TOUGH AT THE TOP IN PRODUCTION VEHICLE CHAMPIONSHIP
With only eight points separating the first six crews it is tough at the top of the Production Vehicle standings and the Sun City 400 on July 29 and 30, round five of the Absa Off Road Championship, will be a war zone.
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Russian Roulette. Silk Way Rally 2011, Russia
The Silk Way Rally proudly proclaims itself to be part of the Dakar series, and with 105 cars taking the start took a step away from being a giant Volkswagen PR exercise to become an enthralling battle between old masters, ascending champions and young heroes through the heartlands of Russia.
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GUTZEIT (BIKES) AND BARAGWANATH (QUADS) WINNERS AT BELL 400
Proudly Bidvest Yamaha team-mates, Jade Gutzeit and Brian Baragwanath, were the respective winners of the motorcycle and quad categories of the BELL 400, the fourth round in the 2011 national off-road championship that took place in extremely wet and muddy conditions in the Hluhluwe area in KwaZulu-Natal. Both riders have claimed a victory earlier this season.
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Leaders stake their places on SS5 of Silk Way Rally
Two days from the end of the 3rd Silk Way Rally, the GC leaders of both the car and the truck categories sent a powerful message to their rivals by taking today's special stage.The event, part of the Dakar series started on 9 July and is held over a special stage distance of 4 000km in Russia.
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Worthy of a Dakar!
The organisers had warned the competitors: the 4th stage, dominated by sand, was going to be difficult or even very difficult. And they were right!
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SULLWALD’S TAKE TIGHT GRIP ON SPECIAL VEHICLE CHAMPIONSHIP
Reigning champions Kallie and Quintin Sullwald have taken a firm hold on the Special vehicle category championship following last month’s Toyota 1000 Desert Race in Botswana.
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WESTERN CAPE READY FOR FIRST EVER JUNIOR NATIONAL OFF-ROAD
The Montagu area in the Western Cape is getting ready to welcome junior national off-road motorcycle and quad competitors between the ages of seven and 17 when they compete in the Montagu Junior National, the fifth round of the 2011 national championship on 6 August. It is the first time a round of the Junior National Off-road Championship visits this area.
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OFF ROAD RACING STRENGTHENS SUN INTERNATIONAL TIES
The Sun City 400 in the Pilanesberg on July 29 and 30 will see the Absa Off Road Championship strengthen ties with Sun International.
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Alina Sergeeva -- Russian Rally-Raid champion
Even well into the 21st century women in motorsport are still a novelty. Names like Mouton, Aitkin-Walker, Desire Wilson and Kleinschmidt will be forever immortalised in the history books, but as women who have won in top-flight motorsport, they are on a very short list.
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Silk Way Rally The Russian Dakar
The general consensus is that if you take away manufacturers with their multi-million dollar development budgets and household name drivers then the event, or even series, is in free-fall towards an ignominious death…
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NEW ROUTE FOR SUN CITY 400
The winds of change will blow through this year’s Sun City 400, round five of the Absa Off Road Championship, in the Pilanesberg on July 29 and 30.
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MANUFACTURERS SHARE ABSA OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP SPOILS
If variety is the spice of life, the Absa Off Road Championship is doing its best to keep pace with the old adage.
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NATIONAL ENDURO BATTLE TO CONTINUE IN EAST LONDON AREA
The battle for titles and championships will continue in the East London area in the Eastern Cape when competitors tackle the Liquorland Kei Enduro, the fourth round of the 2011 Liquorland National Enduro Championship that takes place this Saturday
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MORE VICTORIES AND SOME DISAPPOINTSMENTS AT BELL JUNIOR NATIONAL
While there were more victories for some class leaders at the BELL Junior National, the fourth round of the Junior National Off-road Championship that took place outside Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal, there were disappointments for a handful of race leaders who had to call it a day with the chequered flag almost in sight.
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Ford steals the show in Botswana
Team Ford Racing emerged victorious following 1000km of the season’s toughest terrain on the famed Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race. Chris Visser and Japie Badenhorst put in a determined display and demonstrated the reliability of the Ford Ranger TDCi, crossing the line as the leading crew.
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Castrol Toyota’s Taylor and Birkin finish second in Toyota Desert Race.
The Toyota 1000 Desert Race, which ended near Gaborone this weekend after three days and nearly 1 000 km of off road racing, once again lived up to its reputation for being the toughest round of the eight-race Absa South African Off Road Championship. And, as always, there was drama aplenty and joy for some, heartache for others.
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SECOND TOYOTA DESERT RACE TRIUMPH FOR SULLWALDS
Reigning South African champions Kallie and Quintin Sullwald produced a copybook performance to win their second Toyota 1000 Desert Race.
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DRAMATIC WIN FOR VISSER/BADENHORST ON TOYOTA 1000 DESERT RACE
Toyota had to again undergo the pain of missing out on a Toyota 1000 Desert Race victory Sunday.
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MORE POINTS TO BE EARNED AT BELL JUNIOR NATIONAL IN KZN
Young off-road motorcycle and quad racers will have a chance to bag more points towards the various overall and class championships when they take on the BELL Junior National, the fourth round of the 2011 Junior National Off-road Championship that takes place on 25 June in the Hluhluwe area on the Elephant Coast in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Atlas Copco team takes on the Toyota 1000 Desert Race
The three-car Atlas Copco-backed team of Gary Bertholdt/Andre Vermeulen (Super Production Toyota Hilux) and the BAT specials of Johan van Staden/James Rossouw and Richard Fuller/Geoff Minnitt take on the Toyota 1000 Desert Race in Botswana this weekend.
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