South Africa, Centurion
Zwartkops Raceway
A 2.4 km circuit in Centurion. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Zwartkops 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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Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
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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 Zwartkops 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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Zwartkops 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.
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Track day guide
Track day at Zwartkops 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 14 days. Warmest in October, 29°C by day on average. Coldest in July, 3°C at night. Fewest days with rain: July to 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
Zwartkops Raceway elevation
Elevation change 21 m, steepest gradient 5.1%. The highest point, about 1450 m above sea level, is 1.85 km from the start line; the lowest, about 1430 m, 0.73 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 Zwartkops Raceway
Overview
Zwartkops Raceway lies on the R55 at Centurion in Gauteng, between Pretoria and Johannesburg. The venue presents itself as an "International World of Motoring": alongside the race circuit it holds a kart circuit, a skidpan, a 4x4 course and a driver-training area, and manufacturer programmes such as the AMG Experience, the Volkswagen Driving Academy and Toyota Advanced Driving are based here. The du Toit family holds 80 per cent of the business and transferred an initial 20 per cent to a Black Economic Empowerment company, which the venue describes as a first for a motoring facility. The track can be hired for training, testing or fun days. On SuperTrax Sundays the public can drive their own cars on the circuit with instructors on hand, and Wednesday afternoons are set aside for open practice in racing cars and on bikes.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The circuit is an undulating road course 2.4 km long, built to FIA and FIM international standards for all categories except Formula One and MotoGP. The track is 10 metres wide, widening to 12 metres on the starting straight past the pits, and its run-off areas were laid out for cars capable of laps as low as 55 seconds. Of its eight corners, three are fast, one is a 180-degree hairpin and three have compound radii, and three of them give drivers a chance to overtake under braking. The designers rate it as a technical circuit with five braking points. The fastest lap in the venue's records is 58.839 seconds, set by André Bezuidenhout in a Cosworth-powered Dallara Formula One car in March 2008.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The kart circuit is just over 1,000 metres long and at least eight metres wide, with a 180-metre main straight. Its best-known feature is the Bridgestone Flyover, where the kart track crosses over itself, and the venue calls it the only internationally licensed kart circuit in South Africa. The Drive-Inn circuit, a surviving part of the old Zwartkops track, is used for driver training with trucks and motorcycles, and the skidpan can be hired for training, gymkhana and fun days. A lecture room with a kitchen and reception area sits in one of the paddock sheds and is used for product launches. Members of the Zwartkops Owners Club have their own enclosure at turn 7 with braai facilities and live television in the clubhouse.
History
Racing at Zwartkops began with an earlier circuit, and in 1988 Peter du Toit and a group of enthusiasts rebuilt the old Zwartkops drive-in circuit, which ran until 1995 and showed that a venue in the Pretoria and Centurion area could draw competitors, spectators and sponsors. After touring British circuits in the late 1990s, the du Toits had the site zoned, completed environmental impact and acoustic studies, and built the present raceway. It opened in 2001 as an arena circuit designed so that around 70 per cent of the lap can be seen by spectators. Today the calendar includes the Extreme Festival national series, Passion for Speed and the Legends of the 9 Hour.
Address
R55
0137 Centurion
South Africa
Contact
zwartkops.co.za
