Algoa Motorsport Club are bracing themselves for a busy racing weekend at round six of their regional championship at Aldo Scribante Raceway on the outskirts of Gqeberha. Having already received 120 entries, the scene is set for a thrill-a-minute affair across the various classes that will be taking part. One of the many highlights will be the Cape Town based API Property Group backed GTI Challenge that caters for Volkswagens only in various forms and is regarded as one of the closest and thrilling series in the country at present. Racing in three different classes according to engine output the series has produced some spectacular racing with a mix of drivers from seasoned national drivers to unknown street racers giving it their all out on the track as they push their cars to the absolute limit whilst trading wing mirrors, bumpers and paintwork along the way.

Local motorsport ace Jeandre Marais will team up with regular Summit racing partner Nathan Victor and well known kart racer Marco Busi forming a formidable trio as they take on the likes of national stars Clinton Bezuidenhout, Jurie “Umpie” Swart, Schalk Geldenhuys and Tate Bishop. With a field of 24 cars set to do battle in two heats it promises to be an absolute thriller.

Adding to the excitement is the Ford & Friends Series that sees almost 40 historic and classic type race cars taking part in the Stu Davidson & Sons Coastal Challenge comprising of three seven lap heats as well as the Boxer Group Ford All-comers race and the Origen Oil 45 minute enduro to end off the day. A wide spread of cars will be in action from the mighty V8 powered Ford Capri’s of Darron Gudmanz and Chris Nel, as well as the Chevrolet Firenza Can Am’s of Matthew Gudmanz and Derek Boy down to the nimble Ford Anglia’s of Darryn Vice and Johan Marais with ten Ford Escorts, four Capri’s and a V6 Cortina adding some spice to the mix. Franco Donadio is bringing what is probably the quickest Ford Escort in the country up from the Cape to challenge the likes of the class-B Escorts of Nick Davidson and East London’s Wayne Botha. Add the beautiful sounding, flame throwing Mazda RX 7 of PW Louw and the Mazda Capella of Jaco Scholtz to the pot and the scene is set for a feast of motorsport action. 

Twenty eight modified saloons will continue the fast paced action as the battle of the BMW’s continues with ten of them set to start. East London’s Shaun Gradwell has found some reliability in his very quick E36 and it will be interesting to see how he fares against the Capes Gary Manwaring in his similar E36 and the local BMW’s of Dean Ball, Timothy Ball, Greg Forward, Philip Weise, Johan Nel and Marais Ellis as well as regular East London visitors Paul Berry, Mark Els & Shaun Vallance. Also making the trip down from East London is Geoff Stephen with his very quick VW Golf that should match the pace of the similar Golf of local favourite Steven Phillips. Steven Heydenrych is bringing the crowd pulling Origen Oil Nissan Skyline R33 to Aldo Scribante for the first time and Algoa Motorsport Club chairman Ian Riddle finds himself in the seat of an unfamiliar front wheel drive car as he takes to the track in a VW Golf 7.

The VW Rookie Cup that is a stepping stone for the country’s top karting stars to enter Saloon car racing is also on the bill as they reach the penultimate round of their championship with the final round taking place at Zwartkops later in the year. Local star Josh Moore continues to improve in each outing and as the youngest in the talented bunch, he must surely have his eye on the title next season.

There are twenty motorcycles that will also be competing on the day and the scene is set for the ongoing battle for supremacy between Dylan Grobler and Ethan Diener in the CBR 150 junior class with dark horse Caden Weise and ever improving Craig Benn becoming serious contenders for line honours. Keana Strode on his Kawasaki ZX6R has been an absolute revelation this season, but will no doubt be pushed Dylan Anderson on his Yamaha R6 and by the 1000cc machines of Craig Benn, Nkululeko Majola and Donavan van der Merwe.