A hot autumn day in Pretoria set the scene for hot action and blistering pace in the third round of the 2017 Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series.
A strong field of 28 entries took to the Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, April the 8th to do battle in the popular single-manufacturer series on the Inland Championship roster.
Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series – Round 3 – Zwartkops Raceway – 2017-04-08
Qualifying
The Zwartkops round saw three new names for the 2017 season taking the top spots in Class A+. Zimbabwe’s Darren Winterboer (Barons Motor Spares F30 335i) took pole position by just clipping Gianni Giannoccaro (G&H Transport/Itre Cugini Logi 1M GT).
Heading up the second row was Adrian Dalton (Xtra Shoes & Clothing CLS) ahead of the first of the Class A campaigners and reigning champion Julian Fameliaris (Tower Crane Services, Lube-Net E36 328i Turbo). Lorenzo Gualtieri (Savspeed/Powermods/L&R Auto Electric E36 328i Turbo) slotted into fifth place on the grid ahead of Stefano Martinelli (Dalucon Insulated Panels E36 328i Turbo) making his return after missing Round 2 at Red Star Raceway.
This sure promised for some fast paced racing out front with the faster cars joining the grid for this round of the championship.
The second round of the Red Square Kawasaki ZX-10R Masters Cup 2017 Championship season delivered very fast paced action right from the start. Joining the first round of the Extreme Festival on Human Rights day, a public holiday, promised to be a special day. And so it was with a great spectator turnout and action aplenty for all.
Red Square Kawasaki ZX-10R Masters Cup – Round 2 – 21 March 2017 – Zwartkops Raceway
A few surprises saw a much faster Gareth Bezuidenhout in his rookie year in the club challenging for the lead and overall championship and new found pace from Jaco Gous joining that challenge. The club also welcomed two new racers, Mmusapelo Seate and Greg Whyte, to the fold.
Qualifying
The first welcome surprise for the day saw season newcomer Gareth Bezuidenhout putting his bike on pole in qualifying. He was followed by Graeme van Breda and Sven Grune locking out the front row of the grid in third. Jaco Gous qualified in fourth and Teddy Brooke would line up alongside him in fifth position. Brian Bontekoning would line up in sixth completing the top six qualifiers.
Unfortunately Superpole got cancelled due to the track being cleaned after an oil spillage during qualifying for the racecar categories.
