Rally Events Photos Competition

IF EVER THERE WAS A LONG STORY ……..
author: Leon Botha
FILES TO DOWNLOAD

  • Please Click to open the Stage & Overall analysis - Open file & then look under Excel files for the one with the % symbol in.

    How long will this still take?
    As the years go by, a person gets somewhat mellowed, you tend to see things in a different light, you count to 10 more easily, you observe better and you enjoy what you observe and experience more.

    If you are a competitor, official, team manager, idiot, good guy, bad guy, talented, rich and untalented, poor and untalented (in other words totally stuffed), poor but talented (also stuffed) or whatever the position – I would like to thank you for making life interesting and for supplying hours of amusement and even joy!
    Ja en toe??


    I often wonder if we realise how diverse the rally circus actually is – next time you walk around like John Wayne’s cousin – forget about trying to look important, relax and have a good look at what is happening around you! It is actually a wonderful world filled with so many interesting, amusing, and sometimes also irritating things.

    Pic by Erik de Jager
    Etienne trying harder than he should.....
    One thing is certain – a certain driver has burst through the present borders of sanity and talent. He stepped up three notches instead of one, and every time (well at least until someone follows him into the new world) he finishes – he will be walking away with the silverware.

    Enzo Kuun did not finish the event only because he is currently driving where there is simply no place for any error, but what I saw does not spell anything good for anyone else presently interested in winning rallies.

    He is relaxed, self-confident, and most of all he grew up – not worrying about the opposition anymore, not hoping they screw up, or even like all of us at one stage or another wish that they do. He is now concentrating on his own effort, he sets the pace and waits to see who matches him or even gets close. He is now (eventually) ready to start taking the titles, and goodness knows he is going to take a few before someone younger is going to be able to stop his advance.
    Enzo Kuun and Guy Hodgson - a step ahead....


    The only problem will come when he steps out a millimetre to any side because he is currently drivning right to the limit of the present technological borders.

    One mistake and either Serge, Habig, Lourens or Fekken (not necessary in that order) will pick up the spoils and take the win – thank you very much!

    I am not so sure if Serge is willing to get or stay involved in a head-on battle anymore. He will rather use every inch of experience to try and out-manoeuvre the young gun, than try to beat him to the draw. Then again he can drive right up there if he wants to – the question is does he?

    Habig has always been the more tactical driver although the pressure, and pace, sees more parts being replaced on the car, more often than he would have liked, which makes me think that maybe he is already trying too hard?

    His final attack in the Sasol however convinced me that he still has “plenty” (like .0001 on the Richter scale) in reserve and the moment he gets his mind set right and the car starts to, and keeps on doing what he wants it to do, rather than the other way round, he will without doubt make Kuun look over his shoulder and think twice.
    Pic by Erik de Jager
    Jan Habig and Douglas Judd - Strategy, determination and some luck!


    Hergen Fekken on the other hand needs still to get used to the S2000 and we will have to wait to see what pops out of that lucky dip. We need a full on, problem free comparison before we will be able to assess the possibilities he presents. So far we had a few flashes in the pan, a few pop ups and then silence. I would like to see where and how deep Hergen will have to delve to make his different approach work and get him to Kuun’s level.

    Although Lourens finished second overall in this event, he seems to be driving over the edge, but then again if he can keep it up, he will prove to be a nuisance factor. A problem is that he has tremendous pressure on him due to some unrealistic expectations. At least his bad luck streak has now been broken.

    Johnny Gemmel and Gerhard Snyman - Sasol Mitsubishi Evo
    N4 also moved into a new sphere – but the top position is still untouched as Gemmel is playing with the competition. He holds out a sweet and then at the last moment he cruelly puts it back in his pocket and walks away whistling “Waltzing Mathilda” or something to that effect.

