An all-female line up featuring Beitske Visser, Sandra Van Der Sloot, Julie Kenis, and Juna-Jane De Keersmaecker, will compete in the 24 Hours of Zolder with G&A Motors x JDK Motorsport Team, aiming for success in the TA class with their BMW M2 CS.
An all-female team is ready to tackle the upcoming 24 Hours of Zolder, as Dutch racers Beitske Visser and Sandra Van Der Sloot join Julie Kenis and Juna-Jane De Keersmaecker at JDK x G&A Racing, sharing the BMW M2 CS in the TA class.
The Belgian endurance race is the flagship event of the Belcar Series and will feature over 40 cars across classes, with several GT Cup, GT4, and touring car line-ups battling around the clock at the 4.010 km circuit that hosted the Belgian F1 Grand Prix on ten occasions between the 70s and the 80s.
G&A Motors x JDK Motorsport Team regular drivers Julie Kenis and Juna-Jane De Keersmaecker are currently fourth in the TA class of the Belcar championship, in their second full-season entry in the series. In 2023, the two Belgian racers won the Ladies Trophy award at the end of the season. This year they are consistently improving their personal bests at every round, showing significant improvements.
They are joined by two high-profile drivers, Beitske Visser and Sandra Van Der Sloot.
With her experience in both single-seaters and sportscars, Visser has contested top international championships such as the GP3 Series (now known as FIA F3) and Formula Renault 3.5, before becoming a BMW junior driver. She competed in both GT4 and GT3 and was then selected for the inaugural W Series season in 2019, where she was runner-up.
In the all-female championship, she collected a total of 7 podiums and 2 race wins and was twice vice-champion.
In 2020, Visser made her endurance debut in LMP2 machinery and raced in ELMS and WEC over two seasons, contesting two editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans - claiming a top-10 in class on debut. Together with another all-female team, she has raced at the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring, reaching the class podium twice in 2023 and 2024.
More valuable experience will also come from Sandra Van Der Sloot, a motorsport veteran with over two decades in touring cars and GT racing all over Europe.
Van Der Sloot has previously raced in several 24H Series events and, therefore, will bring plenty of experience in long-distance races to the team - as well as knowledge of the BMW M2 CS Racing machine, as she has competed and won races in the BMW M2 Cup Benelux series in the last couple of years.
Also driving BMW machinery, Van Der Sloot has raced in the uber-competitive ADAC GT4 Germany and DTM Trophy, while in 2024, she is contesting her first season of Italian GT. Having joined Enrico Fulgenzi Racing aboard the Porsche 992 GT3 Cup, Sandra is currently leading the GT Cup AM standings after two race victories out of the first two Endurance rounds at Vallelunga and Mugello.
With its strong line-up, G&A Motors x JDK Motorsport Team is therefore aiming to run at the front of a highly-competitive TA class at the 24 Hours of Zolder, which is scheduled for 21-25 August 2024.
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