{"id":329,"date":"2015-01-24T20:09:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T18:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lotusregister.co.za\/?p=329"},"modified":"2015-01-24T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T18:09:47","slug":"zwartkops-race-report-10-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"Zwartkops Race Report 10 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Dear Competitor We thank you for being part of the very successful EXECULINE HISTORIC TOUR RACE DAY run at ZWARTKOPS RACEWAY&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>13 April 2010<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Competitor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We thank you for being part of the very successful EXECULINE HISTORIC TOUR RACE DAY run at ZWARTKOPS RACEWAY on 10 APRIL 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For your information we include the EVENT REPORT and look forward to seeing you on 29 MAY 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EXECULINE HISTORIC TOUR AT ZWARTKOPS RACEWAY ON 10 APRIL 2010<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CATEGORIES COMPETING<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Legends of the 9 Hour \u2122 ZOC categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Execuline Pre-1966 Le Mans Sports &amp; GT (incorporating the Pre-1963 Sports &amp; GT)<\/li>\n<li>Etana Pre-1966 Legends Production Cars<\/li>\n<li>Execuline Pre-1974 Trans Am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HRCR categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nashua Mobile Historic Saloons Classes A, B, C, D, E, F, G<\/li>\n<li>Nashua Mobile Marque Cars<\/li>\n<li>Hollard Sports &amp; GT plus Midas Thoroughbred Saloons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Execuline Formula Vee<\/li>\n<li>Go Tech \/ Aucor Lotus Challenge<\/li>\n<li>AGIP Team Cobra<\/li>\n<li>Aucor Lexar Historic Motorcycle Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zwartkops promoted the event very well which was borne out by the good attendance.\u00a0 The paying gate was more than at any other non-national race meeting held so far. Specifically:<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc\u00a0 Posters were erected in the catchment area (Centurion and Pretoria)<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc\u00a0 Paid radio advertisements ; Radio Rippel, Radio Pretoria; interviews on Radio Laerveld, Radio 702 prime time, and Highveld (ticket give aways)<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc\u00a0 Paid press advertisements in Citizen and the Beeld as well as in The Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc\u00a0 Surf for Cars mobile board<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc\u00a0 Flyers handed out by Flyer-Boys on the East and West Rand.<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc\u00a0 Editorial in the Citizen, Star, The Times, Beeld, Motorsport World<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc\u00a0 Media releases published on Zwartkops\u2019 Website and circulated to our entire media list<\/p>\n<p>\u00fc\u00a0 Post race reports in the Star and The Times<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SPONSORS:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sponsors were given a generous amount of free tickets by Zwartkops.\u00a0 The Historic Tour promoter purchased some extra tickets at a discounted price to further satisfy the needs of sponsors.\u00a0 Zwartkops gave the paddock facility free of charge to be used by sponsors.\u00a0 Feedback from Zwartkops Caterers was that the sponsors were happy and have already indicated that they will do the same for the next Execuline Historic Race Day. Execuline was very happy with the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RACE REPORT;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With over 250 entries (cars and motorcycles) divided into 18 events there was bound to be thrills and spills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the scariest moments of the day was when Willie Hepburn almost rolled the Trans-Am Camaro in turn<\/p>\n<p>eight when a rear hub broke.\u00a0 This gave Ben Morgenrood and Jonathan du Toit a huge wake-up call as they entered turn eight.\u00a0 Willie re-built the Camaro for the second heat and fought his way through the field to finish just behind Ben.\u00a0 Jonathan was third.\u00a0 Michiel Campagne, a guest driver from Holland, threw the red Camaro into every turn, reminding us of his drive in his Corvette in the January Zwartkops International.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Go Tech \/ Aucor Lotus Challenge was a tough race with over 30 competitors.\u00a0 Klippies Krige never gives up and just managed to beat James Forbes across the line.\u00a0 Glen Clark and Derek van der Merwe took class honours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Execuline Formula Vee race, old stalwarts Symm Grobler and Peter Hills took line honours and club awards went to Paul Venter, Jannie Geyser and Alan Eustice.<\/p>\n<p>Nashua Mobile Saloons had a big field consisting of seven classes with a wide variety of racing cars.