All revved up for speed fest
Bay motorsport enthusiasts are gearing up for a weekend filled wheel-to-wheel action
Nelson Mandela Bay motorsport enthusiasts are gearing up for a weekend filled with fast cars, screeching tyres and wheel-to-wheel action as the Extreme Festival national championship roadshow takes place this weekend.
Headlining the roadshow at Aldo Scribante race track will be the premier Sasol GTC championship where the action will most certainly keep spectators glued to the edge of their camping chairs.
Local race teams Engen Audi and Volkswagen Motorsport will want to put on good performances for the home crowd.
With the Volkswagen manufacturing plant down the road in Uitenhage, the Motorsport team is more determined than ever to give their fans something to cheer about on Saturday.
Daniel Rowe, behind the wheel of the #89 Jetta GTC, aims to add to his tally at the newly resurfaced Eastern Cape circuit.
“I love racing at my home circuit.
“I won at the track in Polo Cup as well as my GTC2 championship-winning year.
“The new surface is offering good grip levels and seemingly no tyre wear according to the regional racers who competed on the new surface a few weeks ago,” Rowe said.
He admitted, however, that the team to beat would be Engen Audi, who use the Scribante circuit as their designated test track.
“They will have a good idea of what to expect going into the weekend, but I am going for win number three,” he said.
Engen Audi drivers Michael Stephen and Simon Moss will be itching to get out on the track as the pair continue to hunt down current championship leader, Johannesburg driver Gennaro Bonafede of the Sasol GTC Racing team.
Moss will be eager to make up lost ground, following a disappointing showing in Round Four, where technical problems saw him lose the championship lead.
“East London was a very disappointing race for me.
“I was clearly the fastest man and losing the championship lead on a technical gremlin is very frustrating,” Moss said.
Stephen lies second on the Sasol GTC Africa championship standings, four points behind leader Bonafede. Moss is 13 points adrift of Stephen in third place.
Stephen has won all but one Sasol GTC Africa race at the Aldo Scribante racetrack over the past two years, while Moss has always been on the podium at the track.
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