Our WORLD CHAMPION trainers come from the finest karting and racing Heritage
The ANGRI WORR Academy Experts
DRIVER COACH / DATA ANALYST / ENGINE & KART TUNER
wesleigh orr
Wesleigh Orr, our karting legend with four world final victories under his helmet. He kicked off his epic karting career at just seven years old and has a whopping four European Championships, nine South African Championships, and a couple of world titles to flaunt.
He received his junior and senior Protea colours as well as being named the most successful Rotax Karting driver between 2006 and 2012. Oh, and did we mention he won his first world champion title at the young age of 14.
Wesleigh has revved up the engines on bigger race circuits like Formula VW, Formula Renault and represented South Africa in the A1GP circuit.
Bringing 28 years of motorsport experience and a wide variety of motorsport knowledge to the team, Wesleigh brings a passion and dedication for the sport like no other.
His mission is crystal clear: to rocket his drivers to the top of the podium, and help them become the champions of their competition.
DRIVER COACH / ACADEMY DRIVER / ESPORTS
Tate Bishop
Tate is a pure inspiration and training guru to the youngsters. At only 17 , he already has 5 Provincial Karting Titles and 3 National Karting Championships to his name, along with Provincial and Protea Colours for Motorsport. He has raced extensively abroad winning 2 World Final tickets to represent SA as well as the FIA-CIK Academy seat for South Africa.
Still strutting his karting stuff for fitness and sharpness, Tate is making waves on the main circuit after a hugely successful 2 years in VW Polo Cup in his new VW SupaCup GTC which was his weapon of choice for in 2023 winning ‘Driver of the Year’. 2024 will see him back into the GTC SupaCup for the Extreme Festival National rounds as well as the karting circuits around SA alongside our drivers.
This young Champion is a key expert coach for advanced driver techniques and the youngsters adore him, as well as leading our E-sports driving teams. You will find him on track racing with our drivers giving them race craft skills and training they could never get anywhere else.
DRIVER COACH / ENGINE & KART TUNER
STANLEY HATEM
Meet Stanley, our team's secret karting weapon! With two decades of experience in the karting industry, he possesses a wealth of coaching skills and expertise alongside unrivalled technical prowess that's invaluable to our team.
Stanley is a true motorsports maverick, having worked with multiple teams and is now fully at home with the awesome ANGRi WORR Kart Academy and Worr Motorsport. He's picked up some sweet insider secrets along the way!
Also an expert driver, (and being so short) we can shoe-horn him into a small mini kart to test and train on track against our younger drivers!
When he's in the pits, you can bet your bottom dollar there's a party vibe going on, with tunes blasting all around!
DRIVER COACH / DATA ANALYST / ENGINE & KART TUNER
JARRYD NOVEMBER
Jarryd has been involved in Karting for 16 years having started in SAKRA under the guidance of Wesleigh Orr in his most successful season. His natural progression from Karting was to compete on the main circuit where he completed a season and a half in the GTI Challenge.
After burning rubber on the track, he developed an obsession with mastering the ins and outs of karting. Now, nine years later, he's a karting guru, offering expert training and technical tips to racers looking to rev up their skills.
Jarryd’s got some serious bragging rights! Nabbing the 2018 SA mini max championship with his driver, Kyle Visser, jet-setted off to Brazil for a World Final and winning both WPMC Rotax and Rok Regional Championships in that same year
Jarryd is like a turbo-charged booster rocket, super passionate about helping young drivers zoom towards their motorsport dreams, all while having fun doing so.
DRIVER COACH
CLINTON BEZUIDENHOUT
A Karting WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP title, Multiple Regional, African Open and National Kart Championships to his name, Clinton is one of SA’s finest kart and main circuit racing champions.
With a 2022 Polo Cup National Championship in the bag and racing at the front of Gti Challenge in 2024, Clinton brings a wealth of World Class karting motorsport experience to the drivers at the ANGRi WORR Kart Academy.
Enhanced driver skills, race winning race-craft, in-depth data analysis and race temperament training are just a handful of the valuable skillsets Clinton brings to our Academy drivers during training days as well as race days.
