Hoping to at least finish on the podium at his first home-race at Aldo Scribante Raceway, well known rap-singer Earl Swartz (Early B) went one better with two second places and a maiden win to end the day on the top step of the podium after three exhilarating heats on Saturday during round 5 of the Algoa Motorsport Club Regional Championship.

It was a busy day for Swartz who spent many hours engaging with the huge legion of fans who had come out  in support of him and he had the following to say at the end of the day.

“The first thing I need to say is thank you to Liqui Moly and the team, the help from everyone and the camaraderie in Super Vee’s in the best thing that you can experience where everyone helps everyone. I was lucky enough to bring my Dad and a few kids from the neighbourhood to watch today which was super special and it was a great experience for them”. 

Another local hero who enjoyed a great day on his home circuit was Joshua Moore who also took his first overall win in the VW Rookie Cup Interprovincial Championship after a hard fought battle in all three heats. With two second place finishes and a win in the last heat, Moore now moves into the lead of the Championship with two rounds left to go. With the cars all identically matched Moore knew he had to do something special in the third heat if he was to get the win and starting from the second row of the grid, he pulled of a spectacular overtaking move in the first corner, out braking the rest of the field he hugged the apex to get his nose in front and somehow managed to hold it steady to emerge as the leader as they exited turn two and then fought off the pressure from the rest of the pack as they chased him to the line with the top six cars all finishing within seconds of each other.

To round off the day of maiden wins, Tiaan Coetzer put in a stunning performance in his Opel Tigra to win the Modified Saloon class to upstage the ever consistent Deon Slabbert in his immaculately prepared VW Polo. Slabbert did however come back strongly to win the Bronscor Ingco 45 Minute endurance race by seventeen seconds with Timothy Ball in second. Rane Berry was back to his best in his Nissan Skyline and although pushed hard by Angelique Griffin in race one cruised to overall victory in the Wide Horizon Advance Training Coastal Challenge for historic, classic and retro cars. 

The days results were as follows –