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Scribante's manic Porsche dominates East London

Franco Scribante was confident that his wild Porsche 911 GT2 R was back on point for the East London G+H Transport National Extreme Supercars. It was a good premonition, as he went on to dominate the open class, while Marius Jackson delivered a welcome win in the National Balance of Performance GT3 class.

It was however Jonathan du Toit who put his open class A+ Stradale Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 on pole position. The white and orange machine looked racy in the opening laps of practice, notching up a scorching time of 1m17,056, 1,6 seconds faster than Scribante’s Porsche.

Paolo Loureiro took advantage of his immensely powerful A+ Combined Racing BMW 3 series’ vast top speed down the Grand Prix Circuit’s daunting main straight to secure third place on the grid, alongside Nicky Dicks’s spanking new Stradale Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. 

Marius Jackson topped GT3 in fifth in his MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3. from local hero Darron Gudmanz’s Super Value Nissan GT-R, Sam Hammond’s Class A Trinity Security Lamborghini Gallardo and Anthony Blunden’s Class B Stradale Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.

Next up came Greg Parton in his GT3 Drizit Lamborghini followed by Gianni and Ricardo Giannoccaro’s G&H Lamborghinis and Mansoor Parker’s Class C Jive BMW.

Du Toit could not convert his pole position into the holeshot and was passed at the start by Scribante and then unmercifully mugged into Potters by Loureiro, dropping the Lambo to to third. However, the move by Loureiro did not last all that long and he soon had issues with the BMW’s differential dropping him to the back of the field.

Scribante keep building the gap between himself and du Toit, who survived san off in the complex, while Dicks settled into third place and harried by Jackson with Gudmanz and Hammond battling in pursuit. Gudmanz then also had car issues and dropped out with Jackson moving up to fourth ahead of Parton, Hammond and Blunden.

Moving into the second half of the race, Dicks came under heavy pressure from Jackson while Blunden was beginning to close up on Hammond. At the end, it was a comfortable win for Scribante with du Toit second. Dicks held on for third from Jackson and Parton, as Blunden ultimately passed Hammond for sixth.

With the delays caused by incidents in the other races, the second heat was run in fast fading light. In fact.it may as well have been a night race. A major change for race 2 was Charl Arangies taking over driving duties in Gianni Giannoccaro’s Lamborghini while Paolo Loureiro did not start.

Du Toit snatched the lead From Scribante in Rifle, but the acceleration and speed of the Porsche saw Scribante back in front, where he was to stay for the duration with du Toit comfortably in second place ahead of Jackson and Dicks.

While that order remained unchanged, the action came from the back with Arangies working his way through the field, passing Parton for fourth place on lap six. The remaining laps produced a massively entertaining battle as he tried to get past the Nicky Dicks Porsche.

The Lamborghini was quicker in the corners but lost out to the speed of the Porsche on the long straight. Dicks hung on gamely, so the final order was Scribante, du Toit, Jackson, Dicks, Arangies, Parton, Blunden and Hammond.

Overall, Scribante took Class A+ and the day overall from du Toit. Marius Jackson won GT3 from Greg Parton, while Nicky Dicks beat Sam Hammond to Class A, Ant Blunden won Class B and Mansoor Parker Class C. 

The G+H Extreme Supercars will entertain Cape Town next, with some local wildcards set to spice things up even more on Saturday 17 September. Diarise that now! 

ENDS

Issued on behalf of South African GT3

What:G+H Extreme Supercars Round 6 Report
Where:East London Grand Prix Circuit
When:Saturday 6 August 2022
Community:South Africa National

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