1ST
STREET 2 STRIP OF 2014
Event
date: 31 January 2014 | Words & Photos: RaceMasteR
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Location:
Killarney Race Track.
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The
holiday season is always a welcomed time of year. Whether
it is for your annual time away with the family or just
to catch up on things you don’t normally get the
time to do during working hours. For us petrol heads,
it’s time to rework and rebuild our toys.
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THE
DRAG LIST - FASTEST CARS IN CAPE TOWN
Updated:
17 January 2014 by RaceMasteR J
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This
is a compilation of some of the current fastest cars in
Cape Town. All times are retrieved from Killarney MSA
results. Should you wish to list or update your vehicle,
email racemaster @ raceweb.co.za along
with a photo and copy of MSA results. No results older
than 2013 will be accepted. No Street 2 Strip times will
be accepted either.
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STREETFEST
2013
Event
date: 28 December 2013 | Words: RaceMasteR J
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Photos by: RaceMasteR J & Nishaam Ebrahim |
Location:
Killarney Race Track.
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So
if you’re an old petrol head from Cape Town it would
be somewhat of a norm for you to head down to Killarney
Race Track every end of December. Reason being is to celebrate
all things we racing addicts consider good and wholesome.
We come together to watch some of Cape Town’s fastest
and loudest street drag racers. This year was no surprise
in the entertainment value department however the host
being Killarney gave their yearend bash a new name calling
it StreetFest.
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DREAM
DRIVE: MERCEDES-BENZ A45 AMG
Posted:
07 January 2014 | Story and photos: RaceMasteR J
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When
the name Mercedes Benz comes to my mind I naturally think
of terms like status, luxury, refinement and German engineering,
or even ones like uptight, snoot and old fart. And generally
they are associated with the older folk from doctors and
lawyers to rich business men. Sportiness was never really
a word linked with the brand. But how things have changed
over the last few years. Mercedes Benz have managed to
rebrand themselves in the sports car market making some
mental machines like the C63 AMG all the up to the SLS
Black series. But even with all that there was a market
they never really tapped into, the hot hatch market, until
now.
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LIVING
THE DREAM
Posted:
23 December 2013 | Story by Nish | Photography by: Otis J. Gore
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This
story should actually begin with "once upon a time".
Way back when there were three brothers who were obsessed
with Alfa Romeo’s. The Alfa Giulietta's they owned
weren't any ordinary models. These three Giulietta's belonged
in their own permanent car show. They were daily drivers
which were also pristine show cars. When parked at racing
events, they received the sort of attention only reserved
for supercars. These beauties would constantly be surrounded
by droolers and gawkers for as long as they were parked.
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A
TOUR OF: ALFA BODYWORKS
Posted:
10 December 2013 by RaceMasteR J
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We
were recently invited to check out the newly renovated
workshop of the Fataar brothers from Alfa Bodyworks in
Athlone Industria. Since we haven’t seen them in
ages a visit was highly overdue and we were keen to check
out the much talked about workshop for a tour. Alfa
Bodyworks was established in 1997 by Moeneeb and Shameeg
and specialize exclusively in the fields of panel beating,
chassis straightening and spray-painting. They are member
of SAMBRA which see's them have the highest possible grading
for bodywork repairs.
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GHFM
REV LIFE 2013
Event
date: 17 Novemberl 2013 | Words: RaceMasteR
J |
Photos by: RaceMasteR J, Nishaam Ebrahim & Chevan Davids
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Location:
Killarney Race Track.
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Let
me start off by saying that getting this content up was
somewhat of an uphill battle. What I mean is that between
me, Vaano and Nish, we accumulated roughly just under
4000 photos for the day. I managed to knock it down to
about 500 of the best, for your viewing pleasure. So
the event, RevLife 2013… the name that was on everyone’s
lips for weeks on end, was sadly but thankfully postponed
from the Saturday to the Sunday. The week prior to the
event was filled with hours of heat and cloudless days,
but as everyone was watching the weather forecast, Mother
Nature had other plans.
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THE
G-FORCE CHALLENGE - CAPE TOWN
Posted:
14 November 2013 | Press Release
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The
sweet smell of racing fuel is in the air as we announce
to all petrol-heads and Sim gamers the inaugural G-Force
Challenge. The only event that will see racers compete
for the title over two racing disciplines in the form
of Simulation Racing & Karting, with the prizes valued
at over R10 000.
Open to the public, the event will take the racers through
a tough qualifying phase, where only the top 10 individuals
will make it into the final. Once you’re in the
final, you will be set to battle man and machine for the
grand prize and The G-Force Challenge Champion title for
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PORSCHE
CLUB CPT SHOW & SHINE
Event
date: 3 Novemberl 2013 | Words & photos by: RaceMasteR J
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Location:
Camps Bay Sports Field, Cape Town.
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Porsche.
The first thing that comes to mind is the classic 911
model. Jeremy Clarkson calls them beetles but even though
the two cousins share some similarities like being fairly
round in their design, both are rear wheel drive and most
importantly, as Jeremy would say, both have their engines
in the wrong place, the back. And
as similar as that may sound, oh how far apart the two
of them actually are! Beetles are associated with hippies
and flower power, while Porsche has undoubtedly become
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