The large crowd that gathered at Victory Raceway on Saturday evening to watch the third  round of Victory’s Club Championship were treated to racing out of the top drawer. The stand-out class of the event was once again the highly competitive 1660 modified saloons where the action was fast and sometimes furious as a couple of cars were eliminated heading to the final.

Kenzo Barnard put in a brillaint come from behind challenge to take the win in the final after near disaster in heat one where he nearly rolled after making contact with another car that left him with a punctured tyre and having to retire from the heat. He came back strong in the remaining two heats to start on the second row of the starting grid in the final, with Nadia Rautenbach and Chanell van Tonder on the front row. Sixteen year old Nadia Rautenbach got away well and led the race with an impressive display of defensive driving with Barnard trying to pass at every opportunity given. At the start of the last lap of the race Barnard managed to pull alongside Rautenbach and they went side by side around the track before Barnard edged ahead to take the win as they got onto the main straight with the checkered flag in sight.  Rautenbach was voted as the driver of the day after her impressive performance under massive pressure.

The defending heavy metal champion, Pierre van der Berg made a welcome return to racing action and he and Danie de Vos (SA2) put in a spectacular driving display with door to door racing action that had the crowd cheering all the way. Unfortunately De Vos damaged a side-shaft after making contact with the wall that allowed heavy metal debutant David Victor (E88) to sneak through and take second place in his immaculately prepared new BMW.

Kean Barnard finally got the monkey off his back with the realiability issues that have plagued his recently and put in a strong performance to take the overall win in the 2.1 modified class, while Kiaan Aylward, Juan Roestorff and Reghardt Joubert continued to dominate their respective classes stretching their leads in the championships.

The class results are as follows –

Development

 1^st Azriel Aroonslam (C724),  2^nd Linda Olwagen (C767)

1660 Modified Saloons

 1^st Kenzo Barnard (E57),  2^nd Nadia Rautenbach (E61), 3^rd  Chanell van Tonder (E173)

Heavy Metals

 1^st Pierre van der Berg (SA1), 2^nd David Victor (E88), 3^rd Jonathan van Vuuren (C721)

2.1 Modifieds

 1^st Kean Barnard (E15), 2^nd Rimon Landman (E154), 3^rd Leon Smith (C24)

Hot Rods

 1^st Kiaan Aylward (E28), 2^nd Annuschke Landman (E153), 3^rd Gene Gough (E155)

V8 American Saloons

 1^st Juan Roesstorff (SA3), 2^nd Deon Verster (E93), Rohan van Vuuren (E60)

1600 Stock Saloons

 1^st Reghardt Joubert (SA3), 2^nd Stephan La Cante (E163), 3^rd Raymond Sisson (E64)

Driver of the day – Nadia Rautenbach