Deon Slabbert made a welcome return to regional saloon car racing at the opening round of the Algoa Motorsport Club championship held at Aldo Scribante on Saturday and went straight back to his winning ways. In what is considered to be the fastest VW Polo in the country he set the bar early in theday, out-qualfiying the very quick Ian Riddle by 1.4 seconds with Ian Oberholzer a further 0.3 seconds behind. Oberholzer in his immaculately prepared turbo-charged Volvo 850 Estate has joined the ranks of the modified saloons this year moving from the Retro Classic class that he has dominated in the past and with an ever-improving young Elan Buchman in the mix in his VW Golf 7, the scene is set for an exciting season. Slabbert went on to win all three heats to claim overall victory.

East London’s Wayne Botha in his Ford Escort enjoyed a great days outing coming home in first place in the Stu Davidson & Sons Coastal Challenge that caters for historic & classic cars with Alwyn Kretzmann winning the Retro Classic class in his Suzuki Hayabusa powered Lotus 7. On two wheels, Ronnie Doyle riding a kawasaki 650 Twin, turned back the clock to finish in first place overall ahead of the young upcoming brat-pack whilst Craig Benn was victorious in the CBR 150 class. 

The days results were as follows –

EP Regional Saloons – overall

 1^st Deon Slabbert, 2^nd Ian Oberholzer, 3^rd Ian Riddle

Per class

Class A – 1^st Deon Slabbert

Class B –  1^st Ian Riddle

Class C – 1^st Elan Buchman

Class D – 1^stTimothy Ball, 2^ndGreg Forward, 3^rd Juan van Rooyen

Class E – 1^st Kiesha Potgieter, 2^nd Peter Schultz

Class X – 1^st Ian Oberholzer, 2^nd Josh Moore, 3^rd Alistair Mew

Stu Davidson & Sons Coastal Challenge – overall

1^stWayne Botha, 2^nd Rane Berry, 3^rd Jeandre Marais

Per class

Retro Classic -1^st Alwyn Kretzmann, 2^nd Blake Hurly

Class B – 1^st Wayne Botha

Class C – 1^st Rane Berry, 2^nd Jeandre Marais

Class D – 1^st Pat Fourie, 2^nd Ronald Scott,

Class E – 1^st Barry Spriggs, 2^nd Anto Ehlers, 3^rd Angelique Griffin

Class F – 1^st Johan Marais

Class X – 1^st Winston Marais, 2^nd Shane Fantham

CBR 150 Motorcycles – overall

1^st Craig Benn, 2^nd Kirsty Oberholzer, 3^rd Emma Diener

Clubmans – 1^st Kirsty Oberholzer, 2^nd Emma Diener, 3^rd Kiara Potgieter

Juniors – 1^st Craig Benn

Open Motorcycles per class

1^st Ronnie Doyle, 2^nd Craig Benn, 3^rd Ethan Diener

Per class

600cc – 1^st Alan Beaton, 2^nd Ruan van Zyl

600SSD – 1^st Ethan Diener

300cc – 1^st Craig Benn

Powersport – 1^st Ronnie Doyle

45 Minute Enduro

Overall – 1^st Elan Buchman, 2^nd Josh Moore / Daniel Bright, 3^rd Sarah Benn

Index of Performance – 1^st Josh Moore / Daniel Bright, 2^nd Sarah Benn, 3^rd Riaan van Vuuren