    If we really and truly want to put serious vooma into rallying, Sasol should rent 40 less small busses per event that irritates the shit out of everyone in a hurry (not Sasol’s fault as they can surely not chose and train all the drivers beforehand) and rather put Gemmel into a S2000. That will not put the cat between the pigeons – it will spill the proverbial shit over the edge.
    Japie van Niekerk and Robin Houghton - Mitsubishi EVO9


    In N4 there are some danger lights appearing especially from Japie van Niekerk – if you look at the RallyStar stage analysis you will see that he started to make a rather big nuisance of himself in more stages than what the more experienced drivers would have liked to see. He is not skimping as far as advisors, the best equipment, rubber or anything else is concerned, but added to that he also has the talent to get from point A to B in a hurry.

    Jon and Doug Williams - A7 Polo
    The problem is that Gemmel is not throwing the same money in behind the effort – he checks out the situation, decides if he needs to upgrade a bit, writes a cheque for exactly what he needs and BOOM – up goes the ante!

    Fernando Rueda and Martin Botha - not for the lack of trying! PIc by Erik de Jager - Rallystar
    Fernando? There is no doubt that he can stay with the best, but two questions need answering – does he have the same passion and therefore the determination to put all at risk, or will he strategically sit back – hang five in the right position and pick up the spoils when the other competitors overdo things to win at all cost?

    It is not for me to decide – but I have a feeling that he will only drive 16/10’s when he knows that he is in the perfect mood and things feel right.

    Nicolas Ryan? It is very difficult to gauge the intensity of his onslaught, as I am not sure to what level his car has been developed. My hair always stand on edge the moment he posts a N4-winning stage time, as he tended to go farming in the very next stage in the past.

    This time around I am pleased to say that he proved my thoughts after SS9 wrong after he posted an excellent time in that super rough stage, and he settled in against my silent prediction and stayed where he felt comfortable without screwing up.
    Nicolas Ryan and Schalk van Heerden


    Visser du Plessis had three bad stages, but also managed to get to the top 3 stage positions twice. Ignoring the bad ones he posted 6th fastest overall stage times on average. I am also glad to say that he seems to concentrate on his driving these days instead of devising an excuse for not winning the stage overall like he used to do in the past. I will be following his hopefully steady progress with interest.

    We still have to look at 15 stages and a few more stories – but before we get going I need to say that the RallyStar of the event can hardly be anyone else but Mohammed Moosa – as even I were pleasantly surprised by his pace and talent – so I am not sure about certain “rally specialists” who actually doubted the sanity of anyone sponsoring him! In this case I am glad to say “regstellende aksie se moer!” This is pure talent applied properly, and only a flat wheel in the second last stage spoiled a perfect run.

    Ok – let see………

    There was no time for shadow boxing, waving at the fans, farting around in the bush at the start of the event – the big guns came out and the next moment dunder und blitzen! Kuun attacked immediately making his intentions clear from Stage 1.

    The four second gap between him and Habig must have looked like a barnyard door to those behind him. Serge was wrong-footed slightly by this early attack and lost 7 seconds while Lourens missed the early top podium position by 9 and Hergen fared even worse trailing by almost a second a kilometre with the high-tech Polo misfiring at low revs.


    In comparison Gemmel did even better in N4 opening a 5 second gap between him and second placed Rueda.

    Charl Wilken took the early A7 lead (by 4 from JP) while Mo Moosa surprised friend and foe with his unexpected early 18 sec lead in N3!

    Eugene Lourens and Derek Jacobs
    A6 leader was Eugene Lourens by 2 seconds from Mark Cronje.

    SS2 – Kuun by 6 from Lourens and 11 from Habig. Serge? No he proceeded to add even more colour to his already colourful career, and recorded a first-gear-roll! I am not absolutely certain what happened, but my version should make interesting reading anyway.

    He came into the tight left hander, clipped the inside curb, the Castrol Toyota duly lifted its left wheels, Serge steered into the roll, landed on his side between two trees, and there they were stuck on the car’s side unable to get the virtually undamaged car back on its wheels again!