DRIVER COACH
KAI VAN ZIJL
Kai Van Zijl brings 11 years of race winning karting experience to the ANGRi WORR Kart Academy.
Kai has raced everything on the kart circuit and has had a very successful racing career from Bambino class all the way through to Senior max. Now smashing it on the main circuit in his Class A GTi Challenge car, Kai brings a wealth of knowledge and driver training expertise to our young team throughout the weekday training sessions and race days (both home and away).
Kai’s very calm and empathetic training approach to our younger developing drivers is incredible, quickly developing their on-track skill-sets through extensive data analysis and building racing confidence and kart set-up to hit the podiums!
DRIVER COACH / ESPORTS
JOHN-HENRI VAUGHAN
John-Henri started his motorsport career on the Killarney kart circuit .
Now, a regular front runner in the GTi Challenge racing series and one of SA’s best Esports drivers for ANGRi Esports, John-Henri brings a wealth of on-track and online driving expertise to our drivers.
You will spot him quietly watching the youngsters on training and race days, taking note of every line taken, braking and acceleration points. With a very cool and calm demeanour, John-Henri is a vital addition to the coaching and mentorship team for our youngsters and a very expert race-day engineer.
MECHANIC / KART TUNER
JEANDRE BUCHNER
Jeandre began his journey in the karting industry roughly five years ago. Over the years, he has consistently demonstrated growth and maturity, exhibiting a strong work ethic driven by his passion for the industry. Jeandre's eagerness to learn and develop his skills has not gone unnoticed.
Working alongside the experienced Wesleigh Orr, Jeandre has acquired invaluable knowledge and expertise, making him a valuable asset to our team and helps lead the mechanical teams in our goals for karting excellence and the very best kart set-ups.
ANGRI RACING HQ / TEAM SUPPORT
BRENTON GREGORY
Brenton has been involved in motorsport for 35 years, primarily in drifting and part of the Red Bull team. A wealth of International experience in driving, coaching and Event coordination, he brings unrivalled back-room expertise to the entire ANGRi WORR Kart Academy and our ANGRi Racing main circuit teams.
Brenton is based at ANGRi Racing HQ in Rivergate Park where all of our Sparco, Arai, Esports, Mylaps, Jecko and -Minus273 stuff lives, but is often seen down at the karting and main circuits offering guidance, race engineering and logistical support to the team and the drivers.
SIM RACE SUPPORT / ESPORTS TECHNICAL
DUANE VAN SCHALKWYK
Duane is our technical guru in our Esports Sim Racing and Rig development division. A genius in the virtual world and all things ‘online racing’ but also pretty handy with a spanner on Race Day!
As an expert online racer and hardware expert, Duane brings an important element to the Academy for off-circuit driver development and training alongside our Esports teams. He is responsible for our incredible new range of ANGRi Racing Sim Rigs available in our SHOP and will be helping all of our drivers to set up their equipment to prepare for all of the SA Nationals and Worldwide circuits from the comfort of their own bedrooms.
He wears strange hats and drives a rusty Escort Mk 1 but we love him… and so do our kids!
KARTING GROWTH DIVISION
Tim Bishop
“With ANGRi WORR Kart Academy, we wanted to create a comprehensive and effortless step into karting success for novices and Champions alike, alongside quality driver development from the very best Trainers to accelerate drivers to Championships, provide world class support and intensive coaching and data-driven development which is our prime mandate.”
“With ANGRi WORR Kart Academy we have built an unrivalled in-house ecosystem that not only provides expert training and development for our young drivers and the platforms to race Country and World wide…. we are also creating exciting careers for our Champion Trainers and Technical Engineers right here in SA. These experts are essential to provide a solid platform for both new and expert Drivers to get the perfect advice, equipment set-up and world class driver skills to ensure the success and growth of our SA drivers on the International stage with us holding their hand right developing them all the way through to Formula racing.
Now with our own ‘owned’ network of world class support, training, management and powertrain development at every SA track, accross Europe as well as our own team base in Bahrain…. we are by far the largest and most expertly resourced Kart Team on the continent. Our training team alone has won many many National titles and between them hold 5 WORLD Karting titles… that’s incredible!”
