The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series made their way to the popular Red Star Raceway on Saturday 11 March for the second round of the 2017 Inland Championship.
Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series – Round 2 – Red Star Raceway – 2017-03-11
Qualifying
Lorenzo Gualtieri (E36 328i Turbo) highlighted his return to the fray by grabbing pole position in his first ever class A race. Desmond Bloem (E36 M3 Turbo) would line up alongside him on the front row with cousins Dino Fameliaris (E36 M3 Turbo) and Julian Fameliaris (E36 328i Turbo) right behind the leaders. Paulo Loureiro (E36 M3 GTS) and Jorge Estrela (E36 328i Turbo) made a welcome return to class B by locking out the third row of the grid.
The first round of the 2017 Inland Championship saw the popular Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series kick things off at the rustic Midvaal Raceway on Saturday 11 February with an impressive 25 cars qualifying for the event.
Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series – Round 1 – Midvaal Raceway – 2017-02-11
Qualifying
Julian Fameliaris (E36 328i Turbo) started the new season off the same way that he did in 2016 by taking pole position ahead of Desmond Bloem (E36 M3 Turbo). Stefano Martinelli (E36 328i Turbo) would line up on the second row of the grid with Riaan Woest (E46 M3 GTR) alongside him. Rick Loureiro (E30 3.2 CSL) and Manny Ribeiro (E46 328i Turbo) would round out the top six in what promised to be an exciting start to the first race of the season.
The first round of the Red Square Kawasaki ZX-10R Masters Cup 2017 Championship season kicked off this past weekend at the Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria. Part of the annual Day of the Champion, it promised to be an unforgettable day. The days leading up to race day were dogged by miserable rainy and cloudy weather. However, come race day the racers got greeted by a typical hot and sunny Highveld day.
Superpole got off to a fantastic start with Graeme van Breda (IVID Kawasaki) taking pole position. Second on the grid would be Sven Grune and locking out the front row in third was Jaco Gous. Gareth Bezuidenhout qualified in fourth with Teddy Brooke (Brooke Refrigeration) alongside him. Brian Bontekoning rounded up the top 6 starters on the grid.
