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[27 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
SupaDrift Series 4 – Drifting Teaser

This is a short video clip of what went down at the last SupaDrift series session at Zwartskop raceway. Some skill full driving can be seen by some of the competitors. It seems that SupaDrift is a very competitive drift series in Gauteng. One would hope to see something of the same caliber down here in Cape Town
Watch the video clip:

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[25 Jul 2011 | 5 Comments | ]
Drifting is an art

Drifting has become quite popular in South Africa over the past 3-4 years, a couple of names come to mind. Anton is one of those names that comes to mind, having not personally met Anton but seen in action at a good few open track days and at a couple of the KinG Of The Mountain events the man has helped put drifting on the map in Cape Town. This is Video Clip put together by Oryx Media and the video explains what is needed to set up an drift …

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[20 Jul 2011 | One Comment | ]
Woman’s Day at Killarney

Its time for the annual

Woman’s Day event at Killarney Race Track

again on Tuesday 9th August (public holiday).

Please come and join us for a day of fun, there is something for everyone. Come and try out some of the different types of motorsport on the day and the best part is, ladies its free!!!!

Drifting, Modified Cars, Track Stuff »

[19 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
Proudly South African Drift beast

Otto Graven and Team Monstermob are over in the States taking part in the Formula Drift series and have changed up their car livery to show some South African support. South Africa has the means and skill to take part in such an event as Formula Drift
Best of luck to the Team and Otto, Show the world what we are capable of.

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[14 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
Sports & GT car section track day Sat 16th

This event is for Sports & GT car competitiors, friends and Sportcar interested people. 
These Cars include Porsche, Ferrari, Lotus and any other exotic Sports/GT Cars.
Entries 1.30pm till 3pm, CoC office at the bottom of the admin building.
2pm is the safety brief.
On the track till + 6pm.
Entry fee: (Drivers) WPMC members R200, Non members R250. (Passengers) R50 for all.
Drivers will be separated into three groups: Group 1 (Easy group – no out braking allowed) / Group 2 (Medium group – single file through the corners) / Group 3 (Racing rules apply, for …

Drag Racing, Drifting, Events, Modified Cars, Track Stuff »

[6 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
Sat Drags practice and Street2Strip

Killarney: Club Drags Practice & Street2Strip 9.30am till 8pm with Short Circuit Racing on the oval from 8am till 5pm – Saturday 9th July 2011

Admission: R30pp 12 years and older

This coming Saturday Killarney will be hosting an official practice session for the drag racing competitors from 9.30am till 1pm (entries 9am till 11.30am) allowing these faster competitors an opportunity to test their vehicles,

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[27 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]
V8 powered Nissan 180sx – Build Thread

Brentons project started about a year ago when he acquired a rolling chassis from a friend, already had a roll cage built into it, after throwing around a few idea’s for motor he decided on a Lexus V8(1UZ-FE), stock internals are good for 400hp.
I bought the motor and W58 box and sent it for the adaptor plate, was finally able to fit it into the car after 6 months. Does not matter what anyone tells you, time to complete is always 6 months longer than you were told! Next was …

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[26 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]
2011 Lemans crashes

About 2 weeks ago was the Lemans 24hour race at Circuit de la Sarthe
Audi took the win with their R18 TDI car, but as always there were some horrific crashes.
Two violent crashes took place on Saturday at the 24 Hours Of Le Mans, one of auto racing’s most prestigious events, but the affected drivers seem to have escaped OK.
Here are 2 clips of accidents at the 24hour Le Mans race.