Whopping 191 drivers in action at Zwartkops this weekend
The 2022 Regional Extreme Festival will kick off at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, with eight competition disciplines and 16 race heats catering for a total of 191 drivers.
Heading up the day’s events will be two races for Car Care Clinic 111 Sport and Saloon Cars.
Overall favourites must include Phillip Meyer (Porsche 924 GTR), Wouter Roos (Car Care Clinic Golf), Adrian Dalton (Xtra Golf), George Economides (Wealth Avenue Golf), Mark du Toit (TAR BMW Z4), Johan van der Vyver (Devlaw Subaru STI), Bob Neill (Delmon Honda Type R) and Gerhard Henning (VW Golf).
The day’s biggest entry of 42 cars will belong to the Pabar VW Challenge brigade.
Current champion Rory Atkinson (BHIT Polo) should be the man to beat.
The event’s closest racing could well come from the DOE Formula Vee brigade, with challengers including champion Gert van den Berg (DOE Rhema), Lendl Jansen (Bull Security Rhema), Lushen Ramchander (Liqui Moly Forza), Greg Wilson (Rhema), Peter Hills (Mangaza Rhema), Blane de Meilon (FireBreak Rhema) and Vaughn Hills (Mangaza Rhema).
The Car Care Clinic SuperHatch races should see tough dicing between drivers like Jonathan du Toit (TAR Honda Civic), Andre Dannhauser (Pro Auto Rubber Corsa), Lenard Archer (ACD Hyundai Getz), Melanie Spurr (Car Care Clinic Polo) and Wessel Smit (Angel Feeds Polo).
Champion Jeffrey Kruger (Design Hut Birkin) should be the Lotus Challenge favourite, chased by people like Thomas Falkiner (Adaptive Resource Taylon), Rudi Barnard (Barneys Birkin), Mackie Adlem (Adlem Auto Birkin) and Sean Hewitt (Birkin).
The Silvercup 2.0 races should see strong challenges from people like Marius Jacobs (AAA Recovery Tigra Nissan), Riaan Draper (Tigra Peugeot), Theo Brussow (BRE Tigra Opel), Juan Otto (Highveld Mitsubishi Evo) and Stiaan Kriel (Design Hut Jetta).
The On the Track Magazine Clubmans races will see champion Wayne Lebotschy’s Shield VW Golf square off against Dirk Lawrence (JDM Honda Ballade), Rodney Kruis (Real Pro Honda Ballade), Louis Cloete (Performance Parts Beetle), Mark Harvey (Adapt Porsche 924), Fred Kruger (JDM Honda CRX) and Tim Crossland (ZTrom Alfa GTV6).
Rounding out the day will be races for National Sports Cars, with Deon du Plessis (BPT KTM X-Bow) taking on Paul Sullivan (Nash), Dean Wolson (Wright S2000), Aaron Harmse (S2000) and Lotus 7 derivatives in the hands of people like Norman Witt, Klippies Krige and Glenton Rebello.
Racing will commence at 10am, with qualifying sessions earlier in the morning.
Admission is R130 per adult and R90 per student, with kids under the age of 12 free.
For more information, visit zwartkops.co.za or call the circuit office on 012 384 2299.