THE last Motorsport South Africa (MSA) drag racing event for the year ended the drag racing season off with a bang on Saturday.
Twenty-five entries ranged from four-cylinder front-wheel drive Golf 1s to 5 cylinder all-wheel drive Audis, 6 cylinder Nissans and BMWs to the ultimate champion … the Nissan GTR 35, driven by Gordon Nicholson and Viswa Williams.
The GTRs had a strong battle the whole day, but at the end it was Nicholson taking it in his Blue Nissan GTR 35.
Nicholson’s fastest time on Saturday was 10.803 seconds, but his fastest time this year was a 10.6 second quarter mile.
Williams managed to get down to an 11.038 second quarter mile in his Black Nissan GTR 35.
He showed immense improvement, so next year the heat will be on Nicholson to defend his times.
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the competitors and spectators for all the support during the year,” Border Motorsport Club drags chairman Stephen Nel said. “We have managed to build up a great sport in East London and next year will be even better.
“Also, a massive thanks to Border Motorsport Club for all the support and guidance and for making these events possible.”
The rest of the results are as follows:
● Class – 4 AF
1Ryan Bennetta – 13.900 seconds
2Brendan de Lange – 14.436 seconds
3Amhed Khan – 15.143 seconds
4Bruce Bronkhorst – 16.568 seconds
● Class – 4 AFS
1Stephen Nel – 13.579 seconds
2Paul Lowe – 15.303 seconds
● Class – 4 ARS
1Nadiem Obaray – 15.133 seconds
● Class – 4BR
1Fortyn Rally – 15.423 seconds
● Class – 4 EX
1Nicholas Nel – 13.054 seconds
2Dane Langhein – 13.661 seconds
● Class – 6 WD
1Gordon Nicholson – 10.803 seconds
2Viswa Williams – 11.038 seconds
● Class – 4 WD
1Russel Rensburg – 11.655 seconds
● Class – 6AR
1Trevor Wiltshire – 13.583 seconds
2Bets Radloff – 13.822 seconds
3Michael Radloff – 13.995 seconds
4Nigel Muller – 15.799 seconds
● Class – 6 B
1Lance Casojee – 11.596 seconds
2Quinton King – 11.829 seconds
3Jarren Marillier – 12.586 seconds
4Owen Bridger – 13.792 seconds
5Terry Gafney – 14.212 seconds
● Class – 8AS
1Riaaz Jogie – 14.398 seconds
● Class – 8 BR
1Viswa Williams – 11.541 seconds
