Pieta Victor made a a triumphant return to dirt oval racing after a lengthy break at round five of the DO4SA Dirt Oval Regional Championship that took place at Victory Raceway on Saturday night. The regional championship comprises of six rounds with racing taking place at both victory Raceway in Walmer and at PE Oval Track Club that is situated along Mission Road in Greenbushes.  Racing in the V8 American Saloon Class, Victor dominated the opening heat with a master-class of skill and speed in wet and slippery conditions. He was content to slot into second place behind Rohan van Vuuren in the next two heats, but came out with guns blazing to win the final in dominant fashion much to the delight of the large crowd that were in attendance.  

Damon Miles was the class act of the 2.1 Modified class with a full-house of wins in the heats as well as a resounding win in the final that saw him being voted as the driver-of-the-day. The very competitive 1660 Modified Saloon class continued to provide high drama with many incidents and accidents eliminating many of the top drivers as the night progressed. Marthinus Muller continued his fine run to stretch his lead in the regional championship.

Pierre van der Berg was back to his best in the Heavy Metal class taking the win in the final after being pushed hard by Neville Ellard and Josh Sletcher and Dawid Grundlingh enjoyed a consistent evening to the Hot Rod class while Pieta de Lange stretched his now unassailable lead in the 1600 Stock Saloon’s with the win in the evenly matched class.