South Africa, Cape Town
Killarney International Raceway
A 3.267 km circuit in Cape Town. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Killarney International Raceway?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
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Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
Going to Killarney International Raceway?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Killarney International Raceway lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
No recorded laps on Main Circuit yet.
Record a session on this layout and your lap becomes the time other drivers in your class compare against.
Track day guide
Track day at Killarney International Raceway
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 23°C by day, 13°C at night, rain on 5 days. Warmest in February, 27°C by day on average. Coldest in July, 9°C at night. Fewest days with rain: January.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Killarney International Raceway elevation
Elevation change 10 m, steepest gradient 3.2%. The highest point, about 16 m above sea level, is 1.83 km from the start line; the lowest, about 6 m, 1.32 km.
Height above sea level, approximate. HoverTouch the profile for any point.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Heights above sea level are approximate: trees and buildings along the line read up to about 15 m high. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
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More to do with the session than the lap time
About Killarney International Raceway
Overview
Killarney International Raceway is the motor racing complex of the Western Province Motor Club on Potsdam Road in Killarney Gardens, Table View, in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. The club describes it as the city's most used sports venue. Its regional Power Series meetings draw well over 200 regular competitors across car and motorcycle classes, and the National and Regional Extreme Festival visit twice a year. Members of the public can drive their own road cars at the club's Car Track School, and the circuit can be hired for half or full days.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The main circuit measures 3.267 kilometres and was built for the first Cape Grand Prix in 1960. According to the club, the track has since become wider, smoother and safer, but the layout has not changed. Its named sections include Porsche Straight, the pit straight between the Joubert Pits and the Supercar Pits, as well as Joubert Straight, Tygerberg Straight, Cape Town Corner, Castrol Corner, Damp's Dip and Sarel's Sweep. Sarel's Sweep is named after Sarel "Supervan" van der Merwe. For more than 45 years a replica of the Le Mans Dunlop bridge spanned the main straight as a braking marker; after a safety upgrade, metre boards took its place. The published noise limit is 108 dB(A) in a static test at 0.5 metres with the engine at 75 percent of maximum revs, and 96 dB(A) drive-by.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
Since 1965 the club has added a one-kilometre karting circuit, an 800-metre drag strip, a tar oval and a one-kilometre Short Circuit. Robot Racing, quarter-mile sprints between pairs of road cars, began in 2016 with the City of Cape Town to take street racers off public roads. The former motocross track became an area for adventure motorcycles and 4x4 vehicles. The site also has the only skidpan in the Western Cape, an FIA-approved rallycross circuit built in 2017 and a spinning pitch opened in 2022. Buildings include a multi-storey clubhouse, a control tower, two pit blocks, workshops and garages, bomas for hire and grandstands for thousands of spectators.
History
The first event took place on 1 March 1947. It was a speed trial on a disused stretch of the old Malmesbury road, and J.L. Craig won it in an MG TC with 22.6 seconds over the standing quarter mile. By 1951 a loop of tar had turned the road into a rough triangle, and extensions in 1952 and 1955 brought the lap to 1.65 kilometres. With a R40,000 loan from the Cape Divisional Council, the club then built a new circuit designed by Edgar Hoal. It hosted the inaugural Cape Grand Prix on 17 December 1960, which Stirling Moss and Jo Bonnier finished first and second for Porsche. In 1962 Trevor Taylor won after his Lotus teammate Jim Clark spun. The promoters lost money and the council cancelled the lease in 1964. The clubs repaid the debt with an eight-day motor show and merged in 1965 to form the Western Province Motor Club. Denis Joubert chaired the club from 1970 to 2006, and the facility was developed without government funding. Killarney hosted Africa's first World Rallycross round in 2017 and received a Cape Town Heritage Foundation Blue Plaque in 2023.
Address
6 Potsdam Road, Killarney Gardens, Table View
7441 Cape Town
South Africa
Contact
wpmc.co.za
