APRIL FOOL'S DAY RACES AT KILLARNEY - NO JOKE
author: Patrick Vermaak
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Race of the day.......
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Near perfect weather still could not attract a massive crowd but those present were treated to action packed racing with the Classic brigade, GTi Challenge racers and Supercars dishing up most of the spoils on the 16 event schedule.
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GTi leading foursome
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Powerflow VW GTi Challenge 2x8 Laps
Front row of the grid saw Greig Edwards (Powerflow Polo) and Richard Laughton (Son Auto Body Polo) ready to resume battle with Gauteng visitor, George Economides (Polo) sharing row two with Andries van Eeden (Cattle Baron VW Golf CTi ).
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Peet van der Walt
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In class B defending overall champion, Peet van der Walt (Goldwagen Golf), headed Gary Rodkin (Renown Panelshop Golf) and Mark Carver (Blackheath Auto Electrical Golf). John Kirsten quickest in class C with his District Watch Golf.
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Supercars 1 Bakkie
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Amazingly the rapid Polo trio failed one after the other and it was Andries van Eeden who eventually took a fairley easy victory from the Festo VW Polo of Brendan Lennox with Bessie Bester third in his Cape City Golf GTi.
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Dave Ingle GTi
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Dave Ingle slotting into fourth with his DICE Golf GT, Mario Ras fifth in his Barnett Auto Spares Polo and class B winner, Mark Carver, sixth overall. Race two had the leading foursome exchanging paint on the opening laps but then Lennox and van Eeden really made contact, allowing Economides back into the picture in what must rate as the quickest car in the series.
Greig Edwards eventually adding a win to the Powerflow Polo record with George Economides an easy second and Bessie Bester picking up a fine third. Brenadan Lennox taking fourth from a frustrated van Eeden with Ingle sixth. Chad Rhoda taking class B in Big Bertha. Overall Andries van Eeden still managed to pick up maximum points with Bessie Bester second and Brendan Lennox third .
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Chad Rhoda
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Chad Rhoda taking class B from Mark Carver with Gary Rodkin third and Francois Immelman fourth. Class C eventually won by Deon Bougard.
The class B battle was one of the highlights of the day.
Classic / D / Powersport Motorcycles 2x8 Laps
Trevor Westman placed the very rapid Honda VFR400 NCX30 on pole with the much bigger BMW Boxer R1100S of Wayne Fritz alongside.The irritating little Honda RS125 of Paul Medell their biggest threat for overall supremacy.
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Paul Medell RS125 Honda
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Wayne Fritz taking heat one from Trevor Westman and Wesley Jones (Honda VFR 400 NC30) with Paul Medell fourth. David Bolding fifth on his vintage Katana 1100 and Stephen Owen sixth aboard another BMW Boxer R1100S. Trevor “The Terror” Westman took heat two from a hard charging Paul Medell with Wayne Fritz third, Wesley Jones fourth, David Bolding fifth and sixth going to the Suzuki GSXR750 of Thabeet Hercules.
Overall the top six was Trevore Westman – Paul Medell – Wayne Fritz – Wesley Jones – David Bolding and Stephen Owen.
NA Carrera Sports and GT Cars 2x8 laps
Peter Little dominated practice and the Poolside Services Lotus 7 looked more than capable. Dawie Joubert and his rapid Lotus Elise Motorsport second on the grid of eighteen cars.
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Hawkins vs Little
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As expected it was Little who disappeared over the horizon with Dawie Joubert second and the class C PPm Lotus of Eric Muller third. Dave Hawkins struggled with the P4 Jaguar and slotted into fourth with Ray Farnham fifth in his Norton Abrasives Birkin 7 and Louis de Jager sixth in his Toyota 16v powered Lola T212 replica.
Peter Little made every effort to make heat two a race swopping places with Dave Hawkins throughout the eight laps. Eric Muller home in third with Mike Coram taking fourth in his FVH7 followed by Louis de Jager and Ray Farnham. Class winners overall were Class A – Peter Little, Class B – Dave Hawkins , Class C – Ray Farnham, Class D – Cyril Ginsburg in his Porsche 996 and class E – Trevor Tickner.
Formula Libre Single Seaters 2x8Laps
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Louis Powell / Charles Arton
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Sadly the single seater fraternity failed to impress with too much variety and too little competition. Everyone had their own race and though the individual cars might be worth looking at it certainly does not make for great racing.
Ashfaak Dawood won as he pleased in the only Barber Dodge racer present and was followed home by Alex Pitro in the Swift FGTi with V Pitro third, Nian du Toit fourth and Romanie Smithdorf fifth. Warren Hardenberg sixth. The only change in heat two was the fact that Calvin Beekman took sixth spot.
Makita Power Tools Supercars 2x8 Laps
Neil Hawkins and Sir Theodore Richard Schreuder shared the front row with Christoff Smit and Divan Wentzel on row two.
