Latest News Updated 04/06/2007

JUNE 2007 NEWS Click on link, to view: Zwartkops Formula Vee Race Report Jannie Geyser aquires a Rhema 2 Formula Vee Chairman, Jannie Geyser, has purchased the ex Andre Van Der Merwe Jnr Rhema 2. He is hopeful that the car will prove to be quicker than his aging Vision. He has however experianced a number of teething problems with the new car. Hopefully these will be resolved, before the next round of the Championship, at Phakisa on the 29th July. Andre Van Tonder makes his Formula Vee Racing Debut After two attempts, to launch his National Championship Formula Vee racing career, it was third time lucky for Andre Van Tonder, when he eventually lined up on the Zwartkops starting grid, at the end of June. After mechanical problems with his Tasman, at both the WesBank Raceway and Kyalami, Andre aquited himself well in his first race and finished the second heat unlapped, in eighteenth place, after finishing the first heat one lap down, in twentieth place. MAY 2007 NEWS Click on link, to view: East London Formula Vee Race Report Lucky Thomaides makes his South African Formula Vee Racing Debut After competing in the German Formula Vee Fortieth Anniversary Race, at the Nurnburgring last year, Lucky has acquired the ex Chris Danks Rhema 2 and made his local Formula Vee racing debut at the East London Grand Prix Circuit. He experienced gear selection problems in the first heat and was then excluded for being six kg underweight, on the car plus driver weight limit. In the second heat, things went a lot better for him and he just missed out on a National Championship point, after finishing the race unlapped, in thirteenth place. Jannie Geyser back in the points Formula Vee Chairman, Jannie Geyser, was relieved to be back in the points at East London, after a dismal start to the 2007 season. After finishing seventh in the Championship, in the 2006 season and having had the motor rebuilt during the off season, he was badly down on revs, at both WesBank Raceway and Kyalami. With the long gap between the Kyalami Pro Tour race meeting and the third round, at East London, Donald Johns rebuilt the motor and at the East London race, he was finally able to open his points tally for 2007, picking up eight National Championship points on the day. MARCH 2007 NEWS Click on link, to view: Kyalami Formula Vee Race Report Courtney Steenveld Named Driver of the Day After the Kyalami Race, the Motorsport South Africa NLDTF Development Driver, Courtney Steenveld, was presented with the Dunlop Formula Vee Driver of the Day award, after bringing the NLDTF Rhema home in the points, in both heats, in only his second race in the category. FEBRUARY 2007 NEWS Click on link, to view: WesBank Formula Vee Race Report Courtney Steenveld Promoted to Senior NLDTF Development Program The Motorsport South Africa NLDTF Development Program, reached another milestone on the 18th February, when Cape Town’s Courtney Steenveld made his Formula Vee National Championship racing debut, in the NLDTF Rhema, at the first round of the 2007 Pro-Tour Series at the WesBank Raceway in Germiston. Sixteen year old Courtney, is the first member of the Motorsport South Africa NLDTF Karting Development Program, to be promoted to the Circuit Racing Development Program. Courtney failed to finish the first race, after Ben Pienaar spun in front of him and his back wheel clipped Ben's car, on the way past. After a hasty repair job, he brought the car home in fourteenth place, in the second race. Mixed Fortunes for Formula Vee Debutants A number of other drivers also made their National Formula Vee racing debuts, at the WesBank Raceway, on the 18th February. Sixteen year old Ex Karter Dean Lester of Rynfield Benoni, was the most successful, finishing ninth in the first race and seventh in the second. Johan Gouws of Pretoria, claimed the final national point in the first race, with a twelfth place finish but retired early in the second, while Zaahir Essa (one of the team of KZN University Engineering Students who built a Formula Vee racing car, as a project, in 2005) finished the first race in thirteenth place and then went on to claim his first national point, by finishing twelfth, in the second race. JANUARY 2007 NEWS Formula Vee joins Protour for 2007 Season Due to a rationalisation, regarding the favoured categories in the WesBank Super Series, the Hollard Shelby Can Am category and Formula Ford Zetec category, have broken away from the WesBank Super Series and created a new Protour, for 2007. The Protour will consist of eight events, run at Kyalami, WesBank Raceway, Zwartkops, Phakisa and East London. The Protour is made up of a combination, of three National Championship Categories ( Hollard Shellby Can Am. Formula Ford Zetec and Formula Vee) and Inland Championship Categories, like Altech Porsche Cup Unlimited, Altech Porsche 924,  Goldwagen VW Challenge  and a yet to be announced, Protour Motorcycle category. Racing with the Protour, on occasions, will be other Inland and Coastal Championship categories, including Lotus Challenge, Silver Cup, Historic Touring Cars, Super Saloons, BMW Boxer Cup, Formula GTi, 250cc Super Karts, Formula Libre/Formula M, Formula Ford Kent and Super Hatch. In addition to it's Protour commitments, Formula Vee will also be running two Regional Championship events, one at Midvaal and one at Lichtenburg, plus the Annual Two Hour Endurance event at the end of the year, on a date and at a venue, yet to be confirmed. 2003 NEWS ARCHIVE