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Zein Hussein smokescreens Shane Gutzeit at the SupaDrift 02
event at at Killarney in Cape Town.
PHOTO: DARREN TOWNSLEY
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THE SupaDrift Series 03 returns to Dezzi Raceway in Marburg on
Saturday, providing drifting fans with the most affordable spectacle on the
coast tomorrow and on Saturday.
Tickets at the gate cost R80 per adult and R50 for children.
After a wet and slippery leg at Killarney in Cape Town, the 2016
championship is still wide open and much of that will be decided upon during the
weekend’s battle on what the racers all agree is the most scenic racetrack in
SA, if not the world.
Mikey Skelton, XS Promotions marketer of the SupaDrift Series, said
a driver who wins on Saturday is set to stay on top of the log for the rest of
the series.
This means drivers like Zanil Satar heralding from Mozambique and
Gauteng’s Jim McFarlane will bring the fight to local rider Shane Gutzeit.
But Gutzeit will be competing on the track his father built, and
while he said he has a massive respect for his competitors, he is quitely
confident.
Zein Hussein said all the drivers will push as hard as they can on
the tight, technical track.
“No one can afford to rest, it’s the most competitive drift season
yet and anything can happen; the initiation zone on the ‘rollercoaster’ is blind
and off camber, we will have to be on point to impress the judges and keep the
competition at bay … but when you get close to other competitors; anything can
happen!” said Hussein.
(First published in Wheels 26 May 2016)
