SuperBike Magazine September 2020
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78 <strong>SuperBike</strong><br />
By Clinton Pienaar Images: Eugene Botes<br />
AND WE’RE BACK<br />
RACING AGAIN!<br />
After what seemed like an eternity we are back at it<br />
again, but with strict Covid 19 restrictions.<br />
The world has changed the<br />
last few months but thanks<br />
to the perseverance of the<br />
FIM and in turn MSA, we<br />
eventually got it right to be able<br />
to return to circuit racing. Yes, no<br />
spectators are allowed and that<br />
make’s our days seem a little<br />
dreary but it does not stop the action.<br />
Sadly it would seem as if lots<br />
of the racers are a little rusty as<br />
we’ve had a lot of incidents on the<br />
track with crashes and mistakes.<br />
Luckily none of them too serious<br />
and all will heal with a little time.<br />
What is great about this year is<br />
we have the guys from Steamit360<br />
Live Streaming our events and<br />
anybody anywhere in the world<br />
can sit either on their phone, in<br />
front of a computer or TV and<br />
you can watch our series live or<br />
recorded. It’s there all the time<br />
on www.streamit360.tv, thanks to<br />
RAD KTM and a few other sponsors<br />
for making this possible.<br />
Then if you live far away but<br />
would still like to be able to be<br />
more part of the action, we have<br />
an active Facebook page Super-<br />
Bike Mag Short Circuit Series<br />
where you can go see all our photos<br />
and comments of all involved.<br />
Please just go follow us.<br />
I’ve always said that it is the<br />
kids that feed our sport and<br />
luckily with the backing of Linex<br />
Yamaha and KTM SA we have<br />
put three little “celebrity” bikes<br />
on track for youngsters to get a<br />
feel for it and have a go. This has<br />
largely contributed to adding new<br />
people so thank you guys, it’s<br />
much appreciated.<br />
Then in our big class, the 450<br />
SuperMotards, we now have 5<br />
classes for these guys with over<br />
60 participants, our blue chip<br />
class being SM1/X is seriously<br />
something to behold. It’s our<br />
country’s best riders all on equal<br />
bikes, the top 12 qualifying within<br />
a second of one another. The end<br />
result is racing in it’s most spectacular<br />
form. Two or three abreast<br />
sliding into corners with the tyres<br />
screeching and bikes roaring. I<br />
had a few random people say that<br />
it’s the most spectacular form of<br />
racing available now, and being<br />
totally un-biased, I have to agree.<br />
Our next event is on the 19th of<br />
<strong>September</strong> at V Town, let’s hope<br />
the spectator restrictions gets lifted<br />
and we can invite you guys to<br />
come and watch again, but if not,<br />
go to the above web site and have<br />
a look at what you are missing.<br />
Dorren Loreiro is an absolute machine<br />
sliding his Husqvarna FS450 into the<br />
turns<br />
Chris Wright, the rest are getting closer<br />
but he still has the CBR 150 Championship<br />
under control, the boy gives the rest a very<br />
high bar to follow. They are a class act.