MAIDEN ABSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WIN FOR FOURIES
Bloemfontein, Saturday – The husband and wife team of Marius and Jolinda Fourie scored their maiden national series victory when they won the Special Vehicle category on the Human Auto 400, the penultimate round of the Absa Off Road Championship, which ended here today.
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FORD DOMINATE HUMAN AUTO 400
Bloemfontein, Saturday – The Team Ford factory team dominated the Production Vehicle category on the Human Auto 400, penultimate round of the Absa Off Road Championship, which ended here today.
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Rundle and Mohr lead as off road championship winds down
Privateers Thomas Rundle and Juan Mohr (Barden Tyres Services Racing Nissan Navara) lead the Absa Off Road Championship as the penultimate round this weekend, the Human Auto 400 in the Bloemfontein area, presents their rivals with a last chance to take the contest down to the wire in the final round.
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JUNIOR OFF-ROAD CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT MVOTI BARKBUSTER
The Mvoti Barkbuster Junior National, the seventh and final round of the 2011 Junior National Off-road Championship was characterised by close racing and some drama while champions and class winners were crowned after the tough and demanding race outside Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal.
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And now there are two
It was the headline on a web page that caught my eye: “Head to Dakar: Take up the Challenge!” When I started looking for more information I came across the “Africa Eco Race”.
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CASTROL TEAM TOYOTA IN TIGHT BATTLE FOR OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP
The penultimate round of the Absa Off Road Car Championship, the Human Auto 400 in the Bloemfontein area on Friday and Saturday (October 14 and 15), sees both the two Castrol Team Toyota Hilux Double Cabs among the leading contenders for the championship as well as for the weekend’s win.
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LAST CHANCE FOR HUTCHISON/STASSEN AND SULLWALD CREWS
Reigning champion Kallie and Quintin Sullwald have the opportunity on the Human Auto 400 in Bloemfontein on October 14 and 15, the penultimate round of the Absa Off Road Championship, to all but wrap up back to back titles in the Special Vehicle category.
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HIGH STAKES FOR PRODUCTION CAR CHAMPIONSHIP HOPEFULS
There will be high stakes for Production Vehicle category championship hopefuls at the Human Auto 400, round seven of the Absa Off Road Championship, in Bloemfontein on October 14 and 15.
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Pharaons Rally Day 5 Day of the Desert Fox
Today was billed as the event's hardest and at the time of writing, just before dark, only 7 of the 20 something field still running have made it back to camp. Some are enjoying a well-deserved beer, but many others are still in the desert somewhere digging desperately as night falls...
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Pharoans Rally Day 4: the bikes
The 4th stage of Pharaons Rally should be called “Farafra´s Circuit.” The timed section, a 339 km was loop was mostly swallowed by all competitors in a very high temperature.
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TOYOTA MOTORSPORT AND IMPERIAL TOYOTA ENTER THE DAKAR RALLY
Toyota South Africa has announced a proudly South African entry into the 33rd Dakar Rally which takes place in Argentina, Chile and Peru in January.
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BREAKING NEWS: ALFIE COX AND PEWANO READY FOR THE 2012 DAKAR RALLY
It is now official - South African driver Alfie Cox and his German co-driver Jürgen Schröder will drive the Swedish PEWANO XC60 RR in the Dakar rally in January 2012.
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Pharoans Rally Day 3: Into the Wastelands of Perdition
They say that Arabs are the best poets... maybe because living in the desert they learn how to see the beauty in death for the stark Egyptian landscape is the bleached white bones of Mother Nature...
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Rallystar Exclusive: Pharoans Rally Day 2: The Master's Move
Some people, like VIPs for example, stay in a 5* hotel down the road, some who feel like they're on an expedition sleep in tents huddled around a service truck and others like homeless in a railway station doss on the press centre floor... But for those with a real desert spirit there's only one place to sleep and that's under the stars...
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MVOTI BARKBUSTER JUNIOR NATIONAL
Young off-road motorcycle and quad competitors between the ages of seven and 17 will have a final chance to add points towards their tallies in the Junior National Championship when they compete in the Mvoti Barkbuster Junior National, the seventh round of the series that takes place on 8 October just outside Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal.
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NEW ROUTE FOR HUMAN AUTO 400
Competitors hoping to use ‘pace notes’ from last year’s Human Auto 400 when the 2011 race is run in the Free State on October 14 and 15, can throw them out the window.
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The Rainforest Challenge comes to Eastern Europe!
Thanks to a new partnership between two of the world’s premier heavyweight off-roading competitions, the Rainforest Challenge and Russia’s Pro-X Trophy, the RFC will be coming to Eastern Europe next year with Malaysian, Chinese and Sri Lankan drivers taking on the infamous Russian swamps, while the guest RFC organisers will be laying out a full day’s sections during the 8 day event.
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Young Ford Star Claims First Podium
• Woolridge and Huxtable claim first SP podium.
• Aged 20, Woolridge becomes the youngest driver ever to claim a second place finish in the premier Production Vehicle Category
• Visser and Badenhorst prepare to continue their championship battle at the penultimate round of the season.
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FIFTH VICTORY AND NATIONAL ENDURO TITLE FOR CHRIS BIRCH
The Kiwi, Chris Birch (Comsol Alfie Cox Racing KTM), who has temporarily moved to South Africa to compete in the 2011 Liquorland National Enduro Championship as well as other local and international races, has won the Liquorland Champagne WFO Enduro, the sixth and final round of the series that took place outside Winterton in KwaZulu-Natal to claim his fifth national victory of the season.
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TOYOTA DOMINATES 4X4 MEGA WORLD 400
Toyota dominated the 4x4 Mega World 400, sixth round of the Absa Off Road Car Championship, which ended at Carnival City near Brakpan on Saturday afternoon.
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