From 1966 to 1974 the USA had one of the greatest Production Car Racing Formulas. The Great Trans-Am Series. Trans-Am was the product of the great “Pony” car boom which emerged in the late fifties and early sixties when a new generation of young and “thirty somethings” demanded performance. It started with the Corvettes, Studebaker […]
Nine years ago Zwartkops added motorcycling to the annual “Passion for Speed” weekend that has become so popular at Zwartkops Raceway. Since classic and historic motorcycles were added to the program the event has evolved from featuring a series of high speed parades to one which includes the first two rounds of the “South Africa […]
This year’s South African circuit racing season will, as has become tradition, start off with the annual Historic Passion For Speed Festival at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on the weekend of January 29, 30 and 31. The event, to be held for the 15th consecutive year, will be the biggest of its kind yet, […]
Legends of the 9 Hour Greetings to all the great Legends of South African Motor Sport. When the ‘tide is going out you will see those who are swimming naked’! For us South Africans the tide has and is still going out – we have the current Rand, a government which is confused and prone […]