    Now howzat for a quick story – because I forgot to really ask him what happened! Then he proceeded to entertain the spectators in our non-point-scoring, no-purpose
    SASuperdooperrallyGTsystem without a cause, reason, or thought! If he could have restarted after SS4 with 10 minute penalty – he would have finished 8th to 10th overall and 3rd in class scoring some much needed points to keep his chances alive.


    This early stage claimed 8 teams – Damseaux and Paisley, Heinrich Lategan and Johan vd Merwe rolled apparently after the Flying Finish due to no warning, Jose Ferreira and Raymond Heenop withdrew when the Subaru refused to start, Stevan Wilken and Brian Carrihill once again had to cope with serious disappointment when the A6 Polo’s engine failed again – ag nee man, VW fix the damn thing properly and give this talented young man a fair chance!

    Vusi Mabanga/ Bongi Nkonyane; Jean Hendrick and Tiana vd Merwe as well as Paul and Tania van Wyk failed to continue as well.
    Heinrich Lategan also fell victim to some or other oversight?


    The worse performance in seeding order came from Kobus Roos and Niel Fourie who were .199 off there projected pace.

    Lourens moved up to share second overall with Habig, both on 23:25; and interestingly Ryan and Rueda shared 6th spot.

    Fekken was in 4th, 48s off the pace, with Gemmel leading N4 by 41 from Ryan and Rueda.
    Hergen Fekken and Pierre Arries - Pic by Motorpics


    JP (8th) jumped three spots to take the N3 lead, Pfeiffer held on to 9th and a cautious Japie van Niekerk completed the top 10.

    Moosa in 13th spot led N3 by 25, while the Botha family in 14th could not understand the total lack of pace. The car felt good, the handling ok, but we did have a bit of a brake bind problem that we sorted out before SS3. Little did we know we were going to need airbrakes, flaps, wings and almost a priest as well in SS3!

    Salie du Toit & Gert J v Rensburg
    Best improvement in this stage came from Salie du Toit who moved up 18 positions into 31st after a rotten first stage, while Schalk Burger and Wimpie van Greunen shot up by 16 into 22nd.

    Class leaders after SS2

    S2000 Kuun / Hodgson VW
    N4 Gemmel / Snyman Mitsubishi
    A7 JP Damseaux / Vrey Toyota
    N3 Moosa / Dearlove Toyota
    A6 Lourens / Jacobs Toyota
    A5 Malherbe / Botes Toyota
    N2 Baker / Baker Toyota
    S20 Ritson / Ritson Nissan

    Jaco and George Baker - Pic by Motorpics
    SS3 – Kuun’s pace was starting to worry me, although at that stage I had a couple of other things to worry about I felt that he did succeed in delivering the psychological impact and a bit of consolidation was now needed, but hell, who am I to talk? Kuun was on a serious high and even Serge said to me that you will need a talented and concentrated attempt to get to him in his current form. Damseaux being the great sportsman and competitor that he is added, “and I am glad, it is about time things go his way! He is driving extremely well.”

    A better compliment no one can wish for.

    Habig touched on half a minute loss – which indicates some or other problem but I have a feeling that even Habig and Judd will admit not having a full set of answers to the Kuun problem. Habig was however off his seeded pace which confirms some possible problems with the car.

    Japie van Niekerk suddenly popped up and posted the winning N4 time, while Gemmel lost 30s in the stage. Rueda again stayed consistent, while Visser showed signs of taking up the challenge.

    The road to destructions.........
    Somewhat negative about the fact that we were battling to get even close to the pace, we did a few adjustments and Jacques was confident that we would at least be able to get closer to where we needed (let alone wanted) to be.

    The first five or so kilometres of SS3 went well, then we got to a long, long straight in a Subaru that wanted to go places fitted with a standard six speed gearbox – or in short, the car was capable of speeds in the order of 240km/h.
    Tree stumped........


