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With a win and a second place each the
Timken Wesbank V 8 racing team of Hennie Groenewald (Chev
Lumina) and Robert Briggs (Jaguar) had a good day at the office
in round 1 of the Wesbank Super Series at Kyalami on Saturday 15
March 2008.
They now share the
top spot in the Championship points table with 27 points a
piece.
In the first race,
reigning Champion Groenewald from pole position dominated the
race with Briggs in close attendance and even leading briefly in
the early stages to finish a second apart at the flag. Mark
Auby (Johnnesway Tools Lumina SS ) kept them honest just a
second behind. J Gutzeit – ( Dezzi/ Trysome Mustang) was a
little further back with veteran Will Hepburn (Project - Orange
Corvette) and Mister “Consistency’ Richard Pinard the third
member of the Team Timken team in his Jaguar, sixth.
Race 2 was more
dramatic with the starting grid reversed for the first 10
drivers home in race 1. Terry Wilford (Fuchs Lubricants
Mustang) led off the line with Jaco Corrëia (Omega Motor Spares
Corvette) Richard Pinard and Hepburn pushing hard.
Briggs and
returning champion Reolf du Plessis (Venter Motors Lumina SS)
and Groenewald were passing in impossible places to get to the
front with 16 year old Brandon Auby (Masana Petrolium Jaguar) in
his debut race showing class and joining the experienced Wesbank
men in a slugging match for 4th place after passing
13 other cars in the process.
With just 2 laps
of the 10 lap race to go Briggs, Gorenewald and Pinard were
running their Timken cars line astern in first, second and
third. Pinard was unfortunately a few kilogram’s underweight
when measured at the end of the race, which advanced Brandon
Auby to third place ahead of Hepburn, Du Plessis, Franco di
Matteo (Optima Batteries Jaguar), Terry Wilford (Fuchs
Lubricants Mustang), and Gordon Connelly (Cowan Signs/Dezzi
Jaguar).
RESULTS
Race 1
Groenewald, Briggs, M Auby, J Gutzeit, Hepburn, Pinard
Race 2
Briggs, Groenewald, B Auby, Hepburn, R du Plessiis, di Matteo
POINTS
Groenewald 27,
Briggs 27, Hepburn 17, T Wilford 12, du Plessis 12, Connelly 10,
B Auby 10, M Auby 10, F di Matteo 9, J Gutzeit 9. |