Graham Barker steps succession John Rileys as an European champion at Assen (NL) (12.08. - 13.08.)  The third
and last race of the European Championship of the Superkarts in the season 2006 was expedited at the Dutch
track.  A Mecca for the international motorcycle world and just as chosen like well known.  Dangers
became in the frame program of the "Rizla+Racing-Day", that with more than 70,000 visitors at the weekend a
guarantor is for many interested spectators.  Over 55 drivers out of various nations had accepted its
participation in the event extremely popular in the Superkart world.  Also, if theoretically for the five
first drivers of the total evaluation the chance existed, to obtain here the be named desired title of the
European champion, reckoned most participants however with a decision between the Frenchman Payart and the
Englishman Barker because both cited the field with an extremely clear advantage.  Payart came as a leading in
the total evaluation with a first, two second and a third place.  Barker on the other hand had two victories and a 
third place and in the total evaluation, Payart leads by 11 points.  
Under the outsiders, Stefan Malm were among other things out of Sweden, the teammate of Payart, Briton Gavin 
Bennet, Germans Michael Sadurski, Peter Kruse, Olaf Dau and Martin Knauder and the Sweden per Olov Ogeborn, 
that went in the previous year in the same Event in Assen as a surprise victor on the podium.  
At the total weekend, the drivers had and drivers sufficiently time to prepare its Superkart in various free and time 
training for the impending two races and to acclimate themselves with the 4,555 km of long race track confidence.  
On Sunday morning the first race was started then.  
After one expressed geglückten start, with which no one prematurely had to abandon through enemy contact" the race,
the participants were able to pull out the European champion of the season 2006 under optimal weather
conditions.  Unfortunately, Payart had to be turn down vehicle based on a technical defect prematurely at the
stretch edge.  However be could team colleague in the last second before the goal passage this victory at
least into the newly established Payart-Malm team rescue.  Also in the second race, Payart should not arrive. 
Already after the first round, it had to be turn down Kart again based on a technical defect.  For a fright
second, Peter Kruse out of Germany, that provided himself in the race with its Kart after a Überholmanöver
repeatedly überschlug.  In the connection, three followed round round again freely given became with
Safety-Car, so that that races two before end.  Now Barker used the favor of the hour and secured itself next
to the first place in the second race course also the title of the European champion.  It was all in
everything a gelungene European championship that many pilot and pilots made very much joke.  Most drivers
have now yet the one or other races in the German or French championship before itself so that the winter
recess lets wait another few for itself.  .