Augustyn’s Spring Works Bredasdorp Rally
author: Patrick Vermaak
The heavens really opened up over Bredasdorp on Friday evening but thankfully Saturday 6 may 2006 turned into a pleasant day, producing some great rallying and excellent spectating opportunities for the faithful rally fans. Twenty crews starting the Augustyn’s Spring Works Bredasdorp Rally, round two of the Total WP Rally Championship.
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Jean Pierre Damseaxu and Cobus Vrey - overall winners
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Jean-Pierre Damseaux and Cobus Vrey faced some stern opposition but stuck to their guns, winning seven of the ten stages enroute to a popular victory in the Team Total A7 SWMC Toyota Corolla RXi 2.0 20v.
Enzo Kuun and Duncan English put in a spirited performance with their BP A7 CPMCC VW Polo Playa 2.0 20v to slot into second spot with the Arc-en-Ciel Gp N4 CPMCC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 Turbo 4x4 of Paul Pfeiffer and Carl Peskin finishing third.
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Paul Pfeiffer and Carl Peskin Mitsubishi Evo
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Finally showing consistency was fourth placed John Peiser and Brian Hoskins in their Speed Pro Cycling Equipment Gp N4 CPMCC Subaru Impreza GT Turbo 4x4 and they were followed home by the ex-Safari S5 CPMCC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 Turbo 4x4 of Peter Heyer-Cleave and Brendon Schultz.
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Peter Heyer-Cleave / Brendon Schultz - Mitsubishi Evo 3
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First rear wheel drive home was the impressive S4 WBMK BMW 325i of Thorsten Pey and Mark Palmer. Their only mishap was rupturing a left front tire against a rock in the penultimate stage. Fortunately the only damage was a broken indicator and a few dings in the mudguard. When considering that they spend long periods travelling in excess of 195km/h one can only imagine what the top five were doing at times! Ever consistent, Andy Haigh-Smith and Dirk Malan, placed the Team REACT Gp N2 CPMCC Mitsubishi GLX 1600 seventh overall.
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Andy Haigh-Smith & Dirk Malan - Mitsubishi GLX 1600
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Eighth overall in their debut rally had young Shane and Rob Williams wearing big grins as their Trident Press A5 SWMC VW Golf 1.4i survived the day intact. Initial teething problems with the time cards and odometer were soon resolved and this is a team to watch in future. Leon Esterhuyse and Wiebe van Wyk finally enjoyed a good rally in the Augustyn’s Spring Works S4 WBMK Opel Kadett GSi 2.0 and ninth place on their “home” event simply had to do wonders for team morale.
André George and Hilton Auffray completed the top ten in the ever consistent S2 CCMCC VW Golf 1.6. Rupert van Zyl and Marius Rudolph earned their slice of the Total cake by placing their S3 CPMCC VW Golf GTi 1.8 eleventh after a calculated effort whilst Eugene Marais and Paul van Greunen could not have been happy with twelfth spot in their Fetch & Carry S3 WBMK VW Golf GTi 1.8. They lost some six minutes in stage 4 and could never recover this time.
Nishaad Murudker and Adrienne Swart thirteenth in the Murway Motors S3 CCMCC Toyota Conquest RSi 1700 with Harry Giliomee and Fritz Blom finally making it home in their S2 WBMK Toyota Corolla 1600 rwd. Recipients of the Rosemarie Maytham wooden sppons as final finishers were Gavin Grierson and David Delaney in their 30 year old S2 WBMK Datsun 160U SSS.
Thenswille Overmeyer and Wesley van Heerden became the first statistics of the event when their Gp N2 Toyota Corolla RXi 1600 slid off the road into a sloot on stage one and though the car was not damaged, it simply proved impossible to get it back on the road. Shaun Jones and William Thorpe completed stage one only to see the oil pressure drop to zero at the flying finish. No real damage done to the engine but with no oil remaining they called it a day in the S5 CPMCC VW Golf Synchro 4x4.
Jon and Douglas Williams lasted until stage two when they attacked a cattle grid with too much enthusiasm in the Trident Press / BP A7 VW Polo Playa 2.0, breaking a sideshaft courtesy of a rather hard landing. Kesevan Naidoo and Garth Scholtz retired their Fix-A-Smash S3 CCMCC Toyota Conquest RSi 1600 with a very sick engine after stage five.
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Charl Strydom / Sakkie Bosman VW Golf
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Having only completed the car in PE on Friday the presence of Charl Strydom and Sakkie Bosman was something of a bonus on Saturday and though the team was very complimentary of the much improved Sabre Paints A6 CPMCC VW Polo a noisy gearbox saw them call it a day after stage five. The only pre-start withdrawal was the A6 CCMCC Toyota Corolla RXi 1600 of Kobus Edas and Derek Jacobs.
