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Jordan Weaving (British National SuperStock 600) Number: 34 Born: 15/05/1998 From: Johannesburg Bike: Russo Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R Jordan Weaving started out on track days and practice on a Yamaha TZRR 50cc in the South African Northern Region class. In 2007 he placed 6th in that same championship. Jordan took his first career title in the Western Cape Powersport Championship on board an RS125. 2012 saw Jordan compete in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, a championship that has produced some highly competitive and championship winning riders. He finished twentieth in his first season and returned again in 2013 achieving a thirteenth place finish in the championship that year. he would then move on to the British championship in the form of the MotoStar British Championship aboard a 4-stroke KTM RC250. He won on debut in Scotland and went on to win the championship in 2014. Jordan has now made the move up to the 600 Superstock and is competing in the British National SuperStock 600 Championship. 2016 After completing his first season aboard the 600 and finish the season in an impressive sixth, Jordan would have surely had his goals set high for the 2016 season. He has certainly did not disappoint. Round 1 of the 2016 championship saw him take tenth. From then however, he has been nothing short of brilliant. Third in round 2 and second in round 3. Round 5 saw Jordan pick up yet another podium, finishing second. Jordan would then go on to take his first win on-board the 600 in round 6 at Thruxton. With that winning feeling back, he would go on to take back to back victories, following up his win at Thruxton with a win in round 7 at Brands Hatch. Round 8 and yet another podium with a third. Round 9 and 10 saw back to back wins again. At the final round at Brands Hatch Weaving crossed the line in eighth, that was enough for him to take the 2016 British National SuperStock 600 championship by thirteen points. 54 RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017
Allan-Jon (AJ) Venter Number: 39 Born: 23/03/1988 From: Johannesburg Bike: Topgun Racing Honda (Isle of Man TT) CF Racing Team Yamaha R1 (Macau Grand Prix) Hygenica Yamaha R1 AJ Venter first started riding at the age of three. His first bike was a Yamaha PW. He first started racing 60cc Karts. In 2002 Venter won his first championship as he rode his way to nine victories out of twelve races, taking the Northern Regions 50cc title with two races to still to go. 2003 saw him win the title again while also racing in the 125 class where he finished second overall. In 2003, after the move up to 600’s, Venter went on to win the regional championship and finished second in the nationals on board a Yamaha R6. In 2006 he moved up to the 1000cc class and got his first test of International racing in the British SuperStock Championship. 2008 saw AJ race a full season in the British SuperStock 600 on board a Triumph 675, finishing fourth overall in the championship. He continued to ride in the British championship however in the SuperSport class. In 2013 AJ Venter made his Isle of Man TT debut. He has since raced at four more Isle of Man TT’s with a best result of fourteenth. Venter has also raced in another prestigious road race, the Macau Grand Prix where he has achieved a best result of fifteenth in 2014. 2016 AJ has competed on the international road racing circuit for a number of years and he continued to do so in 2016. He raced at the Isle of Man for the fourth time and achieved some good results. On board a 2013 Honda CBR1000RR, AJ finished thirty-eighth in a time of 01:54:42.392, and an average speed of 118.413, in the RST Superbike TT. He then went on to compete in the SuperSport class and achieved a top thirty result. He finished twenty-ninth in a time of 01:18:28.959, and averaged speed of 115.378. This on board a 2009 Honda CBR600RR. In the second of the SuperSport races, despite bettering his time and average speed, he would finish fortieth. The top result of the TT for Venter came in the TT Zero. He finished fifth, five seconds off John McGuiness in fourth. That would unfortunately be it for Venter at the 2016 Isle of Man TT. He would end the TT with a DNF in the senior TT. It however did not end there. AJ recently went off to Macau for the famous Macau Grand Prix. AJ impressed further at Macau finishing in eighteenth in a field of the world’s best road racers. Locally, AJ competed in the SuperGP nationals. He ended the season inside the top ten of the Championship after a strong showing in the final round at Red Star Raceway, picking up fifth place in the final race of the season. AJ’s best result of the season coming in round 3 at Killarney where he picked up a third place. Writing this article, researching and keeping an eye on what our South African riders are doing has taught me a lot. Not only about the rider’s individual performances, but also just how much goes in to a single race weekend. Not to mention the amount of blood, sweat and tears goes in to building a career in racing. I have grown to respect each and every rider and each person that is involved in developing their careers. The riders, parents, other family, friends, the teams they are a part of, all dedicate and sacrifice so much to get them to the level they are at. Dorren Lourerio’s dad, Armando, mentioned something that his son told him that stuck with him, and stuck with me as well. Dorren told him that; “ when you race in South Africa, there are hardly any fans to support you besides for your friends and family. You are the arch rival of every other team and rider. Overseas those very same people become your fans and you want nothing more than to make them proud and not to disappoint them.” He acknowledged that there are so many talented riders in South Africa that are fast, faster than he is. He hopes that, because he has been given the kind of opportunity that many of them don’t get, he can make those riders proud, and he will do his best in order to do so. I think that ever single rider that I have mentioned in this article will feel the same way Dorren does. It’s not easy for our local riders to make the impact that all these riders are making. That’s the very reason I’m writing this article, because they deserve the recognition and they need our support! Congratulations to all the riders for their tremendous efforts this season! We wish you all the best for the season to come! RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017 55
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