    The instruction was plain and simple – “road joins from left – straight”.

    The road from the left did join on the corner of a plantation block and the shadows of the trees camouflaged a dip on the left on the natural line of the road.

    Travelling at about 200 you can not easily distinguish these things and you also tend to look further ahead for possible problems. Then knowing that safety notes were supposedly made, you expect at least a “keep right” safety note or if the notes were incorporated in the route schedule – you expect a warning of the "dip on left" especially if this hazard is situated on a straight in excess of two kilometres.

    Names, numbers, and all that jazz
    We hit the dip, went up in the air and we landed sideways in the road still travelling at a suicidal speed.

    I was at the part about “our daily bread” in the most popular prayer, and when we headed for the sawn off tree stumps I was confessing things I have done but denied doing while in standard eight.

    We launched on the sump guard over the first tree stumps and then flew over the first eight rows, then....if you have seen the movie about the battle of Great Britain you will know that whistling sound when a plane goes down, and I knew we were going down notwithstanding my serious requests upstairs! We hit a stump head on and predictable the tail did its best to overtake the nose, then for some reason we swerved and started the first of about four sideway rolls.
    Grande Finale


    We landed on the wheels and sides of the car every time we came around and I swear the roof has not got a scratch on it.

    Tree stumps popped in and out of the side windows looking like brown airbags exploding. The scary things was that you can not go anywhere and all I could hope for was that a long stump did not come through a front side window. Luckily only the rear windows were popped.

    It may look OK, but boy is it useless....
    Eventually the car came to a standstill and the only sound I think was when I let fly with a fart of relief! Jacques said “’skies Pa” and I replied “Ag fork off man!” and then we started to dust each other off doing the normal "are you OK?" bit.

    I then realised that I could not see far - discovering that I lost my glasses. I eventually found them five metres further than where the car came to a standstill.

    Accident Rating: Must admit it was one of the top three I have ever been involved in.

    After SS3 the order was Kuun; Lourens (+29); Habig (+39) Fekken (+103) and Gemmel (+113)

    Salie du Toit improved another 12 and was now 19th, while Etienne Malherbe dropped 17 positions down the ranks.

    Gary Swemmer waved goodbye and Graig Trott and John Costa also called it a day.

    Now look at this – Kuun drove through SS4 at .002 slower than his seeded speed, and wap! Habig pocketed the stage by five seconds. Lourens exceeding his current seeding again posted 3rd quickest but still lost 21 seconds to Habig thereby conceding his second position. Incredible!

    Hergen was still battling to find the problem with the Polo and had continuous problems with a lack of engine response at low revs.
    JP Damseaux & Cobus Vrey - A7 winners?


    Gemmel kicked ass in N4 and Wilken clawed back 9 seconds closer to JP for A7 honours.

    Paul Pfeiffer and Cindi Harding had a horror stage losing 2m39 to the leaders – effectively putting paid to any chance to repeat his winning performance in the Cape.

    Eugene Lourens was dominating A6 while nothing really came from the expected Cronje assault!

    Homeward bound were Theuns Joubert and Lourens du Plessis; Tony Barbosa and Graham Hooper and the Ritson Family. Barbosa needs to be complimented with the way he handles and looks after his sponsors. All he needs now is to get the car up there where it belongs and where it will make a difference.

    Habig was by now trailing Kuun by 34s, leading 3rd placed Lourens by 11. Visser du Plessis moved into the top 10.

    Richard and Natasha Vaughn lost 7 places while Salie du Toit (up 5) was still making progress through the ranks and was now in 14th position. Eugene Lourens was also climbing the ladder and was now in a very plausible 13th overall spot, while young Mr Moosa was now coming under severe pressure from Claudio Piazza-Musso holding a mere 8 seconds in hand.

