With the 2021 title still to be decided, the Mobil 1 V8 Supercars field is set to start the 2022 season as one of the headline categories at the 21st Passion For Speed event, to be held at Zwartkops Raceway this coming weekend (January 27-29). The event will also start a double-header week for the series with the 2021 season finale taking place the following weekend as part of the postponed Kyalami 9 Hour. This will not hold back the…
BMW ///M Performance Parts Race Series – Round 01 – Zwartkops – 2022-01-29 It’s that time of year again, always eagerly anticipated, when the excesses of the festive season are a distant memory and minds begin to focus on the racing season ahead. Zwartkops traditionally, has the honour of hosting the opening round of national and regional campaigns in which many salvoes will be fired across many bows in the next 11 months or so. The International Passion for Speed…
BMW Club Racing Series – Round 06 – Zwartkops – 2021-10-23 After what has seemed like an eternity, the silence in the stands turned into beautiful noise with an appreciative crowd again clapping the efforts of a varied cast in some of the best categories in the country. The BMW Club Racing Series rose to the occasion with two eventful races. Adrian Dalton (Xtra Shoes and Clothing BMW E46 M3 CSL) took pole position in Saturday’s qualifying, and William Einkamerer…
BMW Club Racing Series – Round 06 – Zwartkops – 2021-10-23 It has been an awfully long time since local motorsport entertained an appreciative crowd, but thankfully that should be at an end with the new Level 1 Covid restrictions being followed for Saturday’s Extreme Festival at Zwartkops. Although a limit of 2000 people has been set for outdoor events, the passion of local enthusiasts should ensure that even a smaller number than that will make the occasion memorable. In…
Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series – Round 04 – Zwartkops – 2021-06-20 The 2-day Passion for Speed Festival at Zwartkops was once again a grand affair which sadly this year could not entertain the crowd it always attracts and deserves. It was almost eerie to see such a spectacle playing to empty grandstands. Nevertheless, the many different categories which competed over the weekend delivered a feast of racing which underlined the diversity which lives on in local motorsport in these…