Shelby Can-Am, one of the fastest racing categories in South Africa, travels to the tricky 2.4 km Zwartkops circuit near Pretoria for round two of the championship. 

2007 champion Darryn Lobb (DK Woodcraft) didn’t defend his title last year and has returned this year determined to regain his crown and got off to a good start by winning each race in Cape Town, although current champion Rui Campos (Hugo Boss) was able to keep him honest each time.  

Alan Eve (Phakisa) is an intelligent racer (most of the time) with tons of experience under his belt and can never be discounted. Likewise Brian Algar (Thuthuka Welding) is always near the front and a win can’t be far away and the same applies to Dave Beattie who is another driver quite capable of winning as the DURA backed car is always competitive. 

Thomas Reib (Intertrans Oils) can’t be ruled out of the winners circle either. He won his first Shelby Can-Am race at Zwartkops last year and wants nothing less than another win. 

Durban’s JP Bredenhann (PanelRite) is fast and drives with commitment. Although he wasn’t seen last year, he finished eighth in the 2007 championship even though he missed most of the season. 

Colin Frost (Strocam Engineering) has always gone well at Zwartkops while Dutch racer Bertil Hofmann (IOU Music) has a point to prove after an incident packed race at the track last year. Both drivers could surprise the established front runners this weekend.  

Also not to be discounted is Craig Shorter (Execuline) who has a tough job juggling racing against business commitments, but when he is on the track he gives a good account of himself. 

Hanno Pengilly (Azura Retreats) has been one of the finds of the season so far as he split Frost and Reib to claim ninth place in the opening race at Killarney. Although Durban’s Sun Moodley (Big Foot Express) only started racing last year, he’s also  getting faster with each race. 

Capetonian Greg Walker (Simon’s Outsourcing) had an impressive debut in a one-off drive in Cape Town and will take over Sean Greve’s Vulcania Reinforcing backed car as Greve has business commitments. 

Richard Wood and Harry Roscoe (Protea Playing Cards) are stalwarts of the sports car racing scene and both race simply because they thoroughly enjoy the thrill of close competition. Another enthusiastic Durban driver is Andrew Strike who made his circuit motorsport debut at Killarney.  

Former front-runner George Ferreira makes his return to motor racing having not raced since 2002 when he was runner-up. His progress will be watched with keen interest.