Our first official Pro Series event was held on the 31 st March at the
Avion Raceway in Kempton Park South Africa.We knew that the whole
country as well as other competitors abroad were tuning in to our
broadcast on 365 live to hear just how this event was going to roll
out.

The organizers had prepared an awesome track, there were very tight
technical sections, jumps that tested even the pros ability to build
hot suspensions the traction was amazing and the track did not break
up any where, there was absolutely no dust, the surface was as good if
not better than we had ever seen any where in the world.The track
builders had prepared a track which had the drivers guessing until the
end of the first qualifier.

We had decided to run an invitational event and the best local racers
were invited as well as a host of drivers from other provinces, we
were confident that Pro Series Had What it takes to draw the best that
the country has to offer. As anticipated that is exactly what
happened, the absolute best entered prior to entry close, we were set
to have one of the most exciting race meetings ever to be hosted in
South Africa.
Our number of invitees/ racers were 50 we ended up accepting 70
entries and then closed the register,the most prolific drivers from
across the country were now set to take part in this momentous
occasion.

The event started at 12:00  and we went straight into open practice
which ended at 13h00  registration was completed at 13h30 and the buzz
was electric in the pits, every competitor had proudly placed a pro
series logo on their car as proof of entry and we were all set to go,

The 1st race hooter sounded and racing begun at 14h00 sharp, first up
was the intermediate class followed by the expert and pro classes, the
truggy invitational was fourth on the program.  We offered a R500 cash
prize for the driver who put in the fastest lap in each class, this
initiative crated some awesome ,the commentator had his hands full as
the drivers in every class kept on going quicker and quicker.  We saw
the track lap record smashed by 2 seconds the pro class which was
previously set by our country's no 1 driver at our  national event in
September 2006.  The record then was 46.56 seconds.

Qualifiers were run at a very hot pace which saw the top 5 qualifiers
all running sub 46 second laps.  The qualifying was over by 18:h00
and we saw a few unseeded drivers featuring in the A mains.. Top
qualifier in the pro buggy was our own RC Pro sponsored driver Mark
Remken followed by Carl-Hein Frommann and Jonathan Ment in third
place, the fastest flying lap was a 44.47 posted by Hein Van
Schalkwyk, we were now set for a mains race of note.

In the expert class top qualifier went to Johan van der Linde, Andy
Podrenek and Charl McGregor.  Currently Johan is leading the point
standings in this class. In the intermediate class top qualifier was
Hugh Coetzer followed by Fernando Rodriques and Cliffy Swanepoel in
3rd, (cliffy is one of the Rc Pro directors from Newcastle).  In the
truggy class top qualifier went to Carl-Hein Frommann followed by Gary
McDonogh and in 3rd Jason Raths.

The main races started at 18:30 hours and were all 30 minute mains.
On the 12th lap Carl-Hein was leading when a coming together with a
back marker forced him into early retirement.  This race was won by
Gary McDonogh in second place was Mark Worms and in 3rd Jason Raaths.
It is the first time we have seen Mark and Jason finishing this high
up in an A mains their commitment was just amazing.  The expert class
was won by Andy Podrenek followed by Kieth Busby and in 3rd Johan van
der Linde.  The intermidiateclass was won by Gerrie le Grange followed
by Jurie Nel and in 3rd Peers Bailiff.  The pro class was a real crowd
pleaser here we saw  Mark Remken, Jonathan Ment, Carl-Hein Frommann,
Hein Frommann and Hein van Schalkwyk tussling for the lead this race
hard turned into a  five way duel,the race was won by Mark Remken in
second Carl-Hein Frommann and in 3rd Hein van Schalkwyk al three these
drivers are all embers at the hosting club.

The overall positions in the Pro class for the event are as follows:

1 ST     Mark Remken                Mugen    JP
2 nd      Hein van Schalkwyk      Jammin  OS
3rd        Sean D'Arcy                 Mugen    RB
4th        Micheal Gibson            Mugen    JP
5th        Carl-Hein Frommann     Mugen    JP
6th        Gary McDonogh           Team magic
7th        Charl McGregor            kyosho   RB
8th        Warrick Furgusson       Jammin  OS
9th        Steve Smith                 Mugen    JP
10th      Jason Green                Jammin  OS


Thanks for all your support

Jerry Olivier
Rc Pro South Africa