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Hennie
Groenewald (Team Timken Lumina) proved unbeatable despite heavy
competition during Round 4 of the WesBank Super Series at
Zwartkops on Saturday. He qualified on pole position on
Friday, ahead of eight other drivers, who had all lapped within
one second of each other. He had two wins on Saturday, which
he had to drive hard to earn - Race 1 by .7 seconds and race 2
by .5 seconds, passing 17 drivers in the process from the back
of the field.
Race 1 saw the Auby family Mark (Jonnesway
Tools Lumina), 16 year old Brandon (Massana Petroleum Jag) and
father Deon (Meta Forge Jaguar) on Groenewald’s tail until the
half-way mark. Mark kept up the pressure, whilst Brandon stuck
in gear and retired whilst father, Deon, slowed to get a good
starting position for the inverted grid of Race 2.
Groenewald’s team-mate, Robert Briggs in
his Jaguar, started from 6th place on the grid. He
pushed hard to take a flying Larry Wilford (Fuchs Lubricants
Mustang) by 100th of a second at the line followed by
Richard Pinard (TeamTimken Jaguar) and Jaco Correia (Omega Motor
Spares Corvette) just as close in 5th and 6th.
Race 2 was all about Rob Wall (P2P
Squared Holdings Mustang) leading for 5 of the 15 laps.
Groenewald starting from the back of the grid forced his way
past driver after driver on each corner in what can only be
described as a classic drive.
Terry Wilford (Fuchs Jaguar) went to the
front until Jaco Correia arrived on the scene with his brother,
Danie. Larry Wilford had got to 4th until Hennie
Groenewald on his way to the front, pushed him back to 5th.
RESULTS
RACE 1:
1. Groenewald 2. M. Auby 3.
Briggs 4. Wilford 5. Pinard 6. J. Correia
RACE 2:
1. Groenewald 2. Jaco Correia 3.
Terry Wilford 4. Danie Correia 5. Larry Wilford
6. Rob Wall |
