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AutoTrader Goes Racing Episode 5 - Invading the Cape

As we continue down this path of being a racing driver, we discover that the world of motorsport is filled with highs and lows and that sometimes, these can all take place in quick succession. This is what our resident race driver for 2023 discovered recently.

Author - Chad Lückhoff
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The second round of the 2023 GR Cup takes place as part of the first round of the National Extreme Series. This round sees Chad Luckhoff descend on Cape Town to tackle the Killarney International Raceway in his Toyota GR86 race car.

Related: Toyota GR Cup at Extreme Festival Nationals - How to lose the lead

Practice and qualifying yielded pleasantly surprising results but it was where it matters, in the race heats, that things got a little crazy. Join him as he takes you behind the scenes for Round 2!

This racing action is brought to you by Toyota South Africa and Gazoo Racing South Africa.

 

Author - Chad Lückhoff

Written by Chad Lückhoff

Chad is a former motorsport commentator, technical editor, and has an unhealthy obsession with 90s Japanese sports cars. He is happiest when surrounded by drift cars and smoking tyres. As comfortable in front of the camera as he is behind it, he’ll take you behind the wheel with his video reviews, written recounts, and invoking photography. One of the first to join the AutoTrader fray, Chad has been living his passion at AutoTrader for over 11-years.Read more

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