The 2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series season was a pickup truck racing series that started over 25–27 April in Portimão, Portugal and ended over 17–19 October at the TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands. MW-V6 was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment. Next to MW-V6, there was the Formula Acceleration 1, based on the former A1 Grand Prix, the Legend SuperCup, based on legends car racing, and the European Stock 600 and 1000 Series, which featured motorcycle racing for 15- and 16-year-olds. To attract young, yet serious, racing drivers, the 2014 MW-V6 winning driver was promised half the budget for the 2015 FA1 season and a test day in the FA1 car, or the full budget for the 2015 MW-V6 season plus an FA1 test. As for the music, on Friday evenings, David Hasselhoff hosted "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Kim Wilde, and others. Saturday evenings saw performances of international DJs.

The drivers' championship was won by Danny van Dongen, after he won seven races during the season. He had trailed Eoin Murray by five points after four meetings, but Murray did not contest the final two meetings. This resulted in van Dongen winning the championship by 122 points. Murray, with five wins, still amassed enough points to finish as the championship runner-up, while Alx Danielsson finished third in the series, eight points in arrears of Murray. Danielsson was a two-time race winner at Portimão, while three other drivers took race victories during the season; Jacky van der Ende won twice at the Nürburgring, Daniël de Jong was a race winner at Assen, while Davit Kajaia took a race victory at the Slovakia Ring. The nations' championship was won by the Netherlands, finishing 32.63 points clear of Sweden.

On 22 December 2014, it was announced that the FA1 series would be merged with Auto GP in 2015, to ensure that at least 18 cars participate in each race. The fate of the supporting Acceleration series was not specified.

Calendar The 2014 calendar consisted of six race weekends. Originally, ten were planned. However, Acceleration in Zolder, Acceleration at Paul Ricard, and Acceleration at Grobnik were cancelled on 27 June 2014 and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014.

DateEventCircuitCity29–30 Nov 2013TestingCircuito de NavarraNavarra, Spain26–27 Mar 2014Circuit Ricardo TormoValencia, Spain10 Apr 2014Circuit Park ZandvoortZandvoort, Netherlands25–27 Apr 2014Acceleration at PortimãoAutódromo Internacional do AlgarvePortimão, Portugal2–4 May 2014Acceleration at NavarraCircuito de NavarraNavarra, Spain23–25 May 2014Acceleration at NürburgringNürburgringNürburg, Germany6–8 Jun 2014Acceleration in MonzaAutodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy4–6 Jul 2014Acceleration at Slovakia RingAutomotodróm Slovakia RingOrechová Potôň, Slovakia17–19 Oct 2014Acceleration in AssenTT Circuit AssenAssen, Netherlands

Race format DayDurationEventFriday30 minFree practice 130 minFree practice 220 minQualifying for race 1Saturday20 minQualifying for race 225 minRace 1 (Rolling start)25 minRace 2 (Rolling start)Sunday40 minRace 3 (Rolling start and mandatory pitstop)

The starting order of race 3 was decided by a combined result of Q1 and Q2 with the first 8 reversed.

Technical specifications The cars were based on those used in the Dutch racing series BRL V6 and BRL Light. Engine: 4.0L V6 Ford, 325 hp Gearbox: Drenth DG 400 Minimum weight: 950 kg Tyres: Michelin

Championship standings

Scoring system Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in all three races. The pole-sitter for race 1 and 2 received one point, and one point was also given to the driver who set the fastest lap in each race. At the end of the season, the MW-V6 Drivers' title was awarded to the driver with the highest number of points.

Points allocation for race 1 and 2

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole     Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1

Points allocation for race 3

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th     Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

There was also a Nations' championship, which grouped the represented nations by totalling the average of the points scored by the drivers of the same nationality (e.g.: with 5 Dutch drivers competing in a race, the Netherlands scored in that race the addition of the points scored by each driver divided by 5).

