South Africans have always been “special” builders. Post-war, it was more a case of necessity being the mother of invention. In the early sixties, it was more a matter of belief that anything you do can we can do better. However, by the mid-sixties, motor sport was becoming not only commercialised but single-seater and sports […]
The name Smokey Yunick conjures up all sorts of emotions in American Motor Racing folklore. “He was a womaniser, heavy on alcohol and a rule-dodging adventurer who once tried to catch the largest anaconda in the Amazon”. He was also rated as the cleverest racing engineer who lived in the 1960s and operated out of […]
Jack Holme must surely go down in the history of motor sport as one of the most remarkable gentlemen. Not only did he start motor racing at the age of 49 and then went on to develop and race one of the fastest Lotus Elans ever, he also built his own sports racing cars, the […]
Named “Lolette” — “Lo” for Lola (Eric’s wife) and “Ette” inspired by the Chevrolet Corvette. Eric built the Lolette to compete in South African sports car racing. It made its debut at Kyalami in 1962 The chassis was a Protea chassis, number 14 or 15, built by John Meys for his short production run using […]
‘Ford Forever’ was the theme and prime focus of the Golden age of racing in the 1960s… Ford gave us the engines and the cars that produced the greats of motor sport in the age when the war babies grew up and a generation of participants and liberationists were on the world stage. We will […]
The second part of the 2025 Passion for Speed took part under hot, largely cloudless skies at the Red Star Raceway, just outside Delmas, on Saturday, 8 February. While many of the drivers took part in the opening round at Zwartkops International Raceway just a week ago, adding several new categories added an extra dimension […]