Rotax Max World Final seats beckon at Zwartkops’ winners-take-all African Open
African karting has an annual highlight in the Rotax Max African Open when the continent’s best kart drivers gather for a wild day’s racing at the Zwartkops International Kart Raceway Sunday 11 October.
A perfect day witnessed fraught action as the third round of the Western Province Karting championship went down at Killarney on Saturday.
A fresh, bright Vaal Triangle morning greeted the Northern Regions karters at Vereeniging on Saturday, but the cool soon made way to red hot racing as the fourth round of the Gauteng championship got under way on a day that saw several drivers dominate with triple wins on the day.
South African Rotax Max Challenge Karting Championship Round One, April 25, 2015.
Bradley Liebenberg from Lonehill, Gauteng, won a nail-biting DD2 victory in the first National round of the 2015 South African Rotax Max Challenge in Cape Town on Saturday, April 25.
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Gunskirchen, Austria, March 10, 2015 – BRP’s Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals (RMCGF), where each country’s best drivers race for the title, will occur at the International Karting Circuit of Portimão in Algarve, Portugal from November 8 to 14, 2015.
“The Portimão circuit is a great venue for the RMCGF, as it meets all requirements in terms of track surface and overall infrastructure,” said Peter Oelsinger, vice-president, Rotax Propulsion Systems at BRP. “Participants will race for the first time with the new MAX evo engine, which should tighten the field and make the races even more thrilling.”
Kelvin van der Linde, 18, the reigning Bridgestone SA / SAGMJ Motor Sportsman of the Year, has made it two in a row.
Van der Linde, who last year at age 17 became the youngest ever recipient of this prestigious award, has again been honoured this year, as the 2014 Bridgestone SA / SAGMJ Motor Sportsman of the Year.
Eleven nominees for Bridgestone SA / SAGMJ “Motor Sportsman of the Year”
There are eleven nominations for the 2014 Bridgestone SA / SA Guild of Motoring Journalists “Motor Sportsman of the Year” award, which will be announced at a special function in Johannesburg on February 18. There are two nominees for the Colin Watling Award, which recognises significant contribution and achievement by a non-competitor in motor sport.