    He said to me: “Oom Leon that guy (Claudio) knows what he is doing on tar – I think I am in trouble!” Now how do you handle that when you are chairman of the club that both these bright young men drive for?
    Mo Moosa & Henry Dearlove - Team Total N3 - Pic by Erik de Jager Rallystar


    Stages 5 and 6 did not make a huge difference on day one except that Andy Haigh-Smith and Gerald Brace fell out in 5, Salie du Toit dropped 4 positions, and after SS6 the overall positions were: Kuun led Habig by 36, 3. Lourens +50; 4. Fekken + 136; 5.Gemmel +162 (N4 leader); 6. Rueda (+36N4); 7.Ryan (+49 N4) 8. Van Niekerk (+74 N4) 9. Charl Wilken (A7 leader by 133s as JP Damseaux carried a penalty of 2m40s for lateness) 10. Visser.

    Then came the Superspecial Tar stage (SS7) on Saturday morning.

    This is mos Wilken food?

    No serious changes took place in SS7 either, except that Charl Wilken managed to roll out of the event without any pressure on him.

    Small slip – big accident. So unnecessary says I with 20/20 hindsighted vision!

    Luckily nobody, including no one of thousands of spectators was hurt, and all I can say is that I am very thankful.

    I have no doubt that the spectator control may be one of the negatives in any report on this rally, as was the case in the Cape – but then again until someone dies why should we worry? Bloody “crowd control marshals” that seem to be too scared to control the crowd – maybe because then have not been briefed properly or don't know that they can actually stop a stage until the correct safety standards were reached?

    Wait - mark my words, when something goes wrong we are not going to like the new rules that will be implemented. Until then, why worry, lets be happy!

    In stage 8 predictably Kuun proceeded to attack but his time indicated that he decided to slack a bit, Habig did not hold back and Kuun managed to beat him by a mere 4 seconds. Fekken then seemed to have sorted out some of the problems he had and was only 6 seconds off Kuun’s pace.


    Van Niekerk opened the morning by posting a winning N4 time, followed by Rueda who drove below his seeded speed, while Ryan clung like the proverbial …. What was the story about the woollen blanket?
    Are you sure we should go up here? Lourens & Vermeulen hunting for the road...


    Gemmel was 20 seconds slower than van Niekerk through that stage.

    Jon Williams decided to use the Polo to its full extend trying to make up for the hash in SS7 earlier on the second morning.

    The Top10 positions were unchanged except Visser moving past JP on real time (without JP’s penalty)

    Aggie Stroh and Jurg Steyn - Pic by Motorpics
    Aggie Stroh and Jurg Steyn however had a bit of a humdinger rally on their hands, and in this stage they dropped 10 positions after suffering from various problems.

    Salie du Toit regained the 4 spots he lost earlier. Mark Cronje and Chris Birkin went home without really convincing, followed by Bashier Kapery and Megan Stow.

    Then we got to arguably the roughest stage of the event, SS9. Fekken won this stage, Habig was 4 slower, Ryan 6 off Habig’s pace and ……..

    Enzo Kuun was out of the rally!

    He hit a rock and damaged the suspension so badly that he could not continue. Sad, sad, sad ending to a fine drive.

    Bad for Enzo – good for Habig (and the sport?) Now the dice was really going to be on for the rest of the year and although it seems unlikely at the moment, don't be surprised if this fight once again goes down to the line in Tzaneen.

    Chris de Wit & Patrick Yende
    Chris de Wit and Patrick Yende also rolled out of the event in SS9, while Eric Storbeck and Carel Vos called it a day.

    It was also sad to see the little Escort of the Mackenzie clan refusing to carry on over the rough stuff.
    Ashley & Les Mackenzie - Ford Escort - Pic by Motorpics


    Smelling blood and the brasso of a newly polished trophy (although the only silver connected to the modern trophies may be the last one Rand coin you hand over to pay for the stuff) Etienne Lourens put foot and won stage 10.

    Hergen still fresh from his win in SS9 missed the two-in-a-row by a mere 4 seconds, while Habig decided to consolidate slightly – nine seconds down the line.

