Surprise turn in true battle of the families
FRANCO and Silvio Scribante’s Chevron-Suzuki V8 were the dominant force early on in what turned out to be a sensational Campos Cape 400 Mopar South African Endurance Championship race at Killarney, but they were very lucky to win the race in the end.
It was indeed a tight win from dad Rui Campos and sons Jason and Keegan, in their Campos transport/Turn 1 Insurance Shelby-Ford V8 Can-Am and the reliable Fritz Kleynhans/James Forbes in their Cornelius Ligier JS49.
In what was in essence a battle of the families in front of a large and appreciative crowd on a balmy Cape Autumn’s evening on Mother’s Day weekend, the Scribante cousins stole the race win after the death, when Marcel and Dayne Angel’s Autohaus Angel Ferrari 458 GT3 ran out of fuel and failed to cross the line after the three-hour mark to be classified as a finisher, in spite of completing two more laps than the winning Chevron.
The two most important rules in endurance racing are to cross the finish line within five minutes of the race time elapsing and not to enter the pits once the lane is closed, five minutes before the finish.
At that point, five minutes before the finish, father and son Marcel and Dayne Angel were leading the race by five laps, when it all ended.
That left the Scribantes to beat the Campos family by four laps, with the Ligier third.