Article by Aaron Cole published in Motor Authority Some of the guys might wear race suits, but they’re just as likely to wear money-green track suits or black-and-white Speedos meant to look like “tuxedos.” They’re racers and they’re having a blast.I’ve been to a fair number of automobile races and they’re all carnivals. This one […]
Gavin Cronje emerged the hero of the Mopar Zwartkops Three Hour race when he turned in an incredible stint into the evening to steer the Rico Barlow Racing/Aid Call 24/7 Ligier JS49 he shared with Simon Murray to a two-lap victory over Francis Carruthers and Johan Engelbrecht’s Harp Motorsport Malta No. 1 Juno SS3 as Cape teams dominated […]
The INEX Legends Championship will head to the Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria for the eighth round of the 2016 season on Saturday 3 September. However this time out they will be a guest category in the increasingly popular Extreme Festival format of racing. The Overall and Individual class championships in the series are now closer […]
The Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria will offer spectators a double motorsport indulgence one Saturday, September 3.Apart from round nine of the 2016 Extreme Festival motorsport series, the circuit will host a round of this year’s Mopar Endurance championship for sports and saloon cars, bringing night racing back to Gauteng. The six-cylinder, 3,7-litre, twin turbocharged Varta […]
Today Jaguar South Africa reaffirmed its commitment to the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, announcing that it would remain the headline sponsor of the popular event for three more years.“The Jaguar Simola Hillclimb has been incredibly successful for us, and we have so much more we want to achieve,” said Richard Gouverneur, Managing Director of Jaguar Land […]
Things are happening super-fast in the Lexus stable. In fact, Lexus has just unveiled a dramatic race car based on the all-new LC 500 – well ahead of the luxury coupe’s arrival in showrooms around the world. The ink that penned down that the dramatic LC concept car is barely dry – and while car […]
Fifty years ago, Volkswagen’s Beetle begat a motorsports effort that is being showcased in a special exhibition from September 5 through October 30 at the Volkswagen Group Forum in Berlin, Germany.Eight vehicles from across the VW motorsports spectrum will be featured in interactive modules, including video, audio and photographic installations. The cars include the Golf […]
South Africa’s David Perel drove the Kessel Ferrari he shared with US teammate Stephen Earl to a dramatic maiden Blancpain GTAM victory in the second race of the series’ Hungarian Sprint race weekend in Budapest on Sunday. Perel and Earl had taken third in Saturday’s opening race, but David’s attacking drive to victory grabbed the Hungoraring headlines. […]
The Race of Champions (ROC) is a motorsport event where drivers from all forms of motorsport go head-to-head in specially designed asphalt track. ROC will be held in US for the very first time. The takes place at Miami’s Marlins Park, from 21-22 January, 2017. Drivers from Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR, LeMans, World Rally Championship, […]
Tortoise & hare duel moves to Zwartkops The 2016 African Endurance Series races in Gauteng for the first time in 2016 when the Mopar Zwartkops Three Hour races into the evening at the Pretoria racetrack on Saturday 3 September. The fourth round of the series is shaping up to be another Ligier-Juno showdown, with Simon […]
For those that watched the opening GT Asia Series race at Shanghai unfold on-line or LIVE throughout Asia, they were treated to one of the best GT3 races on record, the result of which was three cars – all from different marques – running side-by-side across the finish line to end what had been an […]
South Africa’s German ADAC Formula 4 rookie Jonathan Aberdein enjoyed a brilliant outing in Holland, scoring a triple top-ten over the Zandvoort race weekend as he climbed onto the podium for the first time with a brilliant second in the shortened second race. “I am delighted and frustrated all at the same time,” Jonathan admitted. […]
The 318-horsepower Volkswagen Polo R WRC, a car that has won Rally Finland three times, faced the Kamaz 4326 truck, the undisputed King of the Dakar with close to 1000 horsepower, on a narrow road for an enormous jump. At the wheel of the Polo was Jari-Matti Latvala: just like his car, a three-time Rally […]
