A wide range of car categories, great racing and an even bigger crowd characterized the opening round of the 2023 Inland Extreme Series Championship at Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria.
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Both top Marlboro Crane Hire Historic Car races went to Veterans Larry Wilford (Fuchs Lola T70), Mark du Toit (Lola T70 Spyder), Russel Fear (Lola T70 Spyder) and James Temple (Shelby Cobra).
Ben Morgenrood (Ford Mustang) and Jonathan du Toit (Chevrolet Camaro) alternated in sixth place.
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Rudi Barnard (Barney’s Birkin) won the first Lotus Challenge race after a long battle with Thomas Falkiner (Adaptive Resource Taylon), who lost after a small driving error in the final lap. Sean Hewitt (Birkin) took third ahead of Jeff Gable (Expensive Birkin) and Brett van Rensburg (JB Systems Birkin).
Mackie Adlem (Adlem Auto Birkin) won race two from Barnard, Falkiner, David Coetzee (Elksa Birkin) and Brett van Rensburg (JB Birkin).
Karel Stols (Rotrix Mazda RX-7) won both Silvercup 2.0 races from Fred Kruger (JDM Tuning Honda CRX), Sean Lampbrecht (Wildthings BMW 325i) and Paul van Niekerk (Club Volkswagen Golf).
Chris Cronje (Dozer Toyota Spaceframe) and Wayne Pereira (Grange Volkswagen Golf) finished sixth.
Two of the On Track The Clubmans race was won by Dumisane Mazibuko (Upward Spiral Opel Tigra Spaceframe), leading on both occasions Ismael Peck (Lotus 7), Wayne Pereira (Grange Volkswagen Golf) Rodney Kruis (Real Pro Honda Ballade) and Wayne Lebotschky (Volkswagen Golf).
Old-timer Seef Fourie Sr. took the Datsun 160Y to the Open Midvaal Historic victory, ahead of Ian Kilburn (Datsun 1200 GX), Johan Coetzee (Datsun 1200 GX), Deon Schwabsky (Ford Escort) and Adrian McCaw (Alfetta GTV).
Ben Morgenrood won both races in his Ford Mustang, followed by Kilburn, Coetzee, Ted Young (Ford Anglia) and McCaw.
The Inex Legends Brigade ran three races with Sebastian Lanzetti (Perfect Auto) taking his first win, ahead of Jagger Robertson (Liqui Moly), Jayden Goosen (Pta Noord Toyota), Cyril Jacobs Snr (Perfect Auto) and Cyril Jacobs Jnr (Perfect Auto). ).
Devin Robertson (Don Bravo) won race two, chased by Lanzetti, Jagger Robertson, Tyler Robertson (Liqui Moly) and Goosen.
Devin Roberton went on to win race three as well, followed by Jagger Robertson, Cyril Jacobs Jnr, Francois Day (Pta Noord Toyota).
Overtake..
The next event at Zwartkops Raceway will be the 2023 round of the Historic Tour on Saturday, April 15. For more information, visit zwartkops.co.za.