Inaugural Women in Motorsport Shoot-Out Challenge racer Lydia Supra has been crowned the 2008 Shoot-Out Challenge Champion, after the 27-year old rookie driver demonstrated her skill and speed throughout the three days of rigorous training, despite very little driving experience.
With a full contingent of media, including three individual television crews and printed media members, the final test day put the applicants to the limit with soaring temperatures adding to the stress and tension.
The action on the track was just as hot with the ladies being pitted against each other through various timed and driving disciplines, first in road cars, and then later in the Venditor Konica Minolta race cars.
The competition was a lot closer than the organizers expected, and this trend continued right until the end, with all ten women very evenly matched throughout the various challenges, proving a headache for the sponsors and organizers who had to decide on a winner.
In achieving victory in the shoot-out, Supra won a two year performance-based contract to race a 1.8 Volkswagen Citi Golf in the Goldwagen VW Challenge under the banner of MFC and Venditor Konica Minolta Racing, with an option for a third year in a suitable class in the National Bridgestone Production Car Championship.
Charlene Roux was announced as the Runner-Up, and will stand in for Supra, if she is not able to race for any reason, while Ntombi Masilela was named as the Sponsor’s Selection Drive, in terms of which she will race a spare Class C car for the Venditor Konica Minolta Team, provided that the sufficient sponsorship can be brought together to run the car for a season.
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