The large crowd that had gathered at a somewhat chilly Victory Raceway in Walmer were treated to racing of a high standard on Saturday night during the second round of the DO4SA Regional Dirt Oval Championship. The highlight of the night was the battle for supremacy in the very competetive 1660 Modified Saloon class that had the crowd on their feet in not only the final, but during the three qualifying heats as well. Nadia Rautenbach, Kenzo Barnard, Marthinus Muller and Jason Drake put on a tremendous display of hard clean racing out front breaking away from the thirteen strong field of cars. Muller won the opening heat in fairly dominant fashion, but was made to work for the overall win in the final as 16 year old Rautenbach won heats two and three putting in a very mature drive under immense pressure from Kenzo Barnard and Muller. Unfortunately Barnard suffered gearbox failure and was not able to make it out for the final and Jason Drake also withdrew with mechanical failure. A hard fought final saw Rautenbach as the early leader but relentless pressure from Muller saw him snatch the lead only for Rautenbach to get back in front with two laps left in the race. Unfortunately Rautenbach had gone to deep into the corner that allowed Muller to get back into the front and cross the line in first place. A consolation for Rautenbach was the unaminous decision to be voted as the driver of the day.

Picture credit: Peter Henning
Kiaan Aylward continued to be the class act in the Hot Rod class with a full house of wins while Bennie de Bruyn from George Motor Club won the V8 American Saloon class and Ruben Barnard had to work hard for the win in the 1600 Stock Class. Pierre van der Berg was back to his best, keeping Danie de Vos at bay in the final to win the Heavy Metal class and Damon Miles continued his impressive run this season to take overall honours in the 2.1 Modified class.
The class results on the night were as follows –
1600 Saloons
1st Ruben Barnard (C139), 2nd Pieta de Lange (E185), 3rd Deon Kretzmann (C515)
Heavy Metals
1st Pierre van der Berg (SA1), 2nd Danie de Vos Jr (SA2), 3rd David Victor (E88)
2.1 Modifieds
1st Damon Miles (SA2), 2nd Rimon Landman (E154), 3rd Malcolm Els (E85)
Hot Rods
1st Kiaan Aylward (E28), 2nd Bianca Westraadt (E621), 3rd Ludolf Olckers (C98)
V8 American Saloons
1st Bennie de Bruyn (G71), 2nd Rohan van Vuuren (E60), 3rd Juan Roesstorff (SA3)
1660 Modified Saloons
1st Marthinus Muller (E46), 2nd Nadia Rautenbach (E61), 3rd Jao Pitout (C157)
Driver of the day – Nadia Rautenbach (E61)