2004 IGSA World Champion Leander Lacey, a South African native, was the event winner of the “Hot Heels Africa” International Gravity Sports Association (IGSA) World Cup Series Championship Race for street luge. Chasing Lacey to the finish American David Dean of Columbus, Ohio, clinched the 2005 IGSA Street Luge World Cup Series Championship with his fourth place finish at “Hot Heels Africa” outside of Cape Town.

Lacey, from Cape Town, defeated fellow South African Viaan Bosch in the final with Beni Weber from Zurich Switzerland finishing third. Lacey has hardly raced the entire year but that didn’t seem to slow him down when the local championship was on the line! He dominated this weekend’s event. The fastest qualifier on Saturday, Lacey went on to win all of his heat races Sunday en-route to a convincing victory.

Coming into the weekend, there were three riders with a mathematical shot of winning the IGSA World Cup Series Championship: David Dean, Rian James and Beni Weber all had a chance. Dean, who already had won the IGSA World Championships held earlier this year in Jungholz, Austria, came in to this event as the favorite. His fourth place finish was enough for him to clinch the 2005 World Cup Series Championship over James. James, the 2004 Series Championship winner from Cupertino, California, finished second with Switzerland’s Weber rounding out the top three.

"David Dean worked hard for the Series Championship," stated IGSA President Marcus Rietema. “"Dean never finished lower than fourth the entire year. If Lacey comes back full time next year, we’ll have a real dogfight on our hands!"

The event was organized by the South African Gravity Racing Association (SAGRA) and was run in the Kogelberg Biosphere Nature Reserve, about 80 km (50mi) outside of Cape Town. Competitors raced on a 1.9 km (1.2mi) road that cut right through the nature reserve. Top speeds for street luge were in the 90km/h (56mph) plus range.