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| Morne Venter holds it steady |
FIA, motorsport’s global controlling body, this week hosted 250
attendees at Goodwood in the UK “to share ideas on how to develop motorsport”.
At the time of going to print, Talking Transport had
no report back from the meeting, but if drifting did not feature on top of FIA’s
agenda, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile is missing the plot —
again.
For as the Supadrift series and the Sidewayz club in
Pietermaritzburg proves with its bi-monthy events, drifting is the
fastest-growing motorsport not only in KZN, but all over the world, from Canada
to New Zealand.
In Port Shestpone today, the only woman competing in the Supadrift
is looking forward to going sideways around the blind-rise corner on the tight
Dezzi track.
Clare Vale told us it would be
her first time around the new track after her
dramatic crash in Gauteng recently.
She was still experiencing some suspension issues at the recent
Zwartkops event and said the weekend was going to be a challenge. “The track is
all new to me, but the team is up for it and we’ll be giving it our all,” Vale
said.
In Pietermaritzburg, the Sidewayz club has announced that its
annual national event will this year send one lucky spectator to Japan to watch
the Pro Series Supra Drift.
The club will crown SA’s kings of drift and spin in the very narrow
loading bays at Mkondeni market on the last weekend of July, and is offering an
early booking special of R70 for two tickets. To purchase tickets early, phone
083 792 0853.
