RSZ Motorsport

RSZ Motorsport is the motorcycle arm of RSZ — Rensportschool Zandvoort — one of the most storied names in Dutch motorsport. The original RSZ was founded by racing driver Rob Slotemaker in 1955 as an anti-slip school for cars; the Saturday-afternoon circuit-training course it grew into is where some of the Netherlands' best-known racing drivers — including Jan Lammers and Tom Coronel — started their careers at Zandvoort. After Slotemaker's death in 1979 the school continued under Henk van Zalinge and Dick van Iperen, with European touring-car champion Huub Vermeulen as head instructor. When Vermeulen — also a competent motorcyclist — added motorcycle circuit days to the programme, the popular TOMS courses at Zandvoort were born, training hundreds of new riders alongside instructors like Johan van de Wal, Lex van Dijk and Cees Doorrakkers. The natural next step came in 1995: the Zomer Avond Competitie (ZAC), low-cost friendship races built around the motto "wij gaan samen door de bocht" ("we take the corner together"). RSZ Motorsport took over the ZAC motorcycle races in 2008, and in 2019 the organisation refocused entirely on motorcycles, transferring the original RSZ Autosport school to a long-serving instructor. Today RSZ Motorsport runs vrij-rijden trackdays, performance training, the ZAC races and the 5 Uren van Assen endurance race at Circuit Zandvoort and the TT Circuit Assen — one of the largest motorcycle race organisations in the Netherlands.