Maiden winners, surprises aplenty at Gqeberha Festival Gqeberha’s midseason Extreme Festival not only delivered much splendid action at the Aldo Scribante racetrack, but surprise results and maiden winners aplenty made for an exceptional race weekend.   The surprises started in the South African Touring Cars. Cape lad Julian van der Watt and his Volkswagen Golf converted pole position into a lights to flag first race win under pressure from teammate Robert Wolk’s BMW and then Nathi Msimanga’s Gazoo Corolla.  Both however fell off in chase to leave Michael van Rooyen and Saood...

It was a busy weekend for McLaren Racing, as the iconic outfit competed in three motorsport series across the world on the weekend of 25 and 26 May. The racing action began on Saturday with the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team participating in the first round of the Shanghai E-Prix. Sunday saw all three teams involved, with Round 2 of the Shanghai E-Prix taking place, followed by the Monaco Grand Prix contested by the McLaren F1 Team and finally, the famous Indy500, which saw the Arrow McLaren Indy Car Team take to the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Across all three series, the papaya-liveried...

Red-lined Ready For A Fresh Vryheid Challenge   Three REVO+ GTRs add fresh excitement at new Rally Raid round It’s a level playing field as a four-car Red-Lined Motorsport factory team comprising no less than three all-new Red-Lined REVO T1+ GT-Rs heads to the second round of the South African Rally-Raid Championship, the Vryheid 400 in northern KwaZulu-Natal on 24 and 25 May.   “Vryheid will be a big weekend for us with no less than three of our brand-new REVO T1+ GT-Rs lining up for the start, so that’s pretty exciting and daunting at the same time,” team principal Terence Marsh...

Drama and action all the way in National Extreme Festival The National Extreme Festival delivered scintillating racing action and drama aplenty to delight fans at a balmy late autumn’s Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday. The South African Touring Cars, backed by SupaCup, three helpings of Polo Cup, flying Extreme Supercars, wings and slicks Formula 1600 single seaters, SunBet ZX10 Masters motorcycles and Toyota Gazoo Cup all contributed to a great day of racing.   Nathi Msimanga delivered a lights to flag opening South African Touring Cars race win from title leader Robert Wolk’s BMW. Msimanga...

Brace, Pretoria! The National Festival is coming to town! The National Extreme Festival descends on Pretoria, making Zwartkops Raceway the place to be on Saturday 18 April. Headlined by the flying Extreme Supercars and wild South African Touring Cars, backed by SupaCup, Polo Cup and Formula 1600, and bolstered by SunBet ZX10 Masters bikes and the Toyota Gazoo Cup, this is not one to be missed!   The Extreme Supercars Driven By Dunlop have proven a tortoise and hare tale of late, but are there enough Zwartkops straights to help Franco Scribante’s rapid Porsche stop Stuart White and his...

Pabar Gang Masters Mpumalanga The PABAR VW Challenge returned to action in style at the Red Star Raceway as the Masters brothers dominated up front, Stuart Mack and Mo Karodia shared wild Class B honours and Judd Bertholdt led a fine schoolboy young gun Class C 1-2-3.    First things first, the entire field gathered for a group photograph as a gesture to Michael Zapheriou still sidelined after being injured at the previous race, before getting down to the business of racing.   Wayne Masters arrived with a turbo engine in his  Performance Masters Polo, meaning he shifted...