Award winners honoured at motorsport prize givings

Victory Raceway ended their busy dirt oval track season with a lavish prize giving at The Westview Sports Club on Saturday, 3 December. It was capped off with the handing out of provincial motorsport colours to Francois Engelbrecht, Malcolm Els, Jaco Aylward, Neville Ellard and Vincent Venter. Provincial colours for officials with a minimum of 10 years of involvement in the sport & currently involved in the administration of motorsport were awarded to Patrick Fourie, Elton Gillmer, Vicky Gillmer, Peter Henning, Riaan Keyser, Leoné Liebenberg, Leclue Mostert, Andries Olwagen Senior, Andries Olwagen Junior & Linda Olwagen.

Victory Raceway Club Champions from left to right. Bianca Westraadt (Pinkrods), Pieter le Roux (1660’s), Vincent Venter (American Saloons), Jaco Aylward (Hot Rods), Neville Ellard (Heavy Metals) & front Malcolm Els (2.1 Modifieds)
Victory Raceway Club Champions from left to right: Bianca Westraadt (Pinkrods), Pieter le Roux (1660’s), Vincent Venter (American Saloons), Jaco Aylward (Hot Rods), Neville Ellard (Heavy Metals) & front Malcolm Els (2.1 Modifieds)
Image by Peter Henning

In the Club Championship, which consisted of 10 rounds, the results were as follows –

Pinkrods

  1. Bianca Westraadt
  2. Annuschke’ Landman
  3. Nadia Rautenbach and Simoné Claasen

1660 Class

  1. Pieter le Roux
  2. Francois Engelbrecht
  3. Ruan Mostert

2.1 Modified Class

  1. Malcolm Els 
  2. Micaela Kotze
  3. Gerrit Olivier

Hot Rod Class

  1. Jaco Aylward
  2. Shaun Gough
  3. Gene Gough

Heavy Metal Class

  1. Neville Ellard
  2. Pierre vd Berg
  3. Henry Muller

American Saloons

  1. Vincent Venter
  2. Pieta Victor
  3. Juan Roesstorff

In the Regional Championship that consisted of 6 rounds the results were as follows:

1660 Class

  1. Francois Engelbrecht
  2. Pieter Le Roux
  3. Wesley Slabbert

2.1 Modified Class

  1. Malcolm Els 
  2. Micaela Kotze
  3. Gerrit Olivier

Hot Rod Class

  1. Jaco Aylward
  2. Shaun Gough
  3. Andy Wiggill

Heavy Metal Class

  1. Neville Ellard
  2. Ruzanne Jansen
  3. Pierre vd Berg

American Saloons

  1. Vincent Venter
  2. Pieta Victor
  3. Juan Roesstorff

The award for the best pit crew: Team Ferobrake and Pro-Tech Collision Centre.

The Rookie of the year award: Nadia Rautenbach

Sportsman of the year:Piet Victor

Sportswoman of the year: Micaela Kotze

Driver of the year: Daniel Renison

Lady Driver of the year: Ruzanne Jansen

Algoa Kart & Motorcycle Club held their annual prize giving in their clubhouse following their last event of the season, a ‘Coastal versus Inland Challenge’, held in cool, overcast conditions.

In the Bambino class for youngsters, it was Kyle Bezuidenhout who had the edge over his brother Dylan. Dylan Bezuidenhout then took to the Kid Rok class, where he got the better of Caleb Moss, who ended the day in second, with Cape Town visitor Logan Roehrig in third. The Mini Rok Class was a close-knit affair, with Josh Moore narrowly beating his brother Jack into second with Caleb Moss taking third. The DD2 class saw James Moore taking 3 out of 3 wins from Byron Teengs in second.

Luke Swanepoel won the Junior Max class, with Reeno Swanepoel taking the Senior Max win from Timothy Ball in second & Melindre Marais in third. In the 4-Stroke Endurance Class, the team from Northfield Engineering continued their dominant form, with Cameron Kelly and Kenzo Barnard taking the win from Jeremy Petit in his Qizmo Logix sponsored kart, with Wade Wright from East London in his Budget Storage Kart in third. In the individual sprint races, Jeremy Petit won from Wade Wright, with Zillen Harding in third place.

At the annual prize giving, Joshua Coertze received Eastern Province Colours and the senior Victor Ludorum Award after bagging yet another South African Championship. Joshua Moore and Caleb Moss were also recipients of Provincial colours after having both enjoyed a great National Championship season. The junior Victor Ludorum award went to Joshua Moore, who won the Mini Rok class with Aiden Green in second and Caleb Moss in third. In the MSR4 series for 4-stroke karts, Kenzo Barnard and Cameron Kelly from Team Northfield Engineering won the Endurance Class, with the Sprint Championship going to Johan Labuschagne & Pieter van Heerden of Team BBS.

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