Lobb arrived at the Midrand circuit trailing former champion George Ferreira by 5-points. Qualifying saw Melvill Priest claim pole position in the Revlon 24-Seven entry, but it was Dave Beattie (Fed-Ex/Steiner Hygiene) who surprised everyone by posting the second fastest time. Former champion, Francois Gerber (Autohaus) lined up third with the first of the championship contenders, Lobb (DK Woodcraft) in fourth. The third row was occupied by the other title contender, Ferreira (PAK 2000) and Alan Eve in the Shell/Odes Autobody entry.

Drama started at the end of the warm-up lap when Priest headed to the pits with gear selection problems, which left Beattie on pole. He led from the rolling start and never put a foot wrong as he claimed his maiden win in the series.

Initially it was Gerber who held second as Lobb and Ferreira traded paint through the first set of corners. Lobb stood his ground but Ferreira was passed by Eve and Clive Kennerley (Standox). Ferreira fought back strongly and moved up to fourth on lap six while Lobb was hounding Gerber. On lap seven Lobb managed to pass Gerber to take second place as Ferreira was stuck in fourth followed by Eve and Donovan Roscoe in the Optimum Racing Developments car.

The order at the top didn’t change before the flag was waved and the drivers began preparing for the second race with Ferreira leading the championship by a solitary point.

Before the race started, the heavens opened, sending teams into panic mode as they began changing the set-up on their cars to suit a wet track. Ferreira and Gerber went for a full wet set-up while Lobb and most of the others only made minor changes.

On a rapidly-drying track with wet patches, Priest bolted into the lead followed by Beattie and the rest while Marco dos Santos (DCM Line Boring), Ruan Pretorius (John Abbot Motorsport) and two others slid into the barriers at the wet first corner.

Halfway around the lap Beattie spun to the back of the field and the order at the end of the first lap was Lobb, Priest, Ferreira and Kennerley.

Priest took the lead on lap two after passing Lobb around the outside of Goodyear Sweep and Lobb had no option but to follow him. Ferreira closed up on Lobb, but as the track dried, so his tyres overheated and he dropped back. Kennerley passed him on lap seven and with very little grip left in his tyres, Ferreira watched his title hopes disappear as he was quickly caught and passed by Bernard Tilanus (Micro Imaging) and Eve to finish an eventual seventh.