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Thursday, 16 June 2016 will see the Comsol VW Challenge competitors make their third visit to Zwartkops Raceway this season for the fifth round of the 2016 championship.At her last visit to the Pretoria circuit, Tasmin Pepper (Campos Transport / Alpine Motors Polo) had a perfect outing, taking pole position and both race wins and picking up the bonus point on offer for the fastest lap in both races to move to the top of the class A championship log.  While she will be looking for a repeat performance on Youth Day, a number of challengers will be looking to end her run of race wins. Chief among those is likely to be Rory Atkinson (Comsol Polo). He lies just 6 points behind Pepper and will be out to improve on the two second places he had to settle for in May. He knows what it takes to win, having already taken two victories this year. Waldie Meintjes (LTR / Marty’s Body & Spray Polo) and newcomer Stiaan Kriel (Imperial Select Polo), who claimed two fourth places on his debut last month, should also be up at the head of the field. Others who could be there or thereabouts if things go their way include James Hurley (The Starter Pack Company Polo), Iain Stevenson (Comsol Polo), Devan Piazza-Musso (Piazza Motor Sport Polo) and Derick Smalberger in the Sabertek Beetle. At the last outing Darren Nathan (Sextrader Polo) and Nic Clarke (Central Technical Services Polo) thrilled the Zwartkops crowd as they spent almost the entire second race running side-by-side around the 2.4 km circuit. More of the same can be expected from this pair who head the class B standings. Their closest challengers are likely to be Brad Hall (Hellermann Tyton Racing Polo), Adrian Wood (Laserfische Polo) and the Stewart brothers, Daine and Mile, in their RCS Security Services Polos. Francois van Zyl (Jesus Saves Polo) had a good outing at Zwartkops last month and will be looking to build on that performance. Elke van Vledder (Golf) leads the class C championship, although Luan Roos (Nathan’s Motorsport Polo) is not far behind. Graham Savage (Goldwagen JHB CBD and Wynberg Golf) had a slightly disappointing weekend last time out and will be looking to get back to winning ways. Others who should be up with the front pack include Stuart Mack (Goldwagen JHB CBD and Wynberg Golf), Wouter Roos (Nathan’s Motorsport Polo) and John Johnstone (Circle Solar Solutions Polo). Qualifying for Class C will get underway at 07h00 on Saturday morning while classes A and B will have a combined session at 07h40. Class C will start their first race at 10h20 with the class A and B cars lining up at 11h05. The second class C heat is scheduled for 15h15 with classes A and B out at 15h55. |
