2021 Formula Vee Round 1 Race 2 Zwartkops Raceway

The first racing of the 2021 DOE Formula Vee season took place at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday the 13th of March as part of the Regional Extreme Festival. Race 2 : Once again Lendl Jansen grabbed and held the lead. He was followed by Greg Wilson and Gert van den Berg. MD Bester disturbed the field a little when he got a touch by Jannie Geyser spinning him a perfect 360 and a broken nosecone. Fuming Bester charged from his recovery catching up with incredible pace. The racing for second, third, fourth and fifth place was again exciting but stayed fairly constant for most of the race until van den Berg made a bit of a mistake allowing Brandon and Peter Hills as well as Richard Carr to slip past him. Lendl was followed to the flag by Brandon Hills, Peter Hills and Richard Carr. Mid pack saw Van der Linde, le Roux, Vermaak and Vaughn Hills fight for top ten honours, Bester caught up to them finishing in 9th place. Battle of the rookies saw all of them finishing and having great battles of their own. Henk van den Berg, Jannie Geyser and Josef Kotze had some position changes throughout the race leaving David Austin, Blane De Meillon and Klinton Kane finishing off the rear of the field. The day’s racing ended with Lendl Jansen leading the charts, Greg Wilson taking second place and Brandon Hills in third place.