The fourth round of the National Extreme Festival comes to Aldo Scribante Raceway this weekend in what promises to be an action packed affair, with all of the various classes reaching the half-way stage of the National Championships the riders and drivers will be letting it all hang out around the tight confines of the 2.48 kilometre circuit. Classes that will be in action are Astron Energy Polo Cup, Gazoo Racing SA Cup, SA Touring Cars including SATC Supa Cup, Investchem F1600 including Formula Ford Kent, Extreme Supercars driven by Dunlop, VW Rookie Cup and the hugely popular SunBet ZX10 Masters Cup motorcycles.
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Local motor racing star Jeandre’ Marais (Team Red, Motul, APS, Syrabix), who is currently sixth in the championship standings, will be quietly confident that the home track advantage will play in his favour in the incredibly competitive Astron Energy Polo Cup class where a podium finish is definitely within his grasp. There are just ten points that separate the championship leader Jason Loosemore (Security Fencing & Alarms) and Nathan Victor (Summit Racing), with Victor having spent a lot of time at Scribante of late, being the favourite going into the weekend.
Another local driver that will be in action this weekend is thirteen year old Joshua Moore (Fleet Dynamics, Puma, BPW) who will be taking part in the VW Rookie Cup class where he is currently fourth in the series that has been set up to fast track talented kart-racers into mainstream saloon car racing.
A first for the SA Touring Car series will be a split for race two where the Touring Cars and SupaPolo’s will run individually races. Robert Wolk (Chemical Logistics, WCT) in a BMW 128i leads the series but Julian van der Watt (Chemical Logistics) in the very quick VW Golf 8 GTI will be hunting him down. Not to be discounted are the trio of Toyota Gazoo Racing Corolla’s of Saood Variawa, Michael van Rooyen and Nathi Msimanga who always seem to perform well at Scribante. In the SATC Super Cup, VW Motorsport driver Jonathan Mogotsi has a slender eight point lead over Keegan Campos (Campos Transport, Turn 1 Insurance Brokers) with rising star Charl Visser (Astron Energy) a further seven points adrift.
The Gazoo Racing South Africa Cup is a unique series in that it is made up of three different groups, with it being a combination of young up and coming talents, prominent dealer network personnel as well as a host of motoring journalists.
For single seater enthusiasts it will the last opportunity to watch the Investchem Formula 1600 and Formula Ford Kent in their current form competing at Scribante, as 2025 sees the introduction of the MSA Formula 4 cars that will replace the single seaters. Karting star Jagger Robertson (Liqui Moly, Sparco, Pretoria Noord Toyota) has taken to the single seaters like a duck to water and has dominated the last two events leaving him an eight point lead in the championship standings. Current Championship leader in the Formula Ford Kent class Ian Schofield (Investchem) was a late withdrawal from this event and it thus gives his team mate Rick Morris an opportunity to play catch-up in the title chase.
On two wheels in the Sunbet Kawasaki ZX10 class, Jayson Lamb (Max 4 Cars) who leads class- C unfortunately won’t be taking part after breaking his collarbone in a fall at Scribante last weekend during practice. Clinton Seller (King Price) has won every round of the championship so far this season, but at the time of going to the press his name didn’t appear on the list of entries.
The Extreme Super Cars driven by Dunlop will be the fastest series on track this weekend and if the weather conditions are right, there is a possibility of a new lap record being set. Stuart White (Into Africa, Wurth SA,Sparco SA) has been in brilliant form at Scribante along with his team mate Xolile Letlaka in their lightning fast Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO’s. Local Lamborghini drivers Silvio and Aldo Scribante will be missing the action due to business commitments abroad.
Todays practice session and qualifying is free to the public and Saturdays racing action gets underway at 10am and tickets are available at the gate at R100 per person with children under 12 free.
