THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM FOR THE 2009 ROTAX MAX CHALLENGE GRAND FINALS
02.12.2009
Rotax DD2 Class: Caleb Williams
The 2009 South African DD2 Champion Caleb Williams hails from Boksburg and although he's only 16, he has a decade of karting experience behind him.
He also has a string of titles behind his name, after starting in Cadet karts in 1999 and winning the title in 2000 » more
Rotax DD2 Euro Challenge winner Ralph Odendaal
Durban's Ralph Odendaal gets his berth in the SA team for Egypt by dint of a brilliant victory in the 2009 Rotax Max Euro Challenge. After winning the DD2 South African Championship in 2008, he decided to concentrate on the highly competitive Euro series, which consists of four European rounds » more
Senior Max Winner Sean Frost
Sean Frost won the 2009 South African Rotax Max Challenge at Zwartkops in early October and as the champion in the most competitive class in the Rotax series, he spearheads the SA Challenge to Egypt, which takes place at Sharm El Sheikh On December 9-12 » more
Senior Max Jason Georgiou
Randburg-based Jason Georgiou is a 16-year-old student at Four Ways High in Sandton and has been karting since he was seven, but started "proper racing" when he was nine.
He started in the GP Junior class and has come close to winning titles » more
Junior Max Winner 2009 Aston Hare
Aston Hare is just 13 years old, but he's already a veteran in terms of karting experience, not to mention having a string of titles he's accumulated along the way in a career that now spans nine years!
"I started when I was four in Cadet karting, the smallest class. The first year I didn't win, but the next year I won the Western Province Regional Championships.
Then the following year we won the South African Championships » more
Junior Max Team Member Raoul Owens.
Raoul Owens is 15 years-old and hails from Cape Town. In terms of karting experience he has only been racing for four years so his rise to the top in the Junior Max series has been really impressive.
"I started racing at the Killarney circuit in Cape Town, but in 2009 I did my racing in Gauteng because of the extra competition. I also raced in Europe this year, where I raced in the Rotax Junior Euro Championship and I finished eighth, out of 50 drivers."
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DD2 Masters driver Gary Marais
In winning the Masters' division of the 2009 South African Rotax Max Challenge, 40 year-old Gary Marais has earned his place in the 2009 Grand Finals at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, the first time he'll be kart racing overseas.
Gary started racing seven years ago in the 175 kg class and three years ago he moved up to the full DD2 class where the older karters race against the youngsters, racing at 173 kg total mass, although they compete in their own sub-division » more
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