Drag racers burn up Aldo Scribante track
SCORES of drag racing fans congregated at the Aldo Scribante Racetrack to witness rounds one and two of the Algoa Motorsport Club’s National Motorcycle Drags Championships at the weekend.
With an estimated 80 racing cars and motorcycles participating, Emraan Rasdien, Motorsport South Africa representative for the Eastern Cape, said the event was one of the most well attended and keenly contested competitions the venue has held.
The race saw South African drag racers from East London, Cape Town, Johannesburg and George revving up against each other.
“This was the second time that we held a national drag race at Scribante and the guys said they thoroughly enjoyed racing here and look forward to coming back,” Rasdien said.
“Besides the racing, they appreciated the atmosphere, the friendliness of the people and the willingness to help each other.”
Johannesburg’s national three-time superbike drag racing champion Zafar Hoosen returned to successfully defend his 2017 title and emerged overall champion against Sherif Reynolds, Jerry Lombard and Keith Moonsamy.
Port Elizabeth’s motorcar drag racer Dean Bosman ran a time of 10.5 seconds at 222km/h over 400m, proving to be one of the city’s faster drivers.
The Aldo Scribante hosted the first two of eight rounds of the National Motorcycle Drags Championships, with the next being held in Cape Town followed by Durban.