    Gemmel, Ryan, and van Niekerk, pushed well over their seeded speed to post 4th, 5th and 6th overall fastest times through the stage.

    Habig was now leading the pack by 1m04 seconds, while Lourens had a 17 second lead over third placed Fekken.

    Gemmel led a very aggressive Ryan by 33, and although Rueda and Japie van Niekerk lost time in SS9 they were still in the same overall positions.




    Lola and Megan Verlaque - a vast imporvement in speed during this rally.
    Further down Lola who showed great improvement in speed on this rally, actually keeping up with most of her class. She and Mo switched places in this stage – the latter losing 12th position.

    Rocky Reynecke and Christo Ackerman lost 13 places and were now in 30th position.
    Rocky Reynecke & Christo Ackerman



    Habig clocked in 10minutes late at the start of SS11 which meant that he would receive 100 second penalty. This, we all thought meant that Lourens was leading the rally – but at that stage we did not know that he would in turn receive a 60 second penalty – which actually meant that Habig was still in the lead.

    Unsure of the situation, Habig started to attack – I suppose quite nervously, as his lateness was due to a gearbox problem. I wonder what would have been said if he went off trying too hard, and then later discovered that it was unnecessary as Lourens also got a penalty?

    Guillaume Jordaan and Sifiso Mahlangu Ligwalagwala FM RallyStar Subaru
    Gemmel lost almost 30 seconds to Rueda in this stage, while Rodney Visagie and Arno le Grange called it a day. Aggie Stroh’s nightmare continued, causing him to post the slowest stage time overall suffering from two front punctures!

    On paper or according to what we knew at that stage Habig trailed by 29 seconds – and this was also the information he received. Lourens was thought to be the new leader, while in fact he still trailed Habig by 33s.

    Rueda suddenly had Gemmel in his sight and we all knew that the dice in N4 was still far from over.

    JP had it all his way in A7, Schalk Burger was leading A6 by an "uncomfortable" 20 seconds from Eugene Lourens while Moosa was still comfortably ahead in N3 leading Roos by around 84 seconds.

    Michael Houghton & Bryn Doherty Class A5 winners - Pic by Motorpics
    Michael Houghton was so far ahead in A5 he was actually getting dressed for prize giving, while Koumantarakis ruled in N2. Danie Duursema ruled in S20.

    Lourens well aware of the minute penalty hanging over his head attacked with brute force and boerewors – only to spin out in 12, stalling the car and because of a faulty clutch he battled to get going again.

    Habig meanwhile did not leave anything to chance and posted a time that would have made many an excellent driver cry. He pulverised the opposition and although Gemmel gave more than he was supposed to, he was 33 seconds slower than Habig through that stage.

    Instead of getting to grips with Gemmel in the stage Rueda had his worst stage of his rally – losing all but 4 minutes to the leaders putting paid to a fine effort.

    Japie van Niekerk followed by Visser du Plessis did their best to make Gemmel’s life difficult, but Gemmel now had the buffer he wanted, leading second placed N4 driver, Nicolas Ryan by 131s.

    Habig was more that two minutes ahead, while team mates, Hergen Fekken and Pierre Arries failed to come out of the stage, which meant that almost everyone except the luckless Spaniard moved up one spot while he went down one, now lying in 6th overall.

    Habig klapped Lourens by 10 in SS13, while Japie fended off the final Spanish attack beating Rueda by a massive ONE second.

    Gemmel consolidated and posted 5th fastest through the stage while Nic Ryan must have wondered that the hell he needed to do to get to the Mitsubishis.
    Claudio Piazza Musso & Greg Gericke - Team Sasol


    Very few changes took place in SS13 – Gugu Zulu and Llewelyn Fourie who had a bit of a quiet rally dropped out causing every one from 21st position to move up one – although Joos and Danie Stassen dropped a place.

