Pablo Clark Racing was founded in 1980 when Production Car Racing as we know it today was called ”Group One”. At that time, Group One was an international formula supported in South Africa by factory teams from Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ford, Mazda and VW.
South African motorsport and Kyalami in particular were very much part of the global picture. Jody was our first world champion F1 driver! Kyalami had just been ”saved” in a sale to a consortium represented by Bobby Hartslief.
Mike Reid Chairman of our beloved SCC ‘mortgaged everything’ with the first international Superbike meeting at Kyalami in 1981. A massive success! Despite the rain. The crowds were back in big numbers to cheer on the Group One “doorhandle against doorhandle” racers and amazing Superbike heros. Kyalami’s 9 Hour endurance race was about to enter a new exciting period, dominated by Porsche victories.
Naturally, Kyalami was firmly on the F1 calendar, Ayrton Senna ‘The best’ scoring his first GP point finishing 6th at Kyalami in a Toleman. Pablo Clark’s one and only race was to provide many important lessons:
With the help of the Domingo family, working out of their racing workshop based in Fordsburg, Pablo prepared his rotary engined Mazda for their first race. Dave Charlton was both a boyhood hero and supporter employing Clark as part time mechanic during his FIAT campaign in the Manufacturers’ Challenge in 1980.
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