The second round of the 2013 Rotax Max Challenge delivered a dramatic day's racing in ideal conditions at the Celso Scribante kart circuit in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
MAXTERINO
Chayse Augustus (Zanardi) came out on top of a hard-fought primary-school Maxterino 60cc class, finishing second in the first race behind Zanardi team mate Stuart White in the first race before going on to win the remaining three races - but not without a fight.
White finished second overall but the sensation of the day was local hero Joshua Coertze, who finished third for the day (ahead of a consistent Dillon van Vuuren, JP Hamman and Charl Visser, each driving a Zanardi chassis) after leading most of the final race before being overcome by the ensuing mob.
JUNIOR MAX
Keagan Masters drove his TonyKart brilliantly to come back from a DNF in the first race, winning all three remaining races to take high school Junior Max 125cc class honours ahead of Birel trio Bradley Liebenberg, Race 1 winner Jordan Sherratt and Jurie Swart, with Trent Varejes (Zanardi) and Shayur Harpal (CRG) next up.
SENIOR MAX
Reigning Junior Max champion, Capetonian Eugene Denyssen (TonyKart) made the open Rotax Senior Max class his own, winning all four races on the day from Richard Upton (Intrepid), Chad Van Beurden (Birel) and Luke Herring (Zanardi). Ricky Hill (TonyKart) was fifth ahead of an impressive Hilton Pieters (CRG).
DD2
The open Rotax DD2 gearbox class was scored over three races after Race 2 was declared a non-event, leaving Ryan Frost (Birel) to narrowly beat Nicholas Verheul (CRG) with a race apiece ahead of champion Luca Canderle (Intrepid). DD2 Masters went the way of John van Wyk (CRG) ahead of Conor Hughes (TonyKart) and Marouan Selmi.
The third round of the Rotax Max Challenge will be run at Idube near Pietermaritzburg on 10 August.