Home circuit and a National race day where of course we all want to shine…
Friday practice, and I managed to get out on track for 2 sessions and the car was just perfect and so was the drivers head for a change…
So the car was parked and new tyres put on for race day.
Saturday morning:
Qualifying went alright with us posting the 3rd quickest time in class which was 12th on the road.
Race one: and the usual top 5 reverse grid from the previous race, putting me 4th (but one of the top 5 from the previous event not there) so I was bumped up to 3rd on the grid. I had a magnificent start and by turn 2 I was already fighting for the top honours in class, in no time I was ahead and before I knew it Jacques van der Zee and Andre Dannhauser were with me,
we had a monumental battle for the full race, but I managed to take the flag ahead of them both and bag a first place in class and an even better 13th overall.
Race 2: this race win from race 1, meant 5th on the grid in class, but I had a good start and I was in the leading bunch by turn 4, but on the first lap Dannhauser went off, spraying stones across our windscreens and putting a small hole into mine… by turn 2 of the next lap he had bumped rookie driver van der Westhuizen causing him to spin and I got caught behind them with almost all of class C getting past me and the few B’s that I had passed, I re-joined and had to play catch up, taking the positions one by one, I managed to get up to 2nd, but with 2 laps to go van der Zee got past me and demoted me to 3rd for class C and 15th overall and thankfully it was still enough to get me on the top step for the day and take the class C win ☺
The Premiere TV slot from this round will be on SuperSport on the Extreme Festival show on Friday the 28th of August on SS8 @ 18h30
The next round of the championship will be Dezzi Raceway in Port Shepstone on the 29th of August.
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