It has taken nine months but the hotly contested Oettinger Polo Cup series will finally reach the third round of action following Round 1 at Zwartkops way back in March and the first post Covid-19 race early in August, also at Zwartkops. For Round 2, the series moves away from Gauteng and over the border […]
For 4 long months we all hunkered down, and motorsport was something we remembered fondly. Thankfully the drought seems to be over, and with hardly any time to catch their breath, the Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series contestants head to the Red Star Raceway outside Delmas on September 19 for the next round in this […]
ICGT leader Jordan to chase title Intercontinental GT Challenge leader, South Africa’s Bentley Boy Jordan Pepper’s race season has just become even more hectic following his Bathurst 12 Hour team being confirmed for Spa 24 Hour, the Indianapolis 8 Hour and, most significantly, his home race Kyalami 9 Hour. “I am delighted to confirm that […]
BMW driver Sheldon van der Linde made the most of challenging conditions and an incident-packed race to take his first DTM victory in the second race at Assen. The Team RBM driver won the race ahead of Audi drivers Robin Frijns and Nico Müller. The forecasted rain arrived to Assen for the second race, with […]
As motorsport in SA slowly regains a semblance of normality, albeit without spectator support, various categories have made successful returns to the track. The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series was one of the first to do so back in July at Zwartkops, and the circus is back on Saturday 5 September at that most illustrious […]
Last year this time, Robert Kubica was enduring a tough time on his remarkable comeback to Formula 1, with a Williams team in dire straits he was comprehensively outshone by his teammate. Kubica’s performance, relative to rookie Russell in the sister car, left a great deal to be desired and soon talk of inferior equipment […]
Round two of this year’s Extreme Festival was concluded in spectacular manner at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, and it was really good, even though it took place in front of empty grandstands. Topping events were two rounds of the Oettinger Polo Cup championship, with the first going to Justin Oates (Total Polo), […]
South Africa’s motorsport fraternity, including everyone involved in the Oettinger Polo Cup safely returned to action for Round 2 of the National Extreme Festival at the Zwartkops Raceway to the west of Pretoria. The stands may have been empty as a result of motorsport’s Covid-19 compliance, but the action on track was as good as […]
WRT from Belgium have got their ADAC GT Masters challenge off to magnificent start. The Audi outfit, which already has an illustrious record in international GT racing, has chalked up a maiden ADAC GT Masters victory on its very first competitive outing in the series. After Dries Vanthoor (22, BEL, Team WRT) booked pole position […]
Uitenhage. It’s been five months since South African motorsport fans have been treated to the type of action that only the Oettinger Polo Cup can provide, and now, the field of more than 20 of South Africa’s most talented drivers are preparing themselves to return to the track once again. The Zwartkops Raceway to the west […]
2020 will still be a blur for Bathurst winner Pepper The 2020 international GT race season started quite brilliantly for South African Bentley Boy Jordan Pepper when he won the Bathurst 12 Hour sharing his Continental GT3 with Jules Gounon and Maxime Soulet in Australia in February. Like all else since, racing went dead through […]
Dare we hope? Citizens have been on lockdown, and machinery has been locked up, but after 4 long and difficult months, freedom it seems is at hand, albeit conditionally. The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series returns as part of the Zwartkops Winter Challenge on Saturday 25 July, and after the enforced hiatus everyone is looking […]
MOTORSPORT’S SHARE OF “NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME AGAIN!’ Times have without doubt changed – but so did the people. I could not help smiling this morning when I saw a promo clip telling “people” that watching WorldWideWrestling on TV, was like bringing the sport into your living room. In this promo, the wrestlers actually […]
Those were the days my friend, unfortunately they came to a sudden end.. Rallystar will – if we manage to stay open of course – bring you some motorsport news from as early as the 60’s. Our stories will be about some of the South African rally stars and also some racing stars. Some of […]
The Holden Bathurst Revival will see event promoter Australian Racing Group pay tribute to the brand’s racing history, on the eve of the carmaker’s formal closure at the end of this year. The Revival will be stages over three 20-minute non-competitive sessions, with a wide-ranging eligibility list going from the earliest racing Holdens right up […]
Excitement hits fever pitch for Prancing Horse enthusiasts, as Ferrari Middle East launches the Ferrari Club Challenge for the first time in the region. Three years following the initiation of the concept in Europe, the club is launched to immerse Ferraristi in the region into the exhilarating world of Ferrari with exclusive driving opportunities at […]
Audi factory driver Kelvin van der Linde won both races in the latest round of Team Redline’s Esports series for professional drivers, slashing Formula 1 star Max Verstappen’s points lead. The third round of the virtual series, which brings together over 40 real-life racing stars on iRacing alongside a couple of streamers and guest sim […]
Mazda has announced that Multimatic Motorsports will take over the Japanese’s manufacturer’s Daytona Prototype International (DPi) program, starting at the next round of the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship. “With its broad experience in racing operations and race car development, Mazda has now tasked Multimatic with the operation of its flagship racing program,” Mazda Motorsports said […]
The 2.4km of tarmac at Pretoria’s Zwartkops Raceway hosted the first battle of the 2020 Polo Cup, now sponsored by famous tuning brand Oettinger. And as with the 23 seasons before this one, the Oettinger Polo Cup did not disappoint, keeping race fans on the edge of their seats. When the final checkered flag was waved […]
Weekend action a storm before the calm? The South African national championship circuit racing season kicked off a day before government pulled the plug on all group activity on the back of the Coronavirus crisis. The Extreme Festival kicked off at Zwartkops on Saturday, where the Investchem Formula 1600 championship delivered three different winners in […]
