Competition in the Bridgestone Production Car Championship has been fierce this season. The on-track battles for position and points has demanded the most from every racer in the series. The final round of the championship sees the Audi S4 quattro racers head to Zwartkops Raceway for the last two races of the season on […]
The final round of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship takes place at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 1 November. For Engen Xtreme’s Michael Stephen (A1), defending his Class A title is going to produce an exciting day of racing. Stephen has won the Bridgestone Production Car Championship title for three consecutive seasons. He is a determined […]
The premier Bridgestone Production Car series had an action-packed afternoon at Cape Town’s Killarney circuit on September 27, and as the sun set both Johan Fourie and reigning champion Michael Stephen realised that the championship would go down to the wire. Roll on Zwartkops November 1…can Stephen make it an unprecedented four in a row […]
THE penultimate round of the Super Series season saw the Engen Volkswagen Cup racers tackle two races at Killarney in Cape Town on Saturday. When the dust had settled, Sheldon van der Linde (16 – Ferodo Racing) had consolidated his lead, and he will enter the final race day as the championship favourite. In […]
Yet another full-house haul of points for James Hurley (The Starter Pack Company Polo) saw him claim the 2014 Comsol VW Challenge class A title and extend his lead in the overall championship at Kyalami on Wednesday, 24 September. Hurley signalled his intentions in no uncertain terms in the morning’s qualifying session, setting a time […]
Certain tracks are considered ‘BMW tracks’ and other tracks ‘Audi tracks’ but Cape Town’s Killarney is neither – which makes predicting a winner a job for a gambling man… With that in mind, the penultimate round of the Bridgestone Production Car on September 27 will be extremely important for the two leading class A protagonists: […]
THE 2014 season of the Engen Volkswagen Cup national championship continues in the tradition of this tough racing formula. With just two rounds left of the year, there are three racers in the running to claim the title – with not much breathing space for any of them. Killarney hosts the penultimate round of […]
The Comsol VW Challenge returns to Kyalami just four and a half weeks after their last visit to the historic circuit. More than 30 cars will line up for the seventh round of the 2014 championship on Heritage Day, 24 September. Going into the final third of the season James Hurley (The Starter Pack Company […]
Killarney calls the Engen Xtreme Team to Cape Town for the penultimate round of the 2014 Bridgestone Production Car Championship. This is the second time that the Super Series will appear in the Western Cape, but this event is sure to be a nail-biting affair. The gap between the top two in Class A […]
RELEVANT RACING BACK ON TRACK IN 2015 Local race fans can look forward to the tantalising prospect of a field of high-performance compact hatchbacks going wheel to wheel on racetracks around the country next year, thanks to a new class just announced which aims to make production car racing more accessible, more relevant and […]
The Zwartkops Raceway results from Saturday show three Audi S4 quattros in the top four overall results of the day. Each of the two race wins also featured an Audi S4 quattro on the top step of the podium. The first race victory of the day went to the defending champion, Michael Stephen (A1 – […]
ROUND six of the Engen Volkswagen Cup championship takes place at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 30 August. With just three rounds of the eight-round title fight remaining, the battle for points is raging. Up front the Engen Volkswagen Cup Polo Vivos of Daniel Rowe (11 – Ferodo Racing) and his teammate Sheldon van der Linde […]
The Super Series is eight rounds of racing from 1 March to 1 November. Eight rounds of competition over a nine month period with racers trying to collect as many points as possible. The Zwartkops event on Saturday, August 30, is round six of the 2014 Bridgestone Production Car Championship, with the series reaching a […]
In the blue and white corner, weighing in at 122 kilos and standing six foot six inches (1.98 metres) in his socks…Graeme Nathan. And in the red and green corner and weighing 72 kilos and standing just five foot six inches…Mandla Mdakane.In boxing parlance it’s a mismatch but fortunately (for Mdakane), this isn’t a boxing […]
The defending champion in the Bridgestone Production Car Championship and the newest competitor in class A of the series team up again on Saturday, 30 August, when the Engen Xtreme Team competes in the Super Series at Zwartkops Raceway. Michael Stephen (A1) has won multiple titles in the Bridgestone Production Car Championship and is currently […]
Even though the Australian-made Holden Commodore will cease to exist beyond 2017, Holden will continue to have a large presence in V8 Supercars. The automaker has announced a new multi-million dollar deal with the factory-backed Holden Racing Team to compete for at least the next few years, according to The Daily Telegraph. The news comes […]
The Van der Linde family of Gauteng has established many South African motor racing records over the past 30 years or so and continues to do so. The latest Van der Linde to hit the headlines is Sheldon, at 14 the youngest driver ever to have won an Engen Volkswagen Cup national championship motor race. […]
Johan Fourie in the Alcohol Killer BMW 335i has extended his lead in the Bridgestone Production Car championship, scoring the motorsport equivalent of a perfect 10 at Phakisa Freeway near Welkom on August 2.In class T there were very different finishing orders in the two races, the 12-lap feature highlighted by a very robust confrontation […]
THE Engen Volkswagen Cup series is best-known for delivering on enthusiastic driving performances from competitors eager to grab any advantage in their search for track position and championship points. Round five at Phakisa Freeway in Welkom, Free State on Saturday was no different. Duvall Maritz (25) was an early casualty when he hit the barrier […]
Round five of the Super Series on Saturday, 2 August, sees the racers compete at a circuit that is a driver-favourite. Phakisa Freeway has a challenging layout that keeps drivers focused and demands a high level of dedication from the competitors.There are few as dedicated as those who contest the Bridgestone Production Car Championship, with […]
Round five of the Engen Volkswagen Cup season sees the racers in this Volkswagen Polo Vivo series compete at Phakisa Freeway on Saturday, 2 August. A driver favourite, this track provides more than a few challenges as the drivers seek to post the fastest laptimes. Four rounds into the series and it is Daniel Rowe […]
The Super Series heads to the Free State for round five of the 2014 season. Here, the Engen Xtreme team will contest the Bridgestone Production Car Championship at Phakisa Freeway on Saturday, 2 August. The event makes the start of the second half of the season, with the Engen Xtreme racers a strong presence in […]
Round four of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship, held in East London, saw the Engen Xtreme Audi S4 quattro racers, display a model of efficiency and consistency. Michael Stephen (A1) and Simon Moss (A38) showed strong pace and ensured they brought home valuable points from the race day. Stephen set the pace for the team, […]
EAST LONDON CALLING…BPC READY FOR THE NEXT CLASH The Bridgestone Super Production Car Championship arrives in East London for Round Four of the championship after a two month break, but for some it has been a period of intense research and development – rather than a rest. With the category last visiting the circuit in […]