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AQIL STARS IN ROLLERCOASTER F4 SEASON
What British Formula 4 Round 6 & First Half ReportWhere Silverstone, England.When 24-25 June 2023Community International SA racer Alibhai makes a strong impression in England South African race driver Aqil Alibhai closed off a rollercoaster first portion of the...
YOUNGTIMERS MIX IT UP AT ZWARTKOPS
What Youngtimers Race ReportWhere Zwartkops Raceway, PretoriaWhen Saturday 24 June 2023Community Gauteng Regional Classic Youngtimers impress against Superhatch rivals Midwinter mist and a cold damp Zwartkops greeted Regional Extreme Festival competitors as the Ben...
BMW CHAMPIONSHIP WIDE OPEN AFTER ACTION-PACKED ZWARTKOPS
The past weekend (23-24 June) saw the BMW ///M Performance Parts Race Series Championship battle remain wide open going into the winter break, following an action-packed fifth round with a host of twists and turns at Zwartkops Raceway. With 47 cars entered to compete...
DOMINANT VICTORY FOR NWM FORD CASTROL TEAM AT PUNISHING 1 000KM BOTSWANA DESERT RACE
The Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Ford Castrol Team scored an emphatic one-two finish in the EcoBoost V6-powered T1+ Ford Rangers at Round 3 of the South African Rally Raid Championship (SARRC), which was held in Jwaneng, Botswana, from 23-25 June 2023. As the...
ONE-TWO FOR NWM FORD AT DESERT RACE WITH GARETH WOOLRIDGE/BOYD DREYER WINNING TOUGHEST RACE IN YEARS
History was made at the 2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1000 Kalahari Botswana Desert Race, the third round of the SA Rally-Raid Championship that ended on Sunday in Jwaneng, after three days of extremely tough racing when Gareth Woolridge and Boyd Dreyer claimed the victory...
PERFECT DTM DAY FOR ABT SPORTSLINE AND RICARDO FELLER
Pole position, victory and fastest race lap: ABT driver Ricardo Feller had a perfect DTM day in Zandvoort in fantastic summer weather and in front of a great crowd. It was the second triumph in the popular racing series for the young Swiss driver after Imola 2022, and...
EXTREME ACTION WARMS COOL ZWARTKOPS
What Regional Extreme Festival Round 5 ReportWhere Zwartkops Raceway, PretoriaWhen Saturday 24 June 2023Community Gauteng Regional Splendid racing thrills heats up chilly midwinter Pretoria It may have been a cool midwinters Saturday, but Zwartkops’ Regional Extreme...
EXTREME VW CHALLENGE THRILLS ZWARTKOPS
What PABAR VW Challenge Round 5 ReportWhere Zwartkops Raceway, PretoriaWhen Saturday 24 June 2023Community South Africa National Brilliant racing keeps Pretoria race fans on edge of their seats A thrilling day of Pabar VW Challenge racing kept the Zwartkops’ Regional...
CHARGING FORDS LEADING IN THE DESERT AT HALFWAY MARK WITH 450 KILOMETRES TO GO
It was a rough and tough day in the Botswana desert where teams competing in the third round of the SA Rally-Raid Championship fought tooth and nail to get the better of the challenging 436 kilometre route of the TGR 1000 Kalahari Botswana Desert Race while getting...
WOOLRIDGE/GILBERT WIN FAST QUALIFIER THAT INTRODUCED 2023 TGR 1000 KALAHARI BOTSWANA DESERT RACE AT JWANENG – TWO MORE DAYS AND 800 KILOMETRES STILL TO GO
The 2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) 1000 Kalahari Botswana Desert Race, the third round of the SA Rally-Raid Championship that is takes place this weekend from Friday until Sunday, 23 to 25 June at Jwaneng in Botswana, got underway with a fast 60 kilometre Pirelli...
MOTORSPORT ACTION CONTINUES AT SCRIBANTE RACEWAY
Carrying on the momentum from last weekend’s National Extreme Festival, motorsport fans are in for yet another treat tomorrow as the fourth round of the Algoa Motorsport Club Regional & Club championship takes place at Aldo Scribante Raceway. The classes that will...
