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07/10/2026

Eyes on the tree.

Not looking. _Locked._

Amber.

Amber.

The torque from the rear tire is the needle. The dragstrip beneath you is vinyl. And this whole tense, tight, beautiful romance — this ballet on blacktop — is about to play.

GREEN.

For ten seconds the world goes quiet.

Not quiet like silence. Quiet like God turned the volume k**b all the way to pain. The needle drops. The vinyl bites. Rubber writes its signature on time itself and everything you built, everything you torqued, tied, metered, shaped, loved —

— it either hooks

or it doesn’t.

And in ten seconds, a result is produced.

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STAGED.

Pre-stage flickers. Then staged. Solid.

And everything stops.

The engine isn’t idling anymore. It’s _holding its breath_. The whole lane is holding its breath. Crew with hands in pockets but fists closed inside the pockets. Girl on the starting line with earmuffs too big for her head. Man in the other lane you can’t see, but you can feel his engine through your own tires.

This is the hunt.

You know this moment if you’ve ever held a drawn bow. Full draw. Shoulder shaking. The world is wide open but your eye is down to a point. Time does not slow — YOU slow. You become so still that time that the space between 2 seconds becomes infinite

Air leaves lungs. Finger softens. Arrow doesn’t want to go. It wants to stay nocked, safe, static. But you let go. And in that letting go, static becomes kinetic. Not a decision. A surrender.

The clutch is that fingertip.

Right foot buried, left foot feeding out a universe measured in millimeters. You are feeling for the bite point where friction stops being theory and starts being fate. In that space between static and kinetic — that half-rotation of slip — lives everything. Too much and you smoke the vinyl. Too little and you break the record, or break the parts. The pedal under your left foot is not a pedal. It is the balance between forward and failure.

07/10/2026

Bragging Rights 2026 (Day1 Coverage)

05/10/2026

IT’S MK1 vs THE REST AT KILLARNEY ROBOT RACING!
Motorsport at its purest: - two cars stand at a red light, the light goes green and whoever crosses the finish line first, 400 metres away, is the winner.

PURE ADRENALIN: It’s the closest you can get to street racing without breaking the law!

WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER: 6:30pm – 10:00pm

ONLINE FROM WEBTICKETS: Adults R70, under-12s free
AT THE GATE: Adults R100, under-12s free.

NO EXTRA CHARGE TO RACE! Just bring a roadworthy car, a crash helmet, long sleeves,
long trousers and your valid SA driving licence.

DOCUMENTATION: 5:30pm – 7:30pm

SAFETY CHECK: 5:30pm – 8:30pm

MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.facebook.com/events/24745780415096895/24745780455096891/

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05/10/2026

Boost SA is in a different bracket of media bragging rights 📸👏🏻🔥😱

05/10/2026

Some really dope shots here 👌🏻