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DUNLOP CROWNS FIRST ’25 REGIONAL RACING CHAMPIONS
What Dunlop Regional RoundupWhere Red Star Raceway, DelmasWhen Saturday 4 October 2025Community Gauteng Regional Jansen take Vee, Smith BMW double titles at Red Star Dunlop crowned its first regional racing champions of 2025, when Lendl Jansen wrapped up the DOE...
RACING IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY: FAROUK DANGOR’S HILLCLIMB JOURNEY
In 1992, South African racing driver Farouk Dangor became the first Indian driver to compete in the legendary Nürburgring 24 Hours in Germany. He and his team were fighting for a class win in their BMW M3 until an accident in the 21st hour forced them to retire. More...
HILLCLIMB RACING RETURNS TO CAPE TOWN AFTER A 6-DECADE ABSENCE
Camps Bay, Cape Town, 1962. The roar of engines echoed along Camps Bay Drive as drivers whipped their machines up through the twists and turns of the road in a bid to be the quickest of them all in this time-honoured tradition. First held in 1912, the annual hillclimb...
TITLE RACE WIDE OPEN AS SA RALLY-RAID HEADS TO VRYHEID
See-saw battle sets stage for penultimate SA Rally-Raid showdown Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal – The South African Rally-Raid Championship (SARRC) heads into its penultimate round in Vryheid on 31 October and 1 November, and the stakes could not be higher at the VAPS HCV...
FINALLY – ALMOST TIME FOR SA RALLY-RAID TO TAKE ON VAPS HCV VRYHEID 400!
The 2025 SA Rally-Raid Championship has had a tumultuous start to the season with the forced postponement of the scheduled opening round in the Vryheid area in KwaZulu-Natal due to flooding and heavy rains that caused the routes to be impassable. Now, almost seven...
CHARMAINE HARTLEY — THE WOMAN WHO RUNS ON PASSION AND PURPOSE
For a decade, Charmaine Hartley has been a driving force behind the scenes of motorsport in South Africa. Based in Mpumalanga, she wears many hats as a Marshal, Race Secretary, and Event Organiser, each carried out with contagious enthusiasm and a steady...
MSA AND SPEEDSPOT PROMOTIONS SIGN SIX‑YEAR TAR OVAL AGREEMENT
Five leading Tar Oval clubs to compete under MSA sanction from 2026 Motorsport South Africa (MSA) and Speedspot Promotions SA are pleased to announce that they have entered a six-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which Speedspot‑affiliated Tar Oval clubs...
ANDRE CLIFFORD GREWE — THE MAN WHO KEEPS THE LIGHTS GREEN
For nearly five decades, Andre Clifford Grewe has been a familiar face at the track, ensuring that every start, every flag, and every lap runs with precision. Based in the Western Cape, Andre serves as a Scrutineer and Starter, roles he has carried out with quiet...
ANDREW RACKSTRAW – 2025 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB CHAMPION!
Andrew Rackstraw is the 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion after a cool, calm and calculated title-winning performance in his Rosland Gold by Century Motorsport 911 GT3 at the season finale at Brands Hatch. A fourth and third place Pro category points finish in two...
YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS SHINE IN INDIAN F4 AS LUVIWE SAMBUDLA RACES TO GLORY
This past weekend delivered another exciting chapter in the Indian Formula 4 Championship, as ICAN Worldwide’s young South African talents took on Round Three at the historic Kari Motor Speedway. Returning to the same circuit where the season began, drivers Luviwe...
INVESTCHEM MSA4 LEADERS SHARE RED-STAR WINS
What Investchem MSA4 Round 4 ReportWhere Red Star Raceway, DelmasWhen Saturday 4 October 2025Community South Africa National Ensor-Smith, Bezuidenhout win to set up epic finale Championship leaders KC Ensor-Smith and Mikel Bezuidenhout shared out the Investchem MSA4...
EXTREME FESTIVAL LIGHTS UP RED STAR
What Regional Extreme Festival Round 6 ReportWhere Red Star Raceway, DelmasWhen Saturday 4 October 2025Community Gauteng Regional Penultimate Regional Extreme Festival delivers in Delmas It may have been grey at Red Star Raceway on Saturday morning, but the Northern...
