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Pekaracing NV, competing as PK Carsport, is a racing team that currently competes in the
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as well as the Belcar Trophy in conjunction with Russell Racing. The team has previously competed in other series such as the
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History

PK Carsport has a long history in Belgian autosport. In 1968 PEKA Racing was founded by racing driver Paul Kumpen. Besides racing Kumpen was an entrepreneur and partial owner of
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. The team initially started in rallycross. In 1989, 1990 and 1991 Kumpen participated in the Dutch and Belgian rounds of the
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. Racing at the Duivelsbergcircuit, Glossocircuit and Mandescircuit and the Dutch Eurocircuit. He scored his best result in 1990 at the Eurocircuit, finishing in ninth place in Division 2. After rallycross, the team entered the Formula Opel Euroseries with Jean-François Hemroulle and Oscar Middeldorp in 1992. In 1994 and 1995, the team with Middeldorp switched to the
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running
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chassis. Middeldorp ended up eighth in the final standings in 1994 in the Eurocup.
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joined the team in 1995. In 1995, Paul Kumpen, Albert Vanierschot and Georges Cremer won the
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in a
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. In 1997 PEKA Racing merged with GL Racing, a racing team formed in 1992 by Ghislain Lenaers, to form GLPK Racing. In 1998 it entered the short-lived
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, winning the Misano Gold Cup. Kumpen shared the
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with Stéphane Cohen and Charles Margueron. The team scored another podium finish at the
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Belcar

In 1998 Kurt Thiers and
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competed in the Belgian
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championship. The duo scored three podium finished and secured the third place in the championship standings in their
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. The following year, the team entered a
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Turbo for
Anthony Kumpen Anthony Kumpen (born 3 November 1978) is a Belgian professional racing driver and team manager. Kumpen currently works as driver and team manager for PK Carsport in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He previously competed full-time in the series, win ...
and Stephane Cohen. The team dominated, winning three times at
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and once at
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. The team secured the championship 120 points clear of the number two,
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and Herman Buurman. For 2000, the team combined their FIA GT and Belcar championships using the
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in both series. Despite winning six out of eight races, including the
24 Hours of Zolder The 24 Hours of Zolder (24 uur van Zolder in Dutch) is a yearly sports car and touring car endurance race held at Circuit Zolder in Belgium. The race was initially held in 1977, and has run every year except for 1988. In 1989 a GT car won for t ...
, the championship was decided in the last round at Zolder in October. Kumpen and Cohen retired early in the race and as Albert Vanierschot and
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won the race and the championship over GLPK Racing. The 2001 Bert Longin and former motocross racer
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won two races in the Belcar championship. Longin was the best placed GLPK Racing driver in twelfth place in the championship. The following season PK Carsport dominated Belgium's premier racing series. Four PK Carsport drivers placed in the top four of the championship.
Bert Longin Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album ''Here Comes a ...
scored most points, followed by David Hart,
Anthony Kumpen Anthony Kumpen (born 3 November 1978) is a Belgian professional racing driver and team manager. Kumpen currently works as driver and team manager for PK Carsport in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He previously competed full-time in the series, win ...
and Vincent Dupont. All races were won by one or the other GLPK Chrysler Vipers. In 2003, all but one races were won by GLPK Racing, one race was won by Paul Belmondo Racing. Of the GLPK Racing drivers, Anthony Kumpen was declared series champion. After a partial season in 2005, GLPK Racing won the championship again in 2006. Kumpen and Longin won five races and finished third in the 24 Hours of Zolder. Therefore, the team, now racing a Corvette, won the championship. For 2007 the Belcar championship was reorganized and
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Belgium took over. Kumpen scored two wins and again clinched the championship. As the original Belcar championship ceased to exist, PK Carsport backed out of the championship.


FIA GT Championship

In 2004 GLPK Racing joined forces with Carsport Holland, the team run by Mike Hezemans, changing its name to PK Carsport. The team entered the prestigious
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in
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.
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,
Anthony Kumpen Anthony Kumpen (born 3 November 1978) is a Belgian professional racing driver and team manager. Kumpen currently works as driver and team manager for PK Carsport in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He previously competed full-time in the series, win ...
, Mike Hezemans won two races, the 2005 FIA GT Zhuhai Supercar 500 and 2005 FIA GT Imola Supercar 500. The
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team ended up fourth in the season standings. The following year the same drivers finished fifth in the season standings winning at the 2006 FIA GT Paul Ricard 500km. In 2007, Ghislain Lenaers resigned from GLPK Racing, leaving the team PK Racing, later renamed to PK Carsport. In 2007, the union between Carsport Holland and PK Carsport ended. PK Carsport continued in the FIA GT Championship. At the
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, the team signed
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and Frédéric Bouvy besides their regular drivers Kumpen and Longin. The team failed to win a race in the whole season, finishing fifth in the standings, behind Carsport Holland. For 2008, PK Carsport switched cars. The team attracted the
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-R to race. The team's performance was variable. The team initially struggled to score points but won the season finale at the
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. Hezemans returned in 2009 to race in the final 'old' style FIA GT championship. The team also returned to the Chevrolet Corvette, upgrading to the C6.R type. The team won the races at
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and the
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. However, the season came to a dramatic end at
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(the team's home track). Battling for the championship the
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team won the race at Zolder. However, PK Carsport filed an appeal as they claimed the Vitaphone team breached the pitstop regulations. However, after an investigation, the PK Carsport team was disqualified for a technical infringement. Both Vitaphone Racing and PK Carsport were invited to enter the
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. PK Carsport was on the initial entry list but later withdrew.


