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
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.
Fourie clinch the coveted Overall and the 2016 INEX Legends Pro Division crown
The INEX Legends Championship headed back to the Red Star Raceway for the final round of the 2016 racing season on Saturday 12 November.
The traditional ball draw for grid positions saw Janeske Viljoen (INEX Legends SA) on pole position ahead of Ian Upton (R.U. Racing). Lonika Maartens (Maxtrac / Denmar Steel) would line up in third place with Llewellyn Myburgh (Bamboo Racing) alongside him on the second row. Steve Nel (INEX Legends SA) and Clinton Bezuidenhout (Universal Healthcare) would round out the top six.
Race 1
The first race of the day saw Maartens grab an early lead ahead of Steve Nel (INEX Legends SA), Bezuidenhout and Seef Fourie (Maxtrac / Denmar Steel). Nel ran wide through turn three however allowing the rest of the chasing pack to get past him. Fourie grabbed second before the end of the first lap but Bezuidenhout was still glued to his rear bumper.
The Red Star Raceway was the setting for the final round of the 2016 Inland Championship this past weekend with non-stop action highlighting another brilliant race day.
Seef Fourie took the Pro class and overall championship title for 2016
The INEX Legends series kicked off proceedings with an action packed first race. Lonika Maartens (Semi-Pro) grabbed an early lead ahead of Seef Fourie (Pro) and Clinton Bezuidenhout (Young Lion). Bezuidenhout grabbed second place coming off the back straight on lap four and then proceeded to take the lead on the penultimate lap of the race. He held on for the win with Fourie claiming second from Maartens on the last lap of the race.
The second race saw Fourie grab an early lead ahead of Justin Robertson (Master) and Shaun Nel (Pro). Bezuidenhout came through from the mid pack to take second on lap two with Nel relegating Robertson to fourth. Bezuidenhout took the lead on the penultimate lap of the race and only just held on for the win ahead of Fourie and Nel.
The third and final race continued the non-stop action early on. Bezuidenhout ran out of brakes at the end of the main straight and had a high speed off, narrowly avoiding the tyre barriers. Anro Stadler (Semi-Pro) took the lead with Fourie, Robertson and Nel in tow. Fourie took the lead on lap three when Stadler retired with suspension issues. Fourie held on for the win with Maartens fighting through to claim second ahead of Robertson.
