National Championship Report by Steve Wicks »
results
02.07.2007
Round two of the Engen Supa Karts national
championship took place at Vereeniging’s Bridgestone
Adrenalin Raceway on Saturday.
Photo Finsh in GP Juniors |
In the hotly contested 60cc GP Junior
class it was Toyota Castrol Development team member Morgan
McColl who won overall after winning the first two heats
and taking fourth in the final event.
The first two races saw nail-biting finishes
with three karts crossing the line abreast. Runner-up
for the day was Head2Head racing’s Aston Hare who
won the final race. Third was Capetonian Marco Busi with
fellow Capetonian Luke Herring just missing the podium.
Completing the top six were Brad du Plessis and Richard
Upton.
Mini-Max produced some awesome racing
but at the end it was Toyota Castrol Development team
member Axcil Jefferies (Birel) who won all three races
thanks to some intelligent driving. Ricky Hill (CRG) was
runner-up thanks to a second place in the opening race.
Jason Georgiou (TonyKart) has been one of the finds of
the season and took third despite an unlucky final heat.
Next up was Roman de Beer (Castrol/Birel) with Jordan
Pepper salvaging fifth on his Pepson/Castrol Birel despite
being shoved off the track in the opening race as Ryan
Frost claimed sixth.
In Junior Max Trent Williams (PCR) had
everything his own way, but the big surprise was that
James Temple (Sportstar PCR) was second, a mere five weeks
after his bone-breaking accident at Polokwane. Fernando
de Aroujo brought his CRG home to third ahead of Richard
Napier (CRG) with Jeffrey Kruger and fellow PCR pilot
Meghann Boschoff claiming the other important positions.
Max Challenge saw Arnold Neveling in
devastating form as he took his PCR to victory in each
race. Kevin de Wit was consistent in his CRG and ended
the day as runner-up ahead of Devin Robertson (Big Boss
CRG). Birel driver Mathew Hodges battled to fourth on
a kart that just wasn’t doing anything to his liking
as Guy Botterill (PCR) was fifth ahead of Ralph Odendaal
(CRG) who had an engine problem.
Driving a CRG Ralph Odendaal edged out
PCR driver Arnold Neveling after a thrilling DD2 contest.
Odendaal won the opening two races but his motor went
sick in the third and Neveling took the win as Odendaal
salvaged fourth which saw the pair end the day on equal
points and Odendaal take the win as he had more wins.
Kyle Lawrence (Birel) was third ahead of Justin Allison
(CRG) and the Frost Brothers Christopher (Birel) and Gavin
(Sodi).
Trent Williams (PCR) was in superb form
as he won all three heats in the Junior Rok class to take
the day with 13 points over first round winner Vicki Kemp
(Birel) from Port Elizabeth. Caleb Williams (Head2Head
PCR) had a poor result in the opening race but finished
second in the other two races to bag the bronze medal.
Ian Young (Birel) was third in the opening race on his
way to fourth overall ahead of Chad van Beurden (Birel)
and PCR mounted Mitchell Licen who was in the GP Junior
class last season.
The Super Rok class had the crowd on
its feet and in a nail biting finish Michael Stephen (Engen/VW/TonyKart)
emerged as the winner despite only winning one race. Second
was Gennaro Bonafede (Asiawing/Birel) who won the last
two races but accident damage from a typically robust
first corner saw him finish well down the order in the
opening race. Third went to on form lady racer Fabienne
Lanz (PCR) as Rory Atkinson salvaged fourth after a promising
start to the weekend. Incredibly Atkinson (Castrol/Birel)
and Mike van Niekerk (TonyKart) posted identical times
in qualifying and pole went to Atkinson as his second
fastest lap was a tad quicker than van Niekerk’s.
Simon Moss (VW/Engen/TonyKart) was fifth as Zimbabwean
Gerard Peters (Petro-Oil Zim/Birel) rounded off the top
six.
Round 3 of the Engen Supa Karts national
championship takes place at Idube, a demanding track just
outside Pietermaritzburg on 11 August.
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