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Gavin Ramsay has been released from
hospital following his big accident
at Zwartkops last Friday. |
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Although
released, he will still have to
undergo treatment for his leg/knee
which will probably mean he will
miss the Cape Town leg of the
Kawasaki ZX10 Masters next month.
- Steve Wicks
www.sa racer.co.za |
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Pro Tour Thrill the Zwartkops Crowd |
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The Zwartkops Raceway
near Pretoria hosted round two of
the 2010 Pro Tour, with a full day
of action entertaining an
enthusiastic crowd on Saturday
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Jaki Scheckter to race Shelby Can-Am
at Zwartkops |
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Former South African
Formula Ford and US Barber Dodge Pro
Series Champion, Jaki Scheckter (35)
will make his comeback to
competition this Saturday at
Zwartkops |
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Pro Tour to visit Zwartkops |
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The Zwartkops
Raceway near Pretoria will host
round two of the 2010 Pro Tour Motor
Racing Road Show next Saturday
(March 20), with all six of its
participating racing disciplines in
action. |
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Investchem Formula Ford - Round 7 |
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The Investchem
Formula Ford championship is a two
way fight as it heads to Zwartkops
near Pretoria for the penultimate
event of the season. |
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Shelby Can Am - Round 7 |
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Shelby Can-Am,
South Africa’s only national sports
car series enters the home stretch
of the 2009 championship, but
without recently crowned 2009
champion Darryn Lobb. |
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Red Square Kawasaki Masters Ready to
Scorch the Arena |
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Today sees the return
of the Red Square Kawasaki ZX10R
Masters Cup brigade to Zwartkops the
Arena of South African Motorsport
with a full grid of superbikes ready
to set the circuit alight. |
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Arena Showdown |
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Saturday 10 October will see the
battle for the Goldwagen Challenge
Championship continue when the VW
tin top gladiators head for the
tight confines of the Zwartkops |
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Title
Fight for the Altech GT and Porsche
Club 924 Titles |
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2009 has been a
brilliant year for the Altech GT
Challenge and Altech Porsche Club
924 Challenge championships but that
doesn't mean the fight is by any
means over. Round 7, the penultimate
meeting sees competitors heading to
the tight confines of Zwartkops on
10 October |
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Toby
Venter dominates Altech GT Challenge
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As expected, Toby
Venter ran away with both the Altech
GT Challenge race wins in East
London, in the awesomely fast Class
A Porsche GT2R, but behind him, a
lot of drama and some good racing
kept a large crowd entertained on
a cold and blustery day.
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Lobb claims 2nd Shelby Can Am title |
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Darryn
Lobb is the 2009 Shelby Can-Am
champion, but he didn't have things
his own way in round six of the
championship at East London. |
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Shelby Can Am - East London |
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South
Africa's only national sports car
championship, the popular Shelby
Can-Am series moves to South
Africa's fastest, oldest, and most
spectacular track for round six of
the championship. |
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Goldwagen Challenge - Coastal Chaos |
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Saturday 29 August will see the
Goldwagen Challenge tin top
gladiators head for the historic
East London Grand Prix Circuit for
round six of the 2009 Pro Tour Road
Show. |
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Investchem Formula Ford - East
London |
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The
Investchem Formula Ford championship
makes its annual pilgrimage to South
Africa's historic former Grand Prix
circuit in East London. |
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Altech GT Challenge - Heavyweight
Title Fight |
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Altech
GT Challenge crews head for the
historic East London Grand Prix
Circuit on Saturday 29 August for
round six of the Altech GT Challenge
Championship. |
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Goldwagen Challenge - Arena Showdown |
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Saturday 25 July will see the
Goldwagen Challenge brigade head for
the familiar confines of the
Zwartkops Raceway outside of
Pretoria for the fifth round of the
2009 Pro Tour Road Show. |
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Andrew Eva at F1 |
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Andrew
attended the Silverstone F1 GP event
at the invitation of Peter Riches
who is the chief scrutineer at
Silverstone and was in South Africa
earlier this year as the technical
delegate for the FIA at the A1 GP
where Andrew headed up the South
African scrutineers for A1. |
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Shelby Can Am - Round 5 Zwartkops |
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The
Shelby Can-Am championship is within
Darryn Lobb’s grasp and two more
wins will virtually secure him the
title. But Zwartkops is a circuit
known to produce close racing and
upset results. A good qualifying is
more important than at any other
track. |
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The Arena welcomes the Red Square
Masters back. |
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The
two wheeled ProTour brigade return
to Zwartkops after an extremely
eventful meeting at the last round
at Phakisa which saw a number of the
riders crashing out. |
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Altech GT Challenge - Time to make
Points |
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Round
5 of the National Pro Tour heads for
Zwartkops Raceway on 25 July and no
doubt all eyes will be on Altech GT
Challenge overall championship
fight. With the season just past the
half way mark it is do or die time
for those chasing the title.
