The spectators that arrived to watch round four of the Algoa Motorsport Club Championship were treated to plenty of action and drama on Saturday at Aldo Scribante Raceway. The drama started early in the Street & Fine Car class, when during the first race of the day, the engine of George Vrey’s Opel Kadett expired which resulted in him dropping oil on the track from turn one to turn five leading to a lengthy delay as the marshals cleaned the track.

Picture credit: Darryl Kukard
Sarah Benn in a BMW E36 put in a stunning performance to claim her first overall class win and was followed home by the impressive McLaren 650 of Barry Buchman in second with Ayrton Pilz in a Renault Clio RS in third. Young Caden Weise had a busy day swopping between two wheels and four wheels and had a stunning debut drive in his Honda Ballade posting impressive lap times that saw him finish in fourth place overall.

Picture credit: Darryl Kukard
There were seventeen starters in the Stu Davidson & Sons Coastal Challenge that caters for historic and classic type cars along with open-top and retro cars and the V8’s of Chris Nell and Derek Boy were a sight to behold as they were chased by the very quick Caterham of Patrick Hanly as well as the immaculate Ford Escort of Wayne Botha. Nell went on to take the overall win in his Ford Capri Perana after Derek Boy in his Chevy Can-Am spun in heats one and two while leading.
In the modified saloon class Deon Neethling dominated in his Audi A4 winning all three heats after being pushed hard by Steven Phillips in his very quick VW Golf Mk1 and Kelsey Davidson in her VW SupaPolo. There was high drama when the turbo of Kiesha Potgieters Audi A3 decided enough was enough and let go in spectacular fashion as can be seen in the accompanying photograph captured by Darryl Kukard.

Picture credit: Darryl Kukard
On two wheels Keana Strode put in a masterful performance on his Kawasaki ZX6R winning by the proverbial country mile from Dyllan Anderson in the open motorcycle class, with Donavan van der Merwe claiming victory in the unlimited class and Jamie Hall winning the Powersport class and Ethan Diener having had a fantastic day finishing first in the 300cc class. The CBR 150 junior class was won by a jubilant Craig Benn and the clubmans class won by Ruan van Zyl.
The race-day ended with a 45 minute endurance race where Daniel Bright was back to his best in his Lotus 7 winning by 13 seconds with the index-of-performance award going to Timothy Ball in his BMW 328.
The overall results per class were as follows –
Coastal Challenge –
Class A
-1st Chris Nell Ford Capri
-2nd Derek Boy Chevrolet Can-Am
Class B
-1st Wayne Botha
Class C
-1st Darryn Vice Ford Anglia
-2nd Rane Berry Datsun Skyline
-3rd Aidan Barnard Opel Kadett
Class D
-1st Neil Stephen Ford Escort
-2nd Pat Fourie Nissan Maxima
-3rd Tiaan Kleinhans Ford Escort
Class E
-1st Ron Scott Ford Escort
Class X
-1st Johan Marais VW Beetle
Retro Classics
-1st Aubrey du Plessis VW Golf
-2nd Ian Oberholzer Volvo 850
Open-Tops
-1st Patrick Hanly Caterham S
-2nd Alwyn Kretzmann Lotus 7
-3rd Winston Marais Lotus 7
Regional Modified Saloons
Class C
-1st Deon Neethling Audi A4
-2nd Steven Phillips VW Golf
-3rd Kelsey Davidson VW Polo
Class D
-1st Timothy Ball BMW 328
-2nd Greg Forword BMW E36
Class E
-1st Juan van Rooyen VW Polo
-2nd Jason Nell VW Golf
-3rd Andrew Meyer VW Golf
Class F
-1st Fred Ballinger VW Polo
45 Minute Endurance Race
-1st Daniel Bright Lotus 7
-2nd Timothy Ball BMW 328
-3rd Caden Weise Honda Ballade
Open Motorcycles
Unlimited class
-1st Donavan van der Merwe BMW S1000RR
-2nd Timothy Benn Kawasaki ZX10
600cc
-1st Keana strode Kawasaki ZX6R
-2nd Dyllan Anderson Yamaha R6
Powersport
-1st Jamie Hall Suzuki GSXR
-2nd Shandin Thompson Kawasaki ER650
-3rd Meghan Hall Kawasaki ER
300cc
-1st Ethan Diener KTM RC390
-2nd Ashton Heidemann KTM RC390
-3rd Ruan van Zyl KTM RC390
CBR 150 Junior
-1st Craig Benn Honda CBR
-2nd Dylan Grobler Honda CBR
CBR 150 Clubmans
-1st Ruan van Zyl Honda CBR
-2nd Kirsty Oberholzer Honda CBR
-3rd Kiara Potgieter Honda CBR