Add to this, three new Chevrolet Lumina SS’s taking the fight to the previous winners of the Wesbank championship, - the Ford engined Jaguars.  This plus a number of new young guns, and a lady racer for the first time in Wesbank racing, mixing it with some of the vets, and all doing well, promises a pair of breathtaking motor races. 

Teammates in the Team Timken pits Hennie Groenewald (Lumina) and the new young Rookie of the Year last year, Robert Briggs (Jaguar), are tied at the top of the point’s table.    On the track they will go for each other.  At Kyalami they shared a win and a second place apiece.  Keeping them both honest is Mark Auby  (Jonnesway Tools Lumina SS), one of the four Auby family racers, three of whom will be at Killarney.  Jimmy is away racing in the A1 GP in China for Team Lebanon.   

Sixteen year old Brandon Auby (Masana Petolium Jaguar) was one of the stars in the first round at Kyalami in his first ever outing in a monster car like this.  He took a third place behind Briggs and Groenewald.  He passed no less than thirteen other competitors from the back of the grid and raced it out with stars like Willie Hepburn (Project Orange Chevrolet Corvette) now in his 65^th year and about to retire from National racing at the end of 2008, former champion Roelf du Plessis (Venter Motors Lumina SS) and Franco di Matteo (Optima Batteries Jaguar) – some of the fastest racers in the country.  Brandon’s father Deon will be out in a Meta Forge Jaguar just to keep an eye on his young son. 

Behind Hepburn, who now lies third in the championship is 2006 GT2 Champion Terry Wilford (Fuchs Lubricants Jaguar) in a car he has not driven before and Roelf du Plussis one of the iron men of Wesbank V8 racing.  Jade Gutzeit (Dezzi/Trysome Mustang) is another driver on his way to big things.  He is a Roof of Africa motorcycle winner and is always in the hunt.  It wont be long before he is on the podium.

Another talented racer is Gordon Connelly (Cowan Signs/Dezzi Jaguar) who lives with the best and is overdue for a podium finish. The third member of Team Timken is “Mr. Consistency” Richard Pinard (Jaguar) who keeps piling on the points at every outing.   

Some drivers should do well when just about the entire starting grid is reversed for the second race.  Brothers like the Correia’s from Welkom in their Omega Motor Spares Corvette.   Younger brother Danie is starting to finish higher up the finishing order than his older brother Jaco.  The latter had a terrible time at Killarney last year when he was punted     off the circuit and bent his car. 

The reverse grid is a popular race with spectators.  Here, winners of the first race start right at the back of the grid and have to pass some fliers at the front like Wade van Zummeren (Border Towing Mustang) who has already been a winner and could repeat it in Cape Town, Dez Gutzeit (Dezzi/Trysome Mustang), new comer Rob Wall (P2P Squared Holdings Mustang), Clare Vale (The Truck Man Mustang) who has done an exceptional job in her last few outings and Steve Herbst (Prei Instrumentation Corvette). 

A definite man to watch is Wesbank V8 veteran, Larry Wilford, who has been at the forefront of Wesbank V8 racing since the start. He is back in his beloved Fuchs Lubricant Mustang, which he has made into one of the fastest cars.  Johnny Eekhout (Johnspeed Cobra Corvette) to Cape Town is set to start his comeback to V8 racing in 2008. 

For close, exciting racing, WesBank V8’s at high speed on a tight circuit is hard to beat.