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the hour both were running again, although way down
the order.
The Hi Tech CBR150 broke its clutch cable during
the seventh hour; the crew removed the bike’s fuel tank
to replace it and when they replaced it, they couldn’t get
the cap to seal. Fuel kept slopping out under braking,
and sadly, the bike was retired.
Not 10 minutes later Powerflow’s Ayden van
Rooijen – chasing hard to catch the third-placed OCC
machine, collided with the Calberg CBR150 of Andrew
Liebenberg, Gerrit Visser Junior, Maxim Mandix and
Ryan van Eden coming out of the Big Esses, knocking
the team down to ninth and out of contention.
Going into the final hour, RST held a 23-lap
advantage over Van Bros, ahead of Rayder, OCC and
the veterans, with the Ellis brothers pushing hard for a
top-six place. Then a late charge into fourth by the Mad
Mac’s CBR150 of Trevor Westman, Wesley Jones, JP
Friederich and Warren Guantario radically changed the
top order, while the Ellis brothers pushed the veterans
down to seventh.
When the flag came down at 6pm, 30 of the
33 starters were still running, although some were
considerably the worse for wear. Then began a
frustrating hour-long wait for the results while the top
six finishers were stripped and their engines checked to
make sure they were within the rules.
They were, and RST was credited with a recordequalling
552 laps, 24 laps ahead of Van Bros, OCC,
Mad Mac’s, Rayder Racing, and the Ellis brothers – who
had never stripped their Honda CBR150’s engine before
and had to be assisted by the scrutineers!
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