Aston Martin has been making sportscars for longer, Porsche has won Le Mans more times, Lamborghini is credited with inventing the concept of the supercar and Mercedes-Benz is credited with inventing the car itself. Yet when it comes to classic car desirability, nothing tops Ferrari. Ferrari 250 GTO the most expensive car sold on auction […]
In celebration of BMW’s 100th birthday the BMW Car Club of Gauteng will be hosting a track day and Centenary Parade at the popular Red Star Raceway in Delmas on Saturday 20 August 2016. This event is proudly supported by Zambesi Auto BMW. The day will kick off at 08:00 with the usual Bridgestone BMW […]
Hot on the heels of the most competitive season of the GT Asia Series in the six year history of the category, comes news of an expanded program for 2017 and confirmation from many of Asia’s leading teams of their commitment to that program. Citing increased competition, the success of the live global television programming […]
14-year-old stuns on race debut Here’s a racing name to remember – Bloemfontein’s multiple South African karting champion — and world title runner up last year — 14-year old Stuart White made a significant impression when he made his main circuit debut at Red Star raceway over the weekend. The youngster then promptly followed that […]
TT Legend Guy Martin pilots the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner to become the fastest ever Triumph achieving 274.2 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats The Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner has become the world’s fastest ever Triumph by achieving a speed of 274.2 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats on 8 August, 2016. Piloted by TT […]
Saturday morning dawned damp and greasy at Killarney before it all cleared up to present Cape racers and fans a perfect day for racing and the opportunity for the Bold Marine GTi Challenge to star as usual at the Woman’s Day Power Series. Those slippery early conditions however contrived to spice things up with qualifying […]
The new Volkswagen Passat 1.4 TSI DSG has set a new South African record by a petrol passenger car of driving over 2000km on a single tank. The new Passat drove a distance of 2029 kilometres from the South African and Zimbabwean border gate in Beit Bridge to Moorreesburg – about 90km north of Cape […]
South Africa’s Bentley Boy Jordan Pepper continued his recent top German ADAC GT Masters form with another Junior class podium before a brilliant charge through the field to end up 11th in the second race of Nurburgring’s fifth championship round on Sunday. Pepper, who qualified the big yellow Deutsche Post Bentley Continental GT3 fifth for […]
South Africa’s British Formula 3 rookie Eugene Denyssen was delighted to come away from Snetterton with the Driver of the Day award and two more top-ten race finishes following a trying weekend for the Somerset West racer at the penultimate round of the series. “It was a difficult weekend overall for the team,” Eugene explained. […]
The Investchem Formula Ford Kent series got its 2016 championship underway at Red Star Raceway back in March. They return to the circuit for the fifth round of the championship on Saturday, 6 August but it will be a different experience. Red Star Raceway runs in an anti-clockwise direction for the first six months of […]
Zwartkops Raceway once again plays host to the 37th Cars in the Park on Sunday, July 31, 2016 It was a chance meeting between two old car enthusiasts just near Loftus Versveld in the mid-1960s that saw the establishment of the Pretoria Old Motor Club, and the subsequent hosting of Cars in the Park, the […]
Pole & third at bittersweet Red Bull Ring “I was super happy to secure my first pole position, but it was such a disappointment not to start the race,” Jordan explained. “The team made a good decision to rather fix the damaged part and be sure to fight for a strong result today and […]
Round seven of the 2016 GT Asia Series was very much a matter of deja-vu with Singha Motorsport’s Piti Bhirombhakdi and Carlo Van Dam claiming their second win in the region’s leading GT championship, completing a double at the iconic Fuji International Speedway in Japan, exactly 12-months after they claimed their maiden win at the […]
Dominant Dutch win and a strong second see van der Linde back in Audi Sport TT title contention South Africa’s Sheldon van der Linde was in combative form as he raced to a dominant race win and a strong second place to see him back into Audi Sport TT Cup title contention when the series visited the […]
