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TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND

The drivers for the 2021 season were:Peter Lindenberg, Paige Lindenberg,
Djurk Venter and James Temple.

Peter Lindenberg received Springbok/Protea colours on 39 occasions,
9 for Barefoot Waterskiing, two for Waterski Racing, 28 for
Powerboating. He was inducted into the old SA Sports Hall of Fame in
1982 and the New SA Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. He received the SA
Sports Merit Award in 1977 and 1978, and the State President’s Sports
Award twice, in 1980 and 1981. He was also the Maccabi Sportsman of
the Year on three occasions.
He won the European Barefoot Water Skiing title in 1977 and
the SA Champs in 1977, 1978, and 1979. He also won the French and
German Championships in 1978.
He won his first South African powerboat racing title, as well as set
a world record in the ramp jump in barefoot water-skiing in 1981. He
won the SA Formula 1 Powerboat Championships 15 times.
He broke the world barefoot ramp jump record in 1980, and nailed
the Peter Stuyvesant World Ramp Jump Championship in 1981. He was
also in the Guineas Book of Records in 1981 and 1982 and he broke the
SA Waterspeed Record in 1988.
He won the British Powerboat Grand Prix in the 1989 World
Powerboat Series.
He competed in the South African Stock Car Auto Racing
Championships in 2002, won two Sascar Championships, two SA Oval
Championships and one Wesbank Modified Championship.
“And so as Pete has seen the final checkered flag, the Lindenberg
Racing Team is celebrating the end of the 2021 season with 4
championship wins. Today was nothing short of unbelievable for
everyone as we walked away with a win in Legends A for Peter, a win in
Legends B for Paige, a win in Sports & GT A for James Temple and a win
in Sports & GT B for Djurk. We couldn’t have asked for more.” Facebook
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