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PRESS RELEASE: 25 JULY 2009 |
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Zwartkops GT Challenge Zwartkops 25 July 2009 |
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Image:
Tony Alves -
www.tracksidepics.co.za |
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Round 5 of the National Pro Tour heads for Zwartkops
Raceway on 25 July and no doubt all eyes will be on
Altech GT Challenge overall championship fight. With
the season just past the half way mark it is do or
die time for those chasing the title. Currently
there are five hot contestants sitting within 19
points of each other at the sharp end of the table.
Pierre Martins, piloting a Class E Porsche 928S,
leads the way but has Porsche 944 Turbo Cup ace
Charl Arangies breathing down his neck. Nicky Dicks
(Class C Porsche 996 GT3 Cup) goes into the event in
third and Dave Fourie and Barry Nel are tied fourth
in a Class D Porsche 911RSR and Class C Porsche 944
Turbo Cup respectively. Despite missing the previous
Altech GT Challenge event Toby Venter is still in
with a shout in his sublime Class A Porsche 993
GT2R. As entries closed both Martins and Nel hadn't
entered so it remains to see whether they'll be at
Zwartkops to keep the point scoring momentum up. |
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Venter is on the entry
list and is more than likely going to lead the field
for the duration of both heats. That said expect a
stiff challenge to come from the nimble Class A
Lotus Elise of Charl Joubert.
Class B is jam packed and the on track action
promises to be fierce. Olivier Dalais (Porsche 917
Replica), Jon Wilson (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup) and
Pieter Joubert (Lotus Elise) will be the minority in
a sea of Class B Ferraris. Ferrari 360 Challenge
cars will be driven by Franco Scribante, Jeremy
Pougnet, Nic Chapman and Andrew Miller while Christo
Lindeque, Gerald Chapman and Loris Chiappa will be
behind the wheel of Ferrari 430 Challenge models.
Both Lindeque and Pougnet proved quick last time out
at Zwartkops but if Sharl Parsad makes an appearance
with his Ferrari 430 Challenge it'll be an even
heavier fight. Pougnet heads up the Class B
championship with Lindeque and Parsad following. |
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Peter Wharton-Hood and
Nicky Dicks will make use of Class C Porsche GT3 Cup
cars to fend of the advances of Peter Bailey's Ford
GT40 Replica. Other appealing entries that could
well emerge include the Lotus Exige S of Wayne
Waldeck and Barry Nel's Porsche. Going to the event
Dicks leads Nel by six points.
Class D will be interesting with two Zwartkops built
and run Daytona Cobra replicas making an appearance.
Jonathan and Mark du Toit will be at the wheel of
these hulking monsters and they both know the track
like the back of their hand so should be the cat
amongst the Porsche pigeons. Overall championship
contenders and Class D sparing partners Charl
Arangies and Dave Fourie will be up for the brawl.
No Class E drivers have confirmed their but the
chances are good Pierre Martins, Ron Harmse (Porsche
911) and Dillon Miller (Porsche 911 RS) will make a
showing to gather valuable 'home circuit' points. As
has become the norm for Altech GT Challenge a
handful of Altech Porsche 924 Challenge competitors
will be on track with the GT Challenge brigade,
duelling in an all out sprint race. Confirmation so
far has come from Mark Harvey, Dave Parratt, John
van Wyk, Marius Wait and Johan Grobler. Non entrant
Melt Malan heads the 924 Class but Grobler, Wait and
Parrat are right there.
ALTECH PORSCHE CLUB 924 CHALLENGE
Twenty odd competitors will take to Zwartkops as
round 5 of the Altech Porsche Club 924 series on 25
July. This championship too is going down to the
wire with the top five hopefuls separated by less
than 10 points.
Robert Scott tops the pack on 127 points, Braam van
Niekerk lies on 123 and the Paul Moss 121. Andrew
Culbert and Greg Parton are on 117 and 116 points.
Zwartkops is a local stomping ground for Altech
Porsche club 924 competitors so very few handicap
breaking performances are expected.
Previous Zwartkops big point scorers include Parratt,
Wait, Scott, Melt Melt Malan and Colin Maine, with
all expected at the track it'll take a brave person
to call the finishing order. |
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ALTECH GT CHALLENGE OVERALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
POS. DRIVER CLASS CAR POINTS
1 PIERRE MARTINS E PORSCHE 928 S 109
2 CHARL ARANGIES D PORSCHE 994 TURBO 101
3 NICKY DICKS C PORSCHE 996 GT3 CUP 96
4 DAVE FOURIE D PORSCHE 911 RSR 90
5 BARRY NEL C PORSCHE 944 TC 90
6 TOBY VENTER A PORSCHE 993GT2R 83
7 ROD COLE-EDWARDES C PORSCHE 993 RSR 83
8 JEREMY POUGNET B FERRARI 360 CHALLENGE 83
9 CHRISTO LINDEQUE B FERRARI 430 81
10 SHARL PARSAD B FERRARI 430 75
ALTECH PORSCHE CLUB 924
CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP
POS. DRIVER CAR POINTS
1 ROBERT SCOTT PORSCHE 924 127
2 BRAAM VAN NIEKERK PORSCHE 924 123
3 PAUL MOSS PORSCHE 924 121
4 ANDREW CULBERT PORSCHE 924 117
5 GREG PARTON PORSCHE 924 116
6 MARIUS WAIT PORSCHE 924 115
7 MELT MALAN PORSCHE 924 113
8 JOHAN GROBLER PORSCHE 924 102
9 MARK HARVEY PORSCHE 924 91
10 MARK SAUNDERS PORSCHE 924 85 |
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