The Sasol Global Touring Cars delivered scintillating action to a large and appreciative crowd on a perfect autumn’s afternoon at the East London Grand Prix Circuit as Michael Stephen stormed to an emphatic double victory for the Terry Moss Engen Xtreme Audi GTC team at the third round of the series Saturday. Stephen won both […]
An exceptional, balmy late autumn’s afternoon delivered great Extreme Festival motor racing at the East London Grand Prix Circuit Saturday as a full day’s program played out to an encouragingly large and appreciative Border region crowd. The Sasol Global Touring Cars topped the bill as Michael Stephen stormed to an emphatic double victory for Engen […]
The Engen Xtreme Team heads to the East London Grand Prix Circuit for round three of the Extreme Festival on Saturday, May 22. This event is the second coastal round on the 2017 calendar for the Engen Xtreme Audi A3 GTC racers. “Two rounds into the national Sasol GTC Africa season and the Engen Xtreme […]
South African Kessel Ferrari 488 GT3 race driver, David Perel delivered his first-ever Blancpain GT Endurance series podium at the second round of the series at Silverstone over the weekend. Capetonian Perel, who had previously won races in other GT series, was delighted at his best result yet in the premier category. Having spent the […]
The Comsol VW Challenge competitors make their way down to the coast for their annual “away race” on Saturday, 20 May. The daunting East London Grand Prix Circuit will host the third round of the 2017 championship, At the head of the overall championship log Rory Atkinson (Pozi Drive Polo) has a slender one-point lead […]
“We are gunning for glory,” said Volkswagen Motorsport factory driver Daniel Rowe just days before the start of round three of the Sasol GTC Series at the historic East London Grand Prix Circuit. “This is a real driver’s circuit, and driving skill combined with a bit of bravery is often rewarded with a good result […]
The hotly contested Engen Volkswagen Cup makes its way down to the coast for the second time in just three events, but this time the spectacle moves down to the Eastern Cape where the historic East London Grand Prix circuit will provide the battleground for yet another war between a full field of fast […]
The Sasol GTC2 championship catering for standard-based turbocharged 2-litre hot hatches heads to East London with the prospect of a new brand joining the fray alongside Mini and Volkswagen and another returning. Cape lad Dayne Angel and his team are working around the clock to ready his #4 Autohaus Angel Honda Civic Type R for […]
South African racer Raoul Hyman has signed to drive for Campos Racing for the 2017 GP3 season starting at Barcelona this weekend 13-14 May. Hyman, who successfully completed the team’s preparations in all three official GP3 series pre-season test sessions, was regularly near the top of the time sheets before wrapping up fifth-fastest on the final […]
Cape race fans will get their first taste of latest generation supercar racers in action when a Ferrari 458 GT3 and Lamborghini Huracan GT3 join a bumper South African GT Challenge grid for its second round at Killarney Saturday 13 May. Local ace Marcel Angel will have his new Autohaus Angel Ferrari 458 out at […]
The Mopar South African Endurance Championship returns to Killarney for the Campos Cape 400, which will see SA’s foremost long distance racers dicing into the dark Saturday evening as a top grid descends on Cape Town for the 13 May race. Starting 17h30 following a full regular Killarney Power Tour regional meeting, the 400-kilometer race […]
South African Kessel Ferrari 488 GT3 racer David Perel heads to the second round of the Blancpain Endurance Series this weekend at the legendary F1 track Silverstone. Having not even made it to the first corner in Round One, David is just hoping to get some race time in before he even thinks about potential […]
South Africa’s Stephen Simpson continued his consistent best-Cadillac performance in Saturday’s IMSA WeatherTech Prototype race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, but the Capetonian and his Russon-Canadian teammate Misha Goikhberg are becoming frustrated by their JDC-Miller Oreca-Gibson once again just missing out on the podium with three fourths and a fifth in […]
