First 24H Kyalami Entries Confirmed

ARC Bratislava and Muehlner Motorsport are among the first entries to be announced for the Michelin 24H Kyalami.

It was recently revealed that Creventic’s headline event would be switched from its regular venue of the Dubai Autodrome amid continuing conflict in the Middle East region.

Instead the 24-hour enduro will take place in January at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in South Africa.

Slovakian outfit ARC Bratislava were the first team confirmed to participate in the race with a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO.

Alongside its regular appearances in championships such as the Asian Le Mans Series, the ARC team is a veteran of the 24H Series. It most recently competed in two rounds of the 24H European Series, taking a class win at this year’s season opener at Mugello.

Team owner Miroslav Kanopka regularly drives alongside his sons Adam and Matej.

The team’s last participation in the 24H Dubai came in 2022.

ARC is not the only squad expected to campaign Lamborghini machinery in Kyalami as local team Into Africa Racing are also set to compete in the EVO2 version of the Lamborghini Huracan.

Founded by businessman and racing driver Xolile Letlaka, the South African team is focussed on transforming the motorsport landscape in Africa to make it more inclusive and accessible.

The Into Africa squad competes locally and internationally, most recently racing in the International GT Open with a Ferrari 296 GT3 in collaboration with Dubai-based Dragon Racing.

The team has also campaigned its Ferrari in the past two 24H Dubai, achieving a best result of 14th overall.

Kyalami has been a hotbed for the team’s success as it won the past two editions of the Kyalami 9 Hours. This event was previously a round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge until 2023.

Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport – winners of the most recent 24H Series Middle East Trophy in the GT3-Am class – also confirmed its participation at Kyalami with an Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II.

Muehlner Motorsport was announced as the first team to compete in the 992 category.

The Belgian outfit will debut its Type-992.2 Porsche 911 Cup at the event as the 992 class is set to switch to the newest Porsche Cup machinery for the 2027 season.

Muehlner also announced it would debut a updated livery with its new car.

Its entry carries considerable weight in the category, as the team took class victory in both the 24H Barcelona and the 24H European Series championship in its last race in Creventic competition.

French team Seblajoux Racing will also make its debut with the latest Porsche Cup car at the storied South African venue.

Fresh from taking GTX class honors in the European Series, Vortex will compete at Kyalami with its own Vortex V8.

The first TCE class competitor to be confirmed was asBest Racing. The German team has more participations in the 24H Series than any other team in recent years and will race at Kyalami for the first time in a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport.

Creventic recently announced that spectator tickets are now available for purchase, and that it has partnered with well-known South African event agency BLS to host the event. 

The Michelin 24H Kyalami is scheduled for Jan. 8-10.