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.
Zwartkops Raceway was the setting for the seventh round of the 2016 Inland Championship this past weekend with non-stop action highlighting another brilliant race day.
Justin Robertson (Master) not afraid to mix it up out front with the young guns
As usual the INEX Legends series kicked off proceedings with an action packed first race. Divan Myburgh (Pro) took an early lead ahead of Clinton Bezuidenhout (Young Lion) and Seef Fourie (Pro). Fourie took the lead on lap two with Lonika Maartens (Semi-Pro) and Myburgh hot on his heels. Maartens grabbed the lead on the penultimate lap of the race and only just held on for the win ahead of Fourie and Myburgh.
The second race picked up where the last one left off as Maartens took an early lead ahead of cousins Divan and Llewellyn Myburgh. Divan gained the lead on lap two with Fourie coming through to claim second by lap six. A last lap tussle with Divan handed the victory to Llewellyn with Anro Stadler taking second ahead of Bezuidenhout.
The third and final race continued the non-stop action with Fourie taking the lead early on. Determined to make up for the lost points in race two he put his head down and went on to take a comfortable victory ahead of Stadler and Divan Myburgh.
