Day of drama at packed Aldo Scribante Raceway

The many spectators that attended round six of the Algoa Motorsport Club Regional Championship at Aldo Scribante Raceway on the outskirts of Gqeberha were treated to a full day of action in perfect weather conditions. The drama started on the first lap of the day in early morning qualifying when Cape Town visitor Dawie de Beers immaculate Ford Escort burst into flames on the main straight after his fuel line ruptured. Fortunately the track marshals were close at hand to extinguish the blaze that engulfed the car as de Beer escaped without injury. There was a further delay during the day when young lady motorcyclist Emma Oberholzer took a tumble on the last lap of the CBR 150 race after having lead for the better part of the race and was transported to hospital by ambulance for observation. Keona Strode once again dominated the open motorcycle class winning heats one & two by the proverbial country mile, but broke down on the last lap in heat three with the finish line in sight, gifting the overall win to Dyllan Anderson. 

Pictured: The return of the Riddler: Ian Riddle (11) overtaking Kai van Zyl around the outside
Picture credit: Taylor Randall

Championship leader in the API GTI Challenge Marco Busi slammed into the Armco barriers on the start line of the opening GTI Challenge race and had to be pushed back to the pits to carry out repairs to his car, affording second place championship contender Jurie Swart the opportunity to move into the lead  in the very competitive class. Kelsey Davidson was one of the stars of the day competing in the large field of modified saloons she qualified fastest in her VW SuperCup Polo and went on to finish second behind the Audi S4 of Deon Neethling in race one. In race two while she was leading and over ambitious late braking move from Johan Nel in his BMW saw him slamming into the back of Davidsons Polo that led to Davidson spinning off the track from where she managed to get back on and recover to finish in seventeenth place in the strong 27 car field, which she followed up with a fourth place finish in race three.

Algoa Motorsport Club Chairman made a triumphant return to racing in his Mastercrete BMW and after a change of tyres after an eighth place finish in race one, stormed to the front to win both race two and three to secure the overall win in the Modified saloon class.

In the biggest class of the day the Coastal Challenge series comprising of historics, classics, retro classics and open top cars saw 42 entries battling it out on track with some epic racing all through the field. Cape Town driver Franco Donadio took overall honours in his lightning fast Ford Escort after some great racing against the Volvo 850 of Ian Oberholzer as well as the ferocious V8 Ford Capri’s of Chris Nell and Darron Gudmanz.

Unfortunately the day of racing action was cut short due to a power failure at the circuit so the scheduled Ford & Friends All-comers race as well as the 45 minute Endurance Race did not take place due to the lights around the circuit not working.

The overall results were as follows –

CBR 150 Junior Motorcycles – 1st Dylan Grobler, 2nd Caden Weise, 3rd Ethan Diener

CBR 150 Clubman Motorcycles – 1st Ruan van Zyl, 2nd Kirsty Oberholzer, 3rd Kiara Potgieter

300cc Motorcycles – 1st Dylan Grobler, 2nd Ethan Diener, 3rd Ruan van Zyl

600cc Motorcycles – 1st Dyllan Anderson, 2nd Keano Strode, 3rd Zander Taljaard  

Historic Motorcycles – 1st Morne Kock

Powersport Motorcycles – 1st Rob Halgreen

Unlimited Motorcycles – 1st Donavan van der Merwe, 2nd Nkululeko Majola, 3rd Timothy Benn

API GTI Challenge Class A – 1st Jurie Swart, 2nd Shane Williams, 3rd Clinton Bezuidenhout

API GTI Challenge Class B – 1st Tate Bishop, 2nd Brett Roach, 3rd Nur Abass

API GTI Challenge Class C -1st Dylan van Eeden, 2nd Zac Laden, 3rd Daniel Munna

EP Regional Saloons & WPMC Clubmans Class X – 1st Kai van Zyl, 2nd Charl Opperman, 3rd Carlos Goncalves

EP Regional Saloons Class B – 1st Ian Riddle, 2nd Geoff Stephen

EP Regional Saloons Class C – 1st Deon Neethling, 2nd Shaun Gradwell, 3rd Marais Ellis

EP Regional Saloons Class D – 1st Timothy Ball, 2nd Philip Weise, 3rd Juan van Rooyen

EP Regional Saloons Class E – 1st Jason Nell, 2nd Andrew Meyer, 3rd Raymond Redinger

EP Regional Saloons Class F – 1st Kiesha Potgieter

Coastal Challenge Class A – 1st Chris Nell, 2nd Derek Boy, 3rd Darron Gudmanz

Coastal Challenge Class B – 1st Nick Davidson, 2nd Jarod Thompson

Coastal Challenge Class C -1st Aidan Barnard, 2nd Ryno Burger, 3rd Rane Berry

Coastal Challenge Class D – 1st Neil Stephen, 2nd Patrick Fourie, 3rd Barry Spriggs

Coastal Challenge Class E – 1st Ronald Scott, 2nd Aubrey Burger

Coastal Challenge Class F – 1st Johan Marais

Coastal Challenge Open Tops – Alwyn Kretzmann

Coastal Challenge including WPMC Historics – 1st Franco Donadio, 2nd Jarryd Evans, 3rd Wayne Botha. VW Rookie Cup – 1st Judd Berholdt, 2nd Josh Moore, 3rd Uzair Khan

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