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Scholtz and Petersen flying high in America:<br />
The American national Superbike series has seen its up and<br />
downs. Formerly known as the AMA Superbike Series until that<br />
slowly diminished, it was replaced by the MotoAmerica Series and<br />
has now returned to glory as one of the most prestigious national<br />
championships in the world. And two South Africans are right there.<br />
Cameron Petersen (son of former racing ace Robbie Petersen) and<br />
Mathew Scholtz lie third and fourth in the championship behind<br />
American champion Jake Gagne and former MotoGP winner Danilo<br />
Petrucci. The pair have finished on the podium for most of the races<br />
they have finished, including a win each at the two heats at Road<br />
America.<br />
With one round to go, the championship win looks out of sight, but the<br />
two Saffers have earned celebrity status in the American scene.<br />
And thats awesome!<br />
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South Africans snatch one-two at 100th Bol d’Or 24-Hour.<br />
Steven Odendaal and Sheridan Morais’s teams finished first and second in the<br />
100th Bol d’Or 24-Hour Endurance Race, marking a one-two finish for Yamaha and<br />
a historic one-two for South Africans in a World Endurance Championship race.<br />
It took place at the Paul Ricard Circuit, a track that is basically a massive slab<br />
of tar painted with bold blue lines except for the bits where the actual track is. It<br />
was largely a race of attrition, with many of the top teams suffering mechanical<br />
failures early on, it was eventually a Ducati Panigale that led the way and stayed<br />
out front for almost the entire race until clutch issues plagued them with a mere<br />
90 minutes to go. This left the Polish Wójcik Racing Team featuring Sheridan<br />
Morais in the lead until they too suffered a technical problem costing them five<br />
minutes and the lead. Eventually, the 333 bike of Viltais Racing Igol, featuring<br />
Steven Odendaal, took top honours. A French team winning the French race with<br />
a little help from a South African. The Wójcik Racing Team returned to the track in<br />
second place to complete the historical South African one-two.
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