Extreme Festival entertains with plenty of thrills and spills. East London Grand Prix Circuit excitement draws a large crowd.The 2022 Extreme Festival entertained a large, enthusiastic crowd at the historic East London Grand Prix Circuit on Saturday.
The race included seven categories.
Heading up proceedings were two Global Touring Car races with Robert Wolk (Chemical Logistics Toyota Corolla) taking race one honours from Saood Variava (Gazoo Racing Toyota Corolla), Bradley Liebenberg (Hype Volkswagen Golf GTI), Michael van Rooyen (Gazoo Racing Toyota Corolla) and Mandla Mdakane in the third Gazoo Racing Toyota Corolla.
Leyton Fourie (Express Hire Supa Polo) won the first GTC Supa Cup race from Jeffrey Kruger (Universal Supa Polo) and Keagan Masters (Perfect Circle Supa Polo).
Kruger won the next time out, followed by Fourie and Jonathan Mogotsi (Sonax Supa Polo).
Dawie van der Merwe (Universal) took the opening CompCare Polo Cup race, ahead of Clinton Bezuidenhout (Stu Davidson) and Jurie Swart (Polo).
Race two was stopped after eight laps when the Universal Polo of Ethan Coetzee got tagged just before the ultra-fast Rifle Range corner, turned sharp right, and crashed a long way into the Eastern Cape flora.
Franco Scribante (Porsche 911 RSR) won both the day’s G&H Transport Extreme Supercar races from Jonathan du Toit (TAR Lamborghini Huracan), with Nicky Dicks (Stradale Porsche 911 RSR) and Marius Jackson (MJR Audi R8) filling the respective third places. Scribante also set the quickest lap of the weekend with a time of one minute 18.17 seconds in race two.
The first Investchem F1600 race produced the day’s biggest crash when the Mygale of Ewan Holtzhausen touched wheels with that of another car and violently barrel-rolled at over 200km/h.
The driver was taken to hospital with a concussion, while the car went to the final pit stop in the sky.
After the restart, Troy Dolinshek (Sujean Mygale) won ahead of Gerard Geldenhuys (Abacus Mygale) and Andrew Schofield (Investchem Mygale).
Race two went to Josh le Roux (Investchem Mygale) ahead of Dolinshek and Geldenhuys (Abacus Mygale). Peter Hills (Mangaza Rhema) took the first DOE Formula Vee race victory, leading home Lendl Jansen (Bull Security Rhema) and Brandon Hills (Mangaza Rhema).
Hills won the next time as well, followed by Jaco Schriks (Cubed Rhema) and Greg Wilson (Rhema). On the third occasion, the winning veteran was followed by Jansen and Schriks.
Jayson Lamb (Tyremart ZX10) and Graeme van Breda (Stefanutti Stocks ZX10) swapped victories and second places in the SunBet ZX10 races, with Ronald Slamet (Vault Markets ZX10) third in both.
The next round of the festival is on Saturday at the Zwartkops Raceway.
