Racers go head-to-head in sixth round
Clint Seller (NeoLife Africa Yamaha R1) made his intentions clear during SuperPole and took two comfortable wins in the sixth round of the 2015 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy at Red Star Raceway on August 22. The defending champion now has a 27-point lead at the top of the log with just one event left to run.
In the Super600 category Steven Odendaal (NeoLife Africa Yamaha R6) won the first race in a canter but was forced to fight all the way for the second-race win. This has left him needing one point in the final round to retain his title.
William Friend made sure of the inaugural SuperJunior title with a round to go when he took both race wins on the day. Mathew Scholtz (EmTek Racing Nashua Yamaha R1) was expected to push Seller during SuperPole, but when he fell on his hot lap Seller had an easy run to pole position. When the lights went out at the start of the first race it was Brandon Goode who reacted quickest, outdragging Seller in the charge to the first corner. It didn’t last though, Seller took the lead shortly before the end of the first lap and was never challenged on his way to a comfortable win.
A thunderstorm was threatening at the start of the second race but luckily it stayed away until Seller had taken his second win of the day. Qualifying for the Super600s gave an indication of what was to come – the top four were separated by just 0,164 seconds. The first race didn’t turn out as expected, Steven Odendaal took the lead and steadily opened up a substantial gap over the rest of the field.
Race two was a thriller. Anthony Shelley and Odendaal were never more than a couple of bike lengths apart for the entire 14 laps but Odendaal secured the win. In the SuperJunior William Friend came into the sixth round of the SuperJunior championship with a substantial 43-point lead at the top of the log. Brandon Staffen (Keating & Jansen Auditors) wasn’t going to make things easy for him though and qualified just 0,052 seconds behind the championship leader.
In the opening race Staffen and Friend swapped places at the head of the field until Staffen crashed when he lost the front end of his bike. Friend went on to win. He also took the flag in the second race. The final round of the 2015 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy takes place at Dezzi Raceway in KwaZulu-Natal on September 19.
