Mega Extreme Festival presented by Coca-Cola returns to Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Last year’s edition saw the biggest turnout for a local motorsport-only event at the iconic, internationally acclaimed circuit since the 2016 reopening, and with this year’s edition, the event promoters aim to equal or better the number of spectators.
The 2024 South African National Championship Extreme Festival Blockbuster, presented by Coca-Cola, moves on to its second appointment at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on April 12.
With a full complement of national car racing classes, backed by top Gauteng regional festival racers, fans are in for a huge treat at the iconic Johannesburg racetrack.
Focusing on the national action, perhaps the biggest news at Kyalami is the first-ever Investchem MSA4 races, where fourteen brand-new Volkswagen-powered wings and slicks single-seaters take to the track for the very first time.
In the most exciting South African single-seater racing news in a while, expect KC Ensor-Smith, Shrien Naidoo, Karabo Malemela, and Alex Vos to mix it up with veteran wildcard Rick Morris up front on the new series debut weekend.
Always good for a proper dose of adrenaline, the extreme supercars category, driven by Dunlop, will be all about who can beat rookie Brad Liebenberg’s Audi R8 after his triumphant arrival at the previous round down in the Cape.
Rest assured that Charl Arangies’ all-new Porsche 911 GT3, Jonathan du Toit’s Lamborghini Huracan, Kris Budnik’s Viper, and a grid full of the most extreme supercars will be out to do precisely that, and beat the red Audi at Kyalami.
There is a huge shakeup in the South African touring cars category, where log leader Anthony Pretorius has left to race abroad, leaving SupaCup graduate Keegan Campos to pick up the reins in his BMW, alongside Andy Schofield’s similar car.
In other touring car news, former champions Saood Variawa and Nathi Msimanga both make a comeback, alongside debutant Siya Mankonkwana and veteran Michael van Rooyen in the Toyotas, up against Julian van der Watt and rookie Jagger Robertson in two VW Golf GTIs.
Volkswagen duo champion Jonathan Mogotsi, rookie Jason Loosemore, and Toyota lad Dawie van der Merwe will be out for SATC SupaCup revenge after they were all shown a clean pair of heels by Cape SupaPolo home heroes Tate Bishop and Charl Michael Visser last time out.
A large Astron Energy Polo Cup grid will see journeymen Mo Karodia and Ethan Coetzee fending off the likes of Rory Atkinson, Shiren Rajpaul, Hannes Scheepers, and lady racer Tyler Robinson, while Wayne Masters, John Kruger, and Derick Smalberger should be the over-50 men fighting in the Astron Polo Masters.
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The Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup concludes the Kyalami National Extreme Festival Blockbuster lineup with Jason Coetzee, the kid to beat among the GR86 rookies, Devon Scott, the form man in the Dealer GR Corollas, and Nabil Abdool, the top Media GR Yaris dog.
The national classes will be backed by top regional categories: the thundering Dunlop V8 Supercars, BMW M Performance Parts Race Series, ATE VW Challenge, DOE Formula Vee, and Ferro Energia 111 with SuperHatch.
With practice April 10 and 11, qualifying April 11 in the afternoon, and wall-to-wall racing and entertainment all day April 12, the Blockbuster Extreme Festival promises a thrilling day of racing action.
The festival has three ticket options from Computicket.
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