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The Herald
03-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Herald
Lotus Challenge to add spice to Scribante Race Day
The Lotus Challenge Racing SA Series, based in Gauteng, will have their second away race of the season when they join Algoa Motorsport Club at Aldo Scribante Raceway for their regional and club championship event this weekend. After already having had three rounds of their series at Redstar Raceway near Delmas, one at Zwartkops near Pretoria and one a Dezzi Raceway near Port Shepstone in KZN, round six will see them in action at Scribante. The 2.48km circuit is ideally situated for the lightweight Lotus cars with its tight technical stretches that ensure that the racing is close among the 15-strong field that is divided into two different classes, class B and the Locost class. Having secured the sponsorship of Dunlop and ATS Motorsport Supplies, the Lotus Challenge Series, which was started in 1996, continues to flourish and has had 311 different drivers taking part since its inception. With the season at the halfway stage now, Jeff Gable has a healthy 62-point lead in the Class B championship standings with JP Nortje in second place and David Jermy a further 9 points adrift. Nick Hodgson is the runaway leader in the Locost Class, enjoying a massive 73-point lead over Sean Hepburn in second, with Andy Fulton 19 points off in third. Saturday's racing action will see the Lotus series taking part in three 8-lap heats, and hopefully the weather gods will be kind to the competitors in their open cockpits. With rain forecast for most of the weekend, spectators can watch from the comfort of their vehicles parked around the circuit and listen to the live commentary on their radios. Included in the busy race schedule on Saturday is round four of the Algoa Motorsport Club championship that includes modified saloons, Advance Horizon Coastal Challenge for historic, classic, retro cars, as well as street and fine cars, CBR 150/250 motorcycles and the open motorcycle class. Qualifying is scheduled to start at 8.15am on Saturday with the first race at 10.15am and the race day will end with the Bronscor Ingco 45-Minute Endurance race that continues to grow in popularity, with the winner of the index-of-performance during the endurance race winning an Ingco 400NM impact gun. Upcoming events July 5: Algoa Motorsport Club – Main Circuit racing round 4; Dirt Oval Racing at Victory Raceway, club championship round 6 July 18: National Extreme Festival, East London Grand Prix Circuit July 19: Dirt Oval racing at PEOTR, Club Championship round 6 July 24-26: Algoa National Rally in Uitenhage & Longmore Forest July 26: Rhino Night Relay Enduro at Rover Motorcycle Club July 27: British Classics Show Day at EP Veteran Car Club. The Herald
The Herald
05-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Herald
Cape visitors set to thrill at Aldo Scribante Raceway
An exciting change to this weekend's third round of the Algoa Motorsport Club's Regional championship is the addition of the Cape Town-based Kaltron Formula Supercars that are making the trip to Aldo Scribante Raceway. The cars that run a 2-litre Opel Motor were all built by the late Owen Ashley and celebrate their 30th year of existence next year. They will take part in three races, with the first two being for championship points and the third being a fun race where they will be joined by local Supercar racers Peter Schultz and Tom Hugo. A strong field of 20 modified saloons will be in action and sees legendary racer Syd Lippstreu with his immaculate Toyota Celica moving from the Retro Classic class and joining the modified saloons for the first time. The battle up front should once again be between the class B cars of Ian Riddle in his VW SuperPolo and Ian Oberholzer in his Volvo 850 station wagon as well as relative newcomer Elan Buchman in a VW SuperPolo. In the Wide Horizon Advance Training-sponsored Coastal Challenge for historics, classics and retro classics is Brent Watts, who is making a welcome return to circuit racing at Aldo Scribante Raceway in his Nissan Skyline and is set to give the similar Skylines of usual frontrunners Rane Berry and Tom Hugo a run for their money. East London visitor Neil Stephen returns with the only Opel Manta in the country that is racing and joins a whole fleet of classic Ford Escorts, Anglias and Capris as well as a classic VW Beetle with Henry Adams behind the wheel. Included in the mix are the street and fine cars with Barry Buchman in his Mercedes A45S and Ayrton Pilz in a Renault Clio 3 RS. Dylan Grobler returns to action after a short break in the open motorcycle class on his new 600cc Yamaha R6 and will be up against fellow 600cc competitors Ethan Diener, Ruan van Zyl and Ashton Heideman in what promises to be an epic battle on track. Kiera Potgieter is also back after taking a nasty tumble at the last round of the championship during qualifying and joins fellow girl racers Emma Diener and Kirsty Oberholzer in the CBR 150/250 motorcycle class where they will be up against Craig Benn, Dylan Grobler, Ruan van Zyl, Rob de Vos and Anthony Lippstreu Racing is set to start at 10.15am tomorrow and there will be three heats per class including the Ingco 45-Minute race that ends off the day and is set to start at about 4.15pm. Upcoming events: June 7: Main circuit racing at Aldo Scribante Raceway, round 3; Dirt Oval Racing in East London June 8: Speedyquip Bikers Breakfast Charity Run to Thornhill Hotel June 10: Algoa Indoor Karting League racing at Baywest Mall June 14: Motocross Training Day at Rover Motorcycle Club; Slake Enduro at Zwartenbosch Golf Estate in Humansdorp June 15: Youth Day Charity Spinning & Stance at Aldo Scribante Raceway; Top End Run at East London Grand Prix Circuit June 21: EP Off-Road championship round 2 at Innibos Lapa; Regional round 4 of Dirt Oval Racing at PE Oval Track Raceway; Algoa Kart Club round 4 of regional & club championship June 27-28: ROK Karting Nationals at Algoa Kart Club. The Herald
