, only Nyck de Vries made it into the final in Sweden. Although it looked promising for Joey, he missed the final with a couple of points. After the series he was 39th, just 5 places to short for a final place.
Only the first 25 drivers from the final will make it to the final round later this season.
With a second position in the pre-final, everyting looked promissing for the final.
In final Nyck finished at a 4th place, which is enough to compete in Varennes, France, August 3rd.



European Championship Mariembourg
It is the second race on the Mariembourg track. A couple of weeks there was the WSK series, this time it was the KF1, KZ1 and KZ2.
Jack te Braak was the only driver this weekend. With the dissapointing WSK race in mind, the team was confident for a good result this weekend.
Although he had the 4th qualify time and winning a serie and 8th in the second one, the first race was a struggle with engine power. From a P5 start, Jack couldn't progress the succes. With a P9 it was a little dissapointing. In the final he was a bit unlucky during the start and finished P14.

DKM Ampfing: Keijzer Racing scores Podium!
The victory story of Jack in Germany contineus in Ampfing. With a straight win (again), and the win of Nyck de Vries in the Final, Keijzer Racing scores a podium finish again in Germany.
Jack te Braak - Straight win, fastest in qualify, series and 2 wins in sprint and finale!
Dylan Davies - Although he was 19th after the qualify, he worked up to an 8th position in the sprint race. In the final he was a bit unlucky and got stuck on P11.
Nyck de Vries - Nyck had some problems in the sprint race, after a P5 start, he fall back to P11. With a superb start in the final, he made it threu the field and won!
Joey Elkerbout - With P10 after qualify, Joey became 17th in sprint race. With a huge crash at the start of the Final, with Joey as biggest victim, he had to retire from this race.

Disappointing race for Team Keijzer in Mariembourg
With races in KF1 and KF2, Keijzer Racing competed with just Jack te Braak and Dylan Davies.
Jack te Braak - First WSK race no super pole for Jack, p20 in qualify.
Unfortunatally, Jack didn't improve the results in series, a disappointing P15 as result.
With a seized engine in the first race and a crash in second, the race ended without any points.
Dylan Davies - Qualify P51, after series, Dylan was 59th and did not make in threu to the finals.



Keijzer Racing wins in Wackersdorf!
DKM Jack te Braak - Set the fastest time in qualify, won all series, wins pre final and final. Another straight win for Jack te Braak!
DCKM Dylan Davies - 17th time in qualify, Dylan scored OK in the series. After series he was 8th.
In the sprint race he drove up from 8h to 4th. In the final he missed the podium again with place, he became 4th again.
DJKM Joey Elkerbout - After a good qualify, he was on his way during the series. Unfortunatly, the TC found something in his engine, which wasn't confirm the regulations. Although Joey and the team couldn't do anything about it, they disqualify him.
DJKM Nyck de Vries scored, just like Jack, a straight victory. with the fastest time in qualify, won all series and won the sprint and final race!

WSK Lonato
In the thrid round of the WSK Series in Lonato, Keijzer Racing scored another podium finish.
After a 5th place in pre final, with a second position in final, Nyck scored another podium score this year.

Jack te Braak - With a 6th place after series, he became 10th in pre final. After some technical changes, he was on his way to a podium finish in the finals but after contact with another driver, he was unable to continue.
Dylan Davies - unfortunatly Dylan was not able to make it into the finals
Joey Elkerbout - After a good qualify, 8th in his group, Joey had bad luck in the series and didn't make it into the finals.
Nyck de Vries - Nyck scored a 5th place in the semi-final and became second in the finals and scored another podium finish!



European Championship Angerville
The second race in a couple of week at the Angerville track. This time the KF1, KZ1 and KZ2 european championship was held in Angerville.
With a second place in qualify, Jack showed where he came for, a podium finish.
With a win and a 3rd place in series, the first step to succes was taken, a Pole Position in his first european championship KF1 ever!
Although Jack finished second in the pre-final, due to a new starting procedure, it was almost impossible to make a good start, they gave Jack a 10 second penalty, result: 11th tota..
In the final he showed his speed again and drove from P11 to a 5th place.
Jack is now 7th in the championship standing.



