Late in 1968 the South African Honda distributors brought three standard 49cc Fury Honda four-stroke singles to Killarney in an attempt to set a new 12 Hour Endurance Record for 50cc motorcycles. The Fury was no moped; it had a single overhead camshaft engine that delivered...
Clerk of the course Brian Hoskins recalls that the first Clerks' office was in a caravan – the same caravan that now stands on the left as you come in at Gate 1 – while events on the motocross circuit were run from a double-decker...
The Western Province Motor Club marshals at Killarney International Raceway stand out on the circuit all day on race and practice days, in all conditions and in all weathers, ensuring the safety of the competitors. Without them, race events would not be possible. The WPMC marshals...
Picture: Colin Brown During main-circuit events the race control office at the base of Killarney's control tower looks like a cross between an outside broadcast unit and launch control at the Kennedy Space Centre, with banks of TV monitors, computers and radio microphones. The comparison is in...
No motorsport is possible without marshals. Their flag signals warn competitors of changing track conditions, problems around the next corner, slow moving vehicles ahead of you and faster moving vehicles coming up behind you. Each post is also in constant contact with race control, to warn...
In the first of a new series about the people who make racing at Killarney possible, we take you all the way to the top. To the fifth floor of the control tower, where the commentators stand all day on race days, in a glass box...
It is with unfathomable sadness and deep regret we have to announce the passing of Donny Lamola. Donny was admitted to hospital and sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning. Donny overcame so much and was such an inspiration to so many...
Western Province Motor Club stalwart Rico Barlow has donated 500 surgical face-masks to the club to help protect the staff living on the premises, and those returning to work, as they continue with vital maintenance work and security patrols while the circuit is shut down...
Formula One icon Stirling Moss, who died on Easter Sunday at the age of 90, was renowned for answering all his fan mail personally. Here is his reply to a request in August 1971 for an autographed photograph, from a young fan in Cape Town named...
BRAGGING RIGHTS VIBE ROCKS KILLARNEY The highlight of Bragging Rights presented by Killarney International Raceway in partnership with the City of Cape Town, RaceSA, Razor Customs and Airvengers on Saturday 14 March wasn't Ralph Kumbier's fastest run of the day in his new Pro Gas class...