Getting Voortrekker legal!

H8rlequinb · Post by **H8rlequinb** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:31 am

Well guy's since I live a couple of block's away from Voortrekker rd in PTA I am used to the Sunday night line ups and the usual crowd that go's along with the racing. I have been there a couple of times as both a spectator and a driver and know it's good fun.

As you know this is illegal and there has been a fair amount of accidents. My question is this. Why not get this racing legal and organized? I mean I have not been to one race coarse that see's consistently as much people as the people that show up there every week.

I know the road can be blocked off and diverted since I drive the back roads every day and in the event of an accident I have seen the metro close it. Hell if they can block off Sandton city on a Saturday I am sure this will be a breeze. I was thinking of getting sponsors behind this idea and getting it safer... The racing will never stop there legal or illegal.... it can at least be done safe.

Thoughts on this?

P3g4sus · Post by **P3g4sus** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:50 am

Excellent idea, dont see how it wont work, but its going to be expensive to organize that every Sunday, Then you will need to have an entrance fee, they want to dice for free.

So in my mind, they will just do it else where.

I think why its so fun, is because of that little rebel inside all of us, and the Idea that you can get caught! and the freedom of dicing anyone there, with no rules. I think thats your biggest hurdle, to not break the atmosphere. thats what is special at Voortrekker.

300sx · Post by **300sx** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:47 pm

cannot say i have not done my fair share of diceing down that road, ever since the days i turbo'd my first car, a ford escourt XR3.. good times.

but i think this is an idea thats dead in the water, you will never get it past ttswane metro/motorsport SA. simple fact.

racing in voortrekker will always be of the illeagle kind, sad to say..

Drillergy · Post by **Drillergy** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:53 pm

Where's Voortrekker Rd?

Wanna come see. I'm coming from Midrand...

300sx · Post by **300sx** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:53 pm

Where's Voortrekker Rd?

Wanna come see. I'm coming from Midrand...

not worth it in my opinion.. since its about the most known streetracing road in pta, its lousy with metro cops most of the time, with suprise roadblocks on sundays. i dont even drive it anymore on sundays, nevermind watch the racing, in fact have not been in years..

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:59 am

300sx wrote: i dont even drive it anymore on sundays, nevermind watch the racing, in fact have not been in years..

Same here

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:49 am

That is why ODI was reopened....for the voortrekker crowd to race legally....only problem is....it's to far from voortrekker and you need MSA licence....so the origenal adie went down the toilet....

PiCo Performance · Post by **PiCo Performance** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:35 am

Black rock near pretoria was always nice been there a few times

are they still open i know they closed and reopend again at a stage?

Charlvdw · Post by **Charlvdw** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:41 am

Ive heard about a strip near Bronkhorstspruit called smiley's race way or something ,any one know about this?

NIZAN-R · Post by **NIZAN-R** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:53 am

Charlvdw wrote:Ive heard about a strip near Bronkhorstspruit called smiley's race way or something ,any one know about this?

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Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:10 am

PiCo Performance wrote:Black rock near pretoria was always nice been there a few times

are they still open i know they closed and reopend again at a stage?

opened again and then closed down again...to many complaints from people staying around there.

PiCo Performance · Post by **PiCo Performance** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:21 am

it was a nice place to race to be honest

odi is nice to, anythingauto has a lot of conections there to, they gona start sponsering gremlin to this year

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:24 pm

I read awhile ago must have been 2years
They had an organised event on the street and it all went wrong when a driver hit a tree....

To my belief they stopped street events after that...

smoothedgp · Post by **smoothedgp** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:34 pm

Adrian wrote:I read awhile ago must have been 2years
They had an organised event on the street and it all went wrong when a driver hit a tree....

To my belief they stopped street events after that...

yea that was gert R.I.P very bad still court cases about that going on.