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ZWARTKOPS PRIMED FOR A CLASSIC SATURDAY
What Historic and Inland Tour PreviewWhere Zwartkops Raceway, PretoriaWhen Saturday 24 August 2024Community Gauteng Regional Get ready for a great day of Historic and Inland racing! Zwartkops Raceway is gearing up for one of the coolest days on its calendar when the...
EXTREME REGIONAL FESTIVAL – WEATHER TESTS DRIVERS
July 2024 will remain on record as the month in which the Western Cape had the most rain in recorded (since 1960) history and winter was most certainly still present on Saturday 3 August 2024 when the Extreme Regional presented itself at the Killarney International...
LATEGAN/ CUMMINGS WIN DUSTY AND TRICKY INGCO VAAL 400 AFTER INTENSE BATTLES AND MERE SECONDS SEPARATING TEAMS
The INGCO Vaal 400, the fifth round of the SA Rally-Raid Championship that took place on Saturday, 17 August in the Parys area, was a dusty and technical affair that was won by Henk Lategan and navigator, Brett Cummings (Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux IMT EVO) after...
POWER PERFORMANCE FROM NWM FORD TEAM IN PARYS, BUT VICTORY PROVES ELUSIVE
Motorsport is a cruel mistress as anyone involved in this adrenaline-fuelled circle knows all too well, and the Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Ford Rally-Raid Team certainly experienced the highs and lows of racing at the highest level at this weekend’s intense...
GUY BOTTERILL/DENNIS MURPHY CLAIMED DEBUT VICTORY AFTER RUTHLESS INGCO PARYS 400
It was victory at last for Guy Botterill/Dennis Murphy (Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux IMT EVO) who won a fast, dusty and ruthless INGCO Parys 400, the fourth round of the SA Rally-Raid Championship that took place from Stonehenge River Lodge on the banks of the Vaal...
JOHAN MILLER ON TOP OF BMW ///M PERFORMANCE PARTS RACE SERIES FOR FIRST TIME AFTER CAPE TOWN
Class E leader Johan Miller became the new BMW ///M Performance Parts Race Series points leader following Round 6 of the 10-round 2024 championship, held at Killarney International Raceway this past weekend (9-10 August). This is the first time that Miller, only...
MSA NATIONAL EXTREME FESTIVAL ROUND 5 – EAST LONDON ON IGNITION DSTV 189
Circuit car enthusiasts will have numerous opportunities to see the highlights from the fifth round of the MSA National Extreme Festival that was held in East London on the 27th of July. The broadcast features highlights of the Investchem F1600, Astron Energy Polo Cup...
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING SOUTH AFRICA READY FOR DOUBLE HEADER CHALLENGE AT INGCO PARYS 400 AND INGCO VAAL 400
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing South Africa (TGRSA) is gearing up for an intense and action-packed weekend as the team prepares to compete in the fourth and fifth rounds of the 2024 South African Rally-Raid Championship (SARRC). The INGCO Parys 400 and the INGCO Vaal 400 will...
HOME HEROES HEADLINE MAIDEN BMW ///M PERFORMANCE PARTS RACE SERIES OUTING IN CAPE TOWN
Round 6 of the 2024 BMW ///M Performance Parts Race Series this past weekend (9-10 August) saw a host of Cape Town-based drivers dominate the championship's maiden outing at Killarney International Raceway. Most regular title contenders, all privateer entrants,...
DTM FINAL PHASE BEGINS AT A SPECIAL LOCATION FOR ABT SPORTSLINE
After a five-week summer break, it’s now all systems go: the second half of the DTM season begins next weekend on the Nürburgring sprint circuit – and it only lasts ten weeks. Like most of their rivals, the two ABT drivers Kelvin van der Linde and Ricardo Feller spent...
DUNLOP’S BACKDRAFT ENDURANCE BACKBONE
What Backdraft Roadster Endurance SeriesWhere Kyalami Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 3 August 2024Community South Africa National Kyalami thrills for Backdraft Roadster Series racing on Dunlop Among Dunlop Motorsport’s many South African motorsport projects, it’s...
RED-LINED EN ROUTE TO PARYS!
