AMSC racing drivers head to the Fairest Cape

Four Algoa Motorsport Club racing drivers will be making the trip to Killarney International Raceway in Cape Town to take part in the Zwartkops Raceway based Regional Extreme Festival that takes place on Friday and Saturday. The event, which features Mobil V8 Supercars, the BMW M Performance Parts Race Series, DOE Formula Vee single seaters, PABAR VW Challenge, VW Rookie Cup, Ferro Energia 111 GT Sports & Saloons as well as the Cape Laude Classics promises to be memorable weekend of racing thrills.

Picture: BMW power: Stephan Aucamp (97) leads the charge at Aldo Scribante Raceway
Picture credit: Darryl Kukard

The BMW M Performance Parts Race Series that is probably the biggest series in the country at present and has seen over fifty entries at their Kyalami and Zwartkops Raceway events this past season so will surely be one of the weekends many highlights. Spearheading the East Cape contingent will be well known BMW race car builder and racer Dean Ball in his Champion Motors turbo-charged BMW E36 330i who should be a force to be reckoned with in the highly competitive class-B as he has a wealth of talent and knowledge, having competed at the highest level in dirt-oval racing, single seaters as well as Polo Cup & modified saloons over many years.

Picture: Dean Ball in his Champion Motors BMW E36 330i Turbo
Picture credit: Darryl Kukard

Class-E in the BMW Series is by far the largest class where much of the close wheel to wheel racing action takes place and here Stephan Aucamp and Rynhardt Potgieter will both be racing their normally aspirated BMW E36 330i’s amongst the best drivers in the country. With a whole bunch of Cape Town wildcard drivers in the mix it should be thrill a minute racing.

Picture: Next generation: VW Rookie’s in action at Killarney International Raceway
Picture credit: Abri de Bruyn

Young Josh Moore will be competing in the penultimate round of the VW Rookie-Cup that sees the winner automatically be given a seat in the VW Motorsport Team to compete in Astron Energy Polo Cup next season. Moore along with four other top karting stars have been groomed with a syllabus that covers everything from race-craft, physical and mental preparation, fitness, teamwork, data analysis and dealing with the media as well as many other aspects of a racing career. The head of VW Motorsport Mike Rowe had the following to say “Our Volkswagen Rookie Cup Academy trains its racing recruits in every aspect of racing in a real hands-on race-day realm. So far this season the Rookie Cup has delivered some brilliant racing and our youngsters now return to Killarney in title contention and will put on a show that will cause Cape race fans to remember each of their names as they continue to develop their skills in racing conditions”.

The last round of the Rookie championship will take place at Aldo Scribante Raceway on the 14th September as part of a jam-packed race day that includes the Ford & Friends Series as well as the API GTI Challenge where almost sixty cars from the Western Cape will be in attendance.

The racing action on Saturday from Killarney can be live-streamed on the Motor Mouth Facebook page.

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