2017 Kyalami 9 Hours

2017 Kyalami 9 Hours, officially known as 2017 Eskom Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event held at Kyalami Circuit, Gauteng, South Africa. The race was organised by Markus Mk. Co, whose last time organised Rejects-1 World Championship series. It was held on 9-10th December 2017. The unique feature of the race is a dusk-to-dawn race, with race started on 7:30 PM and finished 4:30 AM the next morning. There two class of cars: GT1 which run GT cars at the same spec of GTR-WC, and TC2 which run former WTCC S2000 cars and current Copa Petrobras de Marcas, with organisers giving options to the entrants.

The race was won by Trueba Racing Team of Franck van Nifterick and Lorenzo Crescenzi in GT1 class. TC2 class winner were Hunter Autosport's Deanna McMahon and Peter Oliver.

Race Result

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Car	Drivers	Laps	Grid
1	GT1	24	Trueba Racing Team	Maserati MC12	Franck van Nifterick Lorenzo Crescenzi	314	3
2	GT1	008	Rob Lomas Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Wiremu Tamati Bob Lomas	314	4
3	GT1	25	Trueba Racing Team	Maserati MC12	Danny van Rijkens Simon Redman	314	5
4	GT1	3	Mont Blanc Racing	Lister Storm	Randall Wade Vic Sunset	314	8
5	GT1	91	Mont Blanc Racing	Lister Storm	Steven Mackintosh Ben Collins	314	2
6	GT1	007	Rob Lomas Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Jason Gonzi Boris Pavlovic	313	7
7	GT1	1	Union Saver Developments	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Ricardo Llosa Jordan McKenna	313	10
8	TC2	100	Hunter Autosport	SEAT Leon TDI	Deanna McMahon Peter Oliver	277	23
9	TC2	87	Renzo Engineering	Alfa Romeo 156	Marco Bizzarri Rafael Modena	276	14
10	TC2	52	Racing Team Scandinavia	BMW 320si	Ragnar Larsen Ludvig Kristoffersen	276	25
11	TC2	422	Union Saver Developments	Chevrolet Lacetti	Artesia Mass Shin Ramirez	276	21
12	TC2	33	Racing Team Scandinavia	BMW 320si	Verna Klien Alvin Ziegler	276	15
13	TC2	31	Team Mecha Racing	Toyota Corolla	Cecep Sugiharto Ryu Takanori	276	16
14	TC2	32	Team Mecha Racing	Toyota Corolla	Mauricio Rossini Patrick Boon	276	24
15	TC2	423	Union Saver Developments	Chevrolet Lacetti	Sasha Hawke Paul Jenkins	276	13
16	TC2	8	Kurosawa Engineering	Mitsubishi Lancer	Kamui Kobayashi Kazuki Hisakawa	276	18
17	TC2	101	Hunter Autosport	SEAT Leon TDI	David Simmons Chelsie Knight	276	32
18	TC2	39	Greggs Racing	Peugeot 407	Jose Pablo Mazzacane Alik Mori	276	26
19	TC2	7	Kurosawa Engineering	Mitsubishi Lancer	Kazuki Nakajima Kazuki Fushida	275	19
20	TC2	156	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 156	Alfa Corse Adolfo Moretti Antonio Delvecchio	275	20
21	TC2	37	Lotto Racing	Honda Accord	Sandra Cessler Ryan Sharp	275	27
22	GT1	27	Anthony Byrne Cars	Ferrari F550	André Lotterer John Bean	274 Accident	6
23	GT1	28	Anthony Byrne Cars	Ferrari F550	Benoît Tréluyer Natalia Valenti	260 Accident	1
24	TC2	445	Équipe Fantomette by Euromotor International	Ford Focus	[[Quentin Bisping] Karun Chandok	241 Accident	17
25	TC2	444	Équipe Fantomette by Euromotor International	Ford Focus	Lee Honmei Patrick Feldhoffer	233 Engine	20
26	TC2	38	Lotto Racing	Honda Accord	César Campaniço Rafael Martins	194 Brakes	28
27	GT1	2	Union Saver Developments	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Karl Lichter-Shultz Alphonse Ribeiro	163 Accident	11
28	TC2	19	Greggs Racing	Peugeot 407	Geoff Donnelly Gregg Donnelly	93 Suspension	30
29	TC2	95	Definitely Maybe Racing	Vauxhall Vectra	Poppy Whitechapel Roberto Dinella	79 Engine	31
30	GT1	42	Valerian Motorsport	Porsche 993	Laurens Vanthoor Aurelien Moll	76 Accident	9
31	TC2	94	Definitely Maybe Racing	Vauxhall Vectra	Damon Cannon Travis Crabtree	70 Gearbox	29
32	GT1	43	Valerian Motorsport	Porsche 993	Chiara Rossi Eric Swerts	16 Engine damage	12
33	Wildcard	88	Porsche South Africa	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Kelvin van der Linde Adrian Zaugg	-	DNS