Popular Mechanics South Africa

LAPPING IT UP

CARS ARE changing and the way we use them is changing as well. Enthusiasts with high-performance cars are keener than ever to exploit them to the full in the safe environment of a racetrack. Hence the boom of track days in recent years and the wealth of ever-improving smartphone apps to help you better exploit and enjoy them. After all, if you did a track day and didn’t record it, did it even happen, bro?

Most regional racetracks host a street-car track day as regularly as once a month; these are open to the public, ‘run-what-you- brung’ style. What the circuit won’t offer is a track transponder and official timing, because that’s like a red rag to a bull, and most

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