Mark Cronje won his first heat in the 2003 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Final after an aggressive display. Cronje in his Birel charged through from third spot on the grid to pass pole man Sebastian Caranta of France and SA World champ Claudio Piazza-Musso on the first corner. Cro…
Sam Ghalleb Winner of the 2nd chance race France’s Sam Ghalleb stormed through form eighth position to win the “last chance” race for the final 10 positions in this afternoon’s finals. Ghalleb took the lead with six laps left to run and edged out a safe advantage to qualify in…
The Rotax MAX Challenge World Final, regarded as the “World Cup” of kart racing, enters its final count down stage, with the first qualifying rounds scheduled to take place on January 16 at the new Bridgestone Zwartkops International Kart Raceway near Pretoria. Competitors fro…
The 2003 Rotax Max Challenge Grand finals will bring karting back to the forefront in South African motorsport circles. And with South Africans Gavin Cronje and Claudio Piazza-Musso having won the first two Grand Finals in Puerto Rico and Malaysia, the eyes of karting world wi…
Mark Cronje, production car racer and the 2001 ROTAX Max Challenge karting champion in South Africa, has been drafted into the South African Max team. The Roodepoort flyer will compete in the 2003 ROTAX Max Challenge Grand Finals at Zwartkops in January 2003 against 70 of the …
Mark Kavanagh won all three heats at Killarney on August 10, seeing off a strong Gauteng challenge that included Mark Cronje, Jennifer Murray and Chris Morgado. The Gauteng karters had made the trip to Cape Town as a shake-down event for the Max Challenge National final on Oct…
Hi everyone, Thanks to all who entered our race day on 10, which was attended by 102 competitors. The race was run in sunny late winter sunshine and, despite a no-showing by more than twenty drivers who opted for other less stressing activities over the long weekend, a memorab…
This year’s South African Karting Championship will be concluded in Vereeniging next Friday and Saturday (September 27/ 28), with all five of the contested national titles to be fought for. The third and final round of the 2002 Bridgestone Autoquip Karting title chase should s…
Cris Morgado capped a highly successful trip to Gauteng by winning the final of the Rotax Max Challenge Northern Regions event at Vereeniging on Saturday (August 24). The KwaZulu Natal driver was quick all weekend, but slightly out-paced by Bjorn Roos and Max-returnee Gavin Cr…
CAPE MAX CHALLENGE MEET DRAWS 27 ENTRIES Mark Kavanagh won all three heats at Killarney on August 10, seeing off a strong Gauteng challenge that included Mark Cronje, Jennifer Murray and Chris Morgado. The Gauteng karters had made the trip to Cape Town as a shake-down event fo…