In line to take South African Touring Car Podiums at Zwartkops on Saturday will by Keegan Campos (Campos Transport BMW 128ti). Photograph: Dave Ledbitter

The final rounds of this year’s National Extreme Festival

The final rounds of this year’s National Extreme Festival Presented by Coca-Cola will be hosted by the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, with a number of South African championships still to be settled. Heading up proceedings will be two races for South African Touring Cars, with tin-top veteran Michael van Rooyen (Gazoo Toyota Corolla) the favourite to wear the crown. He holds a comfortable points lead over 2025 debutant Jagger Robertson (76 Legacy Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI). People who could… Read More

Championship crowns await Extreme Festival

Championship crowns await Extreme Festival Presented By Coca-Cola national stars at Zwartkops Raceway. An exhilarating national Extreme Festival Presented By Coca-Cola tour will conclude this coming weekend (24-25 October) at Zwartkops Raceway with the crowning of the 2025 champions. Commonly known as the home of the tour, the Pretoria-based circuit will host the national roster for the second time this year. Saturday’s race day programme will commence with Round 5 of the Extreme SuperCars Driven By Dunlop, one of two… Read More

Zwartkops Raceway deliver spectacular mid-season action

Pretoria’s motorsport fans were treated to an exhilarating day of action at Zwartkops Raceway this past weekend (20-21 June) with a host of Extreme Festival Presented By Coca-Cola national roster battles. The Volkswagen Rookie Cup were the first of the day’s full roster of eight series to do battle, with the Zwartkops Raceway visit being the third championship round for the all-Volkswagen Polo Vivo GT series. Josh Moore (BPW) took his second win of the season in the day’s first… Read More

Jonathan du Toit (Trans Africa Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3) won both the Dunlop Extreme Supercar races. Photograph: Dave Ledbitter

Great weather and excellent on-track action greeted spectators at the Zwartkops Raceway

Great weather and excellent on-track action greeted spectators at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, when the venue hosted round four of the 2025 Extreme Festival, presented by Coco Cola. Top billing belonged to the South African Touring Car championship brigade, with 22 cars facing the starter. Race one went to Keegan Campos (Campos Transport BMW 128i), chased to the flag by Michael van Rooyen (Gazoo Toyota Corolla), Julian van der Watt (Chemical Logistics VW Golf 8 GTI) and… Read More

Charl Arangies (Stradale Porsche GT3R) could spray champagne after Saturday’s Dunlop Extreme Supercar races. Photograph: Dave Ledbitter

South African Championship circuit racing will return to the Zwartkops Raceway

South African Championship circuit racing will return to the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria this Saturday, when the venue will host round four of the 2025 Extreme Festival Presented by Coca-Cola series. The event will see 121 competitors in eight disciplines taking to the tarmac. Heading up proceedings will be two races for the South African Touring Car Championship. Tin-top veteran Michael van Rooyen (Toyota Gazoo Corolla) will go to Zwartkops as the current points leader, with his closest title rival… Read More

Extreme national showdown heads to Zwartkops

Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria will see the next instalment of the Extreme Festival Presented By Coca-Cola’s national championship battles this coming weekend (20-21 June). With all series on the national roster being in action, this event will see the bulk of competitors either cross or reach the mid-season mark. It will also be the first of two national roster outings at the circuit in 2025, with the second being October’s season finale. For the Volkswagen Rookie Cup, it will be… Read More