Race Report Shield Golf – Extreme Festival 12 & 13th of November It’s hard to believe that we at the last race of the year and with all that’s happened during 2021 I am excited to announce the Shield Golf is leading the championship, however this puts us in an extremely vulnerable position. Any DNF…
Inland Championship – Red Star Raceway 16 October 2021 Qualifying 1.18.5 – 3rd Redstar Raceway rotate the direction of the circuit every 6 months, which makes it extremely interesting to navigate if the last time you raced the circuit in anti-clockwise direction was almost two years ago. Qualify on the Saturday with Friday practise not…
Shield Golf Race Report September Spring has been a hive of activity with the Clubman Historic Inland championship taking place at Zwartkops raceway on the 11th of September and the Golf GTI Cup the following week at Phakisa Raceway in Welkom. Great weather and a full field of around 25 cars as result of the…
Race Report 14 August 2021 – Zwartkops Race Extreme Festival 1st in Class B in hat was an icy cold weekend that even saw the Polar bears staying indoors. Friday the 13th and to top it off at freezing point as it will have it, and not being overly superstitious took the car out for…
Sporting a few new stripes and some new Shield stickers on the side the golf, I was eager to get out on the track and show off our new colour scheme. When the news came in that the country was going into level 3 lock down there was a strong possibility that the event could…
Preparation Standing the slightest chance of doing well or even winning the 200 starts weeks before the event with the preparation of the car, which simply means going through the entire car with a fine-tooth comb leaving nothing to chance. The key is to first clean out the engine bay and undercarriage with a Shield…
Friday morning was an early start for the Shield Golf, making its way down to the Engen 1 Stop just after the Vaal Plaza tollgate for the crew to have an early morning “wake me up coffee and brekkie bun”, before heading out to Phakisa Raceway. Normally we leave late Thursday afternoon to get settled…
Finally the day had arrived for the Shield Golfs to come out of hibernation and partake in the Inland Clubman Series at the Redstar Raceway in Delmas on the 6th of March and the Extreme Festival held on Saturday at Zwartkops Raceway, all under strict Covid motorsport regulations. Following the 2019 season and having used…
Luckily, Shield’s Tool-in-a-Can is the little can that CAN – providing a complete multi-purpose lubricant ideal for use in your workshop and around the house (DIY dream? We think so!) It performs as a penetrating oil that lubricates and prevents rust while displacing moisture. It is non-conductive and safe for use on electrical equipment. Take…
111 CarCare Clinic Sports & Saloons Finally, race day had arrived and all the preseason testing and fine tuning on the Green Mamba was about to be put to the test. Friday, during the 1st practice and on used rubber “booties”, the car was on song and running in the low 2min18s, which wasn’t bad…