SA’s fastest in PE for SA Endurance Series Port Elizabeth race fans can look forward to supporting their local heroes driving the most exciting supercars ever to visit the Aldo Scribante at the Mandela Bay 500 on Saturday 21 March. The South African Endurance Series season opener will deliver racing of the highest order when […]
Binder, Angel, Pott, Green & Clark star Topping the South African motorsport news this past weekend, SA rider Darryn Binder put in an heroic ride as he fought for the lead of the Qatari Moto3 Grand Prix season opener until crashing his KTM out of the race on the final lap after contact with rival […]
For more than 23 years, the Volkswagen Polo Cup, now known as the Oettinger Polo Cup, has produced not only some of the country’s greatest racing moments, but also some of the country’s best racing drivers and the 2020 championship promises to do the same. The list of drivers who have come through the ranks […]
Series will be known as the Oettinger Polo Cup Other series partners to still include the likes of Falken, Ferodo and Total Eight-event series scheduled to kick off at Pretoria’s Zwartkops Raceway on 14 March 2020 Uitenhage. South Africa’s most successful racing series will commence for the 24th consecutive season when no less than 25 […]
The inaugural Emerald Speed Fest (ESF) took place this past weekend, serving up a variety of motoring action to eager spectators. Held at the Emerald Resort and Casino in Vanderbijlpark (Southern Gauteng), the event consisted of a one-mile (1.6 kilometre) timed sprint race. A twisty track and some tricky chicanes ensured the course didn’t lack […]
Splendid racing opens East London season The Border Motorsport Club kicked off a busy 2020 Race season at the East London Grand Prix Circuit with the first round of the region’s motorsport championships on leap year Saturday as a wonderful variety of Border Modified, Sports & GT cars, East London Historic Saloon racers and Clubmans […]
V8 field ready for new year of racing A brand new race season awaits the V8 Masters, who kick their racing year off at the first round of the Killarney’s Power Series in Cape Town Saturday 7 March and all eyes will be on reigning champion Fabio Tafani who starts a fresh campaign fresh off […]
A win and two further podium results at Red Star Raceway this past weekend (February 13-14) saw Gerhard Roux taking the early 2020 Liqui Moly INEX Legends Championship lead. The weekend also saw both Josef Kotze and Lonika Maartens making their championship debut around the counterclockwise circuit layout. Both drivers had only one prior outing […]
Following plentiful speculation, ex-Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica will drive in the DTM Series for 2020 with the reputable ART Grand Prix privateer team. Kubica will be in a customer BMW Motorsport M4 DTM, with ART returning to the series it left at the end of 2016 after two seasons of competition in affiliation with Mercedes-Benz. The Pole, who lost his F1 seat with Williams […]
Historics, dirt double top SA race action It was a relatively busy South African race weekend in spite of it still being so early in the new season, as two national and one regional championship got going and an international contingent spiced up the historic race weekend action in Cape Town over the past weekend. […]
Splendid race day opens PE season It was quality that trumped quantity as Algoa Motorsport Club’s hectic race season got off to a cracking start at Aldo Scribante Racetrack in Port Elizabeth over the weekend where smaller fields delivered some spectacular racing ahead of an appreciative local crowd. Nick Davidson got his 2020 Eastern Province […]
Investchem single seaters set to star Investchem Formula 1600 is set for a bumper new season with dazzling new prizes for the series top six attracting a cracking field to South Africa’s premium national single seater championship. The series confirmed the spoils at its annual prize giving, where the 2020 competitors also drew their engines […]
Spectacular race season starts Saturday The Algoa Motorsport Club’s season-opening race meeting is all set to go at Aldo Scribante this Saturday 8 February with local racers raring to compete and fans anticipating a cracking start to what promises to be a record season for Port Elizabeth motorsport. The pipe-opening regional raceday carries more than […]
When Acura committed to building the second-generation NSX, it also committed to go racing. Of course. “If we make a supercar, we’re making a race car,” says Acura vice president and brand officer Jon Ikeda. “You want to be a performance brand? You have to be on the race track.” Michael Shank is admired throughout […]
SA’s oldest race closes a racing decade Andrew Culbert (Bigfoot Porsche 911 GT3) did the double on Saturday as he drove his Bigfoot Porsche 911 GT3 to back to back victory at the oldest race in South Africa. 2018 winner put his Porsche on pole position before dealing with Trevor Frost (Ligier JS49) and Bigfoot […]
Border 100 closes SA season Saturday South Africa’s oldest motor race blasts off at the racetrack that represents the heart of the local sport, when the Border 100 races at the iconic East London Grand Prix Circuit Saturday 14 December. The Border 100 goes back to 1933 when it raced on a unique 25km track […]
In conjunction with Porsche Carrera Cup Asia promoter Motorsport Asia Ltd. (MAL), Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific is excited to announce a new multi-class winter series for its customers – Porsche Sprint Challenge Asia, which will host two events at the Sepang International Circuit between January and March. The Porsche Sprint Challenge Asia will unite GT […]
A range of former Supercars that tackled Mount Panorama during their racing lives have returned this week to compete in Challenge Bathurst.The event provides an opportunity to drive street or race cars on the famous circuit against the clock, attracting over 400 competitors this year.The Supersprint portion of the event is being held today and […]
If there’s one thing that motorsport fans will have learned from Round 7 of the Falken Polo Cup at Killarney Raceway in Cape Town, it’s that this highly successful one-make series is as unpredictable and exciting as they come. Aside from the season-long tussle between reigning champion Jeffrey Kruger and rising star Bradley Liebenberg, it […]
The season finale of the 2019 Global Touring Car (GTC) championship could hardly have been scripted any better. With five drivers in contention for the title going into the final round, including Volkswagen Motorsport’s Keagan Masters and Daniel Rowe, it’s all to play for when the series heads to the challenging Red Star Raceway in […]