DKM Kerpen
Almost all drivers of Keijzer Racing were present in Kerpen, Germany.
Jack te Braak and Andre de Brouwer in DKM, Dylan Davies in DCKM and Joey Elkerbout and Nyck de Vries in DJKM.
Although his pole position and serie win and second place, Jack had bad luck (again). and technical faillure, he didn't score a podium this time.
After a couple of month not raced, Andre showed his potential. Although he had a tough time, he did what he had to do, and scored some points for the championship.
With 49 drivers in KF2, Dylan scored a good result with a 10th place in the sprint race and 15th in final.
In KF3 all pieces fall together for Joey. In Qualify he was 8th, just behind Nyck. With 3 very good races in series, 4th, 3rd and 7th, he had to start from P5 for the sprint race. Less fortunate was Nyck, he had placed himself for finals, by winning the "hoffnungslauf".
Although it looked very promising, just for the sprint race it started to rain. Joey was very unlicky and finished 24th. Nyck drove from last place to 16th.
In final Nyck continued overtaking and finished 6th. Joey scored a 19th place, just outside a point classification.

Click here for all results DKM | DCKM | DJKM



Good results poured down the drain in rainy Angerville
With only the KF1 and KF3 class, Keijzer Racing had only three drivers in the second race in Angerville, In KF1 Jack te Braak and Nyck de Vries and Joey Elkerbout in KF3.
After his podium in the second race in Lecce, Jack was the quickest driver in the qualifying. After a mis interpretation in superpole, he had to start 9th overall. After a crash and a tenth position in series, he had to start from place 28. The first race was almost a copy of the one in Lecce, he drove from place 28 to 7th. A few seconds before they turned of the red light for the final, it starts pouring to rain. Although his normal speed in rain, the bad rain tyres stopt him for an other poduim finish.
In KF3 Nyck and Joey both had bad luck. after qualification Nyck scored a disappointing 27th position and Joey scored an 64th positoin.
After series, Nyck was 18th overall. Although his 10th and 12th serie, Joey scored an unfortunately dnf in a serie, and a 49th position overall.
With a crash durting the start of race 1, Nyck had to start from P34 in finals, With a 28th position in final, he is still runner up in the total classification.



Keijzer Racing scores at WSK Lecce
The first podium results of season 2008 are a fact. With a great performance of Nyck de Vries, scores a hattrick (pole position, victory in all series, wins both finals), shows his domination in KF3 this weekend.
After a ninth place in pre-final, Jack managed to make it up to 3rd place in final, and scores his first podium of this season!
Unfortunally, both drivers Joey Elkerbout and Dylan Davies didn't make it to the finals.
For all results of the WSK Series in La Conca, click here

Mixed feelings at the Lonato Wintercup
Although he is one of the first year drivers and a youngster in the international racing fields, Joey Elkerbout scored well at the Wintercup. With 101 drivers in the KF3 class, Joey made it threu to the finals, and scored an excellent 26th position and showed his potential.
Dylan Davies was more unfortuned, he didn't make it into the Finals. He had some bad luck, after counting the results, he did not came further than a dissapointing 38 position in his group.
Jack started very well in the KF1, the elite class of international karting. With his 7th position overall, he showed his speed. With a 3rd position in the first serie race, they eliminated him to a good results.
In prefinal, his engine seized, which meant a early and disapointing finish of the weekend, which had the potential for a very good result.

Pictures of the new Chassis, stickerset, brakesystem

Andre de Brouwer back to Keijzer Racing Team!
Andre de Brouwer will drive this year the DKM, German Meisterschaft, KF1 class and if possible, the World Championship.
Team Manager Willemjan Keijzer about this surprising transfer: I know what he can do, as he was our driver last year. Although it will be hard for him this year, his first year in the KF1 class, we expect some good results and we are very happy he is back on the team.
To read his profile, click here



Season 2008
Like last 2 seasons, Jack te Braak will compete again this year with Keijzer Racing. After one year in the KF2 class, he will drive this year in the KF1, and will drive the European, World, German, Italian and WSK Championships.
Keijzer Racing is also happy to introduce and welcome a new drivers to team, Dylan Davies.
Dylan Davies will compete in the KF2 class and compete in the German, European and WSK Championship.
After a short switch, Joey Elkerbout decided to compete the 2008 season again with Keijzer Racing and Zanardi Kart. He is the one to defend the Zanardi / Keijzer Racing colors in the KF3 class, also in the German, WSK, Italian and European Championship

Just like last seasons, Keijzer Racing is supported by Zanardi Factory Team Chiesa Corse and the IAME Parilla Engines are performed by HP Engines, in cooperation with the factory.