\u00a0 Whilst Willie Hepburn and Jannie van Rooyen had easy wins the day belonged to Colin Ellison in his Alfa Sprint, then Norman Poulter and Martin Botha in their Datsuns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pre-1966 Le Mans Sports &amp; GT.\u00a0 This is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ZOC formula<\/span> which is still being developed.\u00a0 One of Zwartkops\u2019 prime objectives is to develop motor racing and new formulae. There is a give and take here. In January, the Cobras (which in profile are Historic) ran with Pre-1963 and it worked. Saturday was just one of those days where this combination went wrong. We will make amends for it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TROPHIES AND PRIZE GIVING:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zwartkops arranged and purchased the trophies and a spirited prize giving was well attended.\u00a0 Many drivers thanked Zwartkops for a very enjoyable race meeting.\u00a0 (We suffered two power failures during the race meeting, but because of our UPS the race meeting went on without Interruption.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6)\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PUBLIC ATTENDANCE<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>At Zwartkops the public have many excellent viewing grandstands; a comprehensive complimentary printed program; access to the pits; availability of food at the Aces Caf\u00e9; entertainment for children and clean and plentiful toilets.<\/p>\n<p>We will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> release our exact attendance figures since an attendance figure of 4200 attending Midvaal was published.\u00a0Midvaal was fuller than it has been in a long while and we were very happy about that and congratulate Midvaal on this.\u00a0 However, there were less than 1000 people on site, all told.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING HISTORIC RACING:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zwartkops Raceway was established in the interest of motor racing and particularly to give Historics a home.\u00a0 This tour, as well as the HRCR, has been stimulated by our Zwartkops International (David Piper) Race Meetings, which we have now run for nine years.\u00a0 This annual event has gained National and International recognition and has become part of the permanent racing calendar.\u00a0 It has given Historic Racing a Huge platform on which to stand.\u00a0 Other than the A1 GP and WSBK at Kyalami last year, the Zwartkops event in January had the biggest paying gate for circuit events.\u00a0 This speaks volumes for our initiatives, events, cars and public appreciation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EXECULINE HISTORIC TOUR ROUND 3 \u2013 29<sup>TH<\/sup> MAY 2010<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have two consecutive events of the Execuline Historic Tour at Zwartkops as a result of the cancellation of the Phakisa round.\u00a0 Please find the regulations on the Zwartkops website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting with the HRCR we agreed to enhance the day by incorporating a number of features.\u00a0 These include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A feature event on the day. <\/span>\u00a0This will be a combined event of the Pre-1966 Le Mans Sports and GT and the Pre-1984 Sports and GT.\u00a0 This event will feature a 6 lap Prologue in the morning and then a 30 minute feature event, which will be by invitation.\u00a0 In order to level the playing field and bearing in mind we will have a number of national champions in the event, all vehicles will have to run on treaded racing tyres (except for some saloon GT type cars).\u00a0 By having a feature event (which will change from meeting to meeting) the HRCR and ZOC believe it will enhance public interest and add value to the event.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Drop and Draw Hot Laps.<\/span>\u00a0 Spectators will be invited to \u201cDrop your business card and Draw a chance to win Hot Laps\u201d on the track in some exotic machinery (Galaxie, Ford GT 40 etc)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scrutineering at Lazarus Ford.<\/span>\u00a0 On Thursday 27<sup>th<\/sup> May cars will be taken to Lazarus Ford to help promote the meeting.<\/li>\n<li>The HRCR has agreed to include the Midas Classic Thoroughbred Saloons in their Nashua Mobile Saloon Cars A,B,C,D Race.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See you at Zwartkops as we endeavour to make the 29<sup>th<\/sup> May dynamic and enjoyable for competitors, sponsors and spectators.\u00a0 P.S. Don\u2019t forget to bring the little ones who will be able to have their first driving experience in the Kiddie Karts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peter du Toit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Competitor We thank you for being part of the very successful EXECULINE HISTORIC TOUR RACE DAY run at ZWARTKOPS RACEWAY&#8230; 13 April 2010 &nbsp; Dear Competitor &nbsp; We thank you for being part of the very successful EXECULINE HISTORIC TOUR RACE DAY run at ZWARTKOPS RACEWAY on 10 APRIL 2010. &nbsp; For your information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old2018.lotusregister.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}