Another night of exhilarating dirt oval racing is expected at round eight of the Victory Raceway Club Championship takes place on Saturday evening at the circuit that is situated along Victoria Drive. This event is yet another opportunity for out-of-town drivers to get accustomed to the local track conditions before the much anticipated DO4SA Championships that take place at Victory on the 20th & 21st September and drivers from George, Oudtshoorn and East London clubs have already got their entries in for Saturdays event. Classes that will be competing on Saturday are the American Saloons, 1660 Modifieds Saloons, 1600 Stock Saloons, 2.1 Modifieds, Heavy Metals, Hot Rods as well as Rookie’s.
Picture credit: Peter Henning – EC Oval Race Pics.
Local hero Pieta Victor continues to dominate in the V8 American Saloon class where he has a healthy 129 point lead over Juan Roesstorff in second with Ruzanne Jansen a further 77 points adrift in third place. Keegan Ellard will be wanting to continue his fine run of form in the well-controlled 1600 Saloons close where he holds a relatively healthy lead of 70 points of Daniel Renison who dominated the early part of the season, but not to be forsaken is third placed Deon Kretzmann who has found some consistency of late and is always a threat. Regular racing visitor coming to compete in Gqbergha is Jacques Snyman from Oudtshoorn Club will be joining the 1600’s and he brings a wealth of experience as a previous runner-up in the World of Motorsport ZA (WOMZA) championship in the 2022 season.
In the hotly contested 2.1 Modified class the battle upfront is between Rimon Landman who leads by just twenty points from second placed Damon Miles with Daniel Renison in a distant third place, 209 points behind Miles.
When it comes to consistency and reliability, Tiaan Oliphant has been the pick of the Hot Rod drivers and thus has a massive 214 point advantage over Nandor Kleyweght in second and Marilie Britz in a close third. With only a couple of Hot Rods races under his belt young George visitor Malan Walters has been sensational and should be one of the drivers to give Oliphant a go upfront. Last weekend at round 5 of the regional championship at PE Oval Track Raceway, Walters put in a very mature performance, to finish a close second to legendary racer Piet Scheepers with the very quick Jaco Aylward taking third.
The heavy metal class championship chase is far from over with seven drivers still in with a realistic chance of taking the club championship. Jaco Pitout leads by a mere 33 points from SA2 Pierre van der Berg in second with Neville Ellard a further 43 points adrift and Andries Olwagen just 2 points behind Ellard in fourth.
South African 1660 Modified champion Marthinus Muller will be going all out to extend his massive 129 point lead over Pieter le Roux who has 432 points and Francois Engelbrecht on 368 points and Chanell van Tonder on 364 points. The class has had twenty three starters so far this season and continues to provide spectators with non-stop action on every occasion. Kenzo Barnard seems to have got his teething issues with his new car sorted out and should be a threat no doubt.
Gates to Victory Raceway open to the public at 13h00 and there is trackside parking available should you want to watch the racing from the comfort of your vehicle with live commentary available on 106.9FM.
