SMOKE AND THUNDER AT HERITAGE DAY DRAGSS Killarney’s Heritage Day Drags on Saturday 24 September provided a feast of thundering engines and tyre-smoking action with no less than 78 entries including three of the quickest OS cars in the country and 14 motorcycles, to the great...
LOCALS SHINE AT KILLARNEY’S EXTREME FESTIVAL NATIONALS The penultimate round of South Africa’s premier motorsport series, the national championship Extreme Festival powered by the City of Cape Town at Killarney on Saturday 17 September, delivered all the excitement that the fans could ask for, with tight,...
THERMO FIRES CLUBMANS HARD ON CARS, GREAT FOR FANS Shane du Toit in the Skilpadvlei Wine Farm/CM Auto Parts Golf 1 came off the second row of the grid to lead the opening lap of the first Thermo Fires Clubmans Saloons race at the Extreme Festival...
EPIC DUEL IN SHORT-CIRCUIT 4 HOUR ENDURO The Livingstone Baths 4 Hour Endurance race at Killarney’s Kart Circuit on Saturday 10 September turned out to be an epic battle between the top two teams that kept the spectators on the edge of their seats all the...
KILLARNEY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAYOPEN DAY FOR PROSPECTIVE MOTORSPORT OFFICIALS Want to be involved in motorsport but don’t have a race vehicle? Saturday 8 October 2022 is an exciting opportunity for motorsport enthusiasts who want to become involved in racing events to attend an Open Day for Officials in...
POWER SERIES SUPERBIKES RACE FROM RAIN INTO SHINE Only five of the 13 entries turned out for the first South Superbikes/Superbike Challenge/Masters/600cc race at Round 7 of the Power Series presented by Wingfield Motors at Killarney on Saturday 3 September, after threatening clouds turned to rain...
WET-AND-DRY KILLARNEY ADDS DRAMA TO POWER SERIES RACING Defending Laude Classic Cars champion Franco Donadio and his Ford Escort Mk1 delivered a master class in racing under unpredictable conditions at Round 7 of the Power Series presented by Wingfield Motors at a wet-and-dry Killarney on Saturday...
DIAMOND-CLASS RACING AT KILLARNEY SHORT CIRCUIT Some days are diamonds, says the song, and Round 6 of the 2022 Killarney Short Circuit series on the Half Main circuit on Saturday 13 August was one of those. After a week of increasingly dismal weather forecasts, the day...
EDITORIALby Dave Abrahams One of the comments that arose from my first effort at producing the Journal of the Western Province Motor Club was that we should pay ongoing tribute to my illustrious predecessor, Adrian Pheiffer, by renaming this publication. So, as you’ll see above, this...
Media Statement by James Vos CITY OF CAPE TOWN 9 AUGUST 2022 STATEMENT BY ALDERMAN JAMES VOS, MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH Killarney International Raceway gearing up as Cape hub for global motorsport In yet another milestone boost for economic growth, jobs and destination Cape Town, the City’s Mayoral...
