What Extreme Festival by Coca-Cola Preview
Where Aldo Scribante, Gqeberha EP
When Saturday 10 May 2025
Community South Africa National
National Extreme Festival to thrill Gqeberha race fans
The 2025 Extreme Festival presented by Coca-Cola converges on Nelson Mandela Bay for the third round of National championship action at the Aldo Scribante racetrack on Saturday 10 May.
Always a track to deliver scintillating action, short, sharp but quick Scribante is set to thrill with national championship Extreme Super Cars GT3 driven by Dunlop, South African Touring Cars and Supa Cup and Astron Energy Polo Cup. Add the national challenge attractions of the SunBet ZX10 Masters Cup, Volkswagen Rookie Cup and Gazoo Racing SA Cup and Gqeberha race fans can be rest assured of an epic day of racing.
There’s little more exciting than a pack of Extreme Supercars driven by Dunlop bursting at the seams of Scribante’s tight confines. And there’s sure to be fireworks when winner of three of the four past races, Bradley Liebenberg fights back in his Audi R8 LMS GT3 after losing the most recent round to Jonathan du Toit’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3. Young gun Ryan Naicker is out to prove a point in his Mercedes-AMG GT3, with the likes of Damian Hammond’s Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Kris Budnik’s Dodge Viper and Audi R8 LMS GT3 duo Paul Hill and Marius Jackson, and the rest snapping at their heels.
Ever consistent Michael van Rooyen may not have won a South African Touring Cars race so far this season, but he leads the championship to Aldo in his Toyota Corolla. He leads impressive rookie Jagger Robertson and his Volkswagen Golf teammate Julian van der Watt, neither of whom have won yet, either. Second round Kyalami winners, Saood Variawa’s Corolla, and debutant Keegan Campos’ BMW 328tc did not race the first round, so they will be fighting back at Aldo. Light blue touch paper, step back five yards!
It’s just as dramatic in the SATC SupaCup, where SuperPolo trio Tate Bishop has a grip on that chase with three wins to one over Jonathan Mogotsi and Charl Michael Visser. But dominant Mogotsi and Visser were both penalised to let Bishop off the hook at Kyalami, and they too will be chasing a little vengeance at Mogotsi’s Volkswagen team’s home race. Dawie van der Merwe is another rookie to watch in the sole Toyota SupaStarlet, as are Polo Cup champion Jason Loosemore, Niko Zafiris and Dylan Pragji.
It’s tight at the top of the Astron Energy Polo Cup log where class veterans Ethan Coetzee and Mo Karodia are separated by a single championship point with rapid racing lass, Tyler Robinson climbing all over their tailpipes. All three have won races, but they have the consistent Hannes Scheepers, another race winner Rory Atkinson and VW Rookie Cup champion Judd Bertholdt among the many others to contend with. Wayne Masters meantime has the Astron Energy Polo Masters championship under control with John Kruger and Derick Smalberger tied in pursuit.
The SunBet ZX10 Masters return to Scribante after skipping Kyalami, but it’s still a matter of catching Clinton Seller. Graeme van Breda, Jayson Lamb, James Barson, Dave Veringa and Adriaan van Dalen are out to do just that. Hot rod exponent Giovanni Fiorotto leads karting talents Uzair Khan and Mauro Da Luz and VW Challenge champion Christopher Tait in the VW Rookie Cup. And Jason Coetzee tops Kent Swartz in the GR86 Rookie Cup, Mario de Sousa is ahead in the Corolla Dealer Cup and Nabil Abdool leads the Yaris Media Cup from Kyle Kock in the Toyota Gazoo Cup action.
So, PE race fans have a great late autumn’s Saturday of racing entertainment and action to look forward to at the third round of the 2025 National Extreme Festival presented by Coca-Cola. See you at Aldo Scribante on 10 May!
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