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The Pro Tour comes to Phakisa on the 13th September, for round eight of the ten round series, making the event a crucial one for a number of
competitors' Championship aspirations. In action will be Execuline Shelby Can Am Sports Cars, Investec Formula Ford Zetec and Formula Vee
Single Seaters, the exotic Altech Porsche Challenge, including the Ferrari 360 Cup Cars, the Altech Porsche 924 Challenge, Goldwagen
Volkswagen Challenge Saloon Cars and the Altech Kawasaki ZX10 Masters Cup Motor Cycles, offering a dynamic package, catering for a variety
of tastes. For their second heat the Execuline Shelby Can Am and Altech Porsche Challenge will be combined to produce a full blown Sports
and GT race, further enhancing the spectacle and making it a day's entertainment not to be missed.
Coming back to Welkom and eager to further enhance his claim on the 2008 South African National Formula Vee Championship Title is current
log leader, Welkom's own Dennis Johns (No2 Geyser Attorneys Rhema 2). Born and raised in Welkom, he was educated at Aurora Primary School
and Welkom High School where he completed his matric. His first involvement in motorsport, involved selling Programs, at the gate of the
Goldfields Raceway, after which he joined the Goldfields Scruitineers. As a Scrutineers he first met Catherine, whose mother was also a Scrutineers
at the time. His father Donald, an Engineering Foreman on the mines, built Dennis a Formula Vee in 1995, in which he secured his first
National Formula Vee Title in 2000. He and Catherine kept on bumping into one another at the circuit and a relationship developed, which
eventually led to their marriage at a venue just outside Welkom, in 2002. Throughout his racing career, Johns has continued to enjoy the
support of the Welkom community, particularly Ponti, of Speedpro Conversions (Dyno Tuning), Goldco Midas Odendaalsrus (Parts and Advice),
Winners Engineering & Auto Head Centre (Reconditioning Cylinder Heads) and Johan Lubbe (wisdom in building Engines and Gearboxes) and
Johns is determined to reward them and the many other locals who continue to support him, by winning at Phakisa and putting himself firmly
on track for his second National Title.
Up against Johns will be Peter Hills (No3 Prolantic MLS Brokers Rhema 2), still trying to regain the form he showed early in the season,
Courtney Steenveld, the promising young development driver from Cape Town, in the No8 Indy Oil NLDTF Rhema 2 and Trevor Bland (No6 Office
Direct Rhema 2), showing improved reliability and pace, in recent races. The dark horse for the Phakisa event will be ex-National Champion
Trevor Smith, deputizing for Alan Eustice, in the No77 Execuline Rhema 2 and it will be interesting to see if he can still give the boys up
front a run for their money. Not far behind the lead bunch the likes of the other development driver, Durban's Zaahir Essa (No71 NLDTF Rhema
1), Symm Grobler (No4 Auto Mecca Rhema 2) and Johan Gouws (No27 Mantis), can also be counted on to give a good account of themselves and
even give those ahead of them a run for their money on the day.
Also in the field will be Ben Pienaar (No101 BJ Pro Welding Rhema 2), Nico Blignaut (No23 Gilus IT SAP Rhema 2), Jannie Geyser Jnr (No63
Geyser Attorneys Rhema 2), Jannie Geyser Snr (No64 Geyser Attorneys Vision), Stan Alford (No84 Castle Graphics Rhema 1), Chandre Kruger
(No41 Gilus IT SAP Sting), Nicholas Tennant (No34 Tennant Benefit Consultants Tasman), James Evans (No30 Gilus IT SAP Tasman), Hugo
Walendorf in a brand new Lantis, Andre Van Der Merwe (No51 Atlas Dry Cleaning Lantis), with his son Shaun possibly also making it to
Phakisa, with his new Lantis, ensuring good close racing all the way down the field.
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