Dino Fameliaris (E36 M3 Turbo) has moved up to second place in class A
The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series will return to the revamped Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on Saturday 29 October for the first time since this historic motorsport venue’s reopening. This is the format where the ground-breaking series was born- it promises to be the biggest event in the clubs history
A bumper field of entries is expected to line up on the grid for this event with a few old favourites returning to the fray as well. Julian Fameliaris (E36 328i Turbo) wrapped up the class A Championship at the previous Inland Championship event but still has some work to do if he intends on taking the Overall Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series Championship title. His cousin Dino Fameliaris (E36 M3 Turbo) has moved up to second place in class A but can expect to be under pressure from the likes of Manny Ribeiro (E46 328i Turbo). Carlo Garbini (E46 328i Turbo) is expected to make a welcome return while Darren Winterboer (F30 335i Turbo) is scheduled to make his second appearance of the year as well.
The popular Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series made their way to the Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria on Saturday 17 September for the sixth round of the 2016 Championship
Paulo Loureiro (E36 M3) was happy to start from the third row of the grid
Qualifying
Julian Fameliaris (E36 328i Turbo) claimed pole position ahead of Manny Ribeiro (E36 M3) who was out for the first time in his new G&H Transport sponsored entry. Class B frontrunner Riaan Woest (E46 M3 GTR) would line up on the second row of the grid with Stefano Martinelli (E36 328i Turbo) making a welcome return in fourth.
Paulo Loureiro (E36 M3) was happy to start from the third row of the grid with Philip Smit (E46 M3) surprising the rest of the class C brat pack to claim a top six grid position.
Zwartkops Raceway was the setting for the seventh round of the 2016 Inland Championship this past weekend with non-stop action highlighting another brilliant race day.
Justin Robertson (Master) not afraid to mix it up out front with the young guns
As usual the INEX Legends series kicked off proceedings with an action packed first race. Divan Myburgh (Pro) took an early lead ahead of Clinton Bezuidenhout (Young Lion) and Seef Fourie (Pro). Fourie took the lead on lap two with Lonika Maartens (Semi-Pro) and Myburgh hot on his heels. Maartens grabbed the lead on the penultimate lap of the race and only just held on for the win ahead of Fourie and Myburgh.
The second race picked up where the last one left off as Maartens took an early lead ahead of cousins Divan and Llewellyn Myburgh. Divan gained the lead on lap two with Fourie coming through to claim second by lap six. A last lap tussle with Divan handed the victory to Llewellyn with Anro Stadler taking second ahead of Bezuidenhout.
The third and final race continued the non-stop action with Fourie taking the lead early on. Determined to make up for the lost points in race two he put his head down and went on to take a comfortable victory ahead of Stadler and Divan Myburgh.