Currently there are five hot
contestants sitting within 19 points
of each other at the sharp end of
the table. |
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Investchem Formula Ford - Round 5
Zwartkops |
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The
2009 Investchem Formula Ford series
is fast turning into a memorable
season. The arrival of Wesleigh Orr
(Bravo Holdings/Brett Maybery
RacingVan Diemen) has given
pre-season favourites Nicholas van
Weely and Mathew Merton a headache
they weren’t expecting. |
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Altech GT Challenge - Round 4
Phakisa |
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The
Altech GT Challenge visited the
Phakisa Freeway on Saturday, with
every driver relishing the challenge
of the Goldfields circuit. With both
Toby Venter in the Porsche and Charl
Joubert in the Lotus missing in
Class A,... |
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Altech Porsche Club 924 Challenge - Round
4 Phakisa |
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A
strong field of Altech Porsche 924’s
took part in two highly competitive
Altech Porsche Club 924 races. |
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Shelby
Can Am - Round 4 Phakisa |
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At the
halfway point in the 2009 Shelby Can
Am championship, 2007 champion
Darryn Lobb looks set to take the
title. Two more victories have taken
his score card to seven wins from
eight starts. |
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Phakisa Pandemonium |
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Saturday 20 June will see the
Goldwagen Challenge brigade head to
the dusty plains of the Phakisa
Freeway in Welkom. The fourth round
of the 2009 Pro Tour Road Show will
make its first appearance of the
year in this small Free State town.
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All About the Kids - Reach for a
Dream Foundation |
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The
Forza Racing Team had the privilege
of entertaining 10 enthusiastic
children from the Reach For A Dream
Foundation in their VIP Boma. The
children spent the majority of the
day with the team at the circuit.
They had the privilege of watching
our team of Ferrari’s racing from
the comfort of the VIP Boma. |
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All Round Altech GT Action |
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Round
3 of the national Pro Tour brought
excitement to Kyalami this weekend
with top flight saloon, GT, single
seater and bike action. |
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Lobb one step closer to Title |
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Round
three of the Shelby Can-Am
championship took place at the
revised Kyalami circuit where the
removal of the notorious chicane
proved to be worth around two and a
half seconds per lap. |
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Red Square ZX10 Masters Tackle the
New Kyalami |
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The
Red Square Kawasaki ZX10R Masters
Cup square up to a Kyalami circuit
which has seen the controversial
chicane changed into a high speed
right hander which will be a new
test of the riders courage. |
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InvestChem Formula Ford - Round 3
Kyalami |
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The
last time the Investchem Formula
Ford series raced at Kyalami it was
as a support act to the A1GP event
in front of a huge crowd that was
treated to two nail biting races and
fans went away impressed with the
closeness of competition. |
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Altech GT Challenge- Lap Records Up
for Grabs |
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With
the infamous Bustop now a thing of
the past it is guaranteed that the
Altech GT Challenge lap records will
tumble as round 3 of the national
Pro Tour blasts Kyalami on Saturday
30 May. |
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Goldwagen Challlenge - Tin Top
Gladiators |
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Saturday 30 May will see the
Goldwagen Challenge brigade assemble
at the historic Kyalami Grand Prix
Circuit in Midrand for the third
round of the 2009 Pro Tour Road
Show. |
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Altech GT Challenge Double Take-
Zwartkops |
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With some subliminal
consistency and brutal pace from his
Porsche GT2R Toby Venter impressed
all at Zwartkops on Saturday 18
April and blasted his way to a pair
of Altech GT Challenge Class A
victories. |
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Pro Tour Thrills - 18 April -
Zwartkops |
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Round two of the popular Pro-Tour
national championship roadshow took
place at Zwartkops and provided an
enthusiastic crowd with non-stop
action. |
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Goldwagen Challenge - Home Track
Advantage |
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Saturday 18 April will see the
