Final round of this year’s Regional Extreme Festival
The final round of this year’s Regional Extreme Festival presented by Coca Cola will take place at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, with the venue to host 154 competitors in six separate categories.
Heading up proceedings will be two races for ACD Welkom 111 GT Sports and Saloon Cars. Having already clinched the year’s GT Sports title, Wouter Roos (Origen Oil Volkswagen Golf) will head up the entry list.
Fighting with him for overall race placings should be people like George Economides (Wealth Avenue Volkswagen Golf), Marius Truter (2D Trucks Golf Mk 1 Turbo), Lucas Bezuidenhout (Pta Noord Toyota Lexus), Craig Priestley (Tactical Fluid VW Polo), Charl Weyers (Opel Corsa), Wayne Rob (Ford Focus 225 ST) and Jonathan Visser (Auto Express VW Polo 6R).
In the midfield, battles should rage between drivers like Mike O’Sullivan (All Thing Motoring Honda Ballade), Piet Potgieter (Nathans Volkswagen Polo) Dylan Pragji (Styling Auto VW Polo 6R), Wayne Lebotschy (SHIELD Volkswagen Golf), Quentin Duvenhage (2D TrucksVW Golf Mk1), Keithin Meintjies (TRC Renault Sandero), Leon Bredenkamp (Honda Civic), and Melanie Spurr (Origen Oils VW Polo).
Starting behind the 111 grid will be the SuperHatch category, with podium chasers to include Mark du Toit (TAR BMW 118i), George Aldrich (Aldrich Opel Corsa), Ishmael Baloyi (TAR Honda Civic), Joshua du Toit (TAR Honda Civic) and Deiyan Moodley (Kris Freight Honda Ballade) and Tyron Pillay (TPAS Volkswagen Golf).
The BMW ///M Performance Parts Race Series will bring 63 cars to the party, with the field split in two.
Leading the Class A, B and C group should be people like Renier Smith (Fast Development BMW E36 M3 Turbo), Leon Loubser (Monaco Motors BMW E92 335i), Rick Loureiro (Combined BMWF30 330), Bob Neil (Delmon Mining BMW M3), Andreas Meier (CEC Pty Ltd BMW E36 STC), Nek Makris (BMW E46 335i), Lenard Archer (ACD Welkom BMW E90 335i), and Ethan Coetzee (Lee Thompson BMW F30340i Turbo).
Bernard de Gouveia (De Gouveia Accountants BMW E46 M3), Dawie Olivier (International Race Supplies BMW E30 330i), Andre van Vuuren (Curvent International BMW E90 335i), Gerhard du Plessis (Deep Civils BMW F22 M240i), Phillip Emmenis (Emmenis BMW E36 M3) and Troy Cochran (Tyremart Boksburg BMW E36 M3) should fight for victories in the races for cars in Classes D, E and F.
In the DOE Formula Vee Partnered With CIM Lubricants series, Lendl Jansen (Bull Security Rhema 2) has already claimed the title, with people like Gert van den Berg (DOE Parts Rhema 2), Theodore Vermaak (DOE Parts Forza), Peter Hills (Mangaza MXTwo Rhema), Marcel Blignaut (CIM Lubricants Forza), Vaughn Hills (Mangaza MXTwo Rhema), Klinton Kane (DC Tyres Sting) and Jaco Smit (GZ Auditors Forza) chasing him at Zwartkops.
The Formula Vee squad always provide ultra close racing and spectacle at Zwartkops, and Saturday’s events should be no exception.
The Dunlop V8 Supercars will see Warren Lombard (Pepboys Automotive Ford Mustang) and Thomas Reib (Café 9 Automotive Chevrolet Corvette) fighting for the year’s title.
Drivers who could interfere should include Terry Wilford (Fuchs Lubricants Ford Mustang), Larry Wilford (Fuchs Lubricants Holden), Auke Compaan (CIM Lubricants Ford Mustang), Ben Morgenrood (Morgenrood Ford Mustang), Steve Herbst (Prei Instrumentation Corvette) and Wayne Spicer (Wellness Group Ford Falcon).
In the ATE VW Challenge, Adriaan de Beer (Ukwazi Engineering Volkswagen Polo), and Stuart Mack (AutoZone Polo) will fight for the year’s overall title, with drivers like Bryce Pillay (73 Racing Polo), Ian Walker (Mellow Velo Polo), Jayden Goosen (AA Pre-Owned Polo), Francis Aldrich (VW Polo), Wayne Masters (Performance Masters Volkswagen Polo) and Elna Croeser (ATE Brakes Polo), able to muddy the waters.
The Zwartkops gates will be open from 7am, with qualifying for all classes early in the morning. Racing proper will commence at 9am.
Admission will cost R140 per adult, R100 per student, with children under 12 entering for free.
As always, everybody is invited to visit the pits on foot at any time, and the circuit’s Mini Moke trains will run between the pit gate and spectator points throughout the day. Food and drink will be on sale, or you can take your own, and you are invited to braai on the grass banks next to the circuit.
You can go for a passenger ride on the skidpan, with live music, pedal karts and kiddies’ entertainment in the padock area.
All of the day’s races will be broadcast live on the Extreme Festival website from 10:30am. For easy access to all relevant information, including the full event timetable, digital programme, and more, visit the Extreme Festival Links page.
You could also call the Zwartkops Raceway office at 012 384 2299.
Andre’ de Kock
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