The 2025 local circuit-racing motorsport season will commence at the end of January (31 January – 1 February) with the 24th edition of the annual Passion For Speed event at Zwartkops International World of Motoring. The de facto South African season opener will again see a second instalment the week after (7-8 February). Previously, the second round was held at the coast; however, in 2025, this form will be part of an inland double-header, this time at Red Star Raceway.… Read More
“Come mothers and fathers throughout the land, your sons and daughters are beyond your command.” – Bob Dylan 1960’s By the mid 1960s World War II babies had grown up. They knew little about depression and war. They wanted to do their own thing, so a new generation emerged, sometimes known as the James Dean generation. “The Rebel without a Cause.” He died in his racing Porsche Spyder on the way to… Read More
A great day for the Legends! Every competitor in our series put on a fantastic performance, which was attended by the public and international guests. It was a great honour to have David and Liz Piper, and Mike Knight join us. David was, in fact, the pioneer of the Springbok Series in the sixties and then joined us for our 23rd Passion for Speed, together with Mike Knight. What a privilege to have them (David, who is in his nineties)… Read More
1939-2023 Racing Ace, Engineer, and Entrepreneur Then icon for cars that he raced, and on track for demo Mustang (Briand Rowlings/Oliver Broome) Chev Can-AM – The Little Chev (Rudi de Vos) Formula Atlantic Chevron (Colin Frost) Alfa GT 202 (TAR – John10/ Arnold Chatz) Lotus Cortina (Carel Pienaar/Ben vd Westhuizen) Ford Anglia (Brian Rowlings) Cooper Formula One (No.17) – UK Basil van Rooyen, a man with three careers, passes away By Roger Houghton Basil van… Read More
David Piper/Tony Magg’s Ferrari GTO 1963 Nine Hours. This is a 45-minute endurance race with a 3-minute compulsory pitstop, two-driver race, reminiscent of the great South African 9 Hours of the late 1950s featuring racing sports and GT cars. Heading the 25-car field for this event will be the Shelby Daytonas of James Temple and Trans Africa Racing, with no less than four Ford GT40s and three Cobras vying for line honours. One of the GT40s has come from the… Read More
The spectacular Legends V8s of the 1960s generation go, go, go with 4 on the floor and the liberation of speed. There should be 20 competitors in this event with entries from Holland – “The Dutch Safari” legendary by Michiel Campagne in his fearsome 7-liter Galaxie. Entries from the UK include Mustangs and Camaros on equal terms, with Ben Morgenrood’ s Mustang and the du Toit brothers’ Nova and Ford Thunderbolt, big Graeme Nathan in the Chevelle, Hennie Groenewald in… Read More