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BASHA BOUNCES BACK AT BUFFALO CITY
Round 5 of the CompCare Polo Cup took place at the historic East London Grand Prix Circuit over the weekend. Farhaan Basha, piloting the QVWI Motorsport Volkswagen Polo, excelled at one of the tougher circuits on the 2023 calendar, bouncing back from an opening race...
DOUBLE DOSE OF RACING EXCITEMENT AWAITS RALLY-RAID COMPETITORS AT PARYS
A double dose of exciting racing awaits competitors on 18 and 19 August when they take on the Parys 400, rounds four and five respectively of the 2023 SA Rally-Raid Championship, and if the first half of the season is anything to go by, this event will also provide...
WOLK DOMINATES EAST LONDON GTC
What Global Touring Cars Round 5 ReportWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Pole, two race wins & fastest lap puts Robert in title contention Robert Wolk powered himself back into Global Touring Car...
EAST LONDON DELIVERS EXTREME RACING ACTION
What National Extreme Festival 2023 Round 4 ReportWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Epic East London Extreme Festival thrills at Grand Prix Circuit Saturday’s East London Extreme Festival delivered action...
VISSER UNSTOPPABLE IN EAST LONDON POLO CUP
What CompCare Polo Cup 2023 Round 5 ReportWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Charl consolidates title advantage with double wins Charl Michael Visser was unstoppable as he raced to another double victory at...
ALGOA RALLY ARC3 AND ARC4
Seventeen regional ARC entries bolstered the Algo Rally field and after an early morning single pass recce teams completed the popular parade through Jeffreys Bay before the action started with a popular spectator stage at Mentorskraal. The prospect of three stages...
ARC3 ALGOA RALLY JEFFREY’S BAY – ETIENNE MALHERBE AND CAR 54 (7-8 JULY 2023)
Etienne Malherbe and Patrick Vermaak arrived at Mentorskraal Country Lodge Jeffrey’s Bay 06h00 Friday 7 July 2023 and after having signed on for the single pass Recce piled into the service van of Oliver de Man. Having had a very brief look at the Jemba safety notes...
GLOBAL TOURING CARS SET TO THRILL EAST LONDON
What Global Touring Cars Round 5 PreviewWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Variawa & Wolk continue their epic duel into Border country Not only is the East London Grand Prix Circuit the spiritual home of...
ROOKIE ENSOR-SMITH IMPRESSES WITH MAIDEN PODIUM
It was a successful East London debut for rookie KC Ensor-Smith. The multiple-karting champion arrived at the East London Grand Prix Circuit for the first time since starting in South Africa's premier single-seater category at the start of 2023. Competing in the fifth...
KEAGAN MASTERS FACES CHALLENGES HEAD-ON IN ROUND 4 OF THE PORSCHE MOBIL 1 SUPERCUP
Round 4 of the Porsche Mobil Cup at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, held from 21 to 23 July 2023, presented Keagan Masters and his team with the opportunity to face challenges head on. “The difference between a mediocre motorsport racing unit — which includes...
CHARL TAKES FOURTH POLO CUP WIN IN A ROW
What CompCare Polo Cup 2023 Round 5 ReportWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Unstoppable Visser continues unbeaten at East London Charl Michael Visser continued his charge toward the 2023 CompCare Polo Cup...
WOLK WINS BORDER CONFLICT TO SLASH GTC DEFICIT
What Global Touring Cars Round 5 ReportWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Double East London victory sets up Global Touring Cars title thriller Robert Wolk overcame a qualifying scare to deliver a Global...
FORMULA 1600 THRILLS EAST LONDON
What Investchem Formula 1600 Round 5 ReportWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Dolinschek, van Weely win as Troy tightens title grip Troy Dolinschek and Nicholas van Weely traded race wins as Dolinschek laid...
DAVID JOHANNES MALAN (18 JULY 1947 – 11 JULY 2023)
Rarely without a smile or kind word the Killarney Stig lapped the 3.267km circuit as quickly as anyone when required and could claim to have led the fastest cars in South African motorsport on more than one occasion. Introducing “newcomers” to motorsport with a...
FIA RALLY STAR DRIVERS JÜRGENSON, CAPARO AND GILL SHINE ON RALLYE WEIZ
Romet Jürgenson, Jose ‘Abito’ Caparo and Taylor Gill were the aces in the pack when the FIA Rally Star Training Season continued on the asphalt stages of Rallye Weiz in Austria last weekend (July 13-15). They finished first, second and third respectively in the...
CAMPOS VERSUS LIEBENBERG IN EAST LONDON SUPACUP
What GTC SupaCup Round 5 PreviewWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Leader Campos aims to stave off another Liebenberg challenge It’s Border warfare, as the GTC SupaCup heads to the East London Grand Prix...
NEVELING ADDS EAST LONDON PODIUM TO SOLID 2023 SEASON
This past weekend at the East London Grand Prix Circuit, Arnold Neveling achieved his fourth podium finish of 2023 in Round 5 of the Global Touring Cars (GTC) SupaCup. Although finding himself adrift of the pace at the front, Neveling put his Stradale Motorsport /...
2023 MSA MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY & SAFETY TRAINING WORKSHOPS
MSA will be hosting Media Safety in Motorsport Photography and Videography training workshops in Gauteng and in the Western Cape in the month of September and November respectively. Workshop attendance is mandatory for trainees to qualify for their 2024 accreditation,...
GIO: A TOUGH WEEKEND
What CompCare Polo Cup 2023 Round 5 ReportWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Harsh East London true to form for Lupini East London refused to prove third time lucky for Giordano Lupini and his Tork Craft...
MOGOTSI TAKES MAIDEN GTC SUPACUP VICTORY
What GTC SupaCup Round 5 ReportWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Volkswagen Motorsport driver Jonathan takes overall honours Volkswagen Motorsport driver Jonathan Mogotsi bounced back to take a maiden GTC...
VLOKKENGROT MOTOR MUSEUM – MOTORSPORT MEMORIES
On 4 January 2016 Anton Vlok (Better known as Antz) opened the doors to the Vlokkengrot Motor Museum in Thesen Island Knysna. Researching the achievements of his father, Willem Vlok, led to Antz giving up on his own desire to race and to concentrate on preserving the...
JOHANNES BERNARDUS PRETORIUS (29 JULY 1951 – 6 JULY 2023)
JB Pretorius (72) and his BMW 2002 (27) became an institution at the Killarney International Raceway that will never be forgotten. It was never a necessity to know his real names as JB or JayBee became his universal callsign and thanks to his love of anything...
KWANDA KICKING IT UP IN THE HORNET’S NEST
What ADAC GT Masters Round 3 ReportWhere Nürburgring, GermanyWhen 15-16 July 2023Community International Mokoena relishing rookie ADAC GT Masters season Kyalami youngster Kwanda Mokoena continued his rookie German ADAC GT Masters season with another strong showing...
COMPCARE POLO CUP SET FOR BORDER SKIRMISH
What CompCare Polo Cup 2023 Round 5 PreviewWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Visser ahead as Polo Cup enters second half at East London The CompCare Polo Cup remains in the Eastern Province as it heads to the...