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0 - 100 in 3 seconds, speeds of 260km/h and an adrenaline rush that will leave you breathless and shaking, this is 250 Superkart Racing. Unfortunately it is the most under published form of motorsport in South Africa,

250 Superkart racing has been taking place at our South African circuits for more than 30 years. With grown men squeezing their bodies into a kart that is no more than an inch off the surface of the track, climbing out with sore ribs and no wonder why. Speeds in excess of 200 km/h and braking as late as possible, g-forces that can only be described as out of this world. What could be better?

With a power to weight ration up there with the Formula 1's and the Indy cars, 250 Karting has been the starting point of a few of the current Formula 1 drivers racing careers. These pocket rockets have been clocked at 292km/h at the old A1 ring in Austria.

The Birth of the 250 Superkart..... Read Article

Zwartkops 28.05.2011

"Veron Pappas (Rotax Anderson Kart) blitzed the existing lap record of 1:01.596 that he set at the first event of the year. He clocked an unbelievable time of 1:00.179 to claim pole position! Unfortunately lap records can only be recognised during the course of a race."

"In race 1 Pappas officially obliterated the Zwartkops lap record for the category for the second time this year with an incredible time of 1:00.341!

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NEWS

Race Report for Killarney 14/04/2012

The 250 Superkart Series made their way down to the picturesque Killarney Raceway in Cape Town on Saturday 14 April for the third round of the 2012 250 Superkart racing season.

Qualifying

After a slow start to the year Veron Pappas (Arma Gear Rotax Anderson Superkart) was back on form as he took a solid pole position ahead of current championship leader Sean Moore (Ziegler PVP Superkart).

Tyron Davis (AVL Africa PVP Superkart) put in a cracking lap to claim third position ahead of former team mate Andrew Greenslade (Ziegler / East Side Kustomz PVP Superkart).

Home town boy Eerik Horn (Johan Horn Transport PVP Superkart) would start from the third row of the grid with another Cape Town local, Marcel Angel (PVP Rotax Superkart) alongside him in sixth position.

Another local, John Amm (PVP Rotax Superkart) would make a welcome return to the 250 Superkart Series for the first time this season. An unfortunate Trevor Green (Super Tech Rotax Stealth Superkart) would have to start from the fourth row of the grid after breaking a rotor before qualifying.

Schalk Burger Junior (Cape Gearbox & Diff PVP Yamaha Superkart) didn’t qualify either when an engine mounting on his kart broke. He would have to start the race from the back of the grid.

Overcast weather conditions and a light drizzle before the first race would see track conditions dramatically altered compared to what the drivers had experienced during the Friday qualifying session. The track would turn out to be rather cold and fairly slippery.

Race 1

The customary rolling start saw the field charge down through turn one, with the drivers jostling for position as they ran down to turn three. Horn’s race ended before it had begun when a slipping clutch on the formation lap led to him actually breaking the motor before the end of the first lap!

Pappas held on to the lead with Moore and the rest of the field in tow. Greenslade slotted into third position with Angel and Davis in hot pursuit. Burger’s woes continued when he retired from a competitive fifth position on the second lap with terminal gearbox issues.

Moore took the lead on the second lap with Pappas glued to his rear bumper! The battle at the front was a close run affair with the rest of the field scrapping over the minor positions. Fourth placed Angel retired to the pits on the fifth lap suffering from a sudden loss of power and handling issues.