August 20, 2020
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NATIONAL KARTING STARTS AT iDUBE THE 2020 South African Rotax Max Challenge finally gets underway with four races in the opening round of the National Championship at iDube near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday. The karters are racing for 2020 national championship titles and the right to represent South Africa at the delayed “Olym-
pics of Karting” — the Rotax Max Grand Finals at Portimao in Portugal on January 29. Spectators are not allowed, but fans can follow the action via live streaming on www.kart.co.za. Seen here are the bambinos (from left) Kai van Rensburg, Ryan Kariem, Rhoderick Simpson, neither of whom pull any punches on the track.
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VIEW OUR SPECIALS - HURRY WHILE STOCK LASTS Bushy McKelvey with the motorbike sponsored by KTM, on which he will attempt to ride at least 3 406,20 km in 24 hours this weekend to reclaim the world record he set in 2014.
McKelvey aims to reclaim ‘his world record’ for longest ride in 24 hours JEN MILLER
tempt to reclaim “his record”, racing 283 times up and down the tarred district road between Wartburg and Noodsberg from 6 pm on Saturday night to 6 pm on Sunday night. To improve on Reece’s distance, Maritzburg’s endurance rider will have to maintain speeds of close to 160 km/h between turns on the narrow, 12 km-long district road. Authorities have given permissions and the local traffic officers will monitor the record attempt. The biker federation and volunteers will man 23 intersection on the road to advise any local drivers about the famous biker flying up and down the road all night. McKelvey said he dedicates this Guinness World Record ride attempt to Doctors Without Borders and the Feeding Schemes run by the Grand Lodge of SA. He lost both legs in two separate motorcycling accidents. And now he’s also a Covid-19 survivor. All of which makes him the best
THIS current viral pandemic knows no borders. Regardless of race, colour, gender, political belief or creed we’re all tumbling in a crashing wave of inescapable change, worldwide. No one is certain of anything anymore — except those who have already overcome extreme odds. Bushy McKelvey is one such an overcomer, but he is first and foremost a passionate motorbike rider who wants to help others. In 2014 McKelvey achieved the Guinness World Record for the Greatest Distance Covered on a motorcycle by an individual in 24 hours after covering 3 257,5 km. He held the world record for the next three years, until it was taken Carl Reese who rode 3 406,17 km at Continental Tire Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas, USA on February 26, 2017. McKelvey will this weekend at-
teacher of safe motorcycle riding, which he instructs to traffic authorities and other beginners, up to experienced racers. He has also led international biking expeditions and is the first call for “rider down” from paramedics. McKelvey counsels and inspires victims and their support networks just by walking into a room. He continues to enjoy riding daily. His registered charity, Out On a Limb (ooal.org.za) supports local associations for the upliftment of the physically challenged, and his motorcycle club raises funds and goods for vital causes. Bushy said he wishes to spread this life-long message to his wide audience, loyal suppliers, many supporters and the world at large, in hope and certainty: “If you can dream it, and believe it, you can achieve it.” • Jen Miller is the founder The Dragon Mill, where memories are preserved forever.
Daschund trapped in engine Daschunds are bred to hunt vermin in tiny spaces, which explains why — if not how — this daschund, Chippy, managed to wedge himself solidly between the piping and block of a Chevrolet Sonic after sniffing a mouse in there. His owner, Ilana Mienie told Witness Wheels it took her husband and two boys 20 minutes to carefully pull and push the little hunter, an SPCA rescue, out of his self-entrapment. ‘Only his feet were dangling from below the engine, and there was very little space to work in, but he was very calm through it all,’ she said.
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