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...
RALLYCROSSERS END THEIR SEASON IN STYLE! The All-Day Rallycross Super Special at Killarney on Tuesday 27 December was hard on the cars but great fun for all those involved, as drivers, spectators and crew enjoyed a full day of elbows-out, doorhandle-bashing racing on the demanding 1.3...
STREETFEST AT KILLARNEY – WE ROCKED! StreetFest could only happen in Cape Town. Every city with a car culture has Show ‘n Shine displays and every drag strip has a big end-of-season ‘haal uit en wys’ event, while IASCA is recognised as the world authority for...
RIP PADDY VENSKE We learned with heavy hearts of this morning’s passing of motorsport stalwart Paddy Venske after a long illness. Paddy was a larger than life and popular character in the sport having been, amongst other things, an historic racing competitor, an MSA commission president for...
RECORDS TUMBLE AT 40TH KILLARNEY 8 HOUR RECORDS TUMBLE AT 40TH KILLARNEY 8 HOUR The 40th running of the Livingstone Baths 8 Hour endurance race for lightweight motorcycles on the Kart Circuit at Killarney on Saturday 17 December delivered spectacular crashes, exciting comebacks, impressive new records –...
Sarel and the Superstars at 10 December Killarney Nine-Hour South Africans are about to get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch global racing superstars of Formula One, Le Mans, Sebring and Daytona racing fight it out on Cape Town’s Killarney raceway, which will host to a special...
