The Ultimates
Welcome to the home of The Ultimates Sprint Car Series; South Africa's Fastest Short Track Cars. We offer exciting racing throughout South Africa on various tracks.
About The Ultimates
In April 2008 a couple of guys who loved the sport, decided to take sprint car racing to a new level. This was done by buying 8 cars from the U.S.A. After that, things just got bigger and is growing by the day.
Currently The Ultimates have 19 cars in their group.
In Oct and Nov 2008 "The Ultimates" competed against some U.S.A drivers to promote Sprint Car Racing in South Africa. It was a great success. Our plan for the 2009 season is to run 18 events on various tracks in and around Gauteng. Check our events calender for further information.
Our main goal is to continue giving the Sponsors, Promotors and the Fans the best show on tar.
Open wheel Sprint Cars are truly unique, fun, and exiting racing machines. Fans of all ages are drawn to them for their aggressive and colorful styling, powerful sound, high speeds, and close racing action. Sprint Cars are lightweight by design, but strong enough to withstand the most abusive accidents. Most often the drivers walk away untouched. Their racing skeleton is made up of strong, durable metal tubing which forms the base for their aerodynamic body panels. These panels are molded to fit the Sprint Cars frame and attached to prefabricated brackets. The most recognizable parts of a Sprint Car are their sharp, angled top and front wings. They provide downforce for more speed and options for setup during tough and changing track conditions. Truly Sprint Car racing is growing in popularity! A motorsport originating in the USA is already making its way into other countries such as Canada, Australia, new Zealand and South Africa. Attend a race, take a walk through the pits and observe as the drivers prepare the cars for an exiting night of racing. See for yourself why people around the world are catching the spirit of a motorsport that thrives on exitement in the round!
Race Results for Rock Mania held on 16th January
Submitted by Liza van Zyl on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 10:06.The grand stands was packed with racing hungry spectators! Thank you to all involved for the day it was a huge success with the combination Oval, Drags and Drifting.
The spectators also enjoyed seeing Brian Lay our friend from USA race with the Sprints and he also got a ride in a drift car that he enjoyed... Brian Lay drove car nr 11. Ultimate Sprints driver Robbie Herbst is the owner of nr 11 car. the rest of the team thanks Robbie for giving his car to Brian to race with us!
The first heat was won by Jacques Roos in car nr 46, Brian Lay in nr 11 came second and Liza van Zyl in nr 17 third. Second heat had lots of action with Andries in car nr 8 clipping the cone and it slid into the track, Pieter Brandt in car nr47 swerved and missed the cone and so did Brian. Liza and Adriaan van Zyl was side by side in the corner Adriaan had to avoid the cone and avoid a collision with Brian so he turned and unfortunately Liza was too close and she climbed over Adriaans wheels ! The race carried on and the 2nd heat race was won by Brian Layin car nr 11, in second place was Jacques Roos in nr 46 and in third Pieter Brandt in nr 47
Congratulations to the following Sprint drivers:
1st Place - Brian Lay nr 11
2nd Place - Jacques Roos
3rd Place - Pieter Brandt
Thank you for all the support!
Race Results for Vereeniging Race
Submitted by Liza van Zyl on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 05:47.Hi all,
Can you believe that this year is nearly over.... We ran our last race for 2009 on the 5th of December at the Spedeworth Vereeniging track. There where also beautifull fireworks and Carols by candle light too. The Vereeniging fans where very exited and glad to see "The Ultimates" and we where welcomed with open arms by the fans. Thank you for your support we appreciate it!
It seems like the cars are also in hoilday mode, some of the race cars just didn't want to play along! Poor Angelique Herbst's car had steering box problems, frans van Eedens car didn't want to know nothing and Adriaan van Zyls car the same... Jacques Roos went well until his car played up and he missed out on the final heat. Unfortunately in the 2nd heat Vim Newman and Freddie Mocke had a slight incident and they where out for the rest of the race.The First heat was won by Freddie Mocke car nr 137 with Johan Roos in 2nd place and Vernon Newman car nr 88 in 3rd. The Second heat was won by Johan Roos car nr yO in 2nd it was Jacques Roos car nr 46and in 3rd place andries Marx car nr 8. The 3rd Heat also won by Johan Roos car nr yO with Liza van Zyl car nr 17 in 2nd and Andries Marx in 3rd place. Overall winners for the race event was as follows;
Congratulations to the following drivers!
1st Place - Johan Roos nr yO
2nd Place - Liza van Zyl nr 17
3rd Place - Andries Marx nr 8
"The Ultimates" will be starting their race season in 2010 on the 13th of February at "The Rock Raceway" in Brakpan. And we have a surprise for you Brian Lay our friend and fellow race driver from OHIO United States of America will be participating in that race!!!!! We are very exited to see Brian once again and look forward to our first race in 2010.
See you there !!!
Onboard with Jacques Roos
Submitted by Liza van Zyl on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 18:59.A glimps of what it is like to drive a Sprint car !!!
