Pretoria on MyPR: Rev Up Your 2021 Motorsport Sponsorship Strategy for Success in a COVID-19 World: Sponsorship Workshop hosted and facilitated by Listen Up this Dec 2020 Photo: Supplied by Listen Up The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports sponsorship worldwide will only become clear over time but one thing is certain: everything has changed. Sponsors are re-evaluating their spend and looking at new ways to get returns on their investment. For competitors, teams and rights holders …
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Pepper and Kriel share Zwartkops spoils
Iain Pepper (Campos Transport / Husqvarna Polo) and Stiaan Kriel (Spanjaard Polo) shared the class A wins at the fourth round of the 2017 VW Challenge championship held at Zwartkops Raceway on 17 June. Defending champion Nic Clarke (Pozi Drive Polo) made no mistake in taking both class B wins while Rory Atkinson (Pozi Drive Polo) and Wouter Roos (Strata Mining Polo) claimed a class C victory each. In the late morning qualifying session Pepper emerged as the quickest of the class A runners, …
Down to the wire for Comsol VW Challenge
The Comsol VW Challenge drivers make their way to Zwartkops for the ninth and final round of the 2016 championship on Saturday, 26 November. With the overall and all three class titles still to be decided, hard racing is on the cards. Darren Nathan (Sextrader Polo) and Nic Clarke (Central Technical Services Polo) are locked in a titanic struggle for the overall and class B victories. Out of the 15 races held this season the pair have shared 14 wins between them, Adrian Wood (Laserfische …
Rally legend Hettema murdered: SA motorsport reacts
The South African motorsport fraternity reacted with shock and outrage over the murder of rally legend Jan Hettema at his home in Tweedracht, Pretoria. Full Article here: Articles relating to Places | pretoria …
Giving Cancer the Black Flag
Cancer is a word that leaves all of us with a chill yet it has become such a common illness that we all know somebody close to us that has been affected by it. This has left us almost numb to hearing about it; often times feeling there is nothing we can do to help. When BMW Car Club and Extreme Supercar driver Dale Penney was diagnosed with advanced stage brain cancer earlier this year, his racing friends banded together to show that there is a way to help over and above the de rigeur 'sorry to …
Dramatic Zwartkops finale
Competition in the Bridgestone Production Car Championship has been fierce this season. The on-track battles for position and points has demanded the most from every racer in the series. The final round of the championship sees the Audi S4 quattro racers head to Zwartkops Raceway for the last two races of the season on Saturday, 1 November. It is at this race meeting that the championship will be decided and the new champion crowned. Defending champion in this series, Michael Stephen (A1 – …
12 points separate top three competitors
One event, two races and 12 points is all that is left to decide the 2014 Engen Volkswagen Cup Championship. The national championship will compete at Zwartkops Raceway on Saturday, 1 November, in the series finale. The 12 points that separate the top three competitors will see Sheldon van der Linde (16 – Ferodo Racing), Dewald Brummer (2 – MAD Racing / Grand Prix Models) and Daniel Rowe (11 – Ferodo Racing) in direct competition as they wrestle for the last points of the year. As the …
Liebenberg dominates a massive field in Rotax Max Challenge decider
Five National Titles in the 2014 SARMC karting series at Zwartkops on Saturday, October 4. And a total of nine drivers have won entries to compete in Spain at the Rotax World Championship at the end of November. Bradley Liebenberg dominated the top-billed DD2 Gearbox races at the final round of the 2014 SA Rotax Max Challenge karting championship at Zwartkops on Saturday, October 4. The Gauteng youngster, in his very first season of senior karting, was the class of the field, winning …