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…
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…
The 2020 South African circuit racing season started on a historical and hugely successful note at Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday. Topping the day’s Passion for Speed extravaganza in front of a large crowd were two eight-lap races for SKF Pre-1966 Legend Saloon cars. Peter Lindenberg (Shelby Mustang) led race one from start to finish, chased to the flag by Mark du Toit (Ford Fairlane), Jonathan du Toit (Chev Nova), Jeffrey Kruger (Chrysler Barracuda) and Sarel van der Merwe…
The traditional curtain raiser of the local motorsport season has grown enormously over the years, and this year’s 19th Passion for Speed event takes place at the Zwartkops Raceway on the first 2 days of Feb, celebrating the Golden Age of Motor Racing. The huge festival of motoring and its varied programme will include the opening round of this year’s Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series. A clean new slate will see many repeat offenders, who in 2019 thrilled and spilled,…