When bearing in mind that, after a few quick calculations, the Lamborghini Gellardo Valentino Coupe slaps down 0.39HP per kilogram of weight, and the Legends car 0.24 HP per kilogram of weight, one finds the thoughts of “oh what a cute little toy” quickly and very discreetly slipping away as you breath a sigh of relief that you didn’t make that comment out loud! Firing these beasts up on the track makes you start to think of the midgets. Standing on the track with “The Legend” Kevin Hepburn, and “Mr …

From there we rotated around the food court and the food court and the food court, and the Speed ‘n Sound drifts, where their Lumina’s, despite being oxygen starved the entire day and going through enough tires to build a French drain large enough to service Johannesburg, gave hundreds of spectators suicide seat rides without an ounce of failure (from the cars)! Respect!

Having matriculated at Garsfontein High School, Karenza, being brought up a petrolhead, started in this industry we all love on the karting track at the age of 9 years. As the (very few) years went by she graduated to stock street class in the national drag racing series whilst doing part time modeling. She has also contributed as a mascot for the SA vs UK tours for oval track for two consecutive years and has all through this time officiated at ODI Raceway, where she is now owner, promoter and …

The boys here in Gauteng decided to host a photo shoot at Investment Cars in Bryanston,  just to raise the bar a little. We invited some guest photographers: Ian Genis from Lensworx, Elize Mare from ECM Photography, Christo Hoffmann from SLG Photography and our very own “Yours Truly” from automodified and “Yours Truly Photography”, who were accompanied by the gorgeous Trudie, Pamela, Anel, Cassandra, Claire and Sarah. Imagine all of this situated in, upon, and around a fantastic stable of supercars! The list include a range of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, …

SEAT Sport Owners Club and Fueltopia welcomed us and our overloaded (with toys and dogfood making the guys with dropped suspension groan) to their annual toy run on the 11 December. This event, organized by Fanie Lindeque, saw the likes of local newspapers and ETV News  and, of course, who else but “Yours Truly” from Automodified, tagging along and joining in this event. Now I know that a lot of us in our cars get scoffed at by people we pass in their standard rides, especially with the sound systems …

So, upon arrival at nitro raceway, running a bit late for the races which began at 9 and ended at 12, I offloaded my gear, got everything ready and strolled off to the staging area wondering what this airstrip in Brakpan had to offer. As this thought was flowing through my mind I was startled by a light aircraft, flaps down and flared out about 20 feet overhead. Wow, either these guys have organized a fly by (my mind goes back to the 95 world cup) or the okes are …

“Yours Truly”: So MC Byron, are you OK with your condition?
MC Byron       : Yeah sure, wait what condition?
“Yours Truly”: The one we were just discussing with your girlfriend!
MC Byron       : That condition! (to be frank his eyes scare me a little…)
Thus began the EMMA 2010 finals.
Demon racing kicked off handling the SPL side of things with all their proceeds going to the Ina Wicker animal shelter in Benoni. This is in fond memory of Ina Wicker who recently passed away. A new shelter is being built …

WOMZA
The oval circuit at The Rock is 400m long at the raceline. This may seem a lot when you are in a group of Gringos, wearing Speedo’s, trying to see who is the fastest around this thing, but when you are in a larger group of oval racers on steroids all trying to cunningly disguise themselves as production street cars, well then, this space becomes a bit cramped.
This is where it begins! After the official introductions, as previously mentioned (rocking the boat at the rock), the masters of “destruction introduction …