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Revving up history: The motorsport legacy of Cape Town is back

Cape Town provides the stunning backdrop for a motorsport event that was popular from 1912 to the 1960s.

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00:00Cape Town is now providing the stunning back drum for a motorsport event that was popular from 1912 until 1960s.
00:11The return of the hill climb race has brought sports cars from all eras together to battle it out on a short, sharp and twisting track.
00:21This speed classic event takes place up Philip Gosana Drive, usually a public road leading into the city.
00:29This 1907 B12 Chevron is one of only 35 builds and was once owned by the racing driver Starling Moss.
00:38People say it's old and it's rare and it's valuable, should you be driving it like this, should it not belong in a museum or in a collection or whatever.
00:46To my mind it was made to be driven, it was made to be raced, so keep on racing.
00:51This Ferrari is also one of over 150 participating vehicles at the inaugural Cape Classic hill climb event.
01:03I want people to know the car, get closer to the car, people to have the feeling and want to work towards getting a car like this.
01:12I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I've worked all this time.
01:15My dad used to race in the 60s and 70s and that's where my passion came from.
01:19I'm a normal person, I own a workshop, I own a panel meeting shop and I'm here, anybody can do it.
01:26Franco Scribent won the King of the Hill title in a modified Nissan GT-R R35 with a time of 35 seconds up the 1.8km course.
01:38He takes top step on the podium to collect his trophy.
01:42Organizers hope this will become an annual event in the city.
01:46for what he came through!
01:48So let's talk about the situation, we are going to have the scarcity and then,
01:52the glitch at the expense of the crisis is only for R35.
01:54So let's talk about that.
01:56We are going to have the rocket, which we are going to be able to see,
01:58our crew in March 4,6 per year.
02:01We are going to be able to prove far, that we will get to our specificity.
02:03This will be more relevant to our crew, and we know more in the next couple,
02:06we are going to be able to carry out theолж on the left.
02:08The record is still not a movement, but we can do not continue to the ground.
02:10It will be able to track it and be able to do any more of the wiring,
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