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managed to walk away with only minor<br />
injuries but it was another 25-points lost<br />
to Scholtz who went on to win by miles.<br />
Behind him Isaacs had worked his<br />
way up to second on the road but a<br />
30 second penalty for jumping the<br />
start dropped the veteran down to<br />
tenth in the overall results. The battle<br />
for the remaining podium positions<br />
eventually came down to a two-way<br />
fight between Gildenhuys and White,<br />
with Gidenhuys just taking second.<br />
Venter recovered from a poor start to<br />
take fourth ahead of Dean Vos (Trolan<br />
Bikes Yamaha R1) with Brandon<br />
Goode not far behind in sixth.<br />
Boshoff was proving to be the<br />
master of Super600 qualifying as<br />
he took his third pole position of the<br />
season at Zwartkops. Watching this kid<br />
throw his Neo life Yamaha R6 into turn<br />
one really was a scary yet impressive<br />
sight. NO FEAR! Odendaal had to be<br />
content with second with Blaze Baker<br />
completing the front row.<br />
The opening race was not even a<br />
lap old when the red flags came out<br />
after Baker had a spectacular accident<br />
through turn 7. While he was not<br />
hurt the same cannot be said for his<br />
bike and he was forced to become a<br />
spectator. From the re-start it was all<br />
about Odendaal and Boshoff at the<br />
front of the field with the pair swapping<br />
positions, and paint, in 16 laps of<br />
thrilling racing. In the end it was Boshoff<br />
who was in front when it counted,<br />
taking the win by just 0.111 seconds.<br />
Behind the leading duo, the<br />
impressive Dylan Barnard had his best<br />
result of the season, taking third ahead<br />
of lady rider Nicole van Aswegen.<br />
Race two provided more thrilling<br />
action at the front with Odendaal and<br />
Boshoff again pulling away from the<br />
rest of the pack. Boshoff’s bike almost<br />
threw him off when the rear tyre started<br />
to lose grip and, when a back-marker<br />
caused him drop further back, he<br />
decided to settle for second. Baker’s<br />
pit crew had done an amazing job<br />
to get his bike back together for the<br />
second race although he was forced to<br />
start from pit lane after a problem with<br />
his bike on the grid. He didn’t let this<br />
worry him however, and fought his way<br />
through the field eventually joining the<br />
battle for the <strong>final</strong> podium spot, at that<br />
time being fought out between Barnard<br />
and van Aswegen, with a couple of<br />
laps to go. Baker was able to get past<br />
van Aswegen just ran out laps before<br />
he could find a way past Barnard and<br />
had to settle for fourth. Van Aswegen<br />
ended the race in fifth ahead of Jesse<br />
Boshoff (Kawasaki ZX6).<br />
The championship moved to the<br />
latest instalment of what had already<br />
been a mouth watering season. The<br />
Killarney track down in Cape Town<br />
hosted round 4, and this, without a<br />
doubt, had to be one of the best racing<br />
weekends I have seen in SA in a very<br />
long time, if not ever!<br />
From the KTM RC390 Junior Cup<br />
right up to the SuperGP class, the racing<br />
action was thrilling and intense. This is<br />
where my poor voice stood no chance!<br />
Seller got off to a great start in<br />
race one, barging his way through on<br />
Scholtz who had got the holeshot.<br />
Seller looked to have it in the bag after<br />
pulling out a comfortable lead in the<br />
opening laps. That was until Scholtz put<br />
in lap record after lap record. He closed<br />
the gap down to Seller, who looked to<br />
be struggling with arm pump. Seller,<br />
being the fighter he is, tried to fight<br />
back at Scholtz heading into the <strong>final</strong><br />
turn but was forced to run wide and off<br />
track after going in just a little too fast.<br />
Maybe that feeling of having no brakes<br />
at Zwartkops came back to haunt him,<br />
something that happens to me very<br />
often after a similar incident happened<br />
to me back in 2013. Nasty feeling...<br />
That mistake dropped Seller down<br />
to 4th position behind White and<br />
Gildenhuys, who was starting to look<br />
really good on the new 2016 Kawasaki.<br />
That was more points for Scholtz<br />
who headed into race two with a<br />
comfortable lead over Seller and White<br />
in the overall standings.<br />
In race two it was White who led the<br />
way in the early stages with Seller and<br />
Scholtz chasing hard. White looked<br />
calm and comfortable out front and<br />
actually started to pull away from the<br />
rest. Slowly but surely both seller and<br />
Scholtz closed the gap to White, and<br />
close on half way through the race<br />
is when things really got heated. The<br />
leaders caught the back markers<br />
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