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[3 Feb 2012 | One Comment | ]
Ms Hoons Rebuild progress – Mk2 GTI Turbo

So I’m not sure if most of you know, but our lady in red(ok yes the car is white, but red sounds good), Marlize had a bit of a accident a while back. Long story short some old lady was obvious jealous of how quick Marlize’s car was and decided to get T-boned by the nippy lil Mk2 GTI.

The official statement:

On Monday, the 14th of November I was innocently driving to work when a 70 year old lady decided to make a turn at the robot intersection right in front …

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[23 Jan 2012 | 2 Comments | ]
WPMC official practice day 21st Jan

This weekend was the 1st official practice at the WPMC. It was quite the awesome turn out of cars, it looks like this years 2012 season is going to rock. This is the Porsche GT2RS that races in Sports cars, its definitly one of my favourite cars that race at Killarney.Zack Groenewald Chevy performed like a boss last year, the car was thrown sideways around the track and still managed to pull a respectable time.

Its awesome to see the Studebaker back on the track after its accident last year. The …

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[9 Jan 2012 | 3 Comments | ]
FFG Pics – Killarney Show

Well its been a while since iv actually dropped a blog that iv taken some decent photos for. Im pretty sure that most of our Cape Town readers attended the Fast, Furious and Glamorous event at Killarney on the 26th of December. I hope you guys all enjoyed your new years and are as glad as I am to be back at work. I know that sounds a bit odd but you have to admit it can get very expensive staying at home for that period.
Here are the pictures i …

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[20 Dec 2011 | No Comment | ]

What makes MSA Drags different from Street2Strip?

In short, no long queues between runs :)

MSA Drags offers competitions, also known as Bracket Racing (more info on this to follow) which counts towards championship points to determine the top 3 champions for the year. After each event there is also a prize giving where you could possibly take home trophies and/or prize monies (TBC). ALL drag racing runs will be published after each event. Nice for analyzing your runs, etc.

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[12 Dec 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
FFG ALLSTARZ 10th Anniversary, SA’s Premier Car Charity

The Fast, Furious and Glorious, South Africa’s biggest car charity event is knocking on our doorsteps and will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary of existence. This event will take place on Monday, 26th December at Killarney Racetrack and will be one promising event not to be missed. This is in Aid of Blouvlei L.S.E.N. in Retreat. The event includes Msa Drags, Street 2 Strip, Show & Shine, a massive Sound Off by Audio Kings and also a Stance Exhibition. Entertainment includes a “Mr & Miss FFG Pageant” with Top Hip Hop …

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[22 Nov 2011 | 8 Comments | ]
Motown American Parts Chev Firenza Build

Over the years Motown has become one of those name that you associate with awesome V8 power. Motown is based down here in Cape Town. Ralph the owner has been rebuilding his 1000HP Chev Firenza Can Am over the last couple of months to hopefully brake into the 8 second bracket. His car used to run 9′s down the Killarney strip a good couple of times. So we managed to borrow a couple of the build pics of his rebuild of the Chev, Ralph is now aiming a little lower …

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[27 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
KILLARNEY – CAR WARS 6 & ALL TAR RALLY

Sat 29th / Sun 30th October 2011
This coming weekend sees the return of Car Wars to Killarney, this complimented by the Fix-a-smash All Tar Rally taking place on the oval on Saturday with both events running till late into the evening.  The balance of the unique special stage rally event will take place from early on Sunday morning.

Car Wars (Episode 6) has always been well supported and this weekend should be no different.  On track action starts at 9am with the top guns (MSA racing competitors) taking to the strip …

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[6 Oct 2011 | One Comment | ]
Wesbank Nationals Racing – Gallery

Last weekend there were loads of shows and Events taking place in and around Cape Town, some we attend some not. Justin managed to capture some of the Wesbank Nationals series at Killaney on Saturday the 1st of October.

Andrea Bate taking the Cape Town Major Patricia de Lille for a tour of Killarney, Andrea is apparently the youngest female to race in the Production Class.

The Indy Oil cars prep’d and ready to dominate around Killarney.Graeme Nathan pedals the New Spec Golf 6 GTI for Indy Oil and Brennon Green drives …