South Africa, Delmas
Red Star Raceway - Full Circuit Anti-Clockwise
A 3.982 km circuit in Delmas. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Red Star 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.
Track layouts
Lap times only compare within one layout.
Going to Red Star 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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Red Star 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 Full Circuit Anti-Clockwise 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 Red Star 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: 29°C by day, 14°C at night, rain on 15 days. Warmest in October, 29°C by day on average. Coldest in July, 3°C at night. Fewest days with rain: August.
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
Red Star Raceway elevation
Elevation change 12 m, steepest gradient 2.3%. The highest point, about 1577 m above sea level, is 0.27 km from the start line; the lowest, about 1565 m, 1.11 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.
Going to Red Star Raceway?
More to do with the session than the lap time
About Red Star Raceway
The Full Circuit Anti-Clockwise configuration is one of 2 layouts available at Red Star Raceway - 3.982 km across 13 corners. Lap times and sessions on this layout are tracked separately from other configurations.
Overview
Red Star Raceway is a motor racing circuit beside the N12 near Delmas in Mpumalanga, reached from the Groenfontein/Dryden turn-off at exit 485. It lies about 34 km from OR Tambo International Airport, east of Johannesburg. The venue dates its inception to 2009. Since then its membership has grown steadily and the facilities have been upgraded year after year, with a family-friendly setting as one of the main aims. Red Star works as a track school and runs its own track days. It also hosts club and championship meetings for both two and four wheels, including South African Superbikes since 2019 and the Sasol GTC championship.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The full circuit is about 4 km long, with five straights and thirteen corners. It was designed so that each bend flows from the apex of one turn into the entry of the next, which suits riders and drivers of every level and gives spectators a good view. Generous grass run-off areas surround the track. The surface was chosen to limit tyre wear and is cleaned after every race meeting. The drag strip, with a 400 m run and a 400 m run-off, is part of the main circuit, so circuit events and drag racing cannot be held at the same time.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The main stand overlooks both the start-finish straight and the hairpin. The paddock offers executive pit and storage container hire. A skid pan lets drivers practise recovering from loss of grip and simulate wet-weather conditions, and a gymkhana course built around it is used for drifting. The venue also has karting, a pit bike, BMX and freestyle track, and rider training in four grades, usually on Sundays. Car and motorcycle track days run on Wednesdays and Fridays, weekends are reserved for motorcycles, and the last Sunday of each month is a car-only track day. The Square serves food and has a bar, and Trend Bend handles tyre changing. Visitors can stay in the ten-unit RSR Lodge, wooden huts or one of forty camp sites, and the site also has a swimming pool, a children's play area, an aviary with weekend tours, a free Saturday parkrun and running and cycling routes.
History
The circuit was the idea of Jacques van Wyngaardt, whose family bought the land near Delmas in 2009 and began construction that year. He designed the track with civil engineers Andy Farmer and Kevin Owen, and it was built by motorcyclists as a safe place for riders to lap. Heavy summer rains delayed the work, and the circuit was ready to use in 2010. In 2014 it hosted corporate events for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar and Ferrari. South African Superbikes first came to Red Star in 2019. The programme combines track days, club racing, drag racing, karting, skid-pan sessions and rider training.
Address
Portion 5 of the Farm Zonderfout, N12 Exit 485 (Groenfontein/Dryden turn-off)
Delmas
South Africa
Contact
redstarraceway.co.za
