DKM 2014 Champions are set

Thrilling fights at the finale in Genk 

No one could have written a more exciting script for the season finale of the German Kart Championship. The numerous spectators on the ranks got to see a lot of excitement due to extreme weather events, thrilling races, new winners and beaming Champions. In the evening, Jorrit Pex (DSKM), David Beckmann (DJKM) and Martijn van Leeuwen (DKM) were celebrated as new winners.

The 2014 DKM season is over. In Belgian Genk, the decisions of the highest German kart racing series were made at the fifth event of the season. 122 participants from Europe, Asia and America started there and drove exciting races. The weather was a special challenge this time. On Friday and Saturday, a golden fall supplied gleaming sunshine and almost summer-like temperatures. The drivers then got to experience the exact opposite on Sunday. Heavy rain and cool temperatures made for adverse track conditions.

In addition to the weather, a lot was offered on the track as well. During six breathtaking final races, the last Championship points were dealt out. While the title favorites of all three DMSB grade series showed great fights, there were still new winners in Genk as well. At the juniors, Jarno Opmeer (Maddox Racing Team) from the Netherlands achieved a double victory, Jorrit Pex (CRG Holland) and Marijn Kremers (AVG Racing Team) won at the shifterkarts and Italian guest driver Alessio Lorandi (Baby Race srl.) was successful at the DKM.

Final Championship ranking DSKM:
1. Jorrit Pex (150 points)
2. Simo Puhakka (129 points)

3. Marijn Kremers (111 points)

4. Rick Dreezen (107 points)
5. Guust Specken (92 points) 

Final Championship ranking DJKM:

1. David Beckmann (143 points)
2. Mick Junior (140 points)
3. Maximilian Fewtrell (120 points)

4. Juan Correa (108 points)
5. Michael Kuiper (101 points) 

Final Championship ranking DKM:

1. Martijn van Leeuwen (176 points)

2. Jehan Daruvala (164 points)
3. Egor Stupenkov (129 points)
4. Andre Matisic (129 points)
5. Manuel Valier (89 points) 

After the races in Genk, one of the most balanced DKM seasons in years is now over. To series coordinator Stefan Wagner the season has been a huge success and he is already excited for 2015: “First I want to thank all participants, teams and people responsible. Everyone has done a great job and has played a big part in the success of this season. We averagely had more than 130 participants, which is a top result. The races were always exciting and great to watch. The interest in our video live stream was great once again as well: Counting more than 200.000 viewers, we were able to almost double the numbers from 2013. Now we have to look forward and get ready for 2015. We’ll be presenting the new racing calendar shortly.”

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