Louis Gerard. Five years after Whitney Straight’s historic trip to South Africa to take part in the First South African...
Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
Before the outbreak of WWII, motor racing in South Africa had been developing strongly and, in fact, the last pre-war South African Grand Prix, held in January 1939, was the first major ‘scratch start’ event in the country and included a top class field of voiturettes comprised of nine Maseratis,...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Franschhoek Motor Museum, in South Africa. 32 MG J2 36 Auburn 36 Mercedes-Benz 540K...
In late December 1959, Bill Jennings packed his tools, spares and suitcase into the passenger seat of his self-assembled GSM Dart sports car and drove from his home in Cape Town to East London – a trip of over 600 miles in the days before highways. Jennings then took part...
Pat Harrington-Johnson was a South African newspaperman who covered motoring and shipping for the Natal Mercury before and after World War...
Neville Lederle, the 1963 South Africa Champion driver, has passed away at aged 80. Lederle was one of the few...
In January 1957, a big mustached man wrestled with a mighty Studebaker racing car on a narrow, twisty and bumpy hillclimb at Krugersdorp in South Africa. What was a racing car that had been purpose built for the 1932 Indianapolis 500 doing there, 25 years later and 12,000 miles from...
Over the coming months we will have a series of three interviews with former BRM mechanics who worked with the...
The Crankhandle Club was founded in 1955, in Cape Town, South Africa. Today, it has its own clubhouse, in a...
More than 80 years ago, two fabulously wealthy young American brothers, accompanied by their butler, flew a primitive plywood-based biplane many thousands of miles to take part in an obscure six-lap motor race near the southern tip of Africa. Neither of the brothers would have very long racing careers, but...
From West Coast Juniors comes word of a global celebration of the formula’s Diamond Jubilee that will begin this January...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was about to establish an Australian motor racing dynasty, but that is exactly what he did. Jack would win no fewer than three Formula One World Championships, the last in 1966...
One of South Africa’s most recognizable motor sports personalities, Jackie Pretorius, died March 30, succumbing to injuries received during a...
The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and the Sports Car Club of South Africa will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
Zwartkops, South Africa February 3–4, 2007 The McLaren M8 of Michael Campagne.Photo: Neil Phillipson Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our...
