Spinning Cars In South Africa

What is a Spinning Car?

Spinning is a South African motorsport that involves driving cars at speed in circles and performing stunts in and out of the car.

It originated in Soweto in the late 1980s and was performed as a funeral ritual in which a car was spun around to honor the deceased. It is now a recognized motorsport.

Spinning Cars In South Africa

Spinning is a South African motorsport that involves driving cars at speed in circles and performing stunts in and out of the car.

It originated in Soweto in the late 1980s and was performed as a funeral ritual in which a car was spun around to honor the deceased.

What does it mean to spin a car?

You would take a car out for a test drive and then drive it around town for a bit. (Now, when you spin (like a top), you go “around and around and…”.) So, taking a car out for a spin is to drive it around for a bit

Is spinning illegal in South Africa?

This type of behavior is illegal and downright dangerous. Fortunately, no one was injured. Dangerous & illegal street spinning in South Africa.