Jonathan du Toit secured three heat wins driving the Trans Africa Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO, with two of them being slightly fortunate after Charl Arangies (Stradale Motorsport Mercedes AMG GT3 EVO) was penalised for jump starts in the first two races. This earned du Toit the 2025 Extreme SuperCars driven by Dunlop overall championship at a hot Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 25 October. A second place, followed by two wins in Class A, was enough to secure the runners-up spot in the championship for Ricky Giannoccaro (G&H Transport Lamborghini Huracan GT3) with Kris Budnick (Bucketlist Composites Dodge Viper) in third place.
In Saturday morning’s qualifying session, Jonathan du Toit was the only driver to dip under the 60-second mark to take pole position ahead of Arangies, who was just under four-tenths of a second slower. Gianni Giannoccaro, out for the first time in the Sparco/BISC Audi R8 LMS GT3, qualified in third place alongside the first of the Class A cars piloted by Budnick. Next up was Ricky Giannoccaro, who had Paul Hill (Promigen Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo) just behind him. The fourth row of the grid was filled by Marius Jackson (MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3) and Mark du Toit, who was out for the first time in his Trans Africa Racing Bailey Ford GT. The Class C pairing of Uli Sanne (G&H Transport BMWZ4) and Jimmy Giannoccaro, out for the first time in the Nismo GTR GT3 usually driven by his son Gianni, rounded out the grid.
In the opening heat, Arangies grabbed the lead from Jonathan du Toit, and the pair drew away from the chasing pack. While du Toit tried everything he could to get past the Mercedes, he couldn’t force his way through and had to settle for second place on the road. This was later converted into a win after Arangies was deemed to have jumped the start and was handed a 15-second penalty, dropping him to fifth place. Arangies’ penalty promoted Class A championship rivals, Budnick and Ricky Giannoccaro, up the order, Budnick finishing in third place, behind Gianni Giannoccaro, and taking Class A to close the gap to Ricky in the race for class honours. The Class A battle of the Audis went to Hill, who crossed the line in sixth, ahead of Jackson. Jimmy Giannoccaro took the Class C win with eighth overall ahead of Sanne. Teething problems in the Bailey Ford GT saw Mark du Toit retire with three laps left to run.
Arangies was again quickest out of the blocks at the start of the second heat and grabbed the early lead, with Jonathan du Toit chasing him as they pulled away from the rest of the pack. Unfortunately for Arangies, his start was again a bit too quick, and he was given another 15-second penalty that handed the win to du Toit. This time, they had pulled so far away from the pack that Arangies only dropped to third behind Gianni Giannoccari. Behind the three GT3 cars, Ricky Giannoccaro got the better of Budnick to take fourth overall and the Class A win. They were followed over the line by fellow Class A competitors, Hill, Jackson, and Mark du Toit. Jimmy Giannoccaro took Class C from Sanne.
At the start of the final heat, Arangies was more cautious, which allowed du Toit to take the lead into the first corner, a lead he held until the flag despite the pressure from Arangies. Gianni Giannoccaro brought his Audi home in a somewhat lonely third position. Ricky Giannoccaro made sure of the Class A championship by finishing in fourth ahead of Budnick, with Hill just holding off Jackson to take sixth overall. Sanne took his first Class C win of the day, finishing ahead of Jimmy Giannoccaro.
When all the heat times were combined, Jonathan du Toit emerged as the GT3 class winner ahead of Gianni Giannoccaro and Arangies. Ricky Giannoccaro topped Class A ahead of Budnick and Hill, while Sanne got the better of Jimmy Giannoccaro to take Class C.
In the Class championships, Jonathan du Toit claimed GT3 honours. Ricky Giannoccaro topped Class A. Class B went to Ant Blunden, with Jimmy Giannoccaro, who was promoted from Class d this weekend, emerging on top of the Class C standings.
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