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Posted: 2011-10-21

Sonel Luyt

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Posted: 2011-08-10

All Bike Race Day

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For the first time there was an all ladies class at Killarney’s All Bike Race Day. Quite a few of the GP chickens made their way down to CT for the race either by tackling the long road with trailers & bikes or flying down & dropping in on the action:

                    Most of the chickens stayed in a guest house not far from the track & we did some serious race planning... aka skinnering about all things NOT bike! You know... important stuffs like... lipstick & hair spray! (Ja raait!)

                    The day before the race we had the opportunity to test the track. It seemed like quite a short track with only 5 corners, but it’s over 3kays with a back stretch where one can seriously stretch your tyres:

The pits at Killarney:

Heads UP down the straight! One doesn’t dare stick out any limbs over this wall. Some of the guys get so close that the force feels like it’s gonna wip you off your feet:

Unfortunately there is a few big blue gum trees next to the track & their roots make for interesting cornering on a zink-plaat surface. My bike, ‘DragonFly’ does not have a steering damper & I had to power out of most corners holding on for dear life to a machine that did it’s best to try & throw me off. She was like a horse shaking head from annoying flies.

Check dem trees on the side. It’s dem that makes for wwwhhwhwhhhobbly riding:

Pips gave me some tips on the track & tried to calm my nerves. Except that the track is VERY bumpy it was a bit dirty & there is ‘marks’ all over & not knowing the track – you’re not always sure if it’s beeeeg bumps, oil or cement? I was taking some odd lines but eventually found one that seemed to work for me. I even gave Pips some advice back on her own track for corner 3. It’s got a big crater right at the point where we’d like to accelerate & you just have to hold off for
                    a millisecond before gooi-ing open the throttle & everything jumps into line then.

                    On race day the girls all pitted together which is always huge fun. The chickens are never quiet & there’s always one making the others ‘kraai’ with laughter.

                    Wilms & Debs checking out the competition:

Team Tank Girls & the underwear-model:

That blerrie fast kuiken – Nix:

The horses in their stable... saddled & brushed – ready to gallop

We really didn’t expect the turn out! There were sooo many peeps that came to support the racing. I think the Gaut-emmers can take some tips from the Slapies. There was a stage with a band at the back & even a Think Bike stand with the loyal volunteers that promotes Bucc’s cause (www.thinkbike.co.za)! There were peeps wanting photos & interviews with the chickens. We felt like celebrities (...just without the fake tans & ‘omstrede’ videos).

                    Some of the featherless chickens busy to SUIT UP!

Things to do, people to rev at The-All-Bike-Race-Day:

The chickens getting ready to march out for heat 1:

Scrutineering was a bit of a balls-up as the ladies class normally runs with pink numbers, but apparently down in CT black is the new pink?!? Came as a shock to us binnelanders! Luckily we could quickly sort out all the chickens’ number boards & all was happy again. Qualifying early in the morn I saw a few mjounteneers that was less than happy for the early morning sun lighting up the chrome. Apparently in Kaapstad, ‘early’ is about 9am.

Some of the coastal feathered ones nervously kloeking together:

We had some spectacular brolly-babes! I battled to see through the tears streaming down my face. That knee slider will never be the same again... Hehehe!

We had a few Cape-chickens that joined in the ladies class. Lekker to see how excited the coastal chickens got. Heat 1 ended with Nicole 1st, Wilms putting in some wrist grease for a 2nd, JD in 3rd, Loumari 4th. Then we had Cindy as our rookie for the day. She was on a Honda 250 & teaching the rest of us a lesson on unstoppableness. There was no holding back for this chicken!

Some of the actions shots:

There’s this chicane that they prop in before the main straight. It’s to break your speed before hitting full throttle & avoiding a ‘Pink Floyd’ aka THE WALL. But the plastic cones are so close to one another & then there’s a little step/sidewalk on the inside. Target fixation...!!!

In heat 2 we had a proper battle between Pips & I! Into corner 2, I saw something very familiar on my inside & was wondering if I was having an out-of-body experience, until I realized it was Billy-Bob (...my other Bike) with Pips in the saddle bumping me out.

                    First thoughts was that I was gonna give her a piece of my mind at the end of this heat. What...?!? Riding my Billy-Bob like that & then getting this close to me!!! But first things first & I had to beat her back into submission. Easier said than done though...

                    BUMP! That’s me at the back giving way to a ‘pushy’ friend:

Taking the reins back:

Not for long...TAG, YOU’RE IT!

And finally I broke away from her magic spell:

Out of somewhere Pop-i had her spinach that morning & we were having a go at one another into every corner. Maybe she thought we were practising Indian-trial or something, but I just could not shake her? She found gaps on my inside where I didn’t even see tar? It was a close call, but I eventually ran away to take the line before her... just!

