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Dramatic Racing at Zwartkops' Engen Volkswagen Cup

Dramatic Racing at Zwartkops' Engen Volkswagen Cup

Date: 2015-08-14
In perhaps the greatest display of bad luck experienced by one racer in Engen Volkswagen Cup racing, Shaun La Reservée (9 - Alpine Motors / Compendium) started two races - but was unable to finish a single lap on race day. In contrast to this, the championship leader Sheldon van der Linde (1 - Champion) was at the top of the results sheets the whole weekend, fastest in qualifying, winner of race one and two and first overall for the day.

These two very different results highlight just how competitive the series for Volkswagen Polo Vivo GT race cars is.

While Van der Linde ran away with the results for the day, La Reservée was pushed off in the first corner of the first lap in race one and then was eliminated from race two in the second-last corner while taking avoiding action in an incident involving other competitors. The race one incident saw the race red-flagged after the first lap and then restarted while the second one had the competitors running under the Safety Car while the track was cleared.

With Van der Linde at the top of the timesheets, it was Christopher Shorter (33 - Hollard) and Trevor Bland (M2 - PG Glass) who rounded out the top three in the qualifying session. This was qualifying with the fastest 12 competitors across the start/finish line with just a second separating them.

The Engen Volkswagen Cup field will head to Dezzi's Raceway in Port Shepstone on Saturday, August 29, for round six of the 2015 championship - and the field will tackle a race track that has never seen Engen Volkswagen Cup competition before. Pop into McCarthy Volkswagen Umhlanga for your Polo at 6 - 8 Sunset Crescent, Umhlanga Ridge.