Drivers' championship Driver Races Points ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS1 4 Danny van Dongen 9 2 11 2 4 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 12822 44 Eoin Murray 11 1 2 1 1 1 13 11 DNS 1 3 31603 23 Alx Danielsson 1 10 1 WD 2 2 5 2 8 3 3 21524 80 Daniël de Jong 10 5 4 2 1 4705 87 Jacky van der Ende 2 1 1616 10 Carlos Alvarez 3 3 3 9 10 5527 16 Giacomo Ricci 2 2 2518 47 Davit Kajaia 1 2 3509 90 Pim van Riet 4 3 24110 41 Bas Koeten 5 6 8 5 43811 83 Mikel Azcona 3 3 43612 17 Niels Bouwhuis 4 4 3 3513 93 Jan-Paul van Dongen 8 6 10 5 5 63414 7 Leon Rijnbeek 8 8 9 10 8 7 7 6 83215 9 Kelvin Snoeks 2 4 73116 6 Andreas Gulden 6 4 33117 30 Filip Sladecka 6 6 23018 5 Bernd Herndlhofer 4 4 53019 92 Fréderique Jonckheere 3 7 52620 32 Christian Malchárek 3 7 52621 31 Attila Barta 7 3 62422 8 Bas Schouten 5 5 7 14 12 112323 94 Gian Maria Gabbiani 7 WD WD 8 8 42224 88 Priscilla Speelman 9 10 9 6 7 72125 50 Tom Pedersen 4 11 52026 18 Erik Qvick 6 5 7 2027 48 Konstantine Koliashvili 4 5 WD1828 8 Bert de Heus 12 9 10 9 9 51729 68 Jeremiah Wagner 4 9 81630 19 Johan Kraan 5 6 9 1631 85 Javier Morcillo 7 8 6 1532 12 Joey Affolter 8 8 6 1433 35 John Mickel 7 12 61234 16 Herman Peene 7 7 8 1235 45 Michael Devaney 6 7 101136 12 Francesc Gutiérrez 8 6 91137 41 Michel Schaap 41038 14 Maik Barten 6 7 WD1039 24 Will Wright 12 9 61040 17 Alberto Cola 9 WD WD241 84 Joaquin Egozkcue de los Santos 10 11 WD142 96 Ward Sluys Fred Cavanagh 11 WD WD043 11 Christian Cano 13 WD 120 – 95 Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen WD WD WD – – 33 Lubomir Jakubik WD WD WD – – 99 Huub Delnoij WD WD WD – Driver ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS Points RacesBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Nations' championship Nation Races Points ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS 1 4 9 2 11 2 4 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 175.63 7 8 8 9 10 8 7 7 6 8 8 12 9 10 5 5 7 14 12 11 9 9 5 9 2 4 7 12 8 8 6 14 6 7 WD 16 7 7 8 17 4 4 3 19 5 6 9 41 5 6 8 5 4 4 80 10 5 4 2 1 4 87 2 1 1 88 9 10 9 6 7 7 90 4 3 2 93 8 6 10 5 5 6 95 WD WD WD 99 WD WD WD 2 23 1 10 1 WD 2 2 5 2 8 3 3 2 143 24 12 9 6 3 44 11 1 2 1 1 1 13 11 DNS 1 3 3 130.5 45 6 7 10 4 10 3 3 3 9 10 5 42.3 11 13 WD 12 12 8 6 9 83 3 3 4 84 10 11 WD 85 7 8 6 5 47 1 2 3 41.5 48 4 5 WD 6 18 6 5 7 40 92 3 7 5 96 11 WD WD 7 16 2 2 2 35.5 17 9 WD WD 94 7 WD WD 8 8 48 6 6 4 331 9 30 6 6 2 30 33 WD WD WD10 5 4 4 53011 32 3 7 52612 31 7 3 62413 50 4 11 52014 35 7 12 612 Nation ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS Points RacesBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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