Tin-tops, bikes … and raw power
Rod Kinsey believes that riding a motor-cycle first, then a car teaches one to really read the road.
THE Dezzi Raceway in Oslo Beach is fast being acclaimed as the motoring gem of the South Coast.
Des Gutzeit has done an absolutely marvellous job in developing and upgrading his raceway in his constant search for excellence.
He is a very hard-working perfectionist and the whole South Coast is abuzz with what is happening there – all for the good of the motoring fraternity.
Motor racing is a wonderful teacher for young people wanting to learn more about motoring technology and the art of driving or riding properly.
It is great to see racing taken off the streets and put under a controlled environment, with medical attention at hand and, of course, everybody going in the same direction! So, it’s hats off to Des.
Last weekend we had an excellent race meeting with the local KZN competitors outgunning the visitors from the Free State and Gauteng.
On the car front I particularly enjoyed the tin-top series, which allows all-comers in sports and saloon cars to race, albeit in different classes, with each other.
I noticed, in particular a father and son team sharing a very quick Lotus 7 and having the time of their lives – flat out and furious, racing on the edge.
John Oliver senior was cracking one minute twenty-four and won the tin-top race from a very quick, normally-aspirated Golf driven by Paul Tarboton.
Paul’s 2-l VW was giving 144kW at the wheels and led the race for the first half.
In the sports and GT race, son Byron Oliver took over the 7 and brought it home in a very good fifth place, putting in lap-times of one minute twenty-two in the Lotus, which had a 1600 Toyota 20V engine pushing out about 120kW.
Back to the tin-tops, very fast Durbanite, Pria Geness, in his 2-l Audi A3, was most impressive with his driving skill in an under-steering car and did very well to come home third.
He is very intelligently adopting a step-by-step approach to make his car go faster and has much to come in the pipe-line.
Over I went to the motor-bike brigade to seek out a young man of great talent by the name of Malcolm Rudman.
Malcolm is a friend and rival of Brad Binder and I believe has similar talent and potential.
I was staggered watching young Rudman as he wheelie-ed his machine off the start-line and took off like a rocket.
His sensational but smooth style was stupefying. He set a new outright lap record of 1m 15.5 seconds.
What an adrenalin rush it was to watch this young marvel in action. The man has huge potential and is going to be a real find for a good sponsor.
A big thank-you to Bob West and his KZN Road Racing Club for his excellent organisation and the high standard he sets.
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