Gqbergha karting enthusiasts are in for a treat this weekend at the third round of the SA National ROK Cup Championship that takes place at the Celso Scribante Circuit at Algoa Kart Club that is situated along Victoria Drive.

Leading the charge of the local stars is Jack Moore who is the current championship leader in the OKJ class and he recently returned from representing South Africa at the FIA Karting Academy Trophy Series that took place in Valencia, Spain where he finished in fourteenth place overall. He will relish the benefit of the home-track advantage and will want to capitalise on this and try and extend his lead in the championship standings. Joining Moore in the OKJ class is the ever consistent Aashay Nagura (pictured) who finds himself in eighth place in the championship after having missed the opening round.    

Newcomer to national karting sixteen year-old Wyatt Jonas is currently in third place in the fiercely competitive OK-N class and will certainly be one to watch after having joined forces with the NBR Karting Team under the mentorship of Neil Basilio. Joshua Moore returns from VW Rookie Cup duties to join in the OK-N action and is currently in seventh place overall after having missed the opening round due to a clash of dates in his busy schedule. Moore is just 1 point of the lead in the VW Rookie Cup Championship after another strong performance at Zwartkops last weekend.

Another Bay resident and rising star is nine-year old Egor Grishin who seems destined for bigger and better things competing in the hard fought Mini Rok u/10 class where mere milli-seconds often separate the entire field of future stars. Grishin is currently in seventh place in the national standings that has just 28 points separating the top seven contenders.

With today being just a practice and set-up day the racing action starts with qualifying at 10h00 tomorrow and the first race scheduled for 12h00 where the five competing classes will have three heats each.