F1600 Archives - Andrew Rackstraw

Rackstraw Rocks Red Star

26 September 2020 Single Seaters

Rackstraw Rocks Red Star Red Star Raceway started life as a bike-only track, but this weekend it played host to the Extreme Festival. This is the premier race meeting for main circuit motorsport in South Africa, in which the top racing drivers in the country fight it out for honours across ...

Rackstraw’s Wet Rampage

30 August 2020 Single Seaters

Rackstraw’s Wet Rampage Remember Formula VW? Of course you do. It’s Formula Ford on steroids, with cars that genuinely look closer to Formula 1 cars than anything else you’ll find on circuit in South Africa. They sound absolutely incredible as well. It’s the stuff of goosebumps. In an exciting development, a small group ...

RACKSTRAW’S RELENTLESS PACE

18 March 2020 Single Seaters

Rapid Rackstraw’s 2020 Opener Open-wheel racing is the more unusual path for South African racing drivers. It is the fastest form of motorsport, demonstrated at the highest level by the world’s finest drivers in Formula 1. Formula 1600 is the purest possible progression from karting and has historically been a hotbed of ...

RACKSTRAW’S LUCKLESS PACE CONTINUES

20 June 2019 Single Seaters

Andrew Rackstraw has been without a doubt the find of the 2019 Investchem Formula 1600 season thus far. His remarkably quick pace has been widely acknowledged by his more experienced competitors. Going into this past weekend’s fourth round of the F1600 Championship, the fight at the front end was well ...

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