Legends of the 9-hour / david piper international

On Saturday, 31st January (cars & bike demo) and Sunday, 1st February (bikes only) Zwartkops hosts its 8th International Historic day with some of the greatest racing cars and bikes of the sixties. The eighth Castrol South African Tourist Trophy / David Piper International will feature:

* The great Legend Production Cars of the sixties with ex-champion Sarel van der Merwe in the big 7-litre Ford Galaxie, matched against current champion Hennie Groenewald in a NASCAR 500 HP 1958 Plymouth, Mark du Toit 1959 NASCAR winning Chev and the Ford Mustangs of Brian Cook and Rowlings.

* The Goodyear ISP 1971 Ferrari 312B Sports Racer which won the 1971 and 1972 SA 9-Hours matched against four Porsche 917’s, Lola T70’s plus local and international Chevrons.

* The Castrol Tourist Trophy with Ford Daytona Coupes, Lotus 23’s, period Ford GT 40’s, Ferrari 250 GT, Ferrari P2 and Ferrari P4’s.

* The Execuline World Final for the greatest single seater formula outside of F1 – the Formula Juniors of the early sixties which were in essentially scaled down F1’s of the day. There will be at least 30 of these cars in the race in South Africa’s first “Super Prix”. Entries are coming from Australia, Europe, UK and USA for what will be a totally unique event for South Africans.

* The Castrol heroes of the Isle of Man Motorcycles will feature at least 20 international entries. The world famous MV Augusta, Norton, Honda’s …..

* South African Historic & Classic Saloon cars – legends in their own right being raced by contemporary racing drivers.

* Special tribute to the Legendary David Piper


With plenty of family entertainment, open plan pits for the public, good viewing and some of the most unique, outrageous and beautiful machines racing Zwartkops cannot be missed. The Legends of the Great Age of Motor Racing of the 1960’s and early 70’s is for everybody.
It is different and better then anything else you are likely to experience in the world of motoring.
The price is right, the company is good and the racing is hot, hot, …………
See you at Zwartkops on Saturday, 31st January 2009 for cars and bikes and then on Sunday, 1st February for the Castrol Day of the Champion with all our motorcycle aces, past and present racing against some 20 very special imports.


More info: Zwartkops
 
* The Goodyear ISP 1971 Ferrari 312B Sports Racer which won the 1971 and 1972 SA 9-Hours matched against four Porsche 917’s, Lola T70’s plus local and international Chevrons.

Should be 5 x 917s and 6 x gt40 (4 bailey edwards and 2 superformance) , 2 Lola T70s maybe 3 and 2 P4 ferrari replicas. Good to see the local replica market is still strong in these tough economic times.
 
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