South African Karters – why are they so good?

Ken Walker is a UK-based international kart commentator and journalist. A lawyer by profession, after many years as a freelance sports reporter for BBC Radio he turned his attention to kart commentaries. His first race call was for British Superkarts (250cc Shifters) at Silverstone in 1995 and his first international assignment was at Le Mans, [...]

Zwartkop International Day of the Champion – 31 January 2009

Heroes day at Zwartkops will see all the greats of Motorcycle Racing on the track. Castrol / Honda Day of the Champion will feature 18 International riders competing with South Africans. The day will include Isle of Man winner including the most recent achievements of Steve Plater.
Heading the International contingent will be Mick Grant 7 [...]

Heels and Wheels mag

Has anybody else seen this “Heels and Wheels” magazine which has been on the shelves recently?

It looks like quite a neat magazine in terms of the content. Wonder about whether or not there is sufficient market size for a publication of this nature and this niche targetted?
Any feedback from the publishers / readers?

Wow!

I saw a red one of these Mercedes Benz SL65’s in Sandton today.
It included a lekker bodykit and exhaust kit and sounded absolutely awesome. The SL range has really started to grow on me – kudos to Merc for a stunning muscle car.

MotoGP odds are up

It looks like the MotoGP experts are expecting a two-horse race this year with Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi being priced to slug it out.
They’re both trading at 5/2 favourites with the bookies with Rossi seeming to edge slightly ahead depending on where you go and look.

Jorge Lorenzo – 5/1
Daniel Pedrosa – 6/1
Ben Spies – [...]

Formula 1 – who are you backing in 2010?

The return of Michael Schumacher has added a bit of spice to the 2010 Formula 1 (F1) season and the bookies still reckon that the German Maestro still has what it takes.
Here’s the betting according to local sports betting operation World Sports Betting:

Lews Hamilton – 2/1
Fernando Alonso – 3/1
Michael Schumacher – 4/1
Sebastian Vettal – 5/1
Jenson [...]