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PRESS RELEASE: 29 August 2009 |
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Heavyweight
Title Fight
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Altech GT Challenge crews head for the historic East
London Grand Prix Circuit on Saturday 29 August for
round six of the Altech GT Challenge Championship.
With only three more rounds left in the title chase
and only twenty points separating the top six the
championship fight is going to go down to the wire.
A good East London result is imperative for those
who want to go down in the Altech GT Challenge
history book. |
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Class D Porsche 944 Turbo pilot Charl Arangies goes
into the East London meeting at the top of the
overall leader board but Pierre Martins in a Class D
Porsche 928 is just two points behind. Nicky Dicks
has been consistently quick in his Porsche 996 GT3
Cup car and holds third on 118 points ahead of Dave
Fourie (Porsche 911) and Rod Cole-Edwardes (Porsche
993 RSR), who both have 107 points in the bag.
Toby Venter lies down in sixth place, having missed
one event, but he is on the entry list for East
London and his Porsche 993 GT2R is sure to lead the
way around the dauntingly fast East London track.
Potters Pass is widely regarded as the fastest
corner in local motorsport and Venter's Porsche
could well be the fastest tin-top car through the
legendary corner this year. It will be a sight to
behold. |
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Altech GT Challenge
Class B continues to pull in the largest number of
entries. Ten cars, consisting of a handful of
Ferraris, a few Porsches and a Lotus have entered
the class for the day. Sharl Parsad was impressive
at Zwartkops and appears to have really got to grips
with his Ferrari F430. He leads the Class B fight
ahead of fellow 430 mounted Christo Lindeque and
Ferrari 360 Challenge pilot Jeremy Pougnet. Pougnet
is the man to watch as technical gremlins at
Zwartkops are the only reason for him falling off
the top step.
The Oliver Dalais Class B Porsche 917 replica
shouldn't be ignored on a track like East London.
The long straight plays right into the hands of his
brutally powerful, light and aerodynamic machine.
Class C regulars Nicky Dicks (Porsche 996 GT3 Cup)
and Rod-Cole Edwardes (Porsche 993 RSR) broke out of
the specified class times at the previous event so
have been promoted to Class B. Whether or not they
have the pace to upset the Ferrari dominance will be
the biggest question at East London. How successful
the pair is in Class B will have a direct spin-off
on the overall championship as both a hot contenders
for the honours.
The season long front versus rear engine battle
continues in Class D with Charl Arangies (Porsche
944 Turbo) and Dave Fourie (Porsche 911) doing duty.
Dave Parratt, Marius Wait and Johan Grobler will get
the most track time for the weekend as the trio
compete in both the Altech GT Challenge and Altech
Porsche Club 924 Challenge.
As is usual practice for the Altech Porsche Club 924
brigade the slowest car will be let loose first with
the faster qualifiers chasing at calculated
intervals. The last few laps will be chaotic,
especially through the tighter complex section.
Expect to see the lead swap on numerous occasions
and some do-or-die overtaking manoeuvres.
Going to East London Greg Parton holds a ten point
gap on Paul Moss, with Robert Scott a further four
points adrift. When going to press Scott and Moss
had entered but not Parton. If it stays that way the
top of the Altech Porsche 924 Club points table will
change after East London.
Other regular front runners who have entered include
Mark Saunders, Dave Parratt, Marius Wait, Johan
Grobler and Andrew Culbert. All have shown podium
finishing form this year so the result is a definite
unknown.
Disqualifications are common in the Altech Porsche
Club 924 series as competitors are not allowed to go
faster than a predetermined lap time. This sounds
easy enough, but when the 'race face' or 'red mist'
ascends there is not always an ease-off button. At
this late stage in the season championship
contenders can't afford a slip up in concentration.
For more information on the Altech GT Challenge
visit www.gtchallenge.co.za. Altech Porsche Club 924
details can be found at www.924challenge.co.za. |
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ALTECH GT CHALLENGE
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 CHARL ARANGIES D PORSCHE 994 TURBO 126
2 PIERRE MARTINS D/E PORSCHE 928 S 124
3 NICKY DICKS C PORSCHE 996 GT3 CUP 118
4 DAVE FOURIE D PORSCHE 911 RSR 107
5 ROD COLE-EDWARDES C PORSCHE 993 RSR 107
6 TOBY VENTER A PORSCHE 993GT2R 106
7 BARRY NEL C PORSCHE 944 TC 101
8 SHARL PARSAD B FERRARI 430 101
9 CHRISTO LINDEQUE B FERRARI 430 95
10 JEREMY POUGNET B FERRARI 360 CHALLENGE 88
ALTECH PORSCHE CLUB 924
CHAMPIONSHIP
1 GREG PARTON PORSCHE 924 156
2 PAUL MOSS PORSCHE 924 146
3 ROBERT SCOTT PORSCHE 924 142
4 ANDREW CULBERT PORSCHE 924 134
5 BRAAM VAN NIEKERK PORSCHE 924 132
6 JOHAN GROBLER PORSCHE 924 118
7 MARK HARVEY PORSCHE 924 116
8 MARIUS WAIT PORSCHE 924 115
9 MARK SAUNDERS PORSCHE 924 115
10 MELT MALAN PORSCHE 924 113 |
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