10/08/2026
🏁 ROUND 4 – COASTAL ADVENTURES AT ALDO SCRIBANTE! 🌊🔥
What a weekend!
We made the great trek down to Gqeberha for Round 4 of the 111/ GT Sports & Saloons championship with the Regional Extreme Festival and our annual coastal adventure — this time taking on the awesome Aldo Scribante Raceway.
Thursday practice went almost perfectly. The car ran beautifully apart from a funky power steering pump, Michael Howard quickly swapped out, and from there we were ready for business.
Friday went 100% according to plan and it was clear we had a seriously quick car underneath us. With 111 and GT combined, however, there was around a 16-second difference between the fastest and slowest cars, so navigating traffic was always going to be part of the challenge.
Qualifying and the car was ON FIRE! 🔥
Unfortunately, finding a clean lap was nearly impossible. We seemed to catch at least two cars on every flying lap and I probably started overdriving the car trying to make up for it.
Nevertheless — 5th overall and POLE for GTB! 🥇
Race 1 got off to a frantic start. We moved into 4th overall and tucked onto the back of the hard-fighting top three before the race was red flagged following a number of incidents behind us.
On the restart we had a front-row seat to the GTA guys going at each other hammer and tong. We kept ourselves out of trouble, ran our race and brought it home for our first GTB WIN of the weekend! 🏆
Then came Race 2… and this one was FUN!
Another cracking start saw us go from 4th to 2nd by Turn 2!
Mark quickly fired back in the M-Coupe, followed by Jared Rossouw in the SupaPolo, while Wayne unfortunately developed boost issues and was left circulating well below his normal pace.
Then Jared went a little too deep into Turn 1 on Lap 2 and suddenly we were back up the road, chasing Mark for the overall race lead.GAME ON!
By Lap 5, however, we hit what can only be described as Gillooly’s traffic on a Friday afternoon. 😂
At one stage we were lapping as many as eight cars in a single lap while still trying to chase down Mark. Jared managed the traffic better and before long he was right back on my tail, with Mark only a couple of car lengths ahead.
I managed to keep Jared behind for another two laps while still pushing after Mark, but with around a lap and a half remaining, the power steering decided its weekend was over.Jared was through.
From there it was a case of grabbing the car by the scruff of the neck and muscling it around Aldo to the chequered flag.We made it — and brought home another GTB WIN! 🏆🏆
Pole position. Two races. Two GTB wins. And some absolutely epic racing.
Aldo Scribante Racetrack , you were incredible! What a challenging, fast and rewarding little circuit — it has very quickly worked its way onto my list of all-time favourites.
More importantly, these weekends are about so much more than just the results.
A massive thank you to everyone who made the trip and supported us. Stacey Visser and Amber, as always, gave us unconditional support while simultaneously scaring everyone in the grandstands with their cheering. 😂❤️
To Ernest Heather , Mike Howard, our Durban imports Llew and Steve, and the Spicer family — thank you. You guys made sure we were perfectly prepared every time the car went onto the circuit.
We are blessed to have a very special little unit around us, and that is what makes these race weekends and this whole journey so memorable.
And finally, to Origen Oil , WIX Filters Southern Africa , 959 Panelbeaters & Spraypainters , TurboDirect S.A , Auto Express - Car Service & Repair - Boksburg, Dynamic Propshaft & Drivetrain Specialists, G-Force Customs who stand behind us — thank you for continuing to make this machinery and programme possible.
Together we have built something that attracts a lot of attention wherever it goes, and I am incredibly grateful for the backing and belief.
Another massive thanks to Stephen² Racing for the awesome pits, telephonic driver training and refreshments on arrival, Geoff you are a legend!!
Gqeberha — what an adventure! 🌊
Two GTB wins coming home to Gauteng. 🏆🏆
On to the next one! ATCM Maputo this weekend! 🏁🔥
📸 David Ledbitter - thank you sir!
