Race Preview - Inland Championship - Round 1 - 11 February 2017 - Midvaal Raceway

Race Preview – Inland Championship – Round 1 – 11 February 2017 – Midvaal Raceway

Inland Championship

The 2017 Inland Championship is set to kick off at the Midvaal Raceway in Meyerton with the Amtec Race Day promising to produce some spectacular racing at the first event of the year. Northern Regions racing continues to ride the wave of success that they had last year with the ‘Real People, Real Racing’ tag line living up to its name.

The Inland Championship Roadshow is arguably the most diverse in local Motorsport circles with almost every genre of four wheel racing participating in the series.

Race Preview - Inland Championship - Round 1 - 11 February 2017 - Midvaal Raceway

The Big Boss Auto Super Saloons series will be looking at having another exciting season. The GTA class are expected to create more fireworks with defending champion Ben Morgenrood taking on drivers like 2016 sensation Devin Robertson, Amos Cockerham Jnr and series newcomer Lonika Maartens. The four other GT classes in the field will be looking to grow their numbers and produce even more competitive racing than last season.

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Race Report - Red Square Kawasaki ZX-10R Masters Cup - Round 1 - 29 January 2017 - Zwartkops Raceway

Race Report – Red Square Kawasaki ZX-10R Masters Cup – Round 1 – 29 January 2017 – Zwartkops Raceway

Red Square Kawasaki ZX-10R Masters Cup

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.

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Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series - Round 8 - Red Star - 2016-11-12 - Race Report

Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series – Round 8 – Red Star – 2016-11-12 – Race Report

Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series

The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series returned to the popular Red Star Raceway on Saturday 12 November for the final round of the 2016 Championship. With three of the five championship titles still to be decided it was an all or nothing affair for the competitors involved.

Bloem finished the day with a convincing win in the second race
Bloem finished the day with a convincing win in the second race

Qualifying

Julian Fameliaris (E36 328i Turbo) grabbed pole position by half a second ahead of Desmond Bloem (E36 M3 Turbo). Brothers Rick Loureiro (E30 3.2 CSL) and Paulo Loureiro (E36 M3) would lock out the second row with Riaan Woest (E46 M3 GTR) and Stefano Martinelli (E36 328i Turbo) rounding out the top six positions.

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