Tight racing and fast times at Tony Rust

The stage was set for some great racing action on the karting track of the Tony Rust race track outside Windhoek on 9 June.Local drivers from Windhoek as well as coastal drivers were all in attendance for some great fun and to fight for victory.In the junior class, Lo-Andre Bruwer dominated the day with wins in all three of the heats, securing herself a first-place finish and some valuable championship points for the long run.Jadyn van Zyl secured his first second-place finish with some great, consistent driving. Eight-year-old Guido Bidoli had to settle for third place after an unfortunate DNF in heat one, after some technical difficulties spoiled his day.Junior max driver Christiaan Liebenberg Jnr had no competition in his class and drove with the senior class drivers. He wowed the crowd and other drivers with good overtakes and clean race lines, making them take notice of what a great talent he is and what is still to come.The race was on from the word go in the senior class, with not one driver giving an inch. Ivan Vorster and Sean de Klerk battled it out at the front with both drivers setting their new best times around the circuit and pushing each other to the limit.In the end Ivan was able to snatch victory after an untimely spinout from Sean in heat three, costing him critical points for the day and the national championship.Jorg Goldbeck earned a good third-place finish with consistent driving and good composure, showing that age is just a number.Some great racing was displayed throughout the day, followed by the trophy ceremony where the top three drivers in their classes received beautifully hand-crafted trophies for all their effort, hard work and dedication.Circuit racingLeg three saw a good number of entries from circuit drivers across all the classes.Class X saw new drivers Keith Hammerslag, Dawid Burger, and Elhan Gous in their debut race, joined by Richard Slamet Jnr, who dominated this class and was racing with the class C racers in his speedy IS Freight Golf 1, with Keith finishing in second place.In Class E, Matthew Strydom won the battle and eventually broke through to class D and took first place in his Toyota Conquest, followed by Danielle Viviers (BMW) and Nickey Claassens (Golf 1).In Class D, competitors Jaco Nel (Golf 1), Clive Strydom (Golf 1) and Gareth Fourie (Golf 1), were all fighting for honours in this highly competitive class.They battled it out in all the races, which eventually saw all three of them breaking class, leaving the points to be scored in Class D by Gareth Fourie in his powerful Golf 1 taking first place followed by Robbie Reschke (Golf 1) second and Clive Strydom (Golf 1) in third place.Class C saw Michael Rust, Michael Van Zyl and Michael Strydom racing their hearts out and pushing their vehicles to the limit, and sometimes past the limit, to be crowned the winners in this class. In the end it was Michael Van Zyl (Golf 1) who was first, followed by Michael Strydom (Turbo Tazz) and Michel Rust who brought his Volvo home in third place.Allan Martin (Golf 5) and Christiaan Liebenberg (BMW ti) were untouchable in Class A and made for some very exciting racing with their precision machines running some blistering lap times, and some close racing between them all day.Unfortunately, each of them had bad luck with some technical hiccups, but it was Allan Martin in his JP Hydraulics Golf who took the honours in this class from Christiaan Liebenberg in the CCB BMW coming in second.It turned out to be a very good day for all the drivers with some extremely close racing in all the classes and some tight battles were fought.“This time around we held the national drags with two other national codes and it was overwhelming to have the track filled with spectators,” said Rianca Fourie of the Windhoek Motor Club.“Please join us for our next event on the 28 July, when the saga and action continues,” she added.Windhoek Motor Club

Tight racing and fast times at Tony Rust

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Namibian Sun 2025-07-01

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