All the maintenance, repairs, housekeeping and building works at Killarney International Raceway are carried out by a crew of less than 20 people, who accomplish an extraordinarily varied set of tasks, under stringent budget constraints, almost unnoticed by competitors and motorsport fans alike. Before each event,...
Click below to read and download the strategy document for lease renewal for the Killarney International Raceway Brenthurst-Wesgro-Strategy-Paper-21-05-2020.pdf ...
The overriding responsibility of the scrutineers is the safety of the competitors. It is their job to ensure that each competitor's car or motorcycle conforms to all the safety requirements laid down in the regulations for that class, and for racing in general by Motorsport...
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...
