Midas motorsport |
by Motoring Correspondent
High speed antics at
Zwartkops
➲ Robert Wolk has come storming
back into Championship contention
The Midas South African Single-Seaters (SASS) were out on track in the third-to-last round of the 2014 Super
Series at Zwartkops Raceway in late August. Three categories of competition saw the Formula Volkswagen
and Midas Formula 1600 A and B classes all jostling for position and points.
W
hat started as a 12 point
difference between the top
two Formula VW competitors
ended as a four point gap - with Nicholas
Van Weely (87 – Anglorand) maintaining
that slender advantage over Robert Wolk
(1 - Midas / Chemical Logistics / ATE).
Wolk started race one at the back of the
grid due to an engine change, quickly
working his way through the field. At one
point in that first race it seemed as though
the deployment of the Safety Car (SC)
would spoil his chances of making it to
the front - by that stage he was in second
place behind Van Weely.
The SC, deployed after an incident
between Werner Scholtz (3 - Motorvia
/ Investchem) and Jason Campos (19
- Hollard Insurance) was recalled with
enough of the race left for Wolk to find the
gap he needed to claim the chequered
flag.
Wolk put in another winning performance
in race two, making it two victories
for the day and narrowing the gap to
the championship leader significantly.
With Van Weely second in each of the
races, Mathew Merton (9 – Matsam /
Investchem) claimed third in race one and
Scholtz took third in race two.
In the slower, but no less competitive
F1600s, Bevan Williams (36 – Rightway
Auto-Electrical) was handed a victory
in race one when Keegan Campos
(02 – Hollard Insurance) was penalised
for an incident involving Scott Temple
(3 – Investchem). Here Graham Hepburn
(04 - Suburban Bodyshop) took second
place with Andrew Horne (33 – Xena
Chemicals / Investchem) stepping up to
third place.
Williams claimed the third podium step
for race two to finish second-place overall
on the day, behind Campos, with Horne
taking up third.
In class B of the F1600s, Ian Schofield
(09 – Investchem) was on pace finishing
first in both races ahead of Rick Morris
(08 – Investchem) who finished in second
and Allen Meyer (15 – Investchem) in third
place. This put Schofield on top for the
day with Morris and Meyer filling in the
remaining podium places.
Temple recovered well in race two to claim
victory, with Campos right behind him in
second place.
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october 2014
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