More Moslers muscle around Spa this weekend, courtesy of the Dutch Supercar Challenge. With Martin Short on Rollcentre duty over in Le Mans, there was a welcome return to GT for Shaun Balfe, winner of the inaugural Britcar 24 hour race in 2005 with a Mosler. 
A strong qualifying session saw Eigner and KRM take second and third and the grid, with Ardi Van De Hoek's Audi TTR out clear on pole. Balfe snaffled eighth slot, Topcats were tenth, Van Elk was getting better with an eleventh spot this time out and the Woodcocks rounded out the Mosler qualifiers back in 23rd. 
Race one on Saturday saw the Moslers well placed at the front of the grid, so anything could happen. Well.... what nobody expected, including Kevin Riley who was running third at the time, was a bizarre crash that caused the race to be abandoned. The safety car came out, failed to catch the leader (Cor Euser's Marcos), and so slowed down to let the field overtake. Surprised by the sight of the safety car going slow on the fastest part of the circuit, the IN2 Racing Lambo Gallardo braked... quicker than the BMW to the rear, which ploughed into the Lambo, collected the safety car and then set off on a roll. Several other cars added to the pileup to litter the Blanchimont section with expensive wrecks. With the race only six laps old, the red flags were out. No championship points were awarded.
Higher hopes for Sunday, then. And in a way it was - three Moslers in the top six, albeit none on the podium. The Topcats team didn't finish, the Woodcocks made it to 15th and Eigner in eighth. That left the Mosler challenge podium looking like this: 3rd (6th overall) was Berry Van Elk - a remarkable drive for a new hand at the Mosler. 2nd (5th overall) was stalwart Kevin Riley. And up top where he belongs (and in 4th overall, just missing out on a full podium place) was Shaun Balfe, proving that the Mosler magic never left him! 
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