Round nine of the 2015 Liqui Moly Legends Championship will see this popular series return to the Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria on Saturday 17 October for the third time this season. Three notable entries will be missing from the grid at this event however as they will be representing South Africa at the Legends Cars Road Course World Finals at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, USA on the same weekend.
Lonika Maartens will return to the World Finals for the second time in as many years in an attempt to improve on her impressive results in the Young Lions Division last year. Clinton Bezuidenhout will join his team mate in the same division in his first visit to the World Finals. His international karting experience could certainly see him adapt quickly and pull off a few surprise results as well. Keagan Wessels will be driving in one of the most fiercely contested divisions – the Semi-Pro class. He may have his work cut out for him but he has already shown that he has what it takes to run with more experienced drivers in the local series.
Defending World and SA champion Devin Robertson (Pro) continues to dominate the local series and has opted to defend his South African championship in favour of making the trip to the USA. He now has a five hundred point lead over nearest rival Seef Fourie (Pro). Robertson’s team mate Willie Erasmus (Pro) will also be hoping to pick up on more of the good results that he has achieved from the past few races.
Franco di Matteo (Master) has moved up to fourth position Overall and is well within striking distance of the third placed man. Llewellyn Myburgh (Pro) will be looking to make up for lost time after missing a few events half way through the season and has already proved that he has what it takes to get himself onto the podium. Keagan Wessels (Semi-Pro) is sure to lose points and championship positions but will still have two events left in the local season to try and catch up when he returns from the States.
Shaun Nel (Pro) holds onto seventh position and will be looking for more of the pace that he displayed at the previous event in a bid to get himself into the top six. Mr Consistency Justin Robertson (Master) continues to rack up the points and will most certainly be keen to move into the top six as well.
Ninth placed Lonika Maartens (YL) has been in sublime form of late but will be focused on repeating her local performances on the international stage in the USA. She is sure to lose points in the local championship but like Wessels she will also have two events left in the season to play catch up when she returns from America. Fred Els (M) enters the top ten after a number of good results of late and will be looking to make the most of Maartens’ absence.
With more than a dozen other drivers in the field who are all capable of taking a points scoring position the racing is expected to be closer than ever.
Top Ten after 8 events
- Devin Robertson (P) – 4190 points
- Seef Fourie (P) – 3690 points
- Willie Erasmus (P) – 3260 points
- Franco di Matteo (M) – 2995 points
- Llewellyn Myburgh (P) – 2865 points
- Keagan Wessels (SP) – 2830 points
- Shaun Nel (P) – 2790 points
- Justin Robertson (M) – 2500 points
- Lonika Maartens (YL) – 2415 points
- Fred Els (M) – 1995 points
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Race Report by: Greg Reilly
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