Van der Watt, Temple impress in England South African Investchem Formula 1600 champions, 2018 top man Julian van der Watt and this year’s winner Scott Temple ended 11th and 14th out of over 100 competitors from around the world vying for top honours for the weekend’s Walter Hayes Formula Ford 1600 Festival at Silverstone. Van […]
The Ford Motor Company will sponsor the VSCDA’s Formula Ford 50th anniversary celebration at Road America, it was announced today by Steve Beeler, FF50th organizer. Ford’s corporate support makes a strong statement that interest in and passion for the world’s most popular and populous single-seater racing formula is as healthy today as it was 50 […]
For more than half of Formula Ford’s 50-year history, it was the SCCA’s most popular and populous racing class. But with costs escalating, supplies of its Ford 1,599cc engine drying up, and entries dwindling in the 1990s, Formula Ford was essentially being put out to pasture. Then in 2009, after much deliberation within the class, […]
INTRO BY LEON BOTHA In the world of motorsport you do not easily find much more than criticism, no matter on what level you participate or think your wisdom fits in. After reading this piece written from Reghard Roets’ heart – from the same room in which he stores his love for motorsport and people, […]
David Jermy and Jeff Gable claimed a race win apiece in their Jacquet Racing van Diemens when they made their way down to Dezzi Raceway on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast for the fourth round of the 2017 Investchem Formula Ford Kent championship on Saturday, 5 August. In the morning qualifying session, it was Matt Nash […]
The Investchem Formula Ford Kent Championship reaches the mid-point of the 2017 season on Saturday, 5 August when the competitors make their way down to Dezzi Raceway on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. After almost taking a full-house of points last time out at Phakisa, Dean Venter (Desco SA / Manitou Swift) now has a twenty-point […]
He may have not raced at Port Elizabeth’s Aldo Scribante racetrack before, but that does not stop runaway Investchem Formula 1600 championship leader Julian van der Watt from chasing another two race wins on his first visit to the Nelson Mandela Bay racetrack. Van der Watt remains unbeaten in his RDSA Investchem Mygale single seater […]
Zwartkops Raceway marks the fourth event in the eight round Investchem Formula 1600 championship for 2017 on Friday, June 16. This event again sees Julian van der Watt (42 – Race Driver SA) take to the start line at the championship leader, now with double the points of his rivals. Stuart White (8 – Fantastic […]
David Jermy (Jacquet Racing van Diemen) and Dean Venter (Desco SA / Manitou Swift) shared the wins at the second round of the 2017 Investchem Formula Ford championship after qualifying on the front row of the grid at Red Star Raceway on Saturday, 3 June. Almost three months after the opening round at Zwartkops, the […]
The national Investchem Formula 1600 single-seater championship starts their exciting 2017 season at Killarney on Saturday, March 25, as part of the Extreme Festival. This is the first of an eight-round championship that takes the open-wheel competitors around the country. For the new season there has been an exciting update for the championship, bringing the […]
Dean Venter (Desco SA / Manitou Swift) had an almost perfect start to his attempt to secure the 2017 Investchem Formula Ford championship which got underway at Zwarkops on Saturday, 4 March. Andrew Horne (Xena Chemicals / Budd Power Van Diemen) prevented Venter from taking the maximum points haul when he won the first race, […]
After a break of three-and-a-half months the Investchem Formula Ford Kent drivers return to the track when the opening round of the 2017 championship takes place at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 4 March. At least a dozen cars are expected to line up on the grid with almost all of them capable of challenging for […]
Dean Venter (Turnfab Engineering / Manitou Swift) did everything he could at Red Star on Saturday, 19 November, taking pole position, both race wins and setting the fastest lap time of the day, but it wasn’t enough to deny Andrew Horne (Xena Chemicals / Budd Power Royale RP31) the 2016 Investchem Formula Ford Kent title. […]
Andrew Horne (Xena Chemicals / Budd Power Royale RP31) needs just a single point at the final round of the Investchem Formula Ford Kent championship, which takes place at Red Star Raceway outside Delmas on Saturday, 19 November, to wrap up the 2016 title. The only driver standing between the reigning champion and a successful […]
