Evapco SA (Pty) Ltd Historic Racing South Africa impresses with action packed racing with a diverse field of cars at the annual Passion for Speed Festival. Qualifying resulted in Rudolf de Vos in his Gecko Lounge Chev Can-Am taking Pole Position over Andre van der Merwe in his Evapco SA (Pty) Ltd Porsche RSR. De Vos was able to keep ahead of van der Merwe until the raced reached lap 7 where a collision with competitors in a lower…
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Redstar Raceway Delmas South Africa.
After a wildly exciting Passion for Speed Festival Evapco SA (Pty) Ltd Historic Racing South Africa are set to descend on Redstar Raceway on 23 March for round 2 of the 2024 Championship. In Class B Andre van der Merwe in his Evapco SA (Pty) Ltd Porsche RSR will hope take a double victory on the day while avoiding some of the mechanical issues he had in Round 1 at Zwartkops. Van der Merwe has shown the Porsche has…
Historics start on a high
Record grids and spectacular racing at Passion for Speed The 2023 Ben Morgenrood Group Historic Racing season burst into action with the biggest field in years delivering thrilling racing action throughout, at a packed Zwartkops Passion for Speed Festival on Saturday. PE visitor Rudolf de Vos celebrated 50 years on the Little Chevy Can Am with a double Sprint race win on the day, while Wernher Hartzenberg’s Porsche and Johan Smit’s Skyline shared out the Pursuit wins. Sprint: Record…
Historic Racing at a Passion for Speed high
New cars, drivers, classes & rules drive record HRSA entry There’s palpable excitement in the air as Ben Morgenrood Group HRSA Historic Racing limbers up for the start of what many see as the most exciting new season in many a year at Saturday 28 January’s Zwartkops Passion for Speed. With new rules, revised classes, and a relaxed competitor entry point for 2023, something must be right, with a record 45 Sprint Race entries already in and 20 in Pursuit,…
Historic racing off to a passionate start
HRSA Classes Star at Zwartkops Passion for Speed Historic Racing South Africa commenced its 2022 season in style as part of the Zwartkops Passion for Speed Festival outside Pretoria on Saturday. Conditions may have been unseasonably fresh and gloomy, but the on track action more than made up for that. Both HRSA categories began new eras, with fresh class designations. HRSA Racing’s Sports, GTs and Saloons now compete in seven joined classes, while Pursuit is back to two Fines and…
Sports, GT & Saloon, Pursuit series kick off at Zwartkops
It’s all to play for as a brand new Historic Racing South Africa season kicks off at the Zwartkops Passion for Speed. New cars and drivers are all set to face up to the old guard over the 28-29 January festival of racing. They will race Historic Sports & GT, and Saloon car races that now include cars built in 1981, and the Charlies SuperSpar Pursuit series. Up front in the HRSA races, Class B GT champion Peter Bailey and…