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ABOUT 250 SUPERKARTS

0 - 100 in 3 seconds, speeds of 260km/h and an adrenaline rush that will leave you breathless and shaking, this is 250 Superkart Racing.  Unfortunately it is the most under published form of motorsport in South Africa,

250 Superkart racing has been taking place at our South African circuits for more than 30 years.  With grown men squeezing their bodies into a kart that is no more than an inch off the surface of the track, climbing out with sore ribs and no wonder why.  Speeds in excess of 200 km/h and braking as late as possible, g-forces that can only be described as out of this world.  What could be better?

With a power to weight ration up there with the Formula 1's and the Indy cars, 250 Karting has been the starting point of a few of the current Formula 1 drivers racing careers.  These pocket rockets have been clocked at 292km/h at the old A1 ring in Austria.

 

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Zwartkops 28.05.2011

"Veron Pappas (Rotax Anderson Kart) blitzed the existing lap record of 1:01.596 that he set at the first event of the year. He clocked an unbelievable time of 1:00.179 to claim pole position! Unfortunately lap records can only be recognised during the course of a race."

"In race 1 Pappas officially obliterated the Zwartkops lap record for the category for the second time this year with an incredible time of 1:00.341!

 

 

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Race Report for Zwartkops 19/11/2011

Down to the wire...

Saturday 19 November saw the AVL Africa / Logisticor 250 Superkart Series head to their home circuit of Zwartkops Raceway for the final round of the 2011 season. With the Overall Championship and third place battle still to be decided, there was a lot riding on the outcome of the day’s events.

Title contender Sean Moore (Logisticor PVP Superkart) was on the back foot before the first race had even started. He flew in from Belgium on Saturday morning after a business trip to Brussels, and was unfortunate to miss out on the morning qualifying session. He would have to start from the back of the grid for both races.

Qualifying

Veron Pappas (Graham Singer Racing Rotax Anderson Kart) dominated qualifying to claim an easy pole position ahead of Steve Levin (Hotdog PVP Superkart).

Pappas showed his intentions early on...

Tyron Davis (AVL Africa PVP Superkart) qualified in a solid third position with Capetonian Eerik Horn (OTTR PVP Rotax) alongside him on the second row. Andrew Greenslade (AVL Africa / Logisticor PVP Superkart) would start from the third row with Trevor Green (Rotax Superkart) rounding out the top six.

KZN resident Gary Gribben (Rotax Stealth) qualified in seventh position with Vincenzo Cassilo (V-Tek Service Centre Rotax Superkart) in a well placed eighth. Series newcomers Matthew Gregory (Mech Spec Auto PVP Rotax Superkart) and Philip Potgieter (Anderson Rotax Superkart) were not too far off of the pace in ninth and tenth positions respectively.

Steve Lavender (S.L.C Engineering BRC Anderson Superkart) would start from the back of the grid alongside Moore after experiencing mechanical gremlins before qualifying.

 

Race 1

The rolling start for the first race saw the field head through turn one, with competitors fighting for position as they ran through the tight turn two hairpin. Pappas emerged through turn three with an immediate lead over the rest of the field. Levin wouldn’t make it past the first lap and retired with engine maladies.

The rolling start saw the drivers fan out up to four abreast...

Moore was scything his way through the field and slotted into second position ahead of the chasing pack by lap two! A good third place battle had also developed between Horn, Davis and Greenslade. Green’s race came to an end on the fourth lap when a loose coil wire forced him into the pits.

Pappas had built up a solid lead ahead of the determined Moore by the half way point in the race. The race for third position was far from over as Horn and Davis were involved in a titanic battle, getting away from Greenslade in the process. The turning point happened on the fifth lap when Horn crumbled under the pressure and ran off the circuit through turn five, dropping him down to sixth position behind Gribben.

Horn regained a position on Gribben a lap later and set about chasing Greenslade and Davis ahead of him. Newcomer, Gregory, was having a great debut race but his efforts came to nothing when his pace was slowed by a broken spark plug top. He bravely soldiered on trying to hold the plug wire on top of the spark plug, giving himself an electrifying experience in the process.

Pappas crossed the line to take an easy win ahead of championship rival Moore, with Davis taking a comfortable third place position.

Pappas’ victory officially handed him the 2011 AVL Africa / Logisticor 250 Superkart Title.

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Report by: Greg Reilly. Photographs by: Warren Alford – Speedworx Photography