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PORT ELIZABETH (ZA) <COLIN WINDELL>: Audi continued its blitz on the AA
Fleetcare Super Touring Championship with two wins from two pole
position starts at the Aldo Scribante Raceway in Port Elizabeth at the
weekend.

Each Rothmans Audi driver, Terry Moss and Chris Aberdein, claimed a pole
position start and each scored a race victory with the other finishing
second.

Moss took his Rothmans Audi A4 to pole position for the first race with
the Opel Vectra of Mike Briggs alongside him. Behind them Chris Aberdein
(Rothmans Audi A4) and Grant McCleery (Opel Vectra) shared the second
row with Julian Bailey (Minolta Toyota Camry) and Shaun van der Linde
(BMW 318i) making up row three.

>From the line Moss raced away to lead the field into the Luk Repco
right-hander for the first time, followed closely by Aberdein and Briggs
with Bailey leading a gaggle of cars including Van der Linde, Craig
Baird (BMW 318i) and McCleery.

By lap two Moss had stretched his lead slightly and the gap between
Aberdein in second place and Briggs was starting to show signs of
daylight. Bailey stayed fourth ahead of Van der Linde and Baird with
Deon Joubert (BMW 318i) having deposed McCleery to move up a place.

On lap seven McCleery went past Joubert, catching and passing Baird two
laps later, this group now coming under pressure from the Scania-backed
Audi 80 of Hennie Groenewald - the two leading Audis meanwhile pulling
away from the rest of the field.

On lap 13 Joubert passed Baird with Groenewald emulating the action a
lap later only to come into contact with each other on the next lap with
Baird coming off worst and dropping two places behind the BP Nissan
Sentras of Duncan Vos and Giniel de Villiers.

With Moss unchallenged as race leader, Aberdein comfortable in second
place and Briggs lying a lonely third, the final laps saw a determined
charge by McCleery as he fought through to fifth and started to put the
pressure on Julian Bailey's Toyota Camry, finally sneaking past on the
last lap.

In the second race it was Aberdein's Audi A4 that lead from pole
position through to take the flag with Moss obligingly finishing second.
Moss lost second place early in the race when he went off the circuit
and let Briggs through into second place for five laps before retaking
the Opel driver.

Shaun van der Linde made a good start in the BMW to be fourth in the
opening laps but on lap four he ran out of brakes and slid off the
track into retirement, allowing Bailey to move into the position ahead
of McCleery and Groenewald.

Behind them Duncan Vos (BP Nissan Sentra) was holding off a challenge
from Craig Baird, Deon Joubert and Giniel de Villiers (BP Nissan
Sentra). The latter three cars got a bit too close to each other on
lap 11 with both Joubert and De Villiers going off and out of the race
while Anthony Taylor (Castrol Toyota Camry), then in 11th place, piled
into the melee, severely damaging the front of his car.

On lap 17 Bailey and Vos had a coming together which saw Bailey return
his car to pits while Baird retired with an engine problem.

In the battle for honours in Class B Heinrich Lategan in the Beeld BMW
318i notched up a win in the first race after a race-long tussle with
Charl Wilken in the Toyota Sprinter - Wilken repaying the favour by
reversing the position for the second race, each driver going home
with 15 points for their efforts.

Dave Repsold in the Automark Toyota Sprinter finished third in class
in both heats ahead of George Bezuidenhout's Nissan Sentra.

SOUTH AFRICAN SUPER TOURING CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUNDS 3 & 4, ALDO SCRIBANTE
(ZA), MARCH 30, 2 X 20 LAPS, 99,2 KMS.

Race 1:

1. Terry Moss (Audi A4 quattro), 22m00,06s, 01m04,92s, 135 km/h;
2. Chris Aberdein (Audi A4 quattro), 22m04,07s;
3. Michael Briggs (Opel Vectra), 22m23,04s;
4. Grant McCleery (Opel Vectra), 22m30,22s;
5. Julian Bailey (Toyota Camry), 22m31,38s;
6. Shaun van der Linde (BMW 318i), 22m33,50s;
7. Duncan Vos (Nissan Sentra), 22m39,13s;
8. Giniel de Villiers (Nissan Sentra), 22m41,55s;
9. Anthony Taylor (Toyota Camry), 22m46,01s;
10. Deon Joubert (BMW 318i), 22m50,02s.

Race 2:

1. Chris Aberdein (Audi A4 quattro), 21m57,23s; 1m05,26s, 136 km/h;
2. Terry Moss (Audi A4 quattro), 22m02,07s;
3. Michael Briggs (Opel Vectra), 22m16,06s;
4. Grant McCleery (Opel Vectra), 22m29,61s;
5. Hennie Groenewald (Audi 80 quattro), 22m31,73s;
6. Duncan Vos (Nissan Sentra), 22m49,22s;
7. Charl Wilken (Class B Toyota Sprinter), -1 lap;
8. Heinrich Lategan (BMW 318i);
9. Dave Repsold (Toyota Sprinter);
10. George Bezuidenhout (Nissan Sentra).

New lap record: Terry Moss (Audi A4), 1m04,924s

Points Position:

1. Moss 30; 2. Aberdein 24; 3. Briggs 14; 4. McCleery 13; 5. Vos 12;
6. De Villiers 7; 7. Joubert 6; 8. Van der Linde 4; 9. Bailey 3.

Class B:

1. Lategan 30; 2. Wilken 26; 3. Repsold 15; 4. Bruins 8; 5. Van
Rensburg 5.

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