Victory Raceway along Victoria Drive played host to the DO4SA National Dirt Oval Championship in front of capacity crowds over the past weekend where eighty-eight of the country’s top dirt oval racers who had qualified to participate in the championship were in attendance across six different classes.

One of the standout performances of the weekend came from Pierre van der Berg (SA2) in the heavy metal class who went one better than last year’s national championship where he was runner-up to Oudtshoorn driver Leandro Muller and will now have the much sought after SA1 number on his car.

The evergreen Pieta Victor turned back the clock claiming overall victory in the V8 American Saloon class whilst Daniel Renison continued his brilliant form in the 1600 stock saloon class with 16 year old Reghardt Joubert fighting off the challenge from some distinguished drivers to finish in third place overall in his first National Championship in the 1600 class.

The highly competitive and hugely entertaining 1660 Modified Saloon class ended in a dream final for PEOTR’s Jason Brink who had been pushed hard all season by Jason Drake and Ruhan Terblanche producing some spirited yet clean racing along the way with the trio displaying great sportsmanship and camaraderie this season on the road leading to the National Championship. 

Jaco Aylward has been the standout competitor this season in the Hot Rod class with his well-prepared car and deservedly emerged as the new champion in the class while Damon Miles finished as runner-up in the 2.1 Modified class behind the legendary Burger van der Westhuizen from Oudtshoorn Motor Club. 

Overall class results were as follows –