Pepper Racing’s Shaun La Réserveé took another Engen Volkswagen Polo Cup lights to flag win in the 2016 Engen Volkswagen Polo Cup as he sped to Race 2 victory in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, while the team’s Junior drivers Daniel Duminy and Brad Benningfield endured a tough day’s racing as they diced home 13th and 14th overall. […]
Bradley Liebenberg (12 – Ferodo) was the big winner at Aldo Scribante Raceway on Saturday. With a first place finish overall after the three races, Liebenberg was the Engen Volkswagen Cup racer to lead the field home at this, round three of the 2016 national championship. Liebenberg was the first competitor across the line at […]
Bittersweet Audi Sport TT Cup weekend comes good for van der Linde South Africa’s Audi Sport TT Cup sensation Sheldon van der Linde continued his winning ways when he took his third victory out of four in the second race at the Nurburgring Saturday.“I am delighted with my second race performance today,” Sheldon admitted. “I enjoyed a […]
Round three of the Engen Volkswagen Cup championship for 2016 will see the national field contest a second coastal round for the season – this time in Port Elizabeth. Keagan Masters (18 – Champion) will enter the fray in Port Elizabeth as the overall championship leader again. The Port Elizabeth event takes place on Saturday, […]
Shaun La Réserveé keen to continue Polo Cup winning ways in Port Elizabeth Pepper Racing heads to Port Elizabeth with a spring in its step following veteran Engen Volkswagen Polo Cup racer Shaun La Réserveé’s dominant form in Cape Town last time out, while teammates Brad Benningfield enjoyed his best results to date and Daniel […]
Van der Linde out to turn ADAC GT Masters pace into race results Kelvin van der Linde is intent to turn his recent great German ADAC GT Masters pace into solid results at Lausitzring 4-5 June. 2014 series champions van der Linde has regularly shown great speed this year, but results have not been forthcoming […]
Tasmin Pepper (Campos Transport / Alpine Motors Polo) scored a full-house of championship points in the fourth round of the Comsol VW Challenge at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 21 May 2016. The Edenvale based driver qualified on pole position and went on to take two comfortable class A race wins. Darren Nathan (Sex Trader Polo) […]
The fourth round of the 2016 Comsol VW Challenge takes place at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 21 May. Around 40 vehicles, spread across three categories, should take to the circuit to do battle in one of South Africa’s longest running saloon car racing series. One third of the way through the season the class A […]
The third round of the 2016 Inland Championship was held at the rustic Midvaal Raceway on Saturday 7 May.Once again the Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series produced one of the biggest fields on the day. Julian Fameliaris (E36 328i Turbo) took the lead ahead of poleman Stefano Martinelli (E36 328i Turbo). Fameliaris romped home to […]
The starting signal for the 2016 Audi Sport TT Cup was given this weekend at the Hockenheimring. Sheldon van der Linde (ZA) immediately impressed on two occasions in the season opener. The rookie in the Audi one-make cup won both races and now ranks at the top of the standings. International stars were on the […]
The third round of the Inland Championship Roadshow will head to the rustic Midvaal Raceway on Saturday 7 May for another action packed event The Big Boss Auto Super Saloon category is always a fan favourite with the V8 GTA class growing in strength. Ben Morgenrood (Ford Mustang) and Franco Di Matteo (Jaguar) will once […]
The Comsol VW Challenge competitors make their way to Phakisa Freeway for the second time this season on Saturday, 23 April for the third round of the 2016 championship.It is still relatively early in the championship but already there are some signs of what is likely to come. In class A, the battle is developing […]
Round two of the Engen Volkswagen Cup championship saw the field of Volkswagen Polo TSI drivers take to the Killarney Raceway circuit in Cape Town on Saturday. Two races meant two chances to earn those valuable points and create the cushion that is going to be so important later this year. In qualifying it quickly […]
Graeme Nathan, the most successful driver in South African production car history with seven titles to his name, sees 2016 as the opportunity to finally dispel the notion that he is a front-wheel-drive specialist.His opportunity to do so will come mid-year, when he gets behind the wheel of a rear-drive Volkswagen GTC (Global Touring Car) […]
Killarney Raceway in the Western Cape will see the Engen Volkswagen Cup competitors in a two-race scramble during the second round of the 2016 season on Saturday, April 16. The first round of the season proved to be an exciting one, with the newest drivers in the series proving some of the toughest competition out […]
The rejuvenated Inland Championship Roadshow will head to the Phakisa Freeway in Welkom on 2 April for the second round of the 2016 season. If the first round of the year is anything to go by the Phakisa event is expected to produce even more action and excitement. The Big Boss Auto Super Saloon category […]
On a Zwartkops race day punctuated by delays and red flags, Rory Atkinson (Comsol Polo) and Waldie Meintjes (LTR / Marty’s Body & Spray Polo) shared the class A wins in the second round of the 2016 Comsol VW Challenge series on Saturday, 19 March. Defending champion Nic Clarke (Central Technical Services Polo) grabbed victory […]
Zwartkops Raceway hosted round one of the Engen Volkswagen Cup championship on Saturday. Over three races, the opening battles of the season took place as these competitors rubbed mirrors and fenders searching for their share of the points. The first race victory for 2016 was claimed by Chris Shorter (33 – Payen/Hollard/Turn1) with Keagan Masters […]
THE Engen Volkswagen Cup racing season gets underway at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, March 19. This is the first of the eight-round championship and marks the start of the series celebrating a full two decades of national competition. Competitors face 19 races in the build-up to crowning the 15th Engen Volkswagen Cup champion this year. […]
The first round of the 2016 racing season for the renewed and refreshed Inland Championship saw the popular Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series kick things off at the Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday 5 March with an impressive 25 cars qualifying for the first race of the day. Qualifying Julian Fameliaris (E36 328i Turbo) only just […]