Campos Cape 400 to race into the dark The Mopar South African Endurance Championship returns to Killarney for the Campos Cape 400, which will see SA’s foremost long distance racers dicing into the dark Saturday evening as a top grid descends on Cape Town for the 13 May race. Starting 17h30 following a full regular […]
Red Star Raceway, just east of Delmas, is the venue for the second round of the 2017 Comsol VW Challenge on Saturday, 29 April. While most of the drivers have experience at the Mpumalanga circuit, things will be a bit different from the last time they lapped the track in anger as they will be […]
Enthusiastic crowd treated to superb racing If the social media reaction of many of the fans who thoroughly enjoyed Saturday’s Kyalami’s Motorsport Festival is anything to go by, it was a brilliant day all round – never mind that the impressive crowd assembled along the grassy banks clearly enjoyed a fine show on a perfect […]
It was another successful day on the track for both members of the Engen Xtreme Team on Saturday at Kyalami. Simon Moss and Michael Stephen stepped on to the podium at the historic raceway in Johannesburg, with the pair achieving three podium finishes on the day. Moss again finished the day in second place overall, […]
South Africa’s newly crowned Formula 4 UAE champion Jonathan Aberdein returns to the German ADAC Formula 4 championship with a spring in his step and the title in mind after topping the times in the German series’ pre-season test last week. Aberdein is looking forward to continuing his late season promise and winter title form […]
South African Bentley driver Jordan Pepper heads back to the Nurburgring for the 6-hour qualifying race 22 April. Pepper will compete in one of the Abt team’s Continental GTs in preparation for the 24-hour race at the legendary circuit in June. “The six hour is quite different to the last two 4-hour races, which were […]
A good showing by Engen Xtreme Team’s Simon Moss in the opening event of the 2017 Sasol GTC Africa series in Cape Town sees him enter round two in second place in the championship. Moss lines his Engen Xtreme Audi A3 GTC at Kyalami in Johannesburg on Saturday, 22 April, in what will be the […]
Sixteen-year old Giordano Lupini is relishing his return to Kyalami for his first Engen Volkswagen Cup race at the iconic Johannesburg racetrack Saturday 22 April. The Franschhoek Bridge House Grade 11 scholar won on his first Kyalami outing last year and he will also be looking to deliver on his impressive debut Polo performance at […]
Saturday promises a show to remember The Kyalami Motorsport Festival this Saturday 22 April promises Gauteng fans a fun filled and action packed racing day to remember with South Africa’s finest cars and top drivers ready to thrill at the home of local motorsport. SA’S FINEST DRIVERS READY TO RACE A trio of national championship […]
South African GT driver David Perel heads to Monza for the first round of the Blancpain Endurance Championship this weekend 22-23 April and having twice missed the podium at the classic Italian circuit, the Capetonian hopes to right the ship third time around with a little help from his brand new AM class Kessel Ferrari […]
Round two of the national Investchem Formula 1600 championship will take place as part of the Extreme Festival at Kyalami on Saturday, 22 April. With the first two races completed, Julian van der Watt (42 – Race Driver SA) has stepped up as the early leader, having claimed both of the chequered flags. With a […]
Full field of more than 20 Volkswagen Polos to tackle iconic Midrand circuit for the first time in 2017 Points leader Shaun La Réservée to miss second round of the championship A tie on the points table for second position Two former winners return to the series Number of fast drivers determined to make […]
Motor racing returns to Kyalami at the thrilling Motorsport Festival on Saturday 22 April. On track highlights will include the Sasol GTC, making it a show to remember, as well as a fleet of new to SA GT3 cars set to take to the track for the first time in the G&H Transport Extreme Supercar […]
South African Bentley driver Jordan Pepper was delighted with progress following his second Nurburgring VLN series 4-hour race on the notorious 21km Nordscheife on Saturday. Pepper, sharing his yellow Abt Bentley Continental GT3 with German driver Christian Mamerow and Belgian Nico Verdonck, ended fourth following a strong run that saw the trio leading the race […]
