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FUN UNDER THE SUN!<br />
Words: Rob Portman<br />
Pics: Beam Productions & Eugene Liebenberg<br />
MONOCLE SERIES ROUND 1: REDSTAR RACEWAY<br />
Finally, it was back on track as<br />
round 1 of the <strong>2020</strong> Monocle<br />
Series kicked off at Redstar<br />
Raceway with over 180 riders<br />
lining up on the various grids.<br />
Riders of every shape, size,<br />
age and gender was present<br />
with riders as young as 12<br />
years right up to 75 taking part<br />
in the 9 classes available in<br />
the series.<br />
The days racing action<br />
started off with the frantic<br />
300 Supersport class which<br />
saw talented youngster Chris<br />
Wright pick up both wins on<br />
the day and the full 50 points<br />
on offer on his Yamaha R3.<br />
Chris was pushed hard in both<br />
races by the fastest mother in<br />
the world Nicole Van Aswegen<br />
in her Kawasaki Ninja 400.<br />
Clinton Fourie continued his<br />
development with a 3rd place<br />
overall for the day.<br />
The ever expanding<br />
Streetbike class was on<br />
track next and for <strong>2020</strong><br />
the grid has been split into<br />
two categories - Streetbike<br />
Elite and Streetbike, now<br />
catering for the slightly faster<br />
newcomers to track racing and<br />
the complete newbies.<br />
It was 2019 champ and SA<br />
cage fighter Colin Hume who<br />
picked up both wins in the Elite<br />
class ahead of Marlo Ferreria,<br />
both on BMW S1000RR<br />
rockets, while up and coming<br />
youngster Tiaan Fouche ended<br />
up and impressive 3rd on his<br />
Yamaha R6.<br />
Ewoud Pienaar picked the<br />
overall win in the Streetbike<br />
class ahead of Henk Kruger<br />
and Donovan Moolman.<br />
The most illustrious and<br />
greatest class to ever grace<br />
the circuits in SA was up next.<br />
The BOTTS, which is now a<br />
combination of V Twin and V4<br />
machines thunderous sound<br />
exploded the RSR track and<br />
Delmas town. It was our own<br />
Shaun Portman on our Ducati<br />
SA/World of Motorcycles<br />
V4 racer who took both wins<br />
on the day just holding off<br />
the challenge from Brian<br />
Bontekoning in race one who<br />
pushed him all the way to the<br />
line. Race two was a bit easier<br />
for Shaun with the absence of<br />
Brian who crashed out of the<br />
lead in the Masters Class and<br />
was forced out for the rest<br />
of the day. That left current<br />
champ Alan Hulscher in 2nd<br />
overall with former multiple<br />
champ Thomas Brown in 3rd.<br />
In the Masters class, it was<br />
Johnny Krieger on his World<br />
of Carbon BMW S1000RR<br />
who took both wins ahead of<br />
Suzuki GSXR1000 mounted<br />
The very talented<br />
Chris Wright<br />
Young Hunter Dreyer<br />
first time out in the<br />
300cc class
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