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Pretoria witnessed a sensational supercar showdown when the G+H Transport SA National Extreme Supercars stunned at Zwartkops on Saturday. Although he was denied a double win after a start line infringement cost him the restarted first race win, Franco Scribante dominated to take the day in his wild Porsche 911 Turbo.

Scribante laid down the marker with a stunning 58.5 second pole position lap, half a second clear of home hero Jonathan du Toit’s TAR Lamborghini Huracan. International GT3 star Stuart White qualified Xolile Letlaka’s Into Africa Class A Huracan third as Xolile jetted in from Europe to race Saturday morning, with Charl Arangies’ Pagid Audi R8 LMS GT3 claiming fourth on the grid.

Gianni Giannoccaro’s BISC Transport Nissan GTR GT3 would start fifth and quickest of the GT3 class cars ahead of Marius Jackson’s MJR Audi R8 LMS GT3 and Class A man Sam Hammond’s GT3 Trinity Protection Lamborghini Gallardo. On form Class C Kyalami Kid Kwanda Mokoena’s Class C Audi R8 qualified 8th from Ricky Giannoccaro’s G+H Gallardo. Class D quartet, Peter Zeelie’s Lotus Exige, Deon du Plessis’ KTM X-Bow, Mansoor Parker’s Jive BMW and Richard Daley’s BB Nissan 350Z closed off the grid.

Scribante made off up front and had opened up a 2 second lead over du Toit and Arangies when the red flag flew to stop the race after du Toit backed his Lamborghini into the Turn 1 barriers. Gianni Giannoccaro was fourth at the time from Jackson, Hammond and an impressive Mokoena. Letlaka had come from the back to 8th by then, after his driver switch. Du Plessis, Jimmy Giannoccaro and Parker followed after both Zeelie and Daley stopped.

The race restarted after a lengthy delay to pick up the pieces, with Arangies literally all over the back of Scribante and Gianni in pursuit from Jackson. There was a keen dice behind them between Hammond and Letlaka, who had taken care of Class C leader Mokoena. Du Plessis, Jimmy Giannoccaro and Parker followed. 

Scribante won, both the restarted second half by all of three tenths, and the combined halves, from Arangies. But there was drama when Scribante was penalised for a jumped re-start to allow Arangies through for the win from Scribante and Gianni Giannoccaro, with Jackson fourth from Letlaka a fight-back fifth after he passed Hammond, Mokoena and the rest. 

The Trans Africa team somehow cobbled and duct-taped du Toit’s Lamborghini back together to allow him to re-join the second race and chase Scribante’s Porsche all the way to the flag with Arangies, the Giannoccaro GT-R and the rest in chase. Arangies however found trouble on the final tour to allow Giannoccaro, Letlaka, Jackson, Hammond and Mokoena through. Jimmy Giannoccaro and du Plessis were next with Arangies classified tenth from Parker. 

Scribante took the day from GT3 winner Gianni Giannoccaro and Class A winner Letlaka, Mokoena won Class C. The G+H Extreme Supercars now take a break until the Zwartkops Passion for Speed races end January, before some of the cars and drivers can be expected to join the Kyalami Intercontinental GT grid end-February.