ATE VW CHALLENGE BATTLES RAGE ON
What Regional Extreme Festival Round 6 ReportWhere Red Star Raceway, DelmasWhen Saturday 4 October 2025Community Gauteng Regional Top three keep on fighting at Red Star Raceway It may have been gloomy at the Red Star Raceway but the penultimate ATE VW Challenge races...
SQUA TEM SWARTLAND – RIEBEEK KASTEEL TYDREN
Algoa was werklik ‘n fantastiese ervaring buiten die feit dat Squa nie daarvan gehou het om sonder ‘n voorwiel te bly staan tydnes die finale trajek. Kuier ‘n wyle in die Kaap en word netjies herstel deur acciDent Guru om net betyds gereed te wees vir die Riebeek...
DANIEL PIENAAR TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTED BY MOTORSPORT SOUTH AFRICA TEAM FINISH ON THE PODIUM
Round five of the Algoa Rally Club Championship took place this past weekend in and around the small town of Steytlerville. Teams were greeted on Saturday morning by a chilly four degrees, gathering at the Steytlerville Showgrounds to set up service areas before the...
RIEBEEK KASTEEL TYDREN
Met al die Wes Kaap Tydrenklubs onder die vaandel van Wes Kaap Tydrenne het die Riebeek Kasteel Tydren ‘n nuwe era van samewerking tussen all betrokke partye ingelei en die voordele was reeds sigbaar in die bemoedigende 24 sterk inskrywingstal wat aangemeld het vir...
INVESTCHEM MSA4 TITLE FIGHT HEADS TO RED-STAR It’s
What Regional Extreme Festival Round 6 PreviewWhere Red Star Raceway, DelmasWhen Saturday 4 October 2025Community South Africa National KC versus Mikel as Investchem MSA4 joins Regional Festival Investchem MSA4 breaks away from the National circus to join the Regional...
MSA BEYOND THE TRACK – COMPETITORS UNCOVERED: MEET NICK ADCOCK
At 60 years old, Cape Town’s Nick Adcock is proving that age is no barrier when passion meets preparation. Having first entered the motorsport scene in 2000, Nick has since competed in every season, carving his own path rather than following family footsteps....
BEZUIDENHOUT IN THE HUNT, SWARTS DEBUTS: CDG SET FOR RED STAR CHALLENGE
The penultimate round of the 2025 Investchem MSA4 Championship takes place this weekend at Red Star Raceway, just outside Delmas, as South Africa’s premier single-seater series joins the Regional Extreme Festival, presented by Coca-Cola, to make up for one of the...
ANDREW RACKSTRAW LEADS THE PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB INTO TITLE SHOWDOWN DECIDER AT BRANDS HATCH
Twelve months after Andrew Rackstraw arrived at Brands Hatch battling for the Porsche Carrera Cup GB rookie title, the 23-year old South African driver returns to the Kent track this weekend (4/5 October) leading the top Pro category and aiming to make a dream come...
CHAMPIONSHIP ANGST AT RED STAR
What Regional Extreme Festival Round 6 PreviewWhere Red Star Raceway, DelmasWhen Saturday 4 October 2025Community Gauteng Regional Penultimate Regional Festival off to Delmas The stakes are high, the nerves fraught and all be will on the line when the Gauteng Northern...
ATE VW CHALLENGE ON THE KNIFE’S EDGE
What ATE VW Challenge Round 6 PreviewWhere Red Star Raceway, DelmasWhen Saturday 4 October 2025Community South Africa National Two points between top three headed to Red Star With just two championship points between the ATE VW Challenge top three, and two rounds left...
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 MSA SMA CUP CHAMPIONS!
What a season! The Gran Turismo 7 Championship gave us proper racing entertainment, with nose to tail battles across all four tiers. Every driver showed serious commitment, but a special salute goes to our champions who stood tall at the end of it all. Each winner...
MSA ASTRON ENERGY POLO CUP ROUND 6 – EAST LONDON GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT ON IGNITION DSTV 189
Motorsport fans will have plenty of opportunities to catch the highlights from Round 6 of the MSA Astron Energy Polo Cup, held at the East London Grand Prix Circuit from 18–19 September 2025. The broadcast schedule for this week on Ignition is as follows: • Mon 29...