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South Africa’s 125 year single-seater history detailed in new book | The Citizen | SA News

11 September 2025 by Guest

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  • Book deals with no less than 50 chapters from 1900, through two World Wars and the height of the South Africa Grand Prix, to the present MSA4.
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Book deals with no less than 50 chapters from 1900, through two World Wars and the height of the South Africa Grand Prix, to the present MSA4.

South African circuit racing has an incredible heritage spanning 125 years.

The beginning..

Starting with an eight-kilometre two-car race around the Newlands cricket grounds in 1900, the adventurous practice of matching horseless carriages against one another soon gripped motorists with the same intensity that it wields today.

Over the next two decades, speed events spread throughout the country via record runs between cities, hill climbs and gymkhanas.

With officialdom frowning upon the use of public roads for such…

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