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A THUNDEROUS S R 2 4 H O U R We returned for the 2016 version of the 24 Hour race held at RSR. Our aim - to defend our title! AFFAIR! R Words: Rob Portman Pics: Gerrit Erasmus, Eugene Liebenberg, Andre Laubscher and Zenon 34 RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017
Five years a go a new tradition started in SA motorcycle racing – The 24 Hour was born. Five years on and the event is still one of the highlights on the race calendar for many die-hard racers, looking for that extra challenge that only the 24-hour brings. 16 teams lined up for the 2016 event, which was once again held at the Redstar Raceway out in Delmas. The facilities at RSR make it the perfect host for an event like this. With the race shop and canteen, which were very busy places over the weekend, as well the pools and kiddies play areas, it really does make for a great funfilled family attraction. Although not at 2am in the morning…. Saturday morning and teams headed out on track at 10.30am for a 15-minute qualifying session. The race would once again be started in the true old fashioned LeMans start way, where riders lined up on the outside of the track while their bikes waited for them on the inside. On pole position was team IUM with National rider Morne Geldenhuis on a CBR1000RR, followed by Team LLL & Q, Team RSR Stars and Team Honey Lotus. Shez was not feeling so great so we sent Shaun Portman out to qualify for us. He managed to put us 9th on the grid, but was complaining of bad knocking and folding at the front. With only 20 minutes before the start of the race we did not have much time to make changes. Ricky did make some suspension changes to the bike hoping that would solve the problem. 12pm and after the National anthem was played it was time to get under starters orders. The 16 riders rushed to their bikes, jumped on and set off as fast as they could. The top 3 bikes got off to a great start gapping the rest of the field immediatly. Geldenhuis on the IUM Honda quickly pulled out a comfortable lead over Michael White and Garrick Flok, also both on CBR1000RR machines, Flok on an older 2006 model. Shaun started the race for us and was doing a great job in the A session, getting us up in 7th place. On the start line Ricky and the team had noticed that there was plenty of movement coming from the bottom of the front forks. This is what was causing the bad knock and feeling in RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017 3 5
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