A Trip to Killarney Race Track with Cape Town Tourism
Last Friday was an experience of a lifetime and a definite tick on my list of 100 things to do before I die. Cape Town Tourism sponsored a bloggers day out to give some of Cape Town’s bloggers a time out from their PC’s, Google, Twitter and all that.
We experienced a professionally organised race day from Fantastic Racing, who let us race in the Reynard single seater race car, which can pull off speeds of 240 km/h with ease. These cars are just like the real deal and are a joy to ride!
Everyone who participated had a great time and left on an adrenaline high, big smiles and a need for more speed.
The safety briefing
Before we could jump into the race cars, we had to watch a presentation to learn about the cars, how to take the corners and more importantly… how not to crash and explode.
Our Reynard Race Cars
These were our cars for the day – they Reynard single seater, which was pretty quick of the mark and handled like a dream.
Me getting ready to haul ass
I had never been in a car this fast or this awesome… hitting the accelerator released a growl that made you feel like Cole Trickle.
That's me racing
You could easiliy hit speeds of 200 km/h on the straights and when you hit 6th gear your helmet started getting sucked off your face, which added to the adrenaline rush!
Killarney Race Track
This is a shot of the race track with Table Mountain in the background… couldn’t have had better weather!
Pictures via Cape Town Daily Photo