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SA motorcyling fraternity to honour #GuguZulu at Red Star

Johannesburg - Gugu Zulu, who sadly passed away while attempting to summit Kilimanjaro, will be honoured at Red Star Raceway on Saturday (July 30 2016) during the fifth round of the SuperGP Champions Trophy.

Zulu was laid to rest in Johannesburg on Thursday. 

Gugu, the “G” in GAS Sports says promoters of the SuperGP championship, was intimately involved with the series since its inception in 2014.

Minute's silence

As was the case in so many areas of his life, Gugu was always on the lookout for way to give back to the community and becoming part of the team that promoted National Championship Motorcycling allowed him to give something back to the motorsport community.

According to organisers: "At Red Star on Saturday there will be a minute’s silence to allow both riders and spectators to remember Gugu prior to the performance of the national anthem. This will happen before the first SuperGP race which is scheduled to get underway at 12pm."

During the lunch break, which takes place after the first SuperGP race, there will be a parade lap of honour around the circuit. This will be headed by Gugu’s rally car followed by the Johannesburg chapter of the Harley Owners Group. Competitors, and spectators with motorcycles, are invited to join in the parade.

One of the many charitable causes that Gugu was involved in was the Tin Run Tour. There are a number of NGOs that look after people, especially children, who have no other means of support and feeding those people is an expensive undertaking. The Tin Run Tour was established to help organizations in the area of the tracks that the SuperGP Champions Trophy visits to continue this work in these times of economic hardship.

Any spectator arriving at Red Star Raceway before 10h00 on Saturday morning will be granted free admission to the circuit in exchange for a tin of food.

Organisers said: "We are hoping that Saturday afternoon’s handover will be the biggest ever in memory of Gugu Zulu."



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