The track action was supreme throughout the day, from the closest Global Touring Car races to the superfast Supercars, splendid Polo Cup heats, cracking ZX10 Masters and the rest.
Topping the bill, Toyota drivers Robert Wolk and Michael van Rooyen shared the Global Touring Car race wins, while twice second on the day, young gun Saood Variawa took overall honours.
Wolk made no mistakes off pole position in his Chemical Logistics Corolla as he trotted to a lights-to-flag race 1 victory.
He fended off Bradley Liebenberg’s Hype Golf off until a gearbox issue hampered the Golf, as teen sensation Saood Variawa’s Gazoo Corolla took up the chase.
Volkswagen Motorsport Golf pilot Daniel Rowe then pipped Liebenberg to fourth as they encountered traffic approaching the chequered flag.
Andrew Rackstraw’s Audi and Michael van Rooyen’s Toyota were next home.
Van Rooyen’s reverse grid pole position paid off handsomely as he converted it into a hard-fought race 2 victory, despite Liebenberg hounding him throughout.
But not before Variawa stole second for a Toyota 1-2 with Liebenberg third. Wolk pulled a last corner move on Rowe for fourth with VW teammate Jonathan Mogotsi sixth.
So, 16-year-old Variawa took his second overall Global Touring Car win in two meetings from Wolk, Liebenberg, Rowe, van Rooyen, and Mogotsi.
Running behind them, the GTC SupaCup races likewise delivered thrilling action.
Race 1 winner Jeff Kruger held on to take the day by all of one second, while brothers, Jason beat Keegan Campos to second by all of four thousandths of a second.
Fourth placed overall, youngster Leyton Fourie and fellow rookie Arnold Neveling delivered their second reverse grid race 2 1-2 on the trot, while local hero Nick Davidson made it three Masters class wins in a row too.
The fastest, and some will say most spectacular action of the day, saw Jonathan du Toit’s TAR Lamborghini Huracan pip Charl Arangies’ Stradale Audi R8 LMS to G+H Extreme Supercar pole position as both incredibly lapped Scribante in the 57 second bracket.
A first race restart appeared to be going Du Toit’s way, but Arangies soon made his move to take a lead he’d hold to the finish.
Paolo Loureiro’s BMW was third from Greg Parton’s Lamborghini, and Kwanda Mokoena and Marius Jackson’s Audis.
Arangies took control of, and won race 2 despite du Toit’s best efforts to stop him. Jackson ended up a lonely third place from Paolo and Rick Loureiro’s BMWs, Parton, Class C GT4 winner Mokoena, Class B winner Nicky Dicks’ Porsche and Mansoor Parker in a BMW.
Cape Town Bullion IT driver Jurie Swart consolidated his Compcare Volkswagen Polo Cup championship lead as he came from behind to take the first race victory.
He then drove home third behind Lee Thompson’s Universal Polo and pole man Clinton Bezuidenhout’s Stu Davidson car in race 2 to take the day by the narrowest of margins.
Thompson and Bezuidenhout tangled early on in the opening heat to allow Charl Visser up to second from Bezuidenhout, Tate Bishop, Dawie van der Merwe and Nathi Msimanga.
Lee Thompson then pulled pole position out of the top six hat, grabbed the lead and led race 2 from lights to flag from Bezuidenhout, Swart, van der Merwe and Visser.
Behind them, turbo Polo rookie Giordano Lupini came from behind to steal sixth while his teammate Swart took the day by a tenth of a second, provisionally from Clinton Bezuidenhout, Thompson and Visser.
In single-seater action, Alex Vos took his maiden Investchem Formula 1600 victory in race 1. He made a great getaway off pole position to grab a lead he’d hold throughout.Josh Le Roux piled on the pressure but had to settle for second from Gerard Geldenhuys, Troy Dolinschek and Nicholas van Weely.
The second race proved a Le Roux benefit. He blasted off the line and drove away to win from Antwan Geldenhuys, Dolinschek, Vos and van Weely. Le Roux took the day from Vos and Dolinschek. Ian Schofield meanwhile took Formula Ford Kent honours from Allen Meyer, and Graham Hepburn.
In other regular Extreme Festival action, David Enticott held race 2 winner Jayson Lamb off to take spectacular Sunbet ZX10 Masters two-wheeler honours for the day.
Graeme van Breda ended third overall from Trevor Westman, Rob Cragg and Michael Smit.
Back on four wheels, Ashley Oldfield remained the motoring journalist to beat in the Gazoo Toyota GR Yaris Media Challenge, in spite of Thomas Falkiner and Mark Jones’ best efforts. Sean Nurse was fourth from lady scribe Jeanette Kok Kritzinger, wildcard Toyota suit Mario De Sousa and Lerato Matebese.
The DOE Formula Vees also joined the Scribante National Extreme Festival action to round off a splendid day of racing. Veteran Peter Hills emerged on top after three hard fought races. He beat Lushen Ramchander, Greg Wilson, son Brandon Hills, Shaun van der Linde and Josef Kotze to top honours.
Motor Racing’s South African National Extreme Festival travels to Red Star Raceway near Delmas, Mpumalanga next, for July 2’s Extreme Festival races. Now that’s something to look forward to.
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Source: MotorsportMedia