FRANSCHHOEK MOTOR MUSEUM – FATHER’S DAY
Having not had the opportunity to take my own father to the annual Bonnet’s Up Moving Display at the Franschhoek Motor Museum at L’Ormirans this day has always arrived with mixed emotions and having recently also lost my mom visiting this superb facility really...
ADLEM SHOWS PACE, BUT PENALTY DECIDES GQEBERHA FATE
Mackie Adlem had a good show of pace in the past weekend’s (16-17 June) Mobil 1 V8 Supercars fourth round at Aldo Scribante Racetrack, but a rule transgression saw him fighting from the back foot in the weekend’s two races. During Friday Practice, Adlem set the pace,...
FAMELIARIS ADDS GQEBERHA TO TRIUMPH LIST
Julian Fameliaris consolidated his position at the top of the Mobil 1 V8 Supercars GT Championship this past weekend (16-17 June) with a victorious display at Aldo Scribante Racetrack. While Friday saw him down on defending champion Mackie Adlem’s pace, his fortunes...
POINTS CONSOLIDATION FOR WABERSKI AT SNETTERTON
The fourth round of the British GB3 Championship took place at Snetterton this past weekend (17 / 18 June) and Jarrod Waberski did well to consolidate points as the season reaches the halfway mark. It was a tough qualifying session with Jarrod struggling with an...
RACKSTRAW ROLLS WITH THE PUNCHES IN GQEBERHA
A race weekend at Aldo Scribante for Andrew Rackstraw in Round 4 of the Global Touring Car Championship that brought about mixed emotions. There were promising signs of competitiveness and strong qualifying performance, but the weekend ended prematurely for Rackstraw,...
DTM IN THE DUNES: ABT DRIVERS FULL OF ANTICIPATION FOR ZANDVOORT
Off to the dunes! For the first time since 2018, the DTM will be back at Zandvoort (Saturday and Sunday live on ProSieben from 1 PM). The anticipation at ABT Sportsline for the event on the Dutch North Sea coast could hardly be greater. The two ABT drivers Ricardo...
ROUGH GTC WEEKEND FOR JOSH LE ROUX
The fourth round of the 2023 GTC Championship took place at the Aldo Scribante circuit in Gqeberha this past weekend (17 June) and although he went into the round feeling confident, Josh le Roux’s hopes of a good showing were dashed following various on track in...
CHALLENGING GQEBERHA WEEKEND FOR VAN DER WALT
It was a challenging weekend for Jean-Pierre van der Walt that saw the Johannesburg businessman’s races ruined by penalties as Round 4 of the 2023 Global Touring Cars (GTC) SupaCup concluded the first half of the season at Aldo Scribante Racetrack. The Platinum Wheels...
SECOND HALF OF BMW ///M PERFORMANCE PARTS RACE SERIES KICKS OFF AT ZWARTKOPS
The BMW ///M Performance Parts Race Series will start its downhill slope towards the 2023 climax this coming weekend (23-24 June) at the same venue that hosted the season opener, Zwartkops Raceway west of Pretoria. This will be the final round before the mid-season...
BITTERSWEET GQEBERHA FOR NEVELING
Arnold Neveling missed out on the podium at this past weekend’s Global Touring Cars (GTC) SupaCup fifth round at Aldo Scribante Racetrack. The weekend started with many challenges, the most prominent being a transmission failure on his GOSCOR Lift Truck Volkswagen...
TOP FIVE RESULT FOR ROOKIE BISHOP IN GQEBERHA
This past weekend (June 16-17), rookie Tate Bishop performed admirably at Round 4 of the 2023 Global Touring Cars (GTC) SupaCup hosted at the Aldo Scribante Racetrack, earning valuable championship points during both races held on Saturday. The newcomer for the 2023...
BRUISED BASHA BOUNCES BACK IN GQEBERHA
Over the past weekend, the CompCare Polo Cup Championship's Round 4 took place at the Aldo Scribante Racetrack in Gqeberha. QVWI Motorsport's Farhaan Basha managed to overcome a frustrating weekend and finished the final 40-minute race in an impressive sixth place....
ENSOR-SMITH CONTINUES RISE WITH STRONG SCRIBANTE OUTING
Multiple national karting champion KC Ensor-Smith made his circuit debut at the Aldo Scribante Racetrack in Gqeberha this past weekend, with the rookie showing some good pace throughout the weekend to conclude Round 4 of the Investchem F1600 with a top-eight finish....