The Investchem Formula 1600 championship -- and an invitation to the Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 $200 Scholarship Shootout next month -- is still there for the taking when the Mazda Road to Indy heads to its final encounter at Pretoria’s Zwartkops Raceway Saturday 20 October.

The Australian Formula Ford Championship will not be decided until the final round later this month at Sydney Motorsport Park following an impressive pair of wins for Hamish Ribarits this past weekend at Phillip Island.

Matt Round-Garrido secured his place in the Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 $200K Scholarship Shootout presented by Cooper Tires, with a convincing victory in the penultimate round of the Dawson-WAM Northern Ireland Formula Ford 1600 Championship .

British Columbia rookie hits stride early and rides momentum to championship trio

A betting man would have lost on Saturday, where the odds were on that Bloemfontein teenager Stuart White would fly home from Cape Town with the Investchem Formula 1600 championship and its Mazda Road to Indy Scholarship Shootout prize firmly in his back pocket. It was however not to be.