It was yet another busy motorsport weekend for Eastern Cape motorsport stars around the globe. Motorcycle racer Dominic Doyle put in another solid performance finishing in second place in race one in very wet conditions and then came home sixth in race two whilst competing in the MotoAmerica BelissiMoto Twins Cup in Alabama at the Barber Motorsport Park on his Yamaha YZF-R7. Racing in the FIM Moto3 European Championship in Spain at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Ruche’ Moodley set about getting his season back on track after some heart breaking moments in the earlier two rounds with a tenth place finish in race one and ninth in race two. Moodley now moves up into sixteenth place in the overall championship standings.
Round two of the ROK Cup National karting championship took place at the Vereeniging Kart Circuit and young Jeffrey’s Bay lad Sebastien Blignaut continued the momentum from the opening round in the Cape by not only setting a new lap record with a time of 51.711 seconds around the tricky circuit, but also claiming first overall in what is considered the most competitive karting class in the country. Racing against the top 24 youngsters in the country Blignaut stunned the crowd with his commitment, race craft and pace as he dominated proceedings over the weekend, claiming pole position to winning race one by 1.043 seconds and then race two by a mere 0.089 seconds followed up by a fourth place finish in race three.
Jack Moore racing in the OKJ class qualified in fifth place and fought his way to a third place finish in race one which he then followed up with a spectacular drive in race two to win by 3.653 seconds and then he finished second in race three to secure second place overall for the day. Moore’s older brother Josh was competing further up the road at the National Extreme Festival at the Zwartkops Circuit on the outskirts of Pretoria where he is part of the VW Rookies Cup that is aimed at fast tracking young karters into the high speed world of saloon car circuit racing and he finished sixth in race one and the fifth in race two.
Pace-wise Jeandre’ Marais had his best Astron Energy PoloCup weekend to date at the Extreme Festival where he just missed on getting through to the top-six super pole shootout in qualifying where less than a second separated the top fifteen cars. Marais started in seventh place on the grid and stayed out of trouble to finish in fifth place in the first race followed by a eighth place finish in race two and ninth place in race three. This performance from Marais sees him moving into sixth place overall in the championship standings.
On two wheels East London rider Jayson Lamb was in sublime form as he won class C in the Sunbet ZX10 Masters Cup where all riders are onboard identical Kawasaki racing bikes and he finished fourth overall in both race one and race two against a star-studded field of twenty eight riders.