The first round of the 2016 Inland Championship took place at the Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday 5 March, with close and competitive racing setting the tone for an exciting year ahead. The tag line of ‘Real People, Real Racing’ rang true with the diverse field of categories catering to everyone’s taste. The Big Boss Auto […]
The first round of the 2016 Inland Championship looks set to launch Regional racing into a whole new era. With a new PR team now driving the promotions and media coverage, as well as a refreshing TV package being secured, the newly launched tag line of ‘Real People, Real Racing’ has gained much interest. The […]
Sheldon van der Linde (Piazza-Musso Polo) and Tasmin Pepper (Pepper Racing/Campos Transport/Alpine Motors Polo) shared the class A and overall wins when the 2016 Comsol VW Challenge season got underway at Phakisa on Saturday, 27 February. In class B Darren Nathan (Sextrader Polo) had to fight hard to keep defending champion Nic Clarke (Central Technical […]
A field of around 35 cars will take to the track at Phakisa Freeway outside Welkom to signal the start of the 2016 Comsol VW Challenge season on Saturday, 27 February. In class A defending champion Rory Atkinson (Comsol Polo) will be looking to defend his title and claim the overall title in 2016 but […]
Having shown great pace over the last few editions of the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12-Hour, Melbourne’s M-Motorsport are heading into the 2016 running of the event intent on taking the fight to the top teams as the first major GT3 event of the year gets underway in just over one week’s time. With two experienced Bathurst […]
The Volkswagen Group wants industrial companies and policy makers to work more closely on the future of mobility in the EU. Europe needs to take the technological lead in future areas of the automotive sector and work with policy makers to create the necessary framework conditions, demands Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller at the company’s traditional […]
The buildup to the Daytona 24 Hours is a long, anxious process. Starting the week before the ‘Roar’ test weekend in early January, Daytona International Speedway becomes the nucleus of international motor racing; a hub of newsflashes, speculation and comment about what is to be expected from the first race of the season. It remains like this until the […]
Bentley will have a new team in the 2016 ADAC GT Masters. ABT Sportsline and C.Abt Racing will join forces as Bentley Team ABT to race three Bentley Continentals in the Super Sports Car League. The three Bentleys will be deployed by the well-proven C.Abt Racing team, managed by former DTM driver and ADAC GT […]
Who knew turning the 2016 Toyota Prius into something that excites car enthusiasts was so simple? All it took was a 3.4-liter V8, a new mid-engined chassis and a giant wing. Of course, this Prius is designed to compete in Japan’s Super GT racing series, so don’t expect Toyota to build a road going version. […]
Jaguar Land Rover has finally started to release details of its long awaited motorsport programme. The English manufacturer has revealed it is building a major new facility at the former Prodrive test track at Fen End near Kenilworth. The new building includes a composites manufacturing area and is believed to be the location for a […]
Tyre maker Bridgestone has reminisced on its 25-year involvement in South African Production Car racing as the series came to an end with its final race at Zwartkops on November 2. “Bridgestone has a long association with Production Car racing, from sponsoring a single car, to becoming the series control tyre and enjoying the naming […]
THE 2015 Engen Volkswagen Cup season finale at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday was a race-day filled with dramatic moments. Overall honours for the event went to Tasmin Pepper (31 – PG Glass) who won the first race and crossed the line for second place in race two. In addition, Pepper had drawn two pole positions […]
Hennie Groenewald (8 – Audi Sasolracing) is the 2015 National Production Car Champion. He was crowned at the final event of the NPCC season at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday – with the chase for the title going to a very exciting final race on the day. The fight for the title was between two of […]
The 2015 National Production Car Championship (NPCC) goes down to the wire at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 7 November, in what is the final round of this year’s event.Two racers will be duelling for overall championship honours on the day. Hennie Groenewald tops the standings followed by Michael Stephen of the Engen Xtreme Team. Stephen […]
THE penultimate round of the Engen Volkswagen Cup championship in the Western Cape on Saturday saw the series claim its latest Masters champion. Mathew Hodges (M1 – Sourcit / Phoenix Signs / 959 Panelbeaters) sealed his victory in this category with a round of the championship still to be run – at Zwartkops Raceway on […]
Killarney Raceway hosted the penultimate round of the National Production Car Championship (NPCC) on Saturday. As per usual, it was the Audi S4 quattro racers that set the pace and dominated the leaderboard. In qualifying, it was Hennie Groenewald (8 – Audi Sasolracing) and Gennaro Bonafede (32 – Audi Sasolracing) who posted the top qualifying […]
JUST two rounds remain of the Engen Volkswagen Cup championship this year. There are a total of 134 points (80 at Killarney and 54 points at Zwartkops) up for grabs to the driver who manages to claim pole positions in qualifying, produces the fastest lap in each race and wins each of the races on […]
Killarney Raceway hosts the penultimate round of the National Production Car Championship on Saturday, October 24. The top three spots in the championship are all held by Audi S4 quattro racers – and all four are within the top five. The series leader is Michael Stephen (12 – Engen Xtreme) who is hard at work […]
Tesla shows its revolutionary electric SUV Three years, seven months and 20 days. That’s how long has passed since Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk first unveiled a prototype of the Model X at its design studio near Los Angeles, billing the all-electric crossover as a vehicle with “more functionality than a minivan, more style than […]
ADAC GT Masters defending champion Kelvin van der Linde (19, ZAF) has come to the end of a long lean spell. In temperatures of around 35 degrees at the Sachsenring, the South African and his C.Abt Racing team-mate Stefan Wackerbauer (19, DEU) steered their Audi R8 to a first win of the season. The Audi […]