All the action is going to be at Red Star this weekend
Tickets for February 4 are available at R150 per adult, and R50 for children between the ages of three to 16.
South Africa’s only International Bike Circuit Race is back for two more rounds.
The first round was held at Phakisa Raceway last Saturday and Red Star Raceway is in full throttle for the second race this coming Saturday, February 4.
— Michael (@M_Dunlop3) January 28, 2023
Amongst the international competitors who will line up are:
- Michael Dunlop from Ireland multiple IOM TT winner; he took first place in this year’s IOM SuperSport TT Class
- Alan Duffus – Multiple Scottish champion on his FZR 1000 Yamaha
- Steve Parrish ‒ Barry Sheene’s teammate and multiple truck racing world champion on a Team Classic Suzuki RG500 – a legend.
- Iain Simpson ‒ Multiple Scottish, IOM (and SA Classic) TT winner on his custom framed Suzuki XR69 ‒ as raced in this year’s IOM Classic TT by Michael Dunlop
- Howard Selby ‒ Multiple Scottish champion and European 600cc champion, on his own championship-winning GSXR 1100
- Gordon Grigor ‒ Multiple Scottish champion and British Endurance racing champion, on an IVID Racing, Team Classic Suzuki GSXR 1100
- Phillip Atkinson – A well-respected Saffa, based in the UK getting great results in the Ducati Cup, mounted on a Yamaha 350.
- Adrian McCarthy – An Englishman and Rooster Racing incumbent, who will campaign Don Hill’s very quick Suzuki GSXR 1100
- Robert Burns – TZ350 and Classic Competitor – IOM TT Sponsor
The Classic Super Racing Association (CSRA) racing stalwarts such as Paul Jacobs, John Kosterman, Fergal McAdam, Mike McSkimming, Leon van der Berg, Etienne Louw, Iain, and Dylan Pinkerton, Sakkie Pottas, Kevin Kemp and Clive Arrandale are expected to challenge on competitive machinery. AJ Venter will compete on a Mike McSkimming-prepared IVID Racing GSXR 1100.
The Classic Superbike Racing Association (CSRA) was formed in 2016 by like-minded racers who, in the main, had prepared classic machinery for the annual SA TT events.
Their logic was to organise a series of races in SA that would start each year with the TT races and follow with six more events around the country, four seasons on, and the CSRA has grown from strength to strength; it is now the best-supported series in SA with over 35 active racers involved.
South Africa enjoyed a ‘heyday’ of production bike racing in the 1980s and the equipment that this was based upon remains reasonably affordable today.
There was a “sea change” of superbike specs between the mainly air-cooled bikes of the late 70s and early 80s when the oil-cooled Suzuki GSXR burst onto the scene around 1985/6. FIM rule changes also eliminated two-stroke engines due to emission issues, and we also try to accommodate those still keen to run such machinery.
As a result of this phenomenon, and the performance gap it entailed, they have adopted four racing categories in the CSRA:
- Formula 1 – Bikes from 1984 – 1989
- Formula 2 – Bikes from 1976 – 1983
- Formula 750 – Maximum 750cc four-stroke bikes up to the end 1989, plus two-stroke bikes.
- New Era class ‒ Bikes up to the end 1999.
- Formula 4 – This is “strictly a parading class” with bikes up to the end of 1999 eligible.
“We have tried to be as non-prescriptive as possible with regard to our technical regulations, allowing our members to fettle their machines as best as practical, taking into mind the age of their machinery, with rider safety being our prime consideration,” said CSRA’s chairman Fergal McAdam.
If you are interested in starting racing with the CSRA, the Competitor Information page on their website www.classicsuperbikeracing.co.za will give you useful information regarding technical regulations, and details about forthcoming events, and entries. Or contact the club secretary Debbie Ramsay at debbieramsay13@gmail.com for assistance.
Tickets for February 4 are available at R150 per adult, and R50 for children between the ages of three to 16.
Spectators are encouraged to attend the event to witness some great racing and also to enjoy a paddock full of great machinery and noises of yesteryear.
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