Pagani Zonda GR

Paul Kumpen, along with Tom Weickardt, owner of American Viperacing and
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, owner of Carsport Holland, was requested by Pagani to develop a racing version of
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C12. S. Kumpen, Weickardt and Hezemans founded a new company, Carsport Zonda, to develop the new car. One Pagani Zonda GR was completed a few months after development started at the
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headquarters of Carsport Zonda. While the car used the original
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chassis, front and rear diffusers were added to the bodywork. The engine was also updated leading to better performance. Under the Carsport America entry, the car was entered in the
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. Mike Hezemans,
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and David Hart were selected as its drivers. During the initial tests, the car placed the 36th time, eleventh in the GTS class. The Pagani qualified 32nd, ninth in class. However, the race for the car was only ten laps long. After ten laps the
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gearbox failed after which the car retired. After Le Mans, the car was intended to enter the final round of the
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championship by GLPK Racing. Due to a missing vital component to the engine, the car never raced in the championship. The car was sold to Czech gentleman racer Antonin Herbeck. In 2012 the car suffered a vicious crash at
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.
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, in an
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, attempted a pass for the lead in the race on Herbeck. The two cars touched and the Zonda GR hit a concrete wall and was nearly destroyed in the crash. The car was later repaired and raced again in the DMV Gran Turismo Touring Car Cup among other series.


Racing for Holland

One year after the Pagani Zonda GR disappointment, the PK Carsport team returned to Le Mans in
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. The Belgian team ran the
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Dome S101.
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, Justin Wilson and
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were the drivers for the LMP1 entry. The car qualified tenth for the most famous 24 hour race. The team had to retire with an ignition problem to their Judd GV4 4.0L
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engine.


Superleague Formula

Belgian football club,
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, was active in the
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between 2008 and 2010. During the three seasons, the team was run subsequently by
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in 2008,
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in 2009, and
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in 2010. Azerti Motorsport, led by Wim Coekelbergs, was supported by PK Carsport entering the
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for racing driver
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. PK Carsport provided Azerti Motorsport with car maintenance and technical support. Management and engineering are in the hands of Azerti Motorsport. The cooperation proved very successful. Rigon won races at
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,
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and
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. Rigon won his second Superleague Formula championship in
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. After a troubled
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season, in which only two rounds were run, the Superleague Formula folded.


Return to Belgian racing

After the Belgian GT Championship folded, the series was revamped as the Belgian Racing Car Championship. In the endurance championship, PK Carsport entered an
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for Anthony Kumpen, Bert Longin and Maarten Makelberge. The team won the first round at
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and in total scored podium finishes in five out of six races. The team won the championship in 2013.


NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

In early 2014 PK Carsport announced it would enter the
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. Bert Longin and Anthony Kumpen entered the Elite 1 division. Maxime Dumarey raced the Elite 2 division full-time while the other car featured various drivers. At the first race in Valencia, Longin scored the pole position. Longin and Kumpen finished second and third in the race while Yann Zimmer won. Kumpen was a constant top ten finisher. He eventually won one race, at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. Kumpen won the championship by one point at the final round over multiple series champion
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. In the Elite 2 division, Dumarey was very successful. Despite winning only one race, he won the championship. The team struggled the following season. Kumpen crashed twice, at
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(first race) and
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. The Belgian driver also won the second race at Raceway Venray. Kumpen placed fourth in the series championship. In Elite 2
Stienes Longin Stienes Longin (born 30 July 1991 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant) is a Belgian professional racing driver. Longin currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driving the No. 11 Chevrolet Camaro for PK Carsport in the Elite 1 class and in Belc ...
, son of Elite 1 driver Bert, had a strong debut season. Longin was a regular top-five finisher and also a winner at Tours. He placed fourth in the season standings.


Motorsports results


Complete FIA GT Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


Complete NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)


Complete NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2 results

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)


Gallery

File:2006 Tourist Trophy Start.jpg, Start of the 2006 FIA GT Tourist Trophy File:CorvetteC6.R HezemanKumpen FIAGT2009.jpg, PK Carsport at Oschersleben 2009 File:2009 FIA GT Budapest - Car 4-2.jpg, PK Carsport at Budapest 2009 File:2009 FIA GT Budapest - Car 4.jpg, PK Carsport at Budapest 2009 File:2009 FIA GT Budapest - Cars Corvette and Ferrari.jpg, PK Carsport at Budapest 2009 File:Anthony Kumpen Maxime Dumarey NASCAR 2015.jpg, Anthony Kumpen and Maxime Dumarey at Raceway Venray 2015 File:Stienes Longin Raceway Venray 2016.jpg, Stienes Longin winning at Raceway Venray 2016 File:Anthony Kumpen 2015 Raceway Venray.jpg, Anthony Kumpen winning at Raceway Venray 2015 File:Thomas Krasonis celebrates first EuroNASCAR PRO win with team PK CARSPORT.jpg, Thomas Krasonis in 2025 celebrating first EuroNASCAR PRO win with team PK CARSPORT in Valencia, Spain


References


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