Pepper ready to race as ADAC GT Masters returns to action in Austria “Going into Round 4 at Red Bull Ring, I’m really looking forward to the weekend and hoping to start the second half of the season strong,” Jordan confirmed. “There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes at Bentley […]
Van der Linde all set to start second half of ADAC GT masters charge in Austria South African Audi ADAC GT Masters charger Kelvin van der Linde is raring to get back into action as the series heads to Austria to commence the second half of the German GT season at the Red Bull Ring following […]
Africa’s biggest car show. Hosted, as always, by the Pretoria Old Motor Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Over 2 000 classic, veteran, vintage and souped up hot-rods, muscle cars and motorcycles are expected for the 37th Cars in the Park, which is once again hosted by the Pretoria Old Motor Club at Zwartkops […]
The Big Boss Auto Super Saloon category with the big V8 GTA class is always a crowd favourite. Ben Morgenrood (Ford Mustang) and Franco Di Matteo (Jaguar) will once again represent the old guard against the bevy of new generation youngsters who have entered the fray. Mackie Adlem (Jaguar) and Steve Herbst (Chev Corvette) are […]
SA’s Stephen Simpson delivers a stunning drive at Mosport Park South Africa’s Stephen Simpson drove a stellar race as he led most of the way through the IMSA PC Mobil Sportscar Grand Prix at Mosport Park, Canada Sunday before the #85Hi-Tide Red Line JDC Miller ORECA Chevrolet dropped to finish fifth. “It was another weekend […]
Eugene enjoys his best British F3 outing yet at Spa Francorchamps South African Eugene Denyssen enjoyed his best outing yet when the British Formula 3 championship travelled to the epic Spa Francorchamps in Belgium and despite a few challenges in the races, the Somerset West driver scored his best results qualifying and race results to date in […]
After a brilliant opening race at Okayama, the GT Asia Series field regrouped for a second round at the former Formula One venue on Sunday, and the legions of fans who attended the circuit and watched the event unfold live online, were not disappointed..! Ultimately victory went to Phoenix Racing Asia’s Marchy Lee and Shaun […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation of Tesla and its self-driving Autopilot software in the wake of a driver’s death.The fatal collision took place in Williston, Florida on May 7 when a tractor-trailer crossed the path of a 2015 Tesla Model S. Accounts say that the car drove under the truck’s […]
SA’s Stephen Simpson, Goikhberg & Miller overcome Watkins Glen challenges South Africa’s Stephen Simpson, regular Russian-Canadian co-driver Misha Goikhberg and American Chris Miller overcame a challenging Sahlen’s Six Hour at the Watkins Glen when they brought the #85 PC class Hi-Tide Red Line JDC Miller ORECA Chevrolet home fourth in class. Goikhberg, Miller and Simpson, who drove […]
Denyssen raring to race British F3 at Spa Francorchamps While racing at Silverstone last time out was a major moment in South African Eugene Denyssen’s British Formula 3 championship campaign, that somehow won’t quite match up with the next appointment on the Somerset West youngster’s calendar. Eugene now heads to the dramatic Spa Francorchamps when […]
Just a week after he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for a second time, France’s Romain Dumas also claimed his second win in the famous Pikes Peak hillclimb on its 100th anniversary running.Dumas drove a Honda-powered Norma prototype machine, entered in the Unlimited Class, up the fabled Colorado ascent to beat Rhys Millen […]
SA’s Stephen Simpson, Goikhberg & Miller intent to make IMSA PC amends at Watkins Glen South Africa’s Stephen Simpson, regular Russian-Canadian co-driver Misha Goikhberg and American Chris Miller head to the classic Sahlen’s Six Hour at the Watkins Glen looking to make amends following a whirlwind recovery by the Hi-Tide Red Line JDC Miller team […]
18 top young South African race drivers are raring to go on first MSA Motorsport Development Academy Motorsport South Africa has confirmed that eighteen young South African race drivers will participate in the inaugural MSA Motorsport Development Academy 3-5 July.“MSA congratulates the eighteen young drivers selected as participants in the Motorsport Development Academy,” Motorsport South […]