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The Citizen
29-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Citizen
Regional Extreme Festival brings defrosting action to Red Star
Fifth round of the regional series produced red hot action and close racing at the Delmas circuit. Alwyn Steenkamp in his new BMW M4 ran away to win race one of the cars in Classes A, B and C of the BMW ///M Performance Parts category. Photograph: Brandsponential. Competitors and spectators had to brave icy cold weather at the Red Star Raceway near Delmas on Saturday, when the venue hosted round five of this year's Regional Extreme Festival Presented by Coca-Cola. Those who did attend were rewarded with a day of spectacular racing, with the circuit now running anti-clockwise, as always during the second half of the season. BMW M Performance Top billing belonged to the BMW ///M Performance Parts brigade. Alwyn Steenkamp arrived at Red Star with a brand new M4 and ran away to win race one of the cars in Classes A, B and C. He was chased to the flag by Bob Neil (Delmon Mining M3), Renier Smith (Fast Development M3 Turbo) and Nek Makris (335i). Race two had to be red-flagged after the SavSpeed 328i of Hein van der Merwe lost an oil cooler and created a large slippery line at the end of the pit straight. ALSO READ: Regional Extreme Festival delivers the magic to Zwartkops faithful After the restart the victory went to Neil, from Steenkamp, Anton Pommersham (Eagle Granite M4) and Makris. The first race for Classes D, E and F went to Andre Scheepers van Vuuren (Curvent M4), leading home Class D points leader Bernard de Gouveia (De Gouveia Accountants M3), Eugene Gouws (Master Mowers M3) and Oleratu Sekudu (Rampage Racing M3). Van Vuuren won race two as well, ahead of Seduku, Troy Cochran (Tyre Mart Boksburg 330i) and de Gouveia. 111 GT Sports and Saloon The first Ferro Energia race for 111 GT Sports and Saloon Cars victory went to Phillip Meyer (Swiss Hotel School Porsche 944), followed by Wouter Roos (Origen Oil Volkswagen Golf GTI), Jonathan Visser (Auto Express Car Service Volkswagen Polo) and Jarred Rossouw (Nathan's Motorsport Volkswagen SupaPolo). Marius Truter impressed in his Strategic Gearbox Volkswagen Golf, finishing on the podium of the second Ferro Energia race for 111 GT Sports and Saloon Cars. Photograph: Brandsponential. Roos won race two ahead of Marius Truter in his super rapid Strategic Gearbox Volkswagen Golf, closely followed by Meyer and Wayne Robb (Ford Focus ST). Single-seaters Defending champion Lendl Jansen (Bull Security Rhema) took an easy victory in the opening DOE CIM Lubri Formula Vee race, followed by Gert van den Berg (DOE Parts Rhema), Peter Hills (Mangaza MXTwo Rhema) and Daine Stewart (Direction Management Forza). Lendl Jansen (Bull Security Rhema) took victory in both the DOE CIM Lubri Formula Vee races. Photograph: Brandsponential. Jansen won race two as well, again followed by van den Berg and Peter Hills, with Vaughn Hills (Mangaza MXTwo Rhema) in fourth place. V8 Supercars Terry Wilford (Fuchs Lubricants Ford Falcon) won the first Dunlop V8 Supercar race from Warren Lombard (Pepboys Automotive Ford Mustang), Thomas Reib (Cafe 9 Automotive Chevrolet Lumina) and Auke Compaan (CIM Lubricants Ford Mustang). Lombard pitted after the warm-up lap for race two. That left Wilford to lead for six laps before his Falcon slowed and stopped due to electronic maladies. Reib went on to win, half a lap ahead of Compaan. Volkswagen Challenge Wayne Masters (Performance Masters) took the first largely Polo field Ate Volkswagen Challenge race ahead of Jayden Goosen (Ferro Energia), Ian Walker (Melllow Velo) and Mydi Mfana. Wayne Masters (Performance Masters) took both the Ate Volkswagen Challenge races. Photograph: Brandsponential. Masters made it a double victory in race two, finishing ahead of Goosen, Walker and lady racer Elna Croeser (Ate Brakes). Nationals next The next round of the Extreme Festival Presented by Coca-Cola will be a National event, to take place at the East London Grand Prix circuit on the weekend of Saturday 19 July. ALSO READ: Kyalami shows its teeth to National and Regional Extreme Festivals
The Citizen
18-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Citizen
Regional Extreme Festival delivers the magic to Zwartkops faithful
