Cor Euser: 'The old guys are still capable of hitting the gas.'

Numerous laps
Nineteen years later, Cor Euser has again found his way to an Indy Car in the BOSS GP. He drives in a G-Force with a Chevy 3,5 liter V8 engine. Euser thoroughly enjoyed racing during the Masters. “I’ve raced numerous laps at Circuit Park Zandvoort during my long career,” stated Euser. “But driving at a speed of 250 km/h toward the Scheivlak is not something I do on a daily basis. That’s just amazing.”



Almost inhuman
Cor Euser has 650 horse powers at his availability when he races with his beautiful and successful Marcos in the Dutch Supercar Challenge. “This G-Force Indy Car has just as many horse powers, but is only 800 kilograms, while the Marcos weighs 1350 kilograms. That’s a huge difference. Additionally, this Formula car has an enormous downforce. The combination of a lot of horse powers, little weight and enormous downforce guarantees that you can race through curves at impressive speeds. It’s almost inhuman how fast it goes every now and then.”



Old guys
Fellow BOSS GP-series racer Karl-Heinz Becker stops by to say hello to his colleague during the conversation with Cor Euser. The German, who drives in the Masters Class with his Dallara Nissan WS, is full of praise for Euser’s racing qualities. “They always call me the legend of Steinhagen, but Cor is the racing legend of Holland,” smiles Becker. Euser is having a good laugh after Becker’s comments. “Karl-Heinz is quite a racer himself. He might be 60-years-old, but he still goes like a rocket. Beautiful, these BOSS GP-series. It’s the perfect playground for old guys. We can still hit the gas like no one else though,” smiled Euser.



Physical challenge
The man with three decades of racing experience under his belt knows that competing in the BOSS GP-series is both mentally and physically very challenging. “It’s extremely tough physically. My team-mate Peter Versluis races for the first time in this class during the Masters and couldn’t hide his surprise that we race for only 20 minutes. I told him that he’d be happy that the race was over after those 20 minutes. It’s a very demanding sport, but incredibly nice.”

Arriving relaxed
It’s kind of funny that Euser has written the words ‘drive safely, arrive relaxed’ at the Indy Car, considering the fact that the car is quite a ‘race-monster’. “What it is that makes the Indy Car such a beautiful car? The combination of speed and G-forces really is something special. For example, when you approach the Tarzan-curve with 300 km/h and don’t hit the brakes until 90 meters ahead of the curve. Additionally, it’s a very unnatural racing experience. The harder you hit the gas, the more downforce and suction to the asphalt you generate. It’s simply fantastic to drive around in a car like that!”