Goldwagen Challenge brigade head for
the familiar confines of the
Zwartkops Raceway outside of
Pretoria for the second round of the
2009 Pro Tour Road Show.
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Choose Your Altech Weapon |
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Since 2006 the Altech Porsche
Challenge has been a key event in
the popular national Pro Tour series
and the brigade of high-end
supercars continue to deliver in
2009. Altech has continued its
support for local motorsport, but
there has been one significant
change for 2009 with the series name
evolving to Altech GT Challenge.
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Investchem Formula Ford - Zwartkops
Round II |
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Mathew Merton in the Matsam Supplies
Mygale won both races at Killarney
last month and holds a healthy
championship lead, but knows that
each race is hard and anything can
happen. “I’ve had lots of bad luck
in the past, but so far this year I
haven’t had a problem.” |
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Shelby Can Am - Zwartkops Round II |
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Shelby Can-Am, one of the fastest
racing categories in South Africa,
travels to the tricky 2.4 km
Zwartkops circuit near Pretoria for
round two of the championship. |
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Masters Set to Scorch Zwartkops
Raceway |
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The Red Square Kawasaki ZX10R
Masters Cup are set for an action
packed afternoon of racing as they
descend on the Zwartkops Raceway
with new bikes, new colours and new
sponsors in RED SQUARE for Round 2
of the Pro Tour. |
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Goldwagen Challenge - Cape of Storms |
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The first round of the 2009 Pro Tour
Series saw the Goldwagen Challenge
brigade head off to the picturesque
Killarney Raceway on Saturday 21
March in a warm and windy Cape Town.
A field of thirty five entries
braved the long trip to the fairest
Cape. |
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Altech Porsche Club 924 Challenge -
Round 1 |
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The popular Altech Porsche Club 924
Challenge handicap series which has
run for a number of seasons once
again saw a close finish. Mark
Saunders took the chequered flag
ahead of Greg Parton but it was Greg
Parton who had the last laugh when
Mark was disqualified for exceeding
his break-out time. |
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Altech GT Challenge - Pro Tour Round
1 |
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The newly named Altech GT Challenge
had a very successful start to the
season with no less than 31 entries
taking to the grid at the Killarney
raceway in Cape Town on Saturday. |
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Forza Racing leaves the fairest Cape
in their dust |
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Saturday 21 March saw the Forza
Racing Team well represented at the
opening round of the 2009 Altech GT
Challenge Series held in Cape Town
at the picturesque Killarney
Raceway. |
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Pro-Tour National Championships-
Killarney 21 March 2009 |
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The popular Pro-Tour National
championship series opened at Cape
Town’s picturesque Killarney circuit
and a large crowd witnessed some of
the best racing seen for a long
time. |
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Goldwagen Challenge - Tin Top
Spectacular |
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Saturday 21 March will see the
Goldwagen Challenge brigade head for
the picturesque Killarney Race Track
in Cape Town for the opening round
of the 2009 Pro Tour Road Show. |
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Altech GT Challenge - Battle of the
Brands |
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National circuit racing finally
returns to the track on 21 March as
the Pro Tour hits Cape Town’s
Killarney circuit and the good money
is on the supercars stealing the
show. |
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InvestChem Formula Ford - Round 1-
Killarney |
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Being a support act for the South
African A1GP was a big boost for the
Investchem Formula Ford
championship. Not only was the
racing spectacular, but it also gave
drivers a chance to blow off the
cobwebs before the serious business
of scoring points began. |
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Shelby Can Am - Round 1-
Killarney |
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Can-Am, South Africa’s only sports car championship
kicks of at Cape Town’s scenic Killarney circuit on
Saturday 21 March and as usual the two Hollard
Insurance sponsored races will provide action all
the way. |
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