Die ou man wys sy wysheid deur die eerste plek tydens die laaste rondte in te neem, but then he goofed it and Neil Hawkins took a fine win from Christoff Smit with Divan Wentzel third. Danie van Niekerk fourth, Harry Evans fifth and Brennon Green sixth in the shortened first heat.
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Brennon Green
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Brendon Evans lost it coming out of Shell and collected Gary Fourie as he passed on the inside. The contact deflected the hapless Fourie into the new Paarl Motors rescue vehicle and resulted in a red flag. Both drivers fortunately escaping serious injury . Vito Marzocca attacked the retaining wall on the inside of the circuit exiting Shell but would return for heat two.
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Gary Fourie - Big Impact
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Christoff Smit winning heat two from Neil Hawkins and Divan Wentzel with Danie van Niekerk, Richard Schreuder and Jess Huggett completing the top six. Overall Christoff Smit took his first Gold success for the Bermar Hydraulics Paarl team. Brennon Green did likewise for the Weskaap Bakwerke team in the Silver category whilst Steve McCarthy won the Bronze category .
Barnetts Auto Spares Clubmans 2x8 laps
In the absence of the John Craig Sentra and Kosie Swanepoel BMW it was an easy pole for Wally Dolinschek in the Makita BMW 333.
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Wally Dolinschek BMW
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Race one was cut short to 6 laps thanks to a serious oil spill and it was Wally Dolinschek who took a relatively easy win in the BMW with Paul Beachy-Head recovering well from a first laps spin to finish second in the Sirius Jetta. Phillip Booysen third in his Bosch/Belfreeze Golf and Brian Maunder fourth in the ASA Kadett. Gavin Cerff and Brad Wadeley making up the top six.
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Ian Long - Bad Attitude
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Wally only lasted one lap in heat two whilst Phillip Booysen lost gear selection in his Golf whilst Paul Beachy-Head was nowhere to be seen. Ian Long said thank you very much and took his first win in the Bosch VW Golf with the BMW of Roshan Khan second and the Executive Decisions Jetta of André Johnson third. Jason Thornton fourth, Brian Maunder fifth and Ernest Leite sixth.
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Ernest Leite Golf
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Overall Brian Maunder was handed the class victory in the ASA Kadett with Roshan Khan winning class B with the powerful BMW. Clifford George taking class C in his VW Polo. Dean fenn won class D in his Toyota, Reinette van rensburg took class E in her VW Golf and Achmat Achmat took class F in his Honda.
Superbikes 2x8 Laps
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Marius Nel Suzuki
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Danie Maritz and Marius Nel became the stars as Robert Cragg was busy racing at Phakisa. Danie making no mistakes enroute to a heat one victory with Hilton Redelinghuys second and Marius Nel third. Quinton Ebden, Paul Medell and Malcolm Rapson making up the top six. Race two Race two once again had Maritz at the top but it was Marius Nel that pipped
Redelinghuys to the flag for second this time around. Quinton Ebden (Nashua Cape Town Honda CBR 1000) fourth, Paul Medell (Ducati) fifth and Malcolm Rapson (Kawasaki ZX10) sixth. Overall Maritz won class A for the DMR Suzuki squad. Neville Cragg taking class B on his Kawasaki South machine, class C won by Jean-Paul Freiderich on his Yamaha R1.
Paarl Motors Classic Cars 2x8 Laps
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Dice of the day.....Köpke vs van Blerck
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Trevor Momberg impressed by placing the very rapid Interceptor Capri on pole with Derek van Blerk second fastest in the monster Mustang. Heat one possibly produced the best racing of the day with the Power Conversions Mazda R100 Rotary of Dave Köpke joining the fun. The brutal Mustang facing off against the agile Mazda produced a really entertaining scrap with the Capri hanging on in fine style. Dave eventually winning from Momberg as the Mustang started to suffer in the heat of the battle. Clive Spolander taking fourth in his neatly driven Porsche 911 with Martin Richards a fine fifth in the Chicken Plucker SSS Datsun. Speedy Webb sixth in the Executive Decisions Scirocco.
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Martin Richards - Datsun
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The R100 failed to make heat two being stuck in third gear and rear suspension problems also had the Mustang remain in the pits. Trevor Momberg taking an easy win with Fred Phillips second in the Can Am V8, Martin Richards third, Speedy Webb fourth, Robbie Jephta (Ford Escort) fifth and Greg Sinden (Ford Capri)sixth. Overall class A was won deservedly by the Capri of Trevor Momberg, class B had Martin Richards winning in the very quick Datsun, Robbie Jeptha won class C in his Ford Escort, Lytton Coomer won class D in his neat Renault R8 Gordini whilst Keith Andrews won class E in his Alfa Berlina.
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John Oliver BMW
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