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R’fontein Oval Track attracts more and more visitors!

The Oval Track is becoming the place to be for an alternative type of entertainment.

On Saturday, 4 November, the sounds of roaring engines and excitement filled the air at the Randfontein Oval Track.

The race started at 6pm, with all the competitors, male and female, geared up and ready for action.

With the nice summer weather, the Track is becoming the place to be for a different kind of entertainment, and residents are enjoying the racing so much that the crowds just get bigger and bigger.

Ninjas, 1660s, 2100s, Supers, Side cars, Hot Rods, Midgets, and Super Go Karts all took part in the evening’s racing.

The winners are as follows: 

Ninjas
1st – Helgaardt Westraad
2nd – Ruan de Lange
3rd – Martin Nel

1660s
1st – Hano Trichardt
2nd – Ganine Wotherspoon
3rd – JP Botha

Midgets in action: Number 56 Jan de Bruyn, Number 11 Anco Jordaan, Number 48 Francois Wolstraand, and Number 11 Roelof Wolwaardt. Photo credit: Corné Britz.

2100s
1st – Gideon van Zyl
2nd – Jopie Trichardt
3rd – Heinrich Hartman

Supers:
1st – Jeandre Venter
2nd – Tommie Wiggill
3rd – Ryno Trichardt

Side Cars:
1st – Kallie Brits and Leon Tenrooder
2nd – Konrad Britz and Wayne Pretoruis

Midgets:
1st – Anco Jordaan
2nd – Piesang Flynn
3rd – Roelof Wolwaardt

Super Go Karts
1st – Robbie Robberts
2nd – Hennie Strydom
3rd – Jeanine Rossouw

The next race meeting takes place on 18 November at 6pm.

For more information, please contact Mari Coetzee on 081 512 1121.

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Clinton Botha

For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.

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