Smokin' racing at Dezzi's

Third-placed Audi driver Gennaro Bonafede has only three points
to make up around the tight turns at Dezzi Raceway on Saturday,
August 29.

ON Saturday, the 2,5-km long twisting ribbon of tar at Dezzi Raceway at Marburg will host the sixth round of the 2015 National Production Car Championship (NPCC) series for the first time.

With three Audi S4 quattro racers at the top of the leaderboard, it looks more and more like the NPCC title will go to one of these three competitors this season.

At the top of the log is Hennie Groenewald (8 — Audi Sasolracing) who is currently nine points in the lead.

Second spot is held by Michael Stephen (12 — Engen Xtreme) while Gennaro Bonafede (32 — Audi
Sasolracing) is in third place — with a three-point gap between them.

This thin 12-point spread between the top three racers will certainly prove to be the catalyst for some exciting racing in the remaining rounds — and with the Audi S4 quattro racers 26 points ahead of the fourth-placed competitor, their dominance in this series is hard to challenge.

For Simon Moss (38 — Engen Xtreme) the Dezzi Raceway event presents an opportunity to focus on his race results. Moss has made great strides with his qualifying results, appearing on the front row of the starting grid twice recently.

A round of the championship at a new circuit creates the possibility that his pace will prove more valuable than the experience the other racers have at the regular circuits, and a good result could see him claim the three points he needs to break into being amongst the top five competitors this season.

Another round, a new circuit and four very determined Audi S4 quattro racers is an opportunity to see some fast-paced and exciting national circuit racing in NPCC.

The challenge is most likely to result in some of the toughest on-track battles seen yet in the 2015 season.

The final round of the 2015 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy 

takes place at Dezzi Raceway in KwaZulu-Natal on September 19.

Knee-dragging thrillers await

On September 19, the superbikers will also get to test their knee-dragging skills on the tight turns at Dezzi for the final round of the 2015 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy.

Clint Seller (NeoLife Africa Yamaha R1) took two comfortable wins in the sixth round of the 2015 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy, held at Red Star Raceway in Mpumalanga on Saturday, ­August 22. The defending champion now has a 27-point lead at the top of the log with just one event left to run.

If the Super 600 riders stay true to form, their race will be especially worth watching at Dezzi’s.

At Red Star, Super 600 rider Steven Odendaal (NeoLife Africa Yamaha R6) and Anthony Shelley (EmTek Racing Nashua Yamaha R6) rode a thriller with their bikes never more than a couple lengths apart for the entire 14 laps. Shelley was in front for most of the race, but Odendaal managed to get past with just a couple of laps to go. Shelley didn’t give up though and the gap at the flag was just a tenth of a second.

Contender for the third spot Adolf Boshoff (Indy Oil Toy Store Kawasaki ZX6) crashed out around the half-way mark just after setting his fastest lap of the race leaving Michael White (Consortium Shipping Kawasaki ZX6 to take the final podium position.