Speed Festival one for the books

The Windhoek Motor Club M Z Motors Speed Festival at the Tony Rust raceway that kicks off tomorrow promises to deliver exciting adrenaline-inducing racing over the weekend.

Twenty-five blue blood racers from South Africa are on the menu with a mixed grill of mouth-watering racing machines. Add into the mix 24 local petrol heads who will not budge an inch to their neighbours’ weapons of choice.

With seven BMW racers, one brutal Chrysler 300C, a blistering fast Nissan R33 Turbo, a lightning quick Dodge Inex Legend powered by a Yamaha FJ 1200 engine and eleven Classic cars, the event will dish up hot circuit-racing as well as drags on Friday and Saturday.

Western Cape vintage and classic club Ford & Friends will be represented as well, with a 3-litre V6 Capri, an immaculate 1967 Cortina, five Escorts, a Sierra 2 liter Turbo and a beautiful Fairlane 500 V8 with Albert Cook behind the wheel of a vintage VW Scirocco.

Seasoned racers like Gary Manwaring, Mansoor Parker, Anwar Levy, Cedric Burger, Shane and Gary Smith, André van der Merwe, Jacques Blom, Steven Heydenrych and Jaco Lambert will take on Namibia’s well-known speedsters like Bazill van Rhyn, Allan Martin, Richard Slamet, Hein Bisschoff and Michel Rust in the top class.

Gates open at 10:00 tomorrow with practice and qualifying rounds. The day ends with drag races. The gate fee is N$100 (for 13 years and older), or free to those under 13.

On Saturday the gates open at 08:00 and the action starts at 10:00. Gate fee is N$150 (for 13 and older) or free to under 13s. A weekend pass is N$200.

SOUTH AFRICAN COMPETITORS

Alfa Romeo (125) Ernst Viljoen (Classic) / BMW 328i (110) Mia Bensch / BMW 330i (C14) Gary Manwaring / BMW M3 (B46) Mansoor Parker / BMW M3 (C45) Anwar Levy / BMW M3 (133) Cedric Burger / BMW M4 (A30) Shane Smith / BMW 530i (C68) Gary Smith / Chrysler 300C (F123) André van der Merwe / Dodge Legend (7) Yamaha FJ1200 Jaco Lambert (Classic) / Dodge Legend (7) Melani Lambert (Classic) / Ford Capri 3l V6 (C16) Martin Bensch (Classic) / Ford Cortina 1967 (201) Mell Carstens (Classic) / Ford Escort (120) Wayne Lotter (Classic) / Ford Escort (100) Dawie de Beer (Classic) / Ford Escort MK1 (A151) Louis Powell (Classic) / Ford Escort MK1 (147) Daniel Lotter (Classic) / Ford Escort MK2 (46) Danie Lotter (Classic) / Ford Fairlane V8 (C63) Malcolm Uytenbogaardt (Classic) / Ford Sierra 2lt Turbo (E124) Jacques Blom (Classic) / Morris Minor (E42) Anton Rollino (Classic) / Nissan R33 Turbo (A10) Steven Heydenrych / VW Golf MK1 (D89) Charl Opperman / VW Polo 6 (C44) Francois van Tonder / VW Scirocco (40) Albert Cook (Classic).

RACERS FROM NAMIBIA

Audi TT (B69) Bazill van Rhyn / BMW Kris Liebenberg / BMW M3 (B) Richard Slamet / Chevy V8 (C222) Hein Bisschoff / Ford Bantam () Jordan Izaaks / Ford Fiesta (F7) Chané Havenga / Ford Escort () Guilliaume Kruger / Opel Astra (E23) Jan Everson / Toyota MR2 (14) Craig Bisschoff / Toyota Starlet 1.3T (D3) Ewald Bisschoff / Volvo S40 (B66) Michel Rust / VW Golf (365) Charlton Morkel / VW Golf MK1 (B34) Allan Martin / VW Golf MK1 (614) Clive Strydom / VW Golf (22) Marius van Zyl / VW Golf Michael van Zyl / VW Golf Wayne Rust / VW Golf Robbie Reschke / VW Golf 6 Devon Farmer / VW Golf (D12) Matthew Strydom / VW Polo (43) Zachary Martin / VW Polo MP Pretorius / Toyota Tazz (416) Michael Strydom / Space Frame V8 Geh Visagie.

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