Saldanha Top-End Drags is now into its 24th year and last weekend saw 78 of the Cape’s kwaaiste test their mettle over a 800-metre sprint.
Bobby Nitro spoke to West Coast Racing’s Grant Steenveld after the event, which has been building up steam, like many others, after the Covid-19 pandemic slammed the brakes.
Grant says: “We had a smaller turnout because of the rain, but it certainly made things interesting for the drivers, having a damp run for an hour or so after it stopped. Guys were wheel spinning into the 400m mark.”
The top four-wheel speed of the day came from Jaleel Firfirey of Infinity Performance.
Piloting his BMW 140i, a three-litre six-cylinder beast with 500kW to the wheel, he did a 268.1km/h over the line.
Jaleel says: “Conditions…
