Teenager Brandon Auby (ELT
International) stamped his authority on proceedings at Killarney
over the weekend when he won Heat 1 of the Wesbank V8 Supercar race
from pole position with his father, Deon (ELT International),
finishing close behind. The pair led Heat 1 from lights to flag,
with veteran Franco di Matteo (Varta Batteries) starting and
finishing Heat 1 in third place ahead of Wade von Zummeren (Border
Towing) and Ben Morgenrood (Ben Morgenrood Auto). Larry Wilford
(Fuchs Lubricants) qualified in sixth position in an Opel Astra
which was hastily prepared on Friday after a wrangle with the tyre
wall in turn 5 during practice destroyed his GT Class Mustang. In
the GT Class Roelf du Plessis (RJ Panel Beaters) won just ahead of
Des Gutzeit (Dezzzi Heavy Equipment) and Ray Wilford (Fuchs
Lubricants) in a close fought battle with the veteran Des putting
pressure on all the young guns!
The second heat saw Danie Correia (Liqui Moly) leading initially
from the pole position for the grid inversion race, with Von
Zummeren hot on his heels. On Lap three Morgenrood and Di Matteo had
an exciting coming together at the Sabat corner with both cars
falling off and retiring instantly. Von Zummeren then took the
lead, but the Auby steam roller was on the move! Once again, with
Brandon leading Deon, the pair made their way to the front of the
pack where they finished in the same order as in Heat 1. Veteran
Larry Wilford was sensational in the Astra, finishing in third place
ahead of Von Zummeren in fourth place and Danie Correia in fifth
place. Brother Jaco (Liqui Moly) crossed the line in sixth place
with his front left tyre in shreds and spitting bits of bodywork all
over the final straight! A spirited race in the GT class saw Des
Gutzeit take the honours, ahead of Ray Wilford and Roelf du Plessis,
again the race skills of the GT class drivers coming to the fore
with an exciting dice down the class and a hard braking incident in
turn one between Darron Gudmanz (Indigo Boats) and Romano Sartori
(AMC), which caused them both to retire to the pits.
Overall Results:
SUPER GT Class:
1st Brandon Auby
2nd Deon Auby
3rd Larry Wilford
GT Class:
1st Des Gutzeit
2nd Roelf du Plessis
3rd Ray Wilford |
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