Motor races - Kumalo/Heany (James McNeillie) & Breedon Everard Raceway
Kumalo/Heany Race track (James McNeillie)
The James McNeillie Circuit track with a
length of 14 miles/3.316km, four curves and one hairpin was used in a
clockwise direction. and built in the late 1950s, partly on a former
airfield in Kumalo, with the start and finish straight with the eastern
Spitzkehre located on the former airfield railway.
The Rhodesian Grand Prix 1961 to 1970 was held on the track with Formula
1 vehicles. The fastest lap of the four-time winner in 1970, John Love
drove on a March-Cosworth Formula 1. In 1971, the James McNeillie
Circuit was closed and the races were then held at the new Breedon
Everard Raceway. Part of the terrain of the former route is now
overbuilt.
The track was named after the politician and Bulawayo city councillor
James McNeillie.
Breedon Everard Raceway.
The Breedon Everard Raceway is Zimbabwe's most
famous racing circuit, set in a natural depression on the edge of the
city of Bulawayo. Fast and with wide run-off areas, it became a popular
stop for competitors on the Springbok Series, frequented by European
cars and drivers, helping to establish its international reputation.
The circuit opened in December 1969 as a replacement for the Kumalo
airfield track. Known by many as the Falls Road Circuit, the track
measured 2.535 miles long and featured sweeping turns amid the sandy
hills and pleasant surroundings that made up this part of the world.
The new track took its name in honour of British railway engineer
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Breedon Everard, who had been the general
manager of Rhodesian Railways from 1958-63 and was also briefly acting
President of the country on several occasions after the proclamation of
the Republic of Rhodesia.
Programmes - Heany 100, Rhodesian Grand Prix,
Bulawayo 100, Embassy 100, Peter Parnell Memorial, Colonel Everard
Trophy, John Love Trophy, 3 hour endurance, Embassy 3 Hour, Zimbabwean
Grand Prix