Another strong fourth at Long Beach South Africa’s US IMSA sportscar star Stephen Simpson and his Russo-Canadian teammate Misha Goikhberg continued their strong run in the 2017 WeatherTech series with another strong fourth position aboard their JDC-Miller Oreca Gibson in Saturday’s Long Beach Grand Prix. The duo, who won their class in this race last […]
Kessel Ferrari race driver David Perel has signed an agreement with Stilo Racing Helmets to bring David aboard as an official Stilo brand Ambassador.“David is a rising star in the GT ranks and we are excited to have him join the Stilo family,” Stilo CEO, Guglielmo Belotti confirmed. “Our ST5 model is perfectly suited to […]
Stuart White embarks on perhaps the most exciting step of his illustrious racing career so far as he prepares to fly off for the first round of the French Formula 4 championship at Nogaro in three weeks time, with a spring in his step straight off a most impressive Investchem South African Formula 1600 debut […]
South African Bentley racer Jordan Pepper heads to this weekend’s second round Nurburgring VLN race, the 42nd DMV 4-hour race on the notorious 17km Nordschleife, looking to improve on his podium debut performance there last weekend. “We’re going into VLN round 2 at the Nurburgring just two weeks after race 1 – that’s quite a […]
South Africa’s US MSA sportscar racing ace Stephen Simpson and his Russo-Canadian teammate Misha Giokhberg head to California looking for a repeat success following their Prototype Challenge class win at Long Beach last year. The duo will however be challenging for overall victory in 2017 aboard their premier-class JDC-Miller Racing Oreca. “The Long Beach Grand […]
Close racing was at the order of the day during the first round of the very popular Engen Volkswagen Cup that kicked off at Cape Town’s Killarney International Raceway this weekend. A full field of no less than 22 title hopefuls lined up on the starting grid in what proved to be one of the […]
The Engen Xtreme Team contested the first round of their national championship in Cape Town on Saturday, with Simon Moss (38) recording his first podium finish for 2017 – and the first for the team in the process.Race one saw Moss start and his Engen Xtreme Audi A3 GTC start in second spot – and […]
Raoul Hyman’s impression on Campos Racing during his two-day test with the team’s GP3 car at Estoril in Portugal last week was enough to see the South African driver drafted into Campos’ line-up for this week’s Formula 2 (formerly known as GP2) test at Bahrain this week. 20-year old Hyman, who has in recent seasons […]
South Africa’s Raoul Hyman delivered a stellar performance to top the time sheets in the opening GP3 test of the season at Estoril, Portugal Wednesday morning 22 March. Hyman’s blistering pace was all the more impressive considering he had never seen the Estoril track before this week. Raoul was sitting second in the time sheets […]
LTR heads south off strong Zwartkops run Lee Thompson Racing enjoyed a positive start to its 2017 season with great results for all four of its drivers at Tuesday’s season-opening Northern Regions Comsol Volkswagen Challenge races in Pretoria, but the team heads straight to Cape Town for the first round of the SA National GTC2 […]
National championship motorcycle racing returns to the track when the first round of the 2017 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy takes place at Killarney Raceway in Cape Town on Saturday, 25 March.Clint Seller (MiWay Yamaha Racing R1) will be looking to get back to championship winning ways. The four-time South African champion had a disappointing 2016 […]
The G&H Transport Supercar races will see a varied range of very quick exotic cars take to the Zwartkops tarmac. A front runner will be Leeroy Poulter, in the Daytona McLaren 650s GT.This year’s Extreme Festival – South Africa’s premier circuit racing tour – will kick off at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria next Tuesday, […]
The 2017 Comsol VW Challenge gets underway at Zwartkops on Tuesday, 21 March. Last season all four titles, the overall and three classes, were decided by the narrowest margins – the overall and class B titles going the way of Nic Clarke by just a single point with Rory Atkinson taking the class A title […]