The Ladies’ final score:

Pos	No.	Name	Laps	Total Tm	R1	R2
1	21	Nicole van Aswegen	16	22:00.414	8 [11:00.906]	8 [10:59.507]
2	88	Wilmarie J van Rensburg	16	22:42.144	8 [11:22.390]	8 [11:19.753]
3	19	Jeanine du Rand	16	23:14.364	8 [11:38.770]	8 [11:35.593]
4	17	Loumari Grobler	16	23:15.993	8 [11:39.800]	8 [11:36.192]
5	13	Michelle Marais	16	23:35.394	8 [11:43.795]	8 [11:51.598]
6	3	Cindy Brown-Medell	16	23:36.301	8 [11:41.451]	8 [11:54.849]
7	47	Skinny van Schalkwyk	14	22:08.624	7 [11:06.140]	7 [11:02.483]
8	24	Tarryn Sproates	14	22:18.935	7 [11:14.721]	7 [11:04.213]
9	29	Deborah Senekal	14	22:53.572	7 [11:15.850]	7 [11:37.721]
10	51	Martie Bosson	14	25:17.561	7 [12:40.534]	7 [12:37.026]
11	109	Tasnim Jack	13	23:39.585	7 [12:39.575]	6 [11:00.009]
12	114	Nawahl Razak	12	23:47.293	6 [12:01.372]	6 [11:45.920]
13	137	Sigita Rackyte	11	19:56.251	5 [8:49.495]	6 [11:06.755]

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Posted: 2011-08-01

Breakfas Class

Jimis entered the BreakfastGP class & on race day, found out that down in the Cape you are not allowed to have a race license to take part in this class? Ohhh, what to do? We’ve paid & trailered the bike all the way down to Killarney just to find out that he can’t race. They wanted him to race in the next class up but there was no way that he would be able to keep up with those okes & not be a danger to everybody out on the track.

                    Finally they decided to let him loose in the BreakfastGP class, but he had to start at the back & could not collect any prizes or positions on final points. During qualifying he was lying in 10th & also finished 10th in heat 1. For heat 2 someone launched a gas burner under his ass & he ate the guys up one-by-one to take 8th.   Every lap he moved one spot up. Heavy exciting stuff ek seg!

                    Jimis on the grid being moved ‘na agter’:

Letting the guys go for corner one & then the big catching-up:

Slowly...

One...

By one...

Doing the ‘Stevie Wonder’ in celebration:

He would have taken 8th for the day, but due to being disqualified he ended last. Still had an awesome day out there between the mountains, the ocean & the petrol fumes.

Breakfast class results:

Pos	No.	Name	Laps	Total Tm	R1	R2
1	10	Mark van den Berg	16	21:56.451	8 [10:55.704]	8 [11:00.746]
2	123	Rudi Carstens	16	22:42.783	8 [11:21.009]	8 [11:21.773]
3	2	Colin Teppler	16	23:29.176	8 [11:42.692]	8 [11:46.483]
4	140	Ardil Ontong	16	23:59.835	8 [11:55.338]	8 [12:04.496]
5	110	Ziyaad Isaacs	16	24:28.786	8 [12:11.588]	8 [12:17.197]
6	55	Mike van Rensburg	16	24:49.180	8 [12:27.240]	8 [12:21.939]
7	5	Francois de Villiers	15	23:18.776	7 [10:58.238]	8 [12:20.537]
8	107	Donovan Mills	14	22:13.235	7 [10:58.011]	7 [11:15.223]
9	101	Francois Breedt	14	22:13.836	7 [10:56.011]	7 [11:17.824]
10	131	Grant Peach	14	23:39.704	7 [11:50.848]	7 [11:48.855]
11	122	Andreas Stelzer	14	23:42.202	7 [11:54.163]	7 [11:48.038]
12	124	Graham Johnson	14	24:42.572	7 [12:25.497]	7 [12:17.074]
13	135	Abdul Cader	14	25:08.868	7 [12:37.054]	7 [12:31.813]
14	120	Robert Nienaber	12	22:35.265	6 [11:10.368]	6 [11:24.896]
15	66	D Jacobs	12	22:40.978	6 [11:25.122]	6 [11:15.855]
16	100	Ivor Harris	12	23:38.227	6 [11:50.669]	6 [11:47.557]
17	114	Nawahl Razak	12	23:51.998	6 [11:54.279]	6 [11:57.718]
18	4	Shaun de Jager	11	15:50.240	8 [11:27.799]	3 [4:22.440]
19	111	Jeremy Kruger	11	16:00.713	8 [11:38.577]	3 [4:22.135]
20	22	Sean le Grange	8	12:07.803	0 []	8 [12:07.802]
21	28	Justin Massyn	8	12:21.863	0 []	8 [12:21.862]