MSA DRAGS OPENER LIGHTS UP KILLARNEY STRIP Killarney’s first MSA Drag Racing event of 2023 on Saturday 18 February saw street-legal Class 6S cars running just a few tenths of a second slower than the best of the competition cars – but the day was dominated...
TIGHT RACING ON KILLARNEY’S SHORT CIRCUIT The opening round of Short Circuit racing at Killarney on Saturday 18 February more than lived up to expectations with a number of new faces, including a few familiar ones from main circuit racing, and tight racing throughout the fields...
CAPE TOWN RALLYCROSS SERIES READY TO ROCK! Killarney’s part tar, part gravel WRX course will be the venue for some intense door-to-door, mirror smacking racing, as well as the thrilling E36 Cup sideways action at the opening round of the 2023 Cape Town Rallycross series from 2:00pm to 6:00pm...
SHORT CIRCUIT RACES ARE SHORT, SHARP AND VERY INTENSE Round one of the 2023 Killarney Short Circuit series on the Half Main circuit from 9:00am to 1:30pm on Saturday 18 February is anything but child’s play. The 1.3 kilometre Half Main circuit has up to seven...
VOLKSWAGEN AND NISSAN TIE 5-5 AT ROBOT RACING The Volkswagen versus Nissan showdown at Robot Racing on Wednesday 8 February produced an unexpected result – a tie! A big thank-you to all those who attended – the event was huge, with 244 entries and hundreds of very...
Back in the day the term ‘’gentlemen racer’’ denoted a competitor who drove their car to the circuit, raced it and drove home again. These racers, although brave and daring, were often looked down on by the drivers of ‘real’ race cars who mistook this...
ALL IN A DAY’S DRAMA AT POWER SERIES OPENER Round 1 of the 2023 Power Series presented by Wingfield Motors at Killarney International Raceway on Saturday 4 February delivered all the tension and drama a soap opera scriptwriter could ask for, on a day filled with...
FUEL-PUMP GREMLINS COULDN’T STOP SNYMAN Even a fuel-pump failure couldn’t stop Missile Motorcycles’ Kewyn Snyman from taking the overall honours for the day in the Triumph Superbikes category at the first round of the 2023 Power Series at Killarney on Saturday 4 February on his new...
NEW SPONSOR FOR PREMIER SUPERBIKE SERIES The premier league motorcycle races this weekend feature entries from every leading superbike manufacturer except, ironically, new series sponsor Triumph – but hopefully that will change as the season progresses. In the meantime, 2022 champion Malcom Rapson returns on the Racebase...
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS SPICE UP POWER SERIES OPENER! The 2023 Power Series presented by Wingfield Motors takes on an international flavour with a number of international entries from Sweden in the Spitfire Sports & GT category, among them Lennart Bohlin in a McLaren M6B, Jan Kling and...