LOCAL HEROES DELIVER WORLD-CLASS RACING AT POWER SERIES Round 3 of the Power Series presented by Wingfield Motors and Smile 90.4 FM at Killarney on Saturday 1 April delivered world-class racing – tight, intense and very, very close - from the very best of local motorsport...
RIP DENNIS NATHAN It was with great sadness that we heard at the weekend that local Mini expert, engine rebuilder and industry stalwart Dennis Nathan, father of well-known Mini racing exponent Graeme Nathan, had passed away after suffering severe burns in a workshop accident on Friday...
RIP ADRIAN PHEIFFER The Western Province Motor Club and the Killarney family were devastated to learn on the evening of Thursday 29 December of the passing of Adrian Pheiffer, the man primarily responsible for the formation of the Club, the ‘ideas man’ who saved Killarney from...
LOCAL HEROES SHINE AT KILLARNEY’S EXTREME FESTIVAL Local heroes shone in difficult conditions at the national championship Extreme Festival powered by the City of Cape Town and presented by Smile 90.4 FM at Killarney on Saturday 18 March, winning several categories and featuring strongly in others. Capetonian...
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...
