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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 03:39 AM
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Thanks all for joining!

Uhm yeah, sqft are expensive here. I cannot believe my eyes when I read GarageJournal.com sometimes.
I just went to that website.

Good luck. I Look forward to hearing more about your racing Business.
Old Apr 5, 2010 | 01:01 PM
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This should be obvious:
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by frt_fun
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 02:49 AM
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I became a fan, great work
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 08:01 AM
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Digging the cage... Nice work!
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Default First race of the MaX5 season: 1st place!

So, first race of the season for Keenonracing in the Total Mazda MaX5 Cup. This is basically the Dutch version of the British MaX5 Cup which is the SpecMiata equivalent, minus the hard top.

Me, just before the race:


Car was build over the winter months and we did some testing in Feb through April. First race was yesterday at Circuit Park Zandvoort.

Very busy free training with over 50 cars (Mada, Volvo and Alfa Romeo's). We set the 2nd best time in qualifying less than 0.4s behind Dutch GT4 driver Danny van Dongen (Corvette C6).

Due to a timing error the Hoogwerf team slipped into first place, so Danny started from P2 and I started from P3. Danny killed his clutch (see video below) and I managed to stay in P2, unable to really catch-up.

Second race, I started from P2 and Hoogwerf (with different driver) from P1. Behind me on P3 was last year's overall winner Rudy from IL Motorsport. Hoogwerf had a bad start and I was the frist to enter the first corner. Rudy (in P2) seemed to keep up for a while but I finished 1st with a 8s time gap.

Very happy with this first competition event ever and a good start of the season! I will post some on board footage from our car in the next few days.

Onboard with Danny van Dongen:


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http://www.facebook.com/Keenonracing

Danny van Dongen in his Dutch GT4 Corvette:
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 08:45 AM
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Nice... Glad to see that your first event turned out well for ya man.
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 12:34 PM
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Fantastic start! Congrats!
Old Apr 12, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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Some pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/Keenonracing...7049211&ref=mf





Old Apr 13, 2010 | 05:43 AM
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Onboard footage: Keenonracing finishes P2 and P1 in the two heats (P1 overall) in the opening race of the 2010 season of the Total Mazda MaX5 Cup at Circuit Park Zandvoort, NL.

http://vimeo.com/10890223
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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Great vid. Good job.
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 11:57 PM
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Became a fan. Great job so far,keep it up!
Old Apr 14, 2010 | 01:21 AM
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Is that a custom built cage? OR a spec cage?
Old Apr 14, 2010 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by falcon
Is that a custom built cage? OR a spec cage?
Cage by ATM Motorsport, to fit under a hard top.
Old Sep 15, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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Long time since last update. Season almost over. Six consecutive wins. Championship is in our hands. My team manager will be driving the closing race.

Last stint, I decided to start behind the pack:
http://vimeo.com/14765488
Old Sep 16, 2010 | 09:08 AM
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Nice setup you have going there. Good job on the current season and best of luck on the next season!
Old Sep 16, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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Nice vid and good clean racin. Couple of nice saves in there. Congrats on the C-ship win.
Old Feb 7, 2025 | 10:42 AM
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Thanks - can't believe this is almost 15 years ago! This is my track toy of choice nowadays:


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