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LOCAL RACING: SUNBET ZX10 MASTERS<br />

COAST<br />

BATTLE AT THE<br />

Words: Shaun Portman | Pics: Beam Productions<br />

Round 2 of the 2024 Sunbet ZX10 Masters Cup<br />

was recently held in Cape Town at the Killarney<br />

International Raceway between the 15th and 16th<br />

of March. If Round 1 at RSR was anything to go<br />

by, we would be in for a treat with Round 2 and I<br />

am glad to report that it didn’t disappoint. A lot of<br />

riders made their way down to Cape Town early<br />

as there would be an open practice session at the<br />

track on Thursday for riders to themselves up to<br />

speed on the windy and technical track. With 25<br />

riders entered for Round 2, the track action would<br />

be fiercer than ever as riders jostled for the best<br />

position possible.<br />

As always with the Sunbet ZX10 Masters Cup<br />

there are no Practice sessions on Friday but rather<br />

3 Qualifying sessions on Friday and one final<br />

Qualifying session on Saturday morning before the<br />

two races. A rider’s fastest lap time from 1 of the<br />

4 qualifying sessions is taken and the qualifying<br />

results are combined to establish the starting<br />

orders for the two races.<br />

Despite not riding around Killarney for over 4 years<br />

it was multiple SA Champion and double race<br />

winner from round 1, Clinton Seller who took Pole<br />

Position with an impressive 1:11.756 lap time on<br />

essentailly a stock Kawasaki ZX10R machine.<br />

Trevor Westman took an impressive 2nd at his

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