Sport in South Africa South Africa has staged Formula One Grand Prix, the last being the 1993 race at the Kyalami circuit. It has produced 1979 Formula One world champion, Jody Schekter, who triumphed for Ferrari that year. South Africa was also one of the host nations for the A1 Grand Prix. Former Indycar Series driver and son of Jody, Tomas Scheckter, led the most laps in both his first two Indianapolis 500 starts. Which was 85 laps during the 2002 Indianapolis 500 and 63 laps during the 2003 Indianapolis 500. He has two career Indycar victories during his career. He has driven full-time
Sergio Peña (racing driver) Sergio Peña (racing driver) Sergio Peña (born February 13, 1993) is an American NASCAR driver who is one of eleven drivers who is part of the Drive for Diversity program. He impressed people with his second-place effort only to be behind Joey Logano at the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway after starting on the pole. In 2010, Peña competed in the K&N Pro Series East for his rookie season. Prior to NASCAR, he was part of the Formula BMW series. In 2010, Peña drove for John Story's Revolution Racing Chevrolet team, finishing twelfth in the K&N East Series standings