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Car spinning hits the City of Kings and Queens
19 Oct 2013 at 05:32hrs | Views
Car spinning has become a weekly top entertaining sport in the City of Kings and Queens and the country at large.
The sport, as evidenced by the high turnout recorded at last week's burn out show, is fast growing.
According to Bulawayo Motoring Club (BMC) vice-president Zane Shah, the sport was introduced in Bulawayo in the early 1970s by Breedon Everard and that is why the circuit was named after him before it was recently changed.
"The sport has significantly grown over the last two years. We are happy because it is an expensive sport that needs the support of local residents for it to be successful. We are therefore appreciative of every support we get," he said.
Fans were treated to some lovely but highly dangerous stances that include among others, drivers jumping out of cars leaving them spinning and jumping back.
"Spinning can lead to a fatal accident if one is not a professional," said Shah.
Speaking on the sidelines of the show, crowd favourite Spin City, popularly known as Goofa in the spinning circles, said the sport requires strong cars such as BMWs.
"This is a fun yet dangerous sport and it takes courage for one to do these stunts," he said.
Goofa said because of the many years in sport he no longer practises.
"We started training in early 2000 after we saw our neighbours from South Africa doing some dazzling drills. We were excited and decided to get BMWs for ourselves and formed Spin City. We enjoy what we do and we give it our best every time because it is an enjoyable sport for both competitors and fans," he said.
The sport, as evidenced by the high turnout recorded at last week's burn out show, is fast growing.
According to Bulawayo Motoring Club (BMC) vice-president Zane Shah, the sport was introduced in Bulawayo in the early 1970s by Breedon Everard and that is why the circuit was named after him before it was recently changed.
"The sport has significantly grown over the last two years. We are happy because it is an expensive sport that needs the support of local residents for it to be successful. We are therefore appreciative of every support we get," he said.
Fans were treated to some lovely but highly dangerous stances that include among others, drivers jumping out of cars leaving them spinning and jumping back.
"Spinning can lead to a fatal accident if one is not a professional," said Shah.
Speaking on the sidelines of the show, crowd favourite Spin City, popularly known as Goofa in the spinning circles, said the sport requires strong cars such as BMWs.
"This is a fun yet dangerous sport and it takes courage for one to do these stunts," he said.
Goofa said because of the many years in sport he no longer practises.
"We started training in early 2000 after we saw our neighbours from South Africa doing some dazzling drills. We were excited and decided to get BMWs for ourselves and formed Spin City. We enjoy what we do and we give it our best every time because it is an enjoyable sport for both competitors and fans," he said.
Source - Chronicle
