Welkom Nats - Updated

Has anyone heard from our team at the nat? All I've heard is that Rays progress today went backwards but he is getting there. Post what you've heard here. MAybe when they return we can post pics if they took any.

Here are some updates from the SARDA site.

Stan Hausman (ORE Chairman)
Having arrived @ the track today I was totally in awe of the facility. Absolutely world class! The surface is fantastic offering good grip. The curbs are good too and very visual helping us drivers who are a little visually challenged. The layout IS challenging and takes some getting used to. Welkom is the kind of track were slow is fast……keep it tight and you’ll have good lap times. The layout is waiting to punish the unwary but is also very rewarding to the smart driver.
Experiencing this facility is an honour and an absolute joy. One can see that Antonio is an experienced racer as every need of the racer has been catered for. Well done Antonio!

Rusty
@ Shiraz -- as U can see, the site is now dead quite, as the boys have arrived in town and have found out about the heat of the pace. I have only been updated about some some in mod, and its the usual fast guns as most the time. Gibson leads the pack at a pace of his own, followed by surprise, but maybe not such a surprise, track owner, Antonio. Neil and Wimpie arrived late and are likely to get quicker, but at the moment, Neil, Wimpie, Stan and Mikey are seperated by fractions. I can also tell U that when FP arrives he will come within very close target shooting of this pack. Anderton and Christian are also likely to join the pack, and lets not forget that Charles has been rocket fast since Trap, and little Henry is ALWAYS right in the mix. To make the mains here, U gonna have to be able to drive on your toes, as Deans might be a little off from the others right now, but he always comes back screaming. So, as U can see, their are 12 in a bunch of ten, and i am absolutely clueless of who can fall by the wayside. Don't forget, after these 12 their is still another 2 or 3 that will be setting these butts alight. (Deon, Gerika and Jason).
Hope this keeps U interested -- i don't know if i will be able to give another report before tomorrow night, but am going to try.
19T is likely to comprise very similar names, except excluding Stan as he doesn't race 19t.
Till later

raymond 10th A-main 19turn;christo 9th,
raymond 8th B-main Mods ;christo 9th;
christo 8th A-main Superstock;ashley 7th B-main
johan B-main stock
Guys I hope the facts is typed as received via sms,little difficult to figure it all out,sms language.
Hope the boys with their toys have a great day tomorrow and we all wish you guys all the best ,luckily Ray went with a bakkie ,enough space to return with plenty trofies.

Raymond 10th A-main 19turn
8th B-main Mods
Chris 9th A-main 19turn
9th B-main mods
Ashley 8th C-main SuperStock
7th B-main mods
Christo 8th A-main Superstock
Johan ? - B-main Stock
This after qualifying today for finals tommorrow if I understood the SMS

Hell OTOTW you tiped that in 3 minutes faster than me, seems we agree on the most, hope I didn't demote Ash.

well I battle to beat you on the track

You guys have got it spot on. I don't know too much about trophies, they way down the order and squaded with the top guys in the country. It will be a mammoth task to bring home some shiny stuff, but good luck to them, I think they might have to dip into the "tabby" a little today to get some dutch courage for the frazzled nerves.lolol

Anyway, here's the latest from sarda site.

Posted by Rusty.
OK!!!! Shiraz, U owe me big!!!
MODIFIED
1second seperates first three --- Wisey,Gibson & Deans ---- Don't ask me to call it, as we had a couple of bookies come have a quick squiz and NOT ONE is willing to place any odds on this call :-))
Seriously, throughout the day they all had turns at being top nob (Gibson first, then Wisey and trusty old Deans climbed onto his toes and finished off the day like King Kong.
Szooo!!!!! its simply impossible to tell, and needless to say, all three are at their absolute max.
All top 5 runners went sub 18 seconds (Neil and Anderton (4th and 5th)), and Antonio was at 18.006secs (VERY FAST -- just gotta believe me).
Darren Manuel was the surprise party, and a very big congratulations are in order.

1/12 -- i saw very little -- results are: M Wisey, FP Aldrich, Wimpie, Neil and Albert Claassens.

19T -- It is Gibson, Antonio, Anderton, Dean and Young Blood (M Wisey) :-))
Your boy Travis, 4th in the B's (the pace was hot) (example: Antonio, Anderton and Dean -- seperated by 1 second)

SS -Gibson, Neil and Brand du Plessis (only 2 seconds between Gibson and Neil) willie Pienaar and Juan Wessels followed. Travis 6th!!!! From 5th to 10th 3 seconds

Until Monday!!!

I felt this thread wouldn't be complete without reminding ourselves of where they are laying down the rubber, lucky F@*$%r's.




I only hope that our track will look as good as this once done, awesome job by Antonio, well done to him.

We will be painting late september, i have taken some leave so am able to spend quality time at the track to get it done properly. It will look awesome, just wonder if it will pop as much.

is that shiny or wet

well racing day came and is gone---
raymond- 7th A-mains 19turn and christo 8th
raymond -5th B-mains Mod's and christo 8th ashley C-mains 5th
christo - 10th A-mains Superstock and ashley 4th B-mains.
Well done,have a save journey home next week we have our next round of club races.

ototw wrote:is that shiny or wet

WET.

Ja, they all did great, well done to them, that was probably the toughest nat of the year. Johan came 8th in A main open stock, an excellent result for his first nat. I wonder if they took any pics????

Thanks for Johan's results,did not receive that from my newsfeed,well done JOHAN,
When you see pictures of other tracks in the country then we should considder carry-on with ours to complete the kerbs painting and islands an more around the track too,we have plenty hands,its just the mastermind thats a bit turtlespeed