“The Goldfields will shimmer in the heat of the action

The EV Dynamics Inland Championship returns to the Phakisa Freeway in the Free State on 15 September to complement a full programme of racing which will also feature events for the BMW Sports Car Club, Motormart VW Challenge, Hankook Formula Vee, G&H Transport Extreme Supercars and Bridgestone Challenge/SUB10 Superbikes.

In the Motul MPC’s Keegan Pottas (EV Dynamics Honda CRX) will be relishing the challenge of Phakisa’s back straight where his CRX Honda will exceed take off speeds for small aircraft. George Economides (BMW E36) Bjorn Gerbert (Alfa GTV6) and Shane Kroon in the new turbo charged Golf Mk1 should be his nearest challengers. Paul van Niekerk (EV Dynamics Golf), Dirk Lawrence (JDM Tuning Honda Ballade), Ian and Roan Eghlers in the FEC Polo and Golf respectively, should contest the Class B leadership tussle, with Bjorn Gerbert (FAS Alfa GTV6) and Paul Saayman (Inter City Auto Movers Golf) also in the reckoning . In Class C, Waldo Swiegers (Golf Mk1) will take on Nicholas Cleary (Opel Corsa), Giles Darroch (Golf Mk1) Johan vd Vyver (Devlan Subaru) and Paul Verios (Acrotek LR Spares Golf). Franco di Matteo (Deltec Ford Laser) heads the championship overall and the pack in Class D, but Kenny Darroch (Golf Mk1), Ebrahim Peck (Golf Mk1) and Duane Brown(Ford Fiesta) will keep him busy around the former Moto GP venue. Ismail Peck will pilot a JDM Tuning Honda Ballade. Wayne Pereira (Golf Mk1) lines up in Class E, alongside Daniel Luwes and Maritz Le Roux.

In the Motul Clubmans, Riaan Draper (Peugeot 206) will do battle against Marius Jacobs (Nissan Tigra) and Richard Brenner (Tigra Spaceframe). (Entries as at the time of writing)

The Midvaal Historics will again turn out in force to fight tooth and nail over the two heats. In Class D Ken Price (Datsun GX Coupe) lines up alongside Travis Jansen (Datsun 1200GX) and Jannie van Rooyen (VW Scirocco). In Class E Francois Jacobs (Datsun 1200 GX) will do battle against Meredith Willis (Ford Escort) Jackie Morrison (Ford Escort) and Gavin Lundin (Datsun 1200 GX), while in a busy Class F Gary Wade and Johan Jarvis (Alfa GT Junior), Peder Jensen (Datsun 1200 GX), Quentin Willis (Ford Escort), Johan Coetzer Snr. and Jnr. (Datsun 1200 GTX) and Franz Jensen (Datsun 1200 GTX) will fight for supremacy. In Class G Andries Draper (Ford Escort) is up against Eugene Gows (Fiat 124), Anton Havenga (Ford Escort) and Tim Crossland (Alfa GT Junior). In Class H Johan Venter (VW Jetta) awaits other challengers. The Alfa Trofeo Challenge is the domain of Bjorn Gerbert in the GTV6, Mario Rossi in another GTV6 and Jose de Carvalho (Alfa 155). Others on the grid will be Johan Swanepoel (Alfa Berlina 1750) Tony Sharp (Giulietta Turbo) and Philip Hendriks (Alfa Sud)

Formula Monoposto is split into Formula Libre and Formula M, and in the former, Mac Odendaal should line up against Sean Harrington, John Maurien, Leon Scholz and Clinton Baudoux. The evergreen Jannie Geyser will race his Formula Vee against Tony Beecher Paul Manegold, Michael Kernick and Blaine de Meillon. In the Formula M stakes, in FM A Austin Zungu beat Gary Eveleigh at Midvaal and the pair should again do battle at Phakisa, while in FM B Gerard Geldenhuys takes on Koos Posthumus, Hylton Morrow, Cornel Smit and lady racer Karen Geldenhuys. “