King of the Mountain - Ceres
Car fans are set for an extremely exciting mountain pass race this weekend in Ceres (about 1.5 hours from Cape Town). Cars ranging from souped up turbo cars, full spec rally and track racing cars as well as a whole array of supercars will take on the Guido mountain pass in a spectacular show of guts. Facing a rock wall on the one side and gaping drops down the mountainside on the other, these drivers will face the hardest possible conditions for a time trial. They race upwards, from a starting point below the pass, through various turns and twisties to the flag at the top. I’ve been there twice and it’s a great event.
TIP: Make sure you bring enough to drink (it’s hot up there). Also bring something to eat as well as loads of suncream and insect repellent! The muggie’s chowed us to death there the last time. Also remember that spectators enter at own risk. Choose a safe spot that’s not on the outside of a bend, because these cars tend to come through there at absolutely unbelievable speeds all sideways and roaring with echoes through the pass.
Tickets can be bought at selected Speedy Exhaust Centres at R100 per day or on the website. The event starts off with some trial runs at Killarney circuit on Friday (I think entrance ‘may’ be free if you bought a ticket for saturday or sunday), then the sub 2.5 liter cars on Saturday and the big daddy 2.5 litre and up cars (including the supercars like ferraris, subarus, lamborghinis, nobles and more) battling it out. For more info, visit www.kotm.co.za.
- Motor Racing | Time: 3:01 pm (UTC+8)
The 2008 King Of The Mountain Race is looking to be a proper one again…!
Comment by 2008 KOTM King Of The Mountain Race — August 15, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
I was at the King of the Mountain event in Ceres this weekend and had such a horrific experience. Yes, i have heard of people dying there and being seriously injured there but to see it first hand, twice in the same day was too scary to believe.
Myself and a group of friends from Cape town witnessed two gruesome accidents. One in which a 20 year old girl from Ceres lost her leg. A Lumina bakkie smashed into a wall which she and many other spectators were standing infront of.
It happened right before my eyes and the guys all went over to look, it was really gut wrenching to witness and sickening that none of this appears in any news/press release etc. I understand that this event is attended at own risk but please think twice before entering or attending this event. It is a huge risk, a risk i took and am lucky to have survived.
Comment by Angela — December 1, 2008 @ 4:22 pm