2025 Regional Extreme Festival will kick off its activities at Zwartkops
The 2025 Regional Extreme Festival presented by Coco-Cola will kick off its activities at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria this Saturday, with 138 competitors in six disciplines taking on the challenge.
Premier billing on the day will belong to the ATE VW Challenge contingent, with 22 cars taking to the tarmac.
Top contenders must include Wayne Masters (Performance Masters Polo), Elna Croeser (ATE Brakes Polo), Dean Ross (Norbrake Polo), Ian Walker (Mellow Velo Polo) and Jayden Goosen (Ferro Energia Polo).
In Class B, front runners should be drivers like overall defending champion Stuart Mack (Auto Zone Polo), Chris Davison (D&L Transport Polo), Francis Aldrich (VaporWorx Polo) and Martin de Beer (MLP Polo).
The Ferro Energia 111 GT races for Sports and Saloon Cars should see pre-event favourites like current champion Wouter Roos (Origen Oil VW Golf), George Economides (Wealth Avenue Golf Turbo), Piet Potgieter (Nathan’s Polo), Mark du Toit (TAR BMW Z4), Lucas Bezuidenhout (Pta Noord Lexus), Wayne Lebotschy (SHIELD Golf), Sebastian Bouilliard (Applied Heat Polo) and Wayne Robb (Ford Focus ST).
The BMW ///M Performance Parts brigade will bring 55 cars to the event, divided into two separate classes to be accommodated by the 2,4 kilometre Zwartkops circuit.
The top class will see victory favourites like reigning champion Renier Smith (Fast Development BMW M3 Turbo), (Leon Loubser (Monaco Motors BMW 335i), Nek Makris (BMW 335i), Bob Neil (Delmon Mining BMW M3 Turbo), Andreas Meier (#CEC BMW TC), Fabio Fedetto (BMW M4), Ron Gearing (BMW 335iS) and Nicky Dicks (Curvent BMW M3).
Warren Lombard (Pepboys Automotive Ford Mustang) could be the pre-event favourite in the races for Dunlop V8 Supercars.
He should be challenged by drivers like Terry Wilford (Fuchs Ford Mustang), Thomas Reib (Café 9 Automotive Chev Lumina), veteran Ben Morgenrood (Morgenrood Ford Mustang), Antony Marx (Holden), Clinton Weston (Ford Falcon), Steve Herbst (Prei Instrumentation Corvette), Auke Compaan (Huricane Automotive Lumina) and Sam Dahl (ArcPro Tech Ford Falcon).
The SuperHatch races could see lady racer Melanie Spurr (Origen Oil Polo) fighting for victories against drivers like Mark du Toit (TAR BMW), George Aldrich (Opel Corsa), Tyron Pillay (TPAS Golf Mk3), Joshua du Toit (TAR Honda Civic), Ishmail Balloyi (TAR Honda Civic) and Keithin Meintjies (TCR Truck Renauld Sandero).
Rounding out the programme will be two races for DOE CIM Lubricants Formula Vees, with drivers like Peter Hills (MXTwo Mangaza Rhema), Gert van den Berg (DOE Parts Rhema), Shaun van der Linde (Truck City Rhema), Anton van der Merwe (VDM Vmax), Blane de Meillon (Sting), David Austin (DA Racing Rhema), plus lady racers Chloe Stewart (LMS Electrical Forza) and Anriette van Wyk (Pta Noord Forza) vying for podium places.
The Zwartkops gates will be open from 7am, with racing to commence at 10am.
Admission will cost R140 per adult and R100 per student, with kids under the age of 12 going in for free.
Everybody is invited to visit the pits on foot, and the circuit’s Mini Moke trains will run between the pit gate and spectator areas throughout the day.
Food and drink will be on sale or you may take your own, while you are also welcome to braai on the grass banks around the circuit.
The pits will offer a flea market, a kiddies corner with face painting, pedal car racing and live music, or you may decide to go for a drifting experience on the skidpan.
For more information call the circuit at 012 384 2299 or visit zwartkops.co.za.
Andre’ de Kock
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