What South African Rally Championship Round 4 & 5 previewWhere Parys, Free StateWhen 16-17 August 2024Community South Africa National Six car team set for Championship double header While the world has been dazzled by Paris in France and the Olympics over the past...
CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE RESUMES FOR NWM FORD RALLY-RAID TEAM IN PARYS
The South African Rally-Raid Championship (SARRC) is set to kick off the second half of the season with two action-packed back-to-back races in Parys, Free State, on 16 and 17 August 2024, and the Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Ford Rally-Raid Team will be going...
ANDREW’S CRUEL MISTRESS
What Porsche Cup Great Britain Race ReportWhere Knockhill, ScotlandWhen 10-11 August 2024Community International Great promise, but Knockhill dishes up very little Cape Town Porsche Cup GB Rookie Andrew Rackstraw’s Scottish race weekend looked so promising after he...
WHERE PASSION MEETS PRECISION
Responding to the evolving landscape of motorsport, earlier this year Motorsport South Africa (MSA), made strategic changes to its leadership team appointing Samantha van Reenen, as the new Sporting Services Manager: Cars, Karting and Legal and Carmen Hill, with 17...
WATERLOGGED KILLARNEY PRODUCE DRAMATIC COASTAL EXTREME FESTIVAL ACTION
Persistent rain at Killarney International Raceway could not stop Cape Town's maiden Extreme Festival from delivering top-class performances this past weekend (9-10 August). With sunshine a scarcity only briefly spotted on Friday, competitors and teams alike had their...
JOZI RACING THRILLS IN CAPE OF STORMS
What Regional Extreme Festival Round 5 ReportWhere Killarney International RacewayWhen Saturday 10 August 2024Community South Africa National Gauteng Regional Festival thrills Cape in eye of the storm The Gauteng Regional Festival could not have chosen worse weather...
A KILLARNEY CHALLENGE DAY TO REMEMBER
What Pabar VW Challenge Round 5 ReportWhere Killarney International RacewayWhen Saturday 10 August 2024Community South Africa National PABAR VW Challenge delivers it all, and then some in the Cape While conditions were to say the least, challenging at Killarney on...
TWO INGCO RACES ON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS AS SA RALLY-RAID TEAMS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM IN THE TITLE CHASE BATTLES
A nail-biting weekend awaits teams competing in the SA Rally-Raid Championship when they take on the INGCO Parys 400 and the INGCO Vaal 400, round four and five of the SARRC on 16 and 17 August respectively, and with two rounds of the series testing them on the same...
DENIS RAYNER JOUBERT CELEBRATES 90 (18 June 1934 – 90)
In April 1971 the Rogue’s Gallery in The Blower (Official organ of the WPMC) said the first impression of Denis Joubert gives one the idea of a quiet little fellow who would not say boo to a goose. On getting to know him one realizes that it is only the total absence...
ALL TAR RALLY VS CHALLENGE – ADVANTAGE CHALLENGE (3 AUGUST 2024)
Forget the fact that the rally teams were concentrating on scoring points and that the track racers were armed with lighter cars that did not have to carry their spare wheels under pain of exclusion. Driver and navigator working in unison considered a normal...
ALL TAR RALLY – DEXTER CONQUERS CHALLENGE (3 AUGUST 2024)
Possibly the rise and popularity of the E36 Cup at Rally X, but most encouraging was the 19 entries that stepped forward as Challengers for the 2024 All Tar Rally. An event within the event had the track oriented teams shifting their focus to the world of driver and...
ALL TAR RALLY – SASSMAN & LINGEVELDT (3 AUGUST 2024)
Asphalt rallying is limited to a single event annually in the Western Cape and the All Tar Rally hosted at the Killarney International Raceway is unique in the sense that it incorporates a Challenge section where almost any other category of motorsport may accept the...
EWOLD LEONARD VAN BERGEN – LEGEND TURNS 95
The oldest surviving Springbok in motorsport, Ewold van Bergen, and his wife, Minota Ann van Bergen (the first and only female Springbok Rally Navigator), celebrated his 95th birthday at home on Friday 2 August 2024. Unbeknown to the couple their daughter, Claire le...