Classic motoring nostalgia at Cars in the Park By André Kruse – article from https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/classic-motoring-nostalgia-at-cars-in-the-park Pretoria – The first time I attended a car show of any kind was when I was about 8 or 9 years old. It was the start of a Vintage Car Rally. But before the rally started there was this…
Extreme Festival Zwartkops Raceway – 11 June 2022 Saturday was going to be a jammed packed “spectator filled” event with 10 series on the programme, which included the exciting pocket rockets all the way from Mozambique. Qualifying was held Friday afternoon due to the hectic schedule on Saturday. Practise sessions as we know are critical…
Shield Golf Extreme Festival – Redstar Raceway 14 May Race Report Redstar, designed primarily as a motorcycle track and has a number of tight twisting corners to contend with and changing the rotation of the circuit every 6 months as you will appreciate becomes a challenge for us drivers to say the least. Running in…
Shield Golf is Clubmans Overall Champion for 2021 Finally, after almost a decade of racing and coming up just short on number of occasions I have finally managed to get the job done , which would have not be possible with the loyal support and ongoing commitment from the Shield team . Not only did…
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…