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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CAN ANYONE STOP TROY AT EAST LONDON?
What Investchem Formula 1600 Round 5 PreviewWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Dominant Dolinschek the Investchem Formula 1600 man to beat Having won six of the eight Investchem Formula 1600 races so far this...
GLOBAL TOURING CARS: THE CHASE IS ON
What Global Touring Cars Round 5 PreviewWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Robert Wolk & Chemical Logistics Racing want East London wins Chemical Logistics Racing heads into the second half of the Global...
LUPINI READY FOR EPIC EAST LONDON
What CompCare Polo Cup 2023 Round 5 PreviewWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 July 2023Community South Africa National Giordano honoured to race at Grand Prix Circuit Giordano Lupini and his Tork Craft Volkswagen are locked and loaded for the East...
KEAGAN MASTERS SHINES IN ROUND 3 OF THE PORSCHE MOBIL 1 SUPERCUP
Keagan Masters took home a very admirable P4 and second highest Rookie finisher at Round 3 of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup over the weekend of 7-9 July. Held at Silverstone Circuit in the UK, the event also provided Masters with the title of ‘Fastest Rookie’ in the...
WIN AN EXTREME DAY AT THE RACES WITH DUNLOP
What Dunlop Win Tickets to East London CompetitionWhere East London Grand Prix CircuitWhen Saturday 22 JulyCommunity South Africa National Dunlop will take eight race fans to epic East London Extreme Festival Dunlop is offering two sets of four tickets for you and...
ROMA AND WOOLRIDGE LEAD M-SPORT’S RALLY RAID DEBUT
M-Sport and Neil Woolridge Motorsport, in partnership with Ford Performance will contest the 2023 Baja Spain Aragon between July 21 and 22, with Nani Roma and Gareth Woolridge beside their respective navigators Alex Haro and Boyd Dreyer. The team will be making the...
TARMAC NEXT FOR MAX AS FIA RALLY STAR DRIVERS HEAD TO AUSTRIA
Max Smart and the other 5 Continental winners continue the FIA Rally Star training season as they prepare to take on the programme’s first Tarmac event, Rallye Weiz, from July 13-15. The programme, which aims to find a future FIA World Rally Championship winner, is...
THE CHALLENGE OF THE YEAR!
Algoa Rally Club hosted the NRC rally that included the club rounds 3 and 4 on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th July at Mentorskraal and Longmore Forest. A spectator-friendly stage at Mentorskraal proved to be popular among the locals, the national teams went first,...
LEYTON IN THE HUNT AT NORISRING
The short, tight, and narrow streets of Norisring were always going to guarantee close and exciting racing and it did not disappoint. Leyton headed into the weekend with an 11-point deficit in the overall standings and he was determined to make up some ground lost in...
A FITTING END TO A CLASSIC VINTAGE DREAM
For anyone that loves the sheer indulgence of classic racing and wants to experience the racing pleasure of a bygone era, there can be no finer experience in the world than participating in the Le Mans Classic – a world renowned biennial vintage sports car event, held...
FULL DRIVER LINE-UP REVEALED FOR FORMULA E’S FIRST ROOKIE FREE PRACTICE OF THE GEN3 ERA
The FIA and Formula E today revealed the full line-up of eleven drivers confirmed to participate in the first rookie free practice session of the GEN3 race car era, taking place in Rome this Friday. The rookie free practice session is designed to offer new and...
KWANDA TAMES NORISRING
What ADAC GT Masters Round 2 ReportWhere Norisring, GermanyWhen 8-9 July 2023Community International Mokoena's pace, racecraft impresses in Germany South African Endurance champion Kwanda Mokoena enjoyed an impressive ADAC GT Masters outing at the daunting Norisring...
ALGOA SA RALLY: A HAT TRICK AND A 1-2
What Algoa SA National Rally ReportWhere Eastern ProvinceWhen 7-8 July 2023Community South Africa National Du Toit's a Friday hat trick, Gazoo Toyota 1-2 Saturday While JJ Potgieter and Tommy du Toit stamped their authority on the 2023 SA National Rally Championship...