New boy dominates at Killarney

New boy dominates Killarney SASCAR
by Barry de Klerk

Qualifying
Formula Ford star Johan Fourie flew the flag for the locals as he put his MD Transport Ford Thunderbird on pole at Killarney in Capetown on Friday 26 October. His time of 1:16.884 (95.103 miles per hour) was the only time under 1:17 on the 2.03 mile road course.

Fourie credited local knowledge and his international racing experience (British Formula Ford championship) for his performance. Local knowledge was obviously an assett as Jean-Jacques Maree put his car in second place. Peter Lindenberg qualified third followed by Ben Morgenrood, unusually far back following gearbox problems. Behind him was George Fouche and oval winner Kosie Swanepoel.

Debutant doubles up at Killarney races

Race 1
Johan Fourie continued his qualifying form when he beat all comers to win both heats of the Killarney SASCAR races in front of a big crowd. Then he promised to go even faster in future.

George Fouche took the series lead by finishing second on the day's combined results (2nd and 3rd in the two heats) after a fight with Lindenberg team mates Peter Lindenberg and Kosie Swanepoel.

The unfortunate Jean Jacques Maree gave Fourie a good battle until a pace car period near the end of the race, when he overtook the leader before the green came. The resultant penalty dropped him from 2nd to 11th

<pre> SASCAR KWIK-FIT RACE 1 RESULTS: 1 Johan Fourie (#4 MD Transport) lives in Cape Town 2 Kosie Swanepoel (#3 Cape Refractory/Industrial Abrasives - Chev) Capetown 3 George Fouche (#10 Fasfit - Chev) East London - Gonubie 4 Peter Lindenberg (2 Kwik-Fit/Bosal - Ford) Johannesburg - Bryanston 5 Grant van Schalkwyk (# 42 Hi-Q - Chev) Johannesburg - Wendywood 6 Neville Rossouw (#9 Barnetts Auto Spares - Chev) Capetown 7 John Simpson (#63 Unsponsored - Chev) Johannesburg - Bryanston 8 Ben Morgenrood (#7 Hillbank/Ford) Johannesburg - Randfontein 9 Martinus Briers (#5 National Car Rental - Ford) Port Elizabeth - Summerstrand 10 Zane Pearce (#18 Hi-Q - Chev) Durban - Berea 11 Jean-Jacques Maree (#22 RCS Auto Card/IDA - Ford) Capetown 12 Rob Beaumont (#69 Tyco Trucking International - Chev) Johannesburg 13 Deon Auby (#96 Tyco Trucking International - Chev) Johannesburg - Glenvista 14 Justin Price (#24 PPG Paints - Ford) Port Elizabeth

Race 2
Race 2 was again won by the 22 year old Fourie. This time round he was chased by Swanepoel until the latter spun out, with the battling Fouche and Lindenberg then fighting it out for second place, a battle eventually won by Fouche.

Behind Lindenberg, Ben Morgenrood fought his way to 4th from the back after an offroad excursion in race one. Neville Rossouw brought his car, which had been damaged in an altercation with Marthinus Briers in the first heat, into 5th, followed by Maree, who had to fight his way back to the front after his clash with officialdom in the first race.

SASCAR KWIK-FIT RACE 2 RESULTS: 1 Johan Fourie (#4 MD Transport) 2 George Fouche (#10 Fasfit - Chev) 3 Peter Lindenberg (2 Kwik-Fit/Bosal - Ford) 4 Ben Morgenrood (#7 Hillbank/Ford) 5 Neville Rossouw (#9 Barnetts Auto Spares - Chev) 6 Jean-Jacques Maree (#22 RCS Auto Card/IDA - Ford) 7 Martinus Briers (#5 National Car Rental - Ford) 8 Justin Price (#24 PPG Paints - Ford) 9 Kosie Swanepoel (#3 Cape Refractory/Industrial Abrasives - Chev) 10 John Simpson (#63 Unsponsored - Chev) 11 Rob Beaumont (#69 Tyco Trucking International - Chev) 12 Deon Auby (#96 Tyco Trucking International - Chev) 13 Grant van Schalkwyk (# 42 Hi-Q - Chev) 14 Zane Pearce (#18 Hi-Q - Chev)

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS FOR THE SERIES 1 George Fouche (#10 - Fasfit - Chev) 361 points 2 Ben Morgenrood (#7 Hillbank/Ford Credit - Ford) 355 points 3 Peter Lindenberg (#2 Kwik-Fit/Bosal - Ford) 327 points 4 Grant van Schalkwyk (#42 Hi-Q - Chev) 277 points 5 Neville Rossouw (#9 Barnetts Auto - Chev) 255 points 6 John Simpson (#63 - Chev) 240 points

SASCAR AWARDS - RECIPIENTS AT THE KWIK-FIT ROUND 2 · Certina Swiss Watch for two closest times in qualifying - Neville Rossouw

· 'Wynns Most Beautiful Car' (Wynns product to value R1,000) Martinus briers (#5 National car Rental - Ford)

· Bilstein 'shock of the day' (R1,500 cheque) - Jean-Jacques Maree (#22 RCS Auto Card/IDA)

· 'Businessure best turned-out rig' (R1,500 cheque) - Ben Morgenrood (#7)

· 'Businessure accident avoidance' award (R1,500 cheque)

· 'RAM Mr. Cool' award (R1,500 cheque) - Peter Lindenberg (#2 Kwik-Fit/Bosal)

· 'Ryobi Mechanic of the Day' (Ryobi power tool) Kevin (#9 Barnetts Auto)

· Mastercraft Crew Chief of the Day (Mastercraft power tool) - Keith Pridgeon (Barnetts Auto #9)

· Laurent Perrier French Champagne for top three finishers for the day. The third round of the SASCAR Series will be the Hi-Q SASCAR two-race event at Kyalami on 25 & 26 November in Gauteng.

BARRY DE KLERK <cyb00979@mweb.co.za>