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PRESS RELEASE: March 2010 |
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Pro Tour to visit Zwartkops
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The
Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria will host round two
of the 2010 Pro Tour Motor Racing Road Show next
Saturday (March 20), with all six of its
participating racing disciplines in action. |
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* Top billing on the programme will
belong to the Shelby CanAm category,
with more than a dozen of the 3,5-litre V6 engined
sports cars taking to the
tarmac. Reigning South African champion Darryn Lobb
(NJOY Shelby) leads the title chase after the first
two races, but that does not make him an automatic
victory favourite at Zwartkops. Youngsters Guy
Botterill (Bigfoot/ Express/Yato Tools Shelby) and
Andrew Strike (Strike 1 Shelby), plus veterans Rui
Campos (Hugo Boss Shelby) and Sean Greve (Vulcania
Reinforcing Shelby) could all challenge for race
wins.
Others who could surprise - especially during the
day's second race, which
will start from an inverted grid - will include
Brian Algar (Etana Insurance Shelby), Thomas Reib (Jägermeister
Shelby), Alan Eve (Phakisa Raceway
Shelby) Pierre Martins (GT1 Racing Workshop) and
Trevor Bland (GT 1 Racing Workshop) |
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The Midas Formula Ford category will bring its all
new Duratec engined
cars to Zwartkops for the first time. The 2,4
kilometre circuit's tight and tricky nature always
ensures close single seater action, and Saturday's
events should be no exception. Matthew Merton (Matsam
Mygale) quickly sorted out his new car and won the
year's opening two races, but the rest of the pack
will be on his heels. His toughest challengers
should include defending South African champion
Nicholas van Weely (Anglo Rand Mygale), current
Formula VW champion Jayde Kruger (Motul/First
Freight Mygale) and multiple former Formula Ford
title holder Robert Wolk (Midas Sport Mygale). Given
reliability, Steve Morris (Van Diemen) and Werner
Scholtz (Investchem Mygale) could also vie for
podium places. |
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The day's two Altech GT races will most likely again
see easy overall victories for Toby Venter in his
works Class A Porsche GT2R), with his only
challenger Vernon Bricknell in a similar car
unlikely to compete after being T boned in East
London. Class B will be a more lively affair, the
Metal Used Spares Ferrari F430 of Jeremy Pougnet,
plus the F360 models of Franco Scribante and Nic
Chapman, will lock horns with Pieter Joubert (Lotus
Exige), Sun Moodley (Bigfoot Express Porsche GT3),
Mike Wilson (Fine Metals Porsche GT3) and Rod Cole-Edwardes
(Porsche 993 RSR). Porsche drivers Nicky Dicks (Curvent
GT3 Cup), Barry Nel (B-Tech 944 Turbo) and Simon
Murray (996 GT3 Cup) should be the people to beat in
Class C, versus the lone Gofa Properties Ferrari 360
of Jonathan Shenkman. |
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Expect to see the leading positions in the Red
Square Kawasaki ZX10 Masters Cup being contested by
Gavin Lightfoot (Kawasaki SA ZX10), Pieter de Vos (Jonnesway
ZX10), Gavin Ramsay (Mailwise International ZX10),
Brian Moldenhauer (Powermax ZX10), Joe Shearer (O'Mage
ZX10), Pierre le Roux (Buffalo Motorcycles ZX10) and
Piet Potgieter (Xerox ZX10). |
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The handicap based Porsche 924 races should provide
much spectacle over
the final laps, with quicker cars forced to scythe
their way through a packed field at Zwartkops, where
passing is generally a fraught endeavor.
Top runners should be Mark Harvey(Adapt
Communication), Greg Parton(Drizit Environmental),
Martin Liebenberg (2M Sportrailers), Harry
Arangies (Vaal Fluid Systems) and Melt
Malan(Kilimani Developments). |
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The Goldwagen Challenge races should boast the day's
biggest entry, with
more than 45 cars expected on the grid. Waldie
Meintjes (Albatros Polo) currently leads the overall
title chase with his closest Class A competitors
Eddie Rodrigues (SEW Eurodrive Polo), Gerhard
Henning (Amptech Golf 2) and Derick Smalberger (Sabertech
Polo). Meanwhile Peter Thompson (Thompsons Golf),
Charl Smalberger (Remconix Golf) and Wouter Roos
(Performance Laboratories Polo) are the points
leaders in Classes B, C and P, respectively. |
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