Beneath the towering presence of Table Mountain and the Atlantic breeze sweeping over Philip Kgosana Drive, motorsport history was made this weekend as Franco Scribante was crowned King of the Mountain at the first-ever Speed Classic Cape Town on Sunday, 26 October.
Scribante, behind the wheel of his 2018 Nissan GTR R35, claimed the top spot with an impressive time of 35.260 seconds, edging out Reghard Roets, also in a Nissan GTR R35, by just 0.599 seconds. Dawie Joubert, piloting his Lotus Exige, rounded out the podium with a 37.407-second run.
According to NovaNews, the event drew close to 15 000 spectators through the gates and nearly 180 000 online viewers, marking an electrifying debut for what organisers hope will become a flagship motorsport event in South Africa.