{"id":55069,"date":"2023-01-12T09:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T07:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/riders-gear-up-for-race-20230111-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T23:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:52:32","slug":"riders-gear-up-for-race-20230111-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/riders-gear-up-for-race-20230111-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders gear up for race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Round 1 of the South African Classic TT 2023 will be held at Phakisa Raceway<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nine top SA riders will be at Phakisa in Welkomc<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The international riders are Michael Dunlop, Alan Duffus, Steve Parrish, Iain Simpson, Howard Selby, Gordon Grigor, Phillip Atkinson, Adrian McCarthy and Robert Burns<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AJ Venter will compete on a Mike McSkimming prepared IVID Racing GSXR 1 100<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The South African Classic TT 2023, South Africa\u2019s only international bike circuit race, is back for two more rounds in 2023, and round 1 will be held at Phakisa Raceway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event will take place on Saturday, 28 January, and will be a charity event featuring top South African and international racers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Friday spectators and motorbike enthusiasts will be able to watch the practice rounds for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entrance to the official event on the Saturday is R50 per person, and those younger than 16 enter free. 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