Kenny van Gaalen



















Kenny van Gaalen
Nationality
Netherlands Netherlands
Born
(1988-01-29) January 29, 1988 (age 30)
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Bike number 6






















Motorcycle racing career statistics
Sidecarcross World Championship
Active years 2009-2012, 2014-present
Manufacturers KTM-VMC (2009-2010)
Zabel-VMC (2011)
Zabel-WSP (2012, 2014–present)
Championships (1) 2012

2015 championship position		 6th

















Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
98 5 13 1,252

Kenny van Gaalen (born 29 January 1988) is a Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 2012 Sidecarcross World Champion, riding as passenger with Daniël Willemsen.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Season by season


  • 3 Honours


    • 3.1 World Championship




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Biography


Kenny van Gaalen began his sidecarcross career as the passenger of Belgian driver Ben Adriaenssen in 2004, racing in the Netherlands in the competition of the Motorsport Organisatie Nederland, a Dutch amateur motorsport organisation[2]


In 2009 the pair moved up to semi-professional level and entered the World Championship, making their debut at the Swiss Grand Prix at Wohlen. They finished the season in 18th place overall with three sixth place finishes as their best race results.[3] In the team's second World Championship campaign, in 2010, Adriaenssen and van Gaalen finished sixth overall, with a second place in the first race of the Danish Grand Prix as their best result.[4]


In 2011 van Gaalen did only race sporadically, at the side of fellow Dutchman Bjorn Roes. In the 2012 edition van Gaalen replaced Haralds Kurpnieks who broke his wrist in the first Grand Prix of the season as Daniël Willemsen's passenger but himself suffered a knie injury in the second French Grand Prix, and being in turn replaced by Lauris Daiders for the last five GP's.[5][6][7][8] Van Gaalen took out the World Championship as a passenger because he earned more than 50 percent of the total points Willemsen took out in the 2012 championship, the necessary requirement for a passenger to become World Champion as per FIM regulations.[9]


In 2013 van Gaalen did not race at World Championship levl while his former partner, Ben Adriaenssen, took out the World Championship.[10] He returned for the 2014 season, now as passenger of then 17-year-old Koen Hermans.[11] The pair raced together again in 2015, now coming sixth overall.



Season by season


The season by season results in the world championship for Kenny van Gaalen:

































































































Season
Driver
Equipment
Position
Points
Races
Wins
Second
Third

2009
Belgium Ben Adriaenssen
 KTM-VMC
 18
 108
 14
 —
 —
 —

2010
 KTM-VMC
 6
 322
 27
 —
 1
 2

2011
Netherlands Bjorn Roes
 Zabel-VMC
 41
 5
 4
 —
 —
 —

2012
Netherlands Daniël Willemsen
 Zabel-WSP
1
 249
 10
 5
 4
 1

2014
Netherlands Koen Hermans
 Zabel-WSP
 15
 100
 13
 —
 —
 —

2015
 Zabel-WSP
 6
 368
 30
 —
 —
 —

2016
 Zabel-WSP






Overall 2009 – 2015
1,252
98
5
5
3


Honours



World Championship


  • Champions: 2012


References





  1. ^ Kenny van Gaalen biography FIM website, accessed: 1 January 2013


  2. ^ Ben Adriaenssen official website Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. accessed: 14 October 2013


  3. ^ 2009 Sidecarcross World Championship Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine. FIM website - Official results, accessed: 14 October 2013


  4. ^ 2010 Sidecarcross World Championship Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine. FIM website - Official results, accessed: 14 October 2013


  5. ^ NEWS: Race-report Pernes les Fontaine (in Dutch) Team Willemsen website, accessed: 17 September 2012


  6. ^ DANIËL WILLEMSEN ZET MET VERVANGENDE BAKKENIST JACHT OP DE WERELDTITEL VOORT (in Dutch) Team Willemsen website, accessed: 17 September 2012


  7. ^ Willemsen grijpt tiende wereldtitel (in Dutch) De Stentor, published: 16 September 2012, accessed: 17 September 2012


  8. ^ Tiende wereldtitel zijspancrosser Willemsen (in Dutch) De Telegraaf, published: 16 September 2012, accessed: 17 September 2012


  9. ^ FIM SIDECAR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP APPENDIX Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. FIM website, accessed: 7 January 2012


  10. ^ 2013 Sidecarcross World Championship Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. FIM website - Official results, accessed: 14 October 2013


  11. ^ Gespann-WM: Willemsens aufgewärmte Beziehung (in German) Speedweek, published: 9 April 2014, accessed: 24 April 2014




External links


  • The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com








Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sven Verbrugge
Sidecarcross World Champion (passenger)
2012
 Succeeded by
Ben van den Bogaart








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