    In SS14 I became aware of a hell of a fight in Class A6 between privateer Schalk Burger and Total sponsored Eugene Lourens (brother of Etienne). Going into the stage there was a difference of 4 seconds and getting out of it the difference was 3 still in favour of Burger.

    Lourens however had to make sure that he also covered a 10 second penalty hanging over him and he simply had to beat Burger for A6 honours.

    Anton Wannenburg & Tania Joubert - Pic by Motorpics
    “Tragedy” struck Moosa and Dearlove in this stage when they saw their carefully build up advantage slip through their fingers due to a flat wheel 8 kms into the stage. Goodbye to 1 and a half minute, the N3 lead, and a dream almost come true sooner than even Mo thought possible.

    JP dropped one spot to 8th, Moosa 3 to 15th, and Nic Theunisen also went one down in the penultimate stage of a hair-raising event.

    Guillaume Jordaan and Sifiso Mahlangu Ligwalagwala FM RallyStar Subaru
    Just to make sure of a win Habig set the Nelspruit showgrounds alight with a great display of driving skills on the last stage of the event.

    Penalties and all considered, Habig walked away with the spoils, leading Lourens by 108 seconds.


    Gemmel concluded the N4 war 54 seconds ahead of Ryan who put up one of the best performances he ever had.


    Van Niekerk in 5th can also feel satisfied that he was on the pace and most of all also on the road, Rueda drove magnificently but due to some bad luck he did not manage to put the pressure he would have liked on Gemmel.


    Visser du Plessis & Dave Lewkovicz Kreepy Krauly Subaru
    Visser du Plessis was steady throughout the event and got rewarded with a fine 7th overall, while JP did not have to work all that hard for A7 victory.






    Tony Ball & gentleman Allen Bisset, I say....
    Salie du Toit came home in a steady 9th while Tony Ball (my goodness did you hear Peter Wise calling him one of the gentleman of rallying?) finished in a respectable gentlemanly 10th position.






    Schalk Burger too the A6 honours after an excellent fight from Eugene Lourens, while Kobus Roos was very lucky to win N3 from a determined Moosa.
    Schalk Burger and Wimpie van Greunen Class A6 winners


    Michael Hougton had it all his own way in A5, while Koumantarakis grabbed the N2 spoils from the Baker brothers.

    Duursema did then also win S20 in the end.

    Hello, my name is Jan Habig and I am a winner.....
    Pfew …….What a rally! Thanks for reading all about it.

    The full “Stage and Overall position Analysis” can be opened by clicking the button at the start of the article.

    Next event – Zulu Rally 26/27 May 2006.





    Comments written by other visitors
    : What a story
  • Hi Leon,
    I have been a reader of Rallystar on a daily basis for a few years.

    It is actually part of my life!

    Everytime I read an article I want to thank you for making my day - but as with so many things, I never get to it.

    This morning I have a few moments to spare before we leave on a trip to Cape Town, so eventually - thank you for many enjoyable article.

    Your knowledge of the sport and especially your pre-event predictions are uncanny.

    Although Jan Habig is my favourite I saw Enzo drive this weekend and I have to agree with you - it will take some special effort to catch him.

    Why do we not get anything to read about the Zulu rally? It seems as if no one knows what is going on?

    Thanks again and please keep it up - like Enzo your website is miles ahead of the rest!

    p.s. from my wife and son as well!
  • Editor Rallystar: Hi Ernst

    Thanks for the compliments - glad you enjoy the website and I wish you guys would write more often!

    News about the Zulu rally is a bit scarce and RallyStar does not seem to be to high up in certain people's rankings for information.

    So lets hope we get some more info and we are able to tell about 40 000 readers all about it.

    Cheers

    Leon Botha




          Members



          Site features
       Online discussion forums
       TV shows
       RallyStar prizes
       Photo galleries
       Motorsport calendar



    Copyright © 2003 - RallyStar.co.za
    All Rights Reserved