No thanks given in Turkey

Reporter: Marc van Niekerk
Most guys made the trip down to Turkey safely for the first sprint races of the season. The Zonda was built for speed, and speed was what the spectators were going to get. But that was not all...
Early practice saw the usual suspects Zaahir and Lawrence running away from the rest and it came as no surprise when they qualified 1/2 for race 1. read more...

Race 1 - At the start Marc vN slipped past Lawrence with Zee already settling down for another dominating performance. Further back Craig, Dewald and Shayne were tentatively testing the waters to see how close these cars are able to run. Both the battles for 2nd and for 4th were fierce throughout the race with Lawrence grabbing 2nd from Marc on the last lap, and Dewald getting to the line in front of Frosty and Shayne.
Word in the paddock is that possible sabotage was the reason why Rob ran out of fuel.

Race 2 - hectic, wow, bloody street fight were some of the words used to describe the race afterwards. With Zee last seen chatting to a couple of pit babes and mentioning something about having to do some work at the varsity it was up to the rest to fight it out. Lawrence lead the way from pole and would eventually win, but the real race was a 5 way battle for 2nd.

Kevin, Frosty, Dewald, Shayne and Marc ran balls to the wall from the go and positions were swapped continuously. The crowd gasped and gawked and those sitting at T5/6 were even to treated a 4 wide spectacle at some stage - screaming Zondas being raced on the limit with the drivers trying to set themselves up for position A for the next turn - would have been 5 wide if there was enough space, no doubt.

Something had to give and it was Kevin who drew the short straw. Entering the famous turn 8 he tripped over the kerb and the extreme G forced him into a barrel roll, nearly decapitating Frosty in the process. With Marc using the opportunity to slip away quietly from the hectic street fight, it was left to Dewald, Shayne and Frosty to entertain the crowd further. They did just that for the remainder of the race. Hectic.

While the rights to the movie was sold to local producer, the boys were last seen being carried around on the shoulders of an appreciative crowd, signing T-shirts, caps and programs. Let's hope they make it all back in time for Mosport.