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16 year-old
driving sensation, Brandon Auby (Masana Petroleum Jaguar) took
his first win in WesBank V8 Racing at Zwartkops on Saturday when
he led a dramatic second race of the day from start to finish.
This despite a safety car being deployed when Championship
leader, Hennie Groenewald (Team Timken Holden) went off the road
when he and Willie Hepburn (Project Orange Corvette) collided in
the fast sweep. Des Gutzeit (Dezzi/Trysome Jaguar) and Clair
Vale (Goodyear-Ram Mustang) also took to the gravel traps.
Brandon Auby is now the youngest driver
ever to have won a WesBank V8 race driving a car with 450 kW and
a top speed of 300 kmh.
Auby’s elder brother Mark (Jonnesway
Tools Jaguar) made it a good day for the Auby family by
finishing 2nd in the first race behind winner
Groenewald by .6 seconds, followed by another 2nd
place behind his younger brother, who had his gearbox seize
within sight of the finish by .8 seconds after a brilliant
drive, when he passed 14 other drivers from the back of the
field. Father Deon (Meta Forge Holden) finished 8th
twice.
Robert Briggs (Team Timken Jaguar) moved
up the championship points table with two strong 3rds, but could
be penalised for supposedly passing under the yellow flag.
Newcomer Bjorn Roos (SP Racing Jaguar),
a former South African Karting Champion, in his 2nd
outing in a WesBank V8 racing car, despite a spin in Race 1,
finished 11th and followed this up with a 5th
spot in Race 2.
RESULTS
RACE 1
1. H.
Groenewald
2.
M. Auby
3.
R. Briggs
4.
W. Hepburn
5.
G. Connelly
6.
D. Correia (Jnr)
RACE 2
1.
Brandon Auby
2.
Mark Auby
3.
R. Briggs
4.
R. Pinard
5.
B. Roos
6.
J. Correia
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
1. Hennie Groenewald
196
2. M. Auby 126
3. R. Briggs 118
4. W. Hepburn 107
5. R. Pinard 91
6. D. Auby 83 |
