The rain may have threatened, but in the main it stayed away to allow Killarney to deliver a brilliant 2025 South African Rotax Max National Karting Championship season opener in Cape Town on Saturday.
Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Racing with Motul and Michelin continued its great start to its 2025 Gauteng GXCC Cross Country season with another cracking performance at the second round at Bapsfontein on Saturday. Despite treacherous muddy conditions, Team Green came home with three Kawasakis in the top ten, two class wins and four podiums too.
If the regional racing action seen so far this season is anything to go by, the 2025 South African Rotax Max National Karting Championship promises an epic prospect starting at Killarney in Cape Town over the coming weekend. Set on a date that suggests sunny conditions, there’s however no guarantee that early Cape rains won’t arrive to disrupt the formbook.
Excitement is building as Round 2 of the SuperEnduroX Series, in partnership with Tsogo Sun, gears up for a spectacular showdown at The Golden Horse Hotel this Saturday 22 March 2025.
Johannesburg, 13 March 2025 – The Vilaca Racing Time Attack Championship kicked off its 2025 season with a thrilling and competitive Round 1 at Red Star Raceway in Delmas, just outside Johannesburg, on Saturday, 8 March.
Saturday saw double South African Rotax Max regional karting action with racing both in Gauteng and the Western Cape. Formula K hosted the opening round of the Gauteng Northern Regions championship in Benoni, while the second round of the Cape championship went down at Killarney.
It was a classic case of the exuberance of youth versus the steady hand of experience, but it was the youngster who prevailed as sixteen-year old Jayden Goosen took his maiden double ATE VW Challenge victory at Zwartkops’ opening Gauteng regional Extreme Festival on Saturday.
