With teenager Tasmin Pepper notching up her first overall National victory at Kyalami last Saturday, only a month after Danica Patrick finished third in front of 250 000 enthusiastic spectators in the Indy 500, the Killarney organisers are planning to honour the fair sex during their Ladies' Day meeting this Saturday.
Ladies attending as members of the public will all be admitted free of charge and special attention will be paid to the seven ladies who plan to tackle their macho counterparts on the track, on level terms.
Out in front, the experienced Reinette van Rensburg, who has been piling up the Class E points in her Lancia Beta, is the current overall leader in the Classic CAR Class.
Although still in her first season, Andrea Bate has already finished second in class in the GTi Challenge. And while she plans to improve on that this weekend, her quest for greater experience has led to her entering the Clubmans races as well.
Astrid Huckstedt has advanced to Class B in the Clubmans class, benefiting from her father's meticulous preparation.
Other regulars will include Stephanie Makelberger, Sharon Hammond, Nerina Napoli and Carmen Fleming.
With several top-notch late entries, including three from Europe and Britain, this weekend's Ladies Day championship meeting at Killarney could turn out to be one of the best of the season.
The Porsche Cup Challenge races provide a prime example. French driver Laurent Gross in his incredibly quick Porsche GT2-R was expected to dominate but the appearance of Irvine Laidlaw, who is down to drive his Porsche 906, could complicate the issue.
Only 65 examples were built of the sleek 906, the last street-legal racing car produced by Porsche. The experienced Laidlaw competed with distinction in one of these during the International Historic meeting here in February 2009 and is aiming for another win on Saturday.
The 'foreign' interest in the Classic Car category will include Dutch driver Jan Willem de la Porte in a Chev CanAm V8 and Gauteng's multiple former South African powerboat champion Peter Lindenberg, who will be seen at the wheel of the only Ford Capri Perana V8 still active on the track.
Their opposition will being provided by a formidable Cape contingent including Chris Carolin (Mazda Capella rotary), Charles Arton (BMW 530), Keith Rose (Porsche 911 RS) and, particularly in the event of a wet circuit, Martin Richards (Datsun 140Z).
Then there's Egmont Baumgartner, a South African who competed in the Swiss Free Formula category during the years he was based in that country. However, since motor racing is illegal in Switzerland, his time was spent on many of the best Grand Prix circuits in Europe, including Monza, Spa and the Nurburgring.
He'll be racing in a Formula BMW against the bigger V6 Dodge Reynards in his debut Formula Libre race at Killarney on Saturday and local pit-lane pundits seem divided about how the honours are likely to be distributed.
BMW v VW
There is no such soul searching in the one-make Supercar category. Instead the question being asked is: who will finish second behind Neil Hawkins?
Veterans Jesse Huggett and Richard Schreuder are favoured, with future stars Brad Wadeley and Peter Henkel not far behind.
Despite being outnumbered two to one Class A VW drivers Clint Rennard and Bennie Lodewyk are determined to continue their battle against the BMW's of Nieyaaz Modack, Roshan Khan, Achmat Achmat and Ashraf Ariefdien in the Clubman class.
The Fine Cars race will be run on a handicap basis that should reach a climax when the cars begin to bunch up as they approach the chequered flag.
Killarney's gates will open at 7am on Saturday with the first race due off after the final practice and warm-up sessions at 10am. Admission is R40 for men and R10 for boys under 16, free for ladies of any age.