All eyes will be on the final round of the Investchem Formula Ford championship after the Kyalami round failed to deliver a decisive result this weekend. Dewald Brummer (4 – MAD Racing / Ango Trucks / Fuchs Oils) and Julian van der Watt (42 – Race Driver SA / Investchem) will have to deliver their […]
There are just two rounds of the Investchem Formula Ford championship left to run in 2016. The penultimate round for the year takes place at Kyalami in Johannesburg on Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23. One race will take place on each day, creating a great deal more tension as the competitors have to […]
Ian Schofield (Investchem Mygale) had his best race weekend of the season at the seventh round of the 2016 Investchem Formula Ford Kent Championship at Zwartkops on Saturday, 8 October. The former champion claimed two had fought wins while Dean Venter’s (Turnfab Engineering / Manitou Swift) winning streak came to an abrupt halt. Venter looked […]
The penultimate round of the 2016 Investchem Formula Ford Kent championship takes place at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 8 October. When the series was last at Zwartkops, back at the beginning of April, Dean Venter (Turnfab Engineering / Manitou Group Swift) had a day to forget, leaving the circuit without scoring a point. Since then […]
The Investchem Formula Ford championship took to Killarney Raceway in Cape Town to decide the winner of the sixth round of their 2016 championship. The duel for the top spot has been running all year between Dewald Brummer (4 – MAD Racing / Ango Trucks / Fuchs Oils) and Julian van der Watt (42 – […]
Single-seater racing action takes place at Killarney Raceway on Saturday, September 24, with the Investchem Formula Ford contesting round six of their 2016 national championship. Six consecutive race victories sees Dewald Brummer (4 – MAD Racing / Ango Trucks / Fuchs Oils) enter the Killarney event with the championship lead. At the Cape Town event, […]
Dean Venter (Turnfab Engineering / Manitou Mygale) went to Phakisa having won three of the last four races in the 2016 Investchem Formula Ford championship. He continued this rich run of form when he claimed pole position and then won both races at the sixth round of the series on Saturday, 10 September 2016. The […]
Pole position and taking the chequered flag in both races should have made it a perfect day for Dean Venter (Turnfab Engineering / Manitou Swift) at the fifth round of the 2016 Investchem Formula Ford Kent championship held at Red Star Raceway on Saturday, 6 August 2016. It didn’t quite turn out like that though. […]
After landing a test in a Maserati 250F at the young age of 17, driver Chris Amon went to the highest levels of open-wheel and sports car racing. And together with fellow New Zealander Bruce McLaren, he drove the Ford GT40 to its first 24 Hours of Le Mans win in 1966. He died today […]
Investchem Formula Ford racer Dewald Brummer (4 – MAD Racing / Ango Trucks / Fuchs Oils) was the lead racer in East London on Saturday, in a weekend that was marked by consistent racing performances, virtually throughout the field. Brummer topped the timesheets at round four of the Investchem Formula Ford championship from qualifying, through […]
The Investchem Formula Ford championship delivered some exciting racing at Zwartkops Raceway recently. They follow that up in East London on Saturday, July 9, when they contest round four of their national championship during the Extreme Festival race day. The East London event allows the single-seater competitors to open their throttles wide and enjoy […]
Apart from a disappointing second round at Zwartkops, Dean Venter (Turnfab Engineering / Manitou Swift) has been in amongst the leaders in every Investchem Formula Ford Kent race this season. At the fourth round of the championship, held at Phakisa Freeway on Saturday, 2 July 2016, he stepped up a gear and won both heats […]
Bernie Ecclestone is laughing all the way to the bank as Formula One is on track to gain as much as $180 million from the plummeting value of the British pound, which hit a 30-year low after Britain voted to leave Europe. As the so-called Brexit decision became clear, the pound reversed to $1.34 against […]
Seaoned competitor Rick Morris (8 – Investchem) caught the youngsters napping at Zwartkops Raceway on Thursday. The opening round of race day saw the younger drivers chasing the wily Morris around the circuit as he delivered a masterclass in single-seater driving. Before the event, Morris was in fifth place overall in the championship – and […]