De Vos wins classic double
ZWARTKOPS: LARGE CROWD TURN OUT FOR ROUND FOUR OF THE REGIONAL EXTREME FESTIVAL
The power and fury of current inland racing returned to the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, when round four of the 2022 Regional Extreme Festival fully entertained a large crowd.
Top billing belonged to a special Morgenrood and Hepburn V8 Classic Touring Car race, that went to Rudolf de Vos (Chevy CanAm), ahead of Seef Fourie (Supa Quick Mazda R100 Rotary), Franco Donadio (Donadio Ford Escort), Eugene Gouws (Master Mowers Chev CanAm) and Jaki Scheckter (NGK Ford Galaxie).
De Vos won the second race as well, followed by Fourie, Donadio, Ben Morgenrood (Ford Mustang) and Collin Ellison (Ford Thunderbolt).
Jonathan du Toit (Motul Honda Civic) won the first Car Care Clinic SuperHatch race from Lenard Archer (ADC Hyundai Getz) and Louis Scholtz (Car Care Honda Civic).
Andre’ Dannhauser (PAR Opel Corsa) took race two from Du Toit and Scholtz.
Louis Scholtz (Car Care Golf) won both the Car Care Clinic races for 111 Sports and Saloons, with Mark du Toit (TAR BMW Z4) and George Economides (Wealth Ave Golf Turbo) taking turns in the respective second and third places.
Marius Jacobs (AAA Recovery Tigra Nissan Turbo) won the first Silver Cup heat ahead of Giulio Araga (Desco Max) and Evert Seyffert (Spaceframe RX8).
Jacobs took race two as well, this time followed by Adrian Dalton (Xtra Clothes Golf Turbo) and Seyffert.
The opening Pabar VW Challenge race went to reigning champion Rory Atkinson in his BHIT Polo, followed by Stiaan Kriel (Design Hut Polo) and Keagan Masters (Performance Masters Polo).
Kriel won race two from Atkinson and Masters.
The Lotus Challenge races saw Jeffrey Kruger (Design Hut Birkin) and Thomas Falkiner (Adaptive Design Taylon) swap the two respective race wins, with JP Nortje (N4 Birkin) third both times.
The first On Track Clubmans race went to Gerald Wright (Sports 2000), followed by Klippies Krige (Mercury Lotus 7) and Phillip Meyer (Pple Porsche 924).
Meyer won the second time around, leading home Dirk Lawrence (JDM Honda Ballade) and Krige.
Former world champion Devon Robertson (Big Boss Legend) won all three the Inex Legends races from Jagger Robertson (Big Boss Legend), with Kyle Lawrence (Inex Legend) and Edwin van Niekerk (Dot Afri Legend) on the respective final podium steps.
The opening race for a wide mixture of Marlboro Crane Hire cars saw Franco di Matteo (Chevy CanAm) win ahead of James Temple (Shelby Daytona) and Mark du Toit (Ford GT40).
Di Matteo won race two as well, followed bu Du Toit and Peter Bailley (Ford GT40).
The next round of the 2022 Extreme Festival will be at Phakisa in the Free State on Saturday, 9 September.