2016 Events

2016-10-08 Bridgestone Skidpan Gymkhana

Category: 2016 Published: 18 October 2016

Written by Colin van Son Hits: 2115

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Story by Androniki Pouris, Photography by RacePics.co.za

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You know that excitement kicks in when you have a wet skidpan event at 12am and you are up at 6am getting ready for the day.

Too much excitement was happening for the day and a tad bit of stress. On the 8^th October, not only was it the BMW Car Club Gauteng 2^nd Wet Skidpan Gymkhana of the year, but also we had historic racing on the day, which caused more stress for our guests to come in if they brought more people. As well as what made this day a little more unique than most is that we had Ga-Rankuwa Sunshine Hospice with us with a few kids to join us for the day, they got in the cars and went for a spin. Giving them an experience that they didn’t know that there was a sport like this out there. As well as we had, Guthrie Blaine (Bridgestone) who brought us a few exciting cars, 4x4!! Who would have thought, a whole class of 4x4s, different sizes, makes and builds. Was very exciting non-the less.

Meeting new people, make new friends, see what other cars potentials are. The thrill is in the game and in those who want to play it. More exciting and to my surprise, I ended up losing to a new comer Jaylene Guest in a Z4!! She mentioned she did gymkhana once or twice, it just proves to show that there are people out there who have the talent without really trying. To my surprise as well, my buddy Monica van der Westhuizen gave me a hiding in my own car! How embarrassing that a girl who said that she didn’t like BMWs so much due to being an Audi lover, but giving her the opportunity to take my car for a spin, that changed her mind about BMWs. I guess I get the brownie points for that!

But main thing stays that it was a great and fantastic day. We all had fun, spectators, competitors and kids.

The Trophy winners were as follows:

BMW

Pos		Name		Vehicle	Time
1		Marco	Van der Schyff	2008 E82 135i	36.95
2		Joshua	Liebenberg	2007 Z4 M Coupe	39.50
3		Colin	Van Son	1985 E23 745i	39.60
4		Julian	Fameliaris	125i M	41.44
5		Fortunato	Mazzone	M235i	42.98
6		Marthinus	Visser	2010 E90 335i	43.65
7		Francois	Thirion	335i	48.81
8		Ryan	Coetzee	F20 118i	49.59
9		Theo		e46 M3 Supercharged	51.79
10		Gerhard	Van Zyl	E82 135i	56.73
	Bridgestone

Pos		Name		Vehicle	Time
1		Jeanne Marie	Roux	Honda Jazz	47.12
2		Arno	Roux	Suzuki Grand Vitara	47.77
3		Cobus	Bohmer	Toyota Fortuner	51.93
4		Robert	Hale	Nissan	57.34
5		Dustin	Hale	Isuzu KB320	57.73
6		Querida	Nel	Volvo S40	58.32
7		Lynton	Allsopp	Mitsubishi Pajero	58.60
8		Sakkie	Coetzee	Isuzu Vehicross	61.28
9		Cornelis	Olivier	Toyota Hilux	61.31
10		Danny	Daniels	Ford Ranger 30tdci	65.57
	Ladies
	Pos	Name		Vehicle Model		Time
	1	Shantell van der Schyff		BMW 1997 E36 328i		38.13
	2	Jaylene Guest		BMW Z4 M Coupe		40.94
	3	Monica Van Der Westhuizen		BMW 125i		45.15

Non-BMW
Pos	Name	Vehicle Model	Time
1	Anton Wannenburg	Subaru Screamer	33.90
2	Chris De Weerdt	Honda Ballade	38.38
3	Aubrey Huttingh	Golf VI GTI	38.39

A huge thank you to Bridgestone for making this day possible and Ga-Rankuwa Sunshine Hospice for joining us on the day, Fortunato for the meat sponsor and everyone who helped make this day possible.

Pictures from the day can be viewed and purchase here: http://www.racepics.co.za/bridgestone-wet-skidpan-gymkhana-2016-10-08-photographs/

Results from the day can be viewed by CLICKING HERE.