Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series – Round 02 – Zwartkops – 2020-07-25 The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series made a welcome return to the track on Saturday 25 July, as part of the Zwartkops Winter Challenge, and with all the pandemic restrictions in force in all walks of life at the moment, a challenge it was indeed. But competitors and officials alike lived up to it, and hopefully that will augur well for local motorsport’s resumption at large. Race…
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Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series to make welcome return this coming weekend
Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series – Round 02 – Zwartkops Raceway – 2020-07-25 Dare we hope? Citizens have been on lockdown, and machinery has been locked up, but after 4 long and difficult months, freedom it seems is at hand, albeit conditionally. The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series returns as part of the Zwartkops Winter Challenge on Saturday 25 July, and after the enforced hiatus everyone is looking forward to just some good old-fashioned racing. In Class A, Lorenzo Gualtieri…
National 2020 Extreme Festival starts on high note at Zwartkops
The national segment of this year’s Extreme Festival kicked off at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, with eight motorsport disciplines on four and two wheels providing various spectacular displays. Top billing on the programme belonged to the Oettinger Polo Cup contingent, where 23 contenders took to the tarmac. After taking pole position in the morning’s qualifying session, Dario Busi (Universal Health Polo), won race one ahead of Justin Oates (Total Excellium Polo), Clinton Bezuidenhout (Universal Health Polo), Delon…
2020 National Extreme Festival gets underway at Zwartkops
The National part of this year’s Extreme Festival will kick off at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, with seven racing disciplines to provide a full day of spectacular entertainment on four and two wheels. Topping the day’s offerings will be the first two rounds of the Oettinger Polo Cup championship, that will see 24 drivers taking to the tarmac. Pre-season victory favourites must include Keagan Campos (Campos Transport Polo), Matt Shorter (Monroe Polo), Stiaan Kriel (MotorMart Polo), Delon…
2020 Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series gets off to a flying start
Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series – Round 01 – Zwartkops – 2020-02-01 This year’s Passion for Speed Festival at Zwartkops on the first weekend of February lifted the curtain on the local track racing season, and in sweltering heat a bumper crowd turned out to see some great racing by old and new machinery. The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series contested their first round of the championship and added much to the day’s varied programme, with some stellar performances giving…