Full Racing Weekend in Cape Town on the 23rd & 24th of May

This weekend, the 23nd of May, marks quite an eventful racing weekend in Cape Town as the Killarney Racing Circuit will host Drag, Track and Gymkhana racing.

It was said that from 11 am to 5pm on Saturday there will be MSA Drag racing, where at 6 pm until 10pm you will get Stree2Strip racing.

Along with all of this you will find Short Circuit Motorcycle Racing during the day, on the Oval circuit. There will be unofficial gymkhana at night, which is the first time it has even been done at night in Cape Town.

The Sunday will have StreetCar Open Track Day, which means that there will be the chance for normal drivers to get on the track and race in a controlled environment.

This will cost R250 per person, with WPMC members paying R150, and passengers paying R50. You will need long pants, a long top and closed shoes.

IN SHORT:

Thu – MSA Race entries for Drags 8pm in the WPMC Clubhouse

Fri – Track setup (no event)

Sat – Drags & Short Circuit Racing till +-5.30pm Then Street2Strip till +-10pm
Adults R40, U16 R10, U12 Free

Sun – Streetcar Open Track Day if Drags does not get rained out on Sat.

Full News Release:

DRAGS / STREETRACING WEEKEND:

The next drag event could not have come any sooner. After the short, chaotic however successful drag event on the 27th April, there was both excitement and impatiens from both spectators and racers wanting to get back to the track as soon as the weather permits allowing us to have a full day event, with this said the WPMC Drag committee has decided to put an interesting spin on the upcoming weekend.

Sat 23rd May will be MSA Drag racing from 11am till 5pm followed by Street2Strip from 6pm till 10pm, gates open at 8am. Scrutineering for the MSA competitors will take place from 10am till 12pm while race entries and a meeting for the MSA competitors will be at the WPMC clubhouse on Thursday 21st May at 8pm. Street2Strip entries and vehicle checks will happen from 3.30pm till 6pm.

With these events you are guaranteed a full day’s entertainment. At the last race day the bar was set by Luc Luchesi, in his turbo Opel Corsa. He did a time of 10.94 seconds placing him officially as the fastest Corsa in SA. There is a score to be settled between 3 cars namely the Uno turbo of Niel van Zyl and mk1 16v turbo golf’s of Sarel Du Plessis and Ashraf (Gambit) Allie. The Uno has been harassing and bullying the golf’s on their maiden runs and they intend on settling the score at the upcoming event. The Speed n Sound crew will be there in full force hoping to better their times, which is well within reach. These are but a few of the cars, there will be cars representing various car clubs in and around Cape-Town.

More interesting news for the weekend is that the oval side of the circuit will be used for Short Circuit Motorcycle Racing during Saturday due to their past weekends event being rained out.  The official gymkhana has been cancelled to make way for this however not all is lost as the WPMC has decided to host its first Street2Strip Gymkhana where anyone can get a chance to take part in the obstacle course from 6pm till +-9.30pm.  Remember that this will not be an official competition with results and awards however times will be given to the drivers, this means that there is no license’s required so anyone with a valid drivers license can take part as long as you do entries and get a number same as the other Street2Strip competitors.. This will also be the first time Killarney has hosted a NIGHT TIME gymkhana. The idea will be to have a very tight gymkhana where only first and maybe second gears would used so this means that power could actually make you go slower and traction and skill will be the order of the NIGHT.

If that wasn’t enough, Sunday will be a STREETCAR OPEN TRACK DAY (this provided that the Saturdays Drags / Streetracing event does not get rained out.) 9am till 1.30pm
This is where members of the public get to come drive their road cars around the circuit in a controlled environment without the hassle of being chased for breaking the law by the boys in blue.
Drivers are separated into three groups and all new drivers should be at the drivers briefing at 9am in the pit lane.
Drivers fee is R250 per person, WPMC members R150, Passengers R50 – Long pants, top, closed shoes required.

[source:gta mods]