First series race in more than a month failed to disappoint. Louis Scholtz in his Car Care Clinic Honda Ballade won Saturday's ATS 200 event, the season's only endurance race for the Ferro Energia 111 Sports and Saloon Car category. Photograph: Bonnie Botha. Night-time spectacle, close racing and a sizeable crowd typified Saturday's fourth round of the Regional Extreme Festival Presented By Coca-Cola at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria. ATS 200 Heading up proceedings was the annual Zwartkops 200 event, the season's only endurance race for the Ferro Energia 111 Sports and Saloon Car category. The 84-lap race brought the great spectacle of night competition, plus the drama of pit stops against the clock to the event. Add close racing and unexpected winners, and the spectators got absolute value for the price of their tickets. ALSO READ: Kyalami shows its teeth to National and Regional Extreme Festivals The race was won by Louis Scholtz in his Car Care Clinic Honda Ballade. Second, three seconds adrift, was Wayne Robb in his Ford Focus ST, with Wouter Roos and Peet Visagie (Origen Oil Volkswagen Golf GTI) rounding out the podium just another two seconds further back. Johan Labuschagne (Muller Developments Subaru Impreza) was fourth, leading home Rob Clarke/Mike O'Sullivan (Containerforce Honda Ballade) and Shaun Vermaak/Strati Yianna (Gapcon Developments BMW 235i). 111 Sports and Saloon Car sprint Earlier in the day, the category's eight-lap sprint race saw George Economides win in his Wealth Avenue Volkswagen CitiGolf Turbo, chased to the line by Mark du Toit's TAR BMW Z4, the Car Care Clinic Volkswagen Golf GTI of Wouter Roos and the Ford Focus ST of Wayne Robb. BMW M Performance The opening BMW /// Performance Parts race for cars in Classes A, B and C went to Rick Loureiro (Combined 330i), ahead of Leon Loubser (Monaco Motors 335i), Fabio Fedetto (M4), Lourenzo Gualtieri (SavSpeed 328i Turbo) and Renier Smith (M3 Turbo). Loureiro won race two as well, followed by Loubser, Gualtieri and Smith. Rick Loureiro (Combined 330i) won both of the BMW /// Performance Parts race for cars in Classes A, B and C cars. Photograph: Bonnie Botha. The first race for Beemers in Classes D, E and F went to Mario Hattingh (Bravio Investment M2), leading home Andre' Scheepers (Curvent 325i Turbo), Richard Gerntholtz (FKN Army 330i) and Neil Reynolds (Valve Hospital 330i). Dawie Olivier (International Race Supplies BMW 325i) led race two from start to finish, followed by Scheepers, Bernard de Gouveia (De Gouveia Accountants M3) and Eugene Gouws (Master Mowers M3). ATE Volkswagen Challenge Jayden Goosen (Ferro Energia) won the first largely Polo campaigned ATE Volkswagen Challenge race ahead of Ian Walker (Mellow Velo), lady racer Elna Croeser (ATE Brakes) and Stuart Mack (AutoZone). Jayden Goosen (Ferro Energia) won both the ATE Volkswagen Challenge races. Photograph: Dave Ledbitter. Goosen, Walker, Croeser and Mack took exactly the same positions in race two. V8 Supercars Veteran Ben Morgenrood (Morgenrood Auto Ford Mustang) won the first Dunlop V8 Supercar race, followed by Terry Wilford (Fuchs Ford Mustang), Thomas Reib (Café 9 Automotive Chevrolet Lumina) and Franco di Matteo (Di Matteo Jaguar XK8). Warren Lombard (Pepboys Automotive Ford Mustang) won race two, started from an inverted grid, leading home Reib, di Matteo and Richard Fuller (PotAbout Ford Falcon). Single-seaters Defending champion Lendl Jansen (Bull Security Rhema) won the first DOE CIM Lubricant Fuel Formula Vee race, narrowly ahead of Vaughn Hills (Mangaza MXTwo Rhema), MD Bester (Mangaza MXTwo Rhema) and Gert van den Berg (DOE Parts Mangaza Rhema). Jansen won race two as well, this time leading home Bester, Hills and Theodore Vermaak (DOE Parts Forza. The all-new Liqui Moly Super Vee category put up a good show, with their first race going to Jeanre le Roux (Liqui Moly Stealth). He led home Luchen Ramchander (Liqui Moly Stealth), Earl Swart (Liqui Moly Forza) and Phillip Bellingen (Liqui Moly Lantis). Race two was won by lady combatant Fabienne Lanz (Stealth), followed by Jeanre le Roux, Phillip Bellingen and Grant Will (Liqui Moly Ashley). Nationals next The next Extreme Festival event at Zwartkops will be a national round on Saturday, 21 June. NOW READ: Regional Extreme Festival puts on a fizzy display at Zwartkops
