EuroBoss 2003 - Spa-Francorchamps

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FYI ...

KLAAS ACT!

Sunday 31st August 2003, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium: Starting from pole,
Klaas Zwart secured an impressive victory in his Ascari Judd V10 to take the
Championship lead as EuroBOSS reached its halfway stage in Spa. 37 seconds
separated the Dutchman from second placed Max Wakefield as Zwart recorded a
second consecutive win and EuroBOSS once again put on a show for the Belgian
public.

The race had a dramatic start, even before the cars left the grid, as a
marshal reacted to a smoking exhaust on the Reynard Cosworth of Robbie
Stirling and driver and car were doused by fire extinguisher. Eventually
the race was restarted with the Indy car, fuelled by 'green' bio-ethanol,
included.

>From the re-start Wakefield took full advantage of his front row position to
strengthen his hold on second place as an intriguing battle unfolded between
Stirling, Mathew Mortlock in an Arrows Judd, and the Ascari Judds of Nick
Dalli and Henk Thuis. Close racing has always been a feature of EuroBOSS
and this race was no exception as all four drivers pushed for the final
podium place. Dalli, who had been down in fifth place after one lap
eventually secured the third spot and almost stole second as he closed down
Wakefield in the closing stages.

In his first ever EuroBOSS race Abba Kogan won the Masters Class driving the
1989 Lotus type 101, formerly raced by fellow Brazilian Nelson Piquet. He
finished 10th overall whilst Frank Lyons extended his lead in the 3000 Class
with another winning performance in his Lola Cosworth V8 .

Klaas Zwart, Driver, Team Ascari:
"In the warm-up lap I thought that I had suffered a transmission problem and
was very worried about the car. Thankfully everything was fine but I
decided not to over push, just in case. It is only my second race at Spa
and it was very pleasing to win at such an historic circuit. I am
particularly pleased for Braam Smith and everyone at Team Ascari who has
worked so hard to put four cars on the track and see them all race very
competitively throughout."

Abba Kogan, Driver, Classic Team Lotus:
"The track is superlative and Spa has so much history that I am delighted
tohave raced here and made it on to the podium. There is a good spirit in
EuroBOSS, likeminded people always willing to share information and this
helped me. The car was well prepared by Classic Team Lotus and it is great
to finally give this car its racing debut at Spa."

Frank Lyons, Driver, Lyons Plant Services:
"I had a good start today and made the most of it keeping well ahead of my
main class rival, Roger [Kilty]. It was particularly pleasing after an
incident yesterday when I scraped along a wall in the heavy rain, thankfully
with no significant damage."

The next race, a double-header, takes place at Donington, UK, on Sunday 5th
October.

The EuroBOSS Press Office Team
www.euroboss2003.com