Thanks to the much appreciated cash incentives offered to the regional competitors by Total most of the finishers actually returned home feeling like works teams, having earned good money for their efforts. Brian Roy enjoyed a trouble free debut as Clerk of the Course and even the weather assisted in making this a memorable event.
The Witzenberg Motorklub will also be responsible for round 3 of the Total WP Rally Championship, the very popular Op-die-Berg Ceres Rally which will take place on 24 June 2006.
See you there !
Final Results Top 8
1 10 Jean-Pierre Damseaux / Cobus Vrey Total Toyota SWMC 00:55:23
2 23 Enzo Kuun / Duncan English BP VW Polo SWMC 00:55:58
3 65 Paul Pfeiffer / Carl Peskin Mitsubishi Evo6 CPMCC 00:56:10
4 72 John Peiser / Brian Hoskins Subaru GT CPMCC 01:02:27
5 414 Peter Heyer-Cleave / Brendon Schultz Mistubishi Evo3 CPMCC 01:04:38
6 417 Thorsten Pey / Mark Palmer BMW 325i WBMK 01:04:49
7 107 Andy Haigh-Smith / Dirk Malan Mitsubishi GLX CPMCC 01:07:18
8 419 Shane Williams / Rob Williams VW Golf SWMC 01:08:07
Afrikaanse Weergawe
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Enzo Kuun and Duncan English
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Rondte twee van die 2006 Total WP tydrenkampioenskap is op Saterdag 6 Mei 2006 onder die vaandel van Augustyn's Spring Works in die Overberg distrik aangebied. Die welkome reën het toestande bykans perfek vir tydrenne gelaat en die Witzenberg Motorklub het twintig spanne ontvang by die Bredasdorp wegspring.
Jean-Pierre Damseaux en Cobus Vrey behaal 'n welverdiende oorwinning in die Span Total A7 SWMK Toyota Corolla deur sewe van die tien sneldele te wen. Geensins 'n dominante oorwinning nie want Enzo Kuun en Duncan English het self die ore platgetrek onderweg na 'n mededingende tweede plek in hul BP A7 CPMCC VW Polo Playa, selfs 35 sekondes agter die Toyota. Paul Pfeiffer en Carl Peskin slegs twaalf sekondes later in hul Arc-en-Ciel Gp N4 CPMCC Mitsubishi Evo 6. Ironies genoeg het die modderige toestande in sneldeel een juis die 4x4 tydrenmotor uitgevang, maar beslis 'n bestuurder wat nadese sy teenwoordigheid laat tel in die sport.
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John Peiser / Brian Hoskins Subaru Impreza GT
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John Peiser en Brian Hoskins haal nadese reëlmatig die eindpunt van byeenkomste en vierde posisie was nog 'n welverdiende resultaat in die Speed Pro Cycling Equipment Gp N4 CPMCC Subaru Impreza GT.
Nog 'n span wat bestendigheid nou met spoed begin vermeng is die kombinasie van Peter Heyer-Cleave en Brendon Schultz in hul S5 CPMCC Mitsubishi Evo 3. Hul het alles ingesit om in die doodsnikke van die tydren tot die vyfde posisie algeheel op te skuif, elf sekondes vinniger as die berekende S4 WBMK BMW 325i van Thorsten Pey en Mark Palmer. Hierdie twee rekenmeesters begin nou werklik hul ritme vind in die wit motor en dit was werklik 'n puik resultaat vir 'n agterwiel aangedrewe motor. Hul bars die linker voorwiel in die voorlaaste sneldeel, moontlik die verskil tussen vyfde en sesde plek?
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Thorsten Pey / Mark Palmer in the P.O.A. BMW 325i
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Die Span REACT Gp N2 CPMCC Mitsubishi GLX 1600 van Andy Haigh-Smith en Dirk Malan het self beindruk met 'n bestendige vertoning onderweg na sewende plek. Kan werklik nie onthou of enigiets anders as 'n Toyota al ooit in die WP Gp N2 gewen het nie?
Tydren debutante, Shane en Rob Williams, het self beindruk deur hul Trident Press A5 VW Golf agtste aan te meld. Hul het aanvanklik probleme ondervind met die odometer, maar die tweede generasie Williams span het genoeg verrig om pa, Douglas, met geen twyfel te laat oor hul vermoëns nie.
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Leon Esterhuyse / Wiebe van Wyk - Opel Kadett
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Leon Esterhuyse en Wiebe van Wyk was verheug met negende plek in hul Augustyn’s Spring Works S4 Opel Kadett GSi 2.0 na 'n teleurstellende 2005 seisoen. André George en Hilton Auffray rond die top tien af in hul S2 CCMCC VW Golf 1.6, nog 'n puik resultaat vir hierdie baie bestendige span. Elfde algeheel behoort aan die S3 CPMCC VW Golf GTi 1.8 van Rupert van Zyl en Marius Rudolph en hul word gevolg deur die Fetch & Carry S3 WBMK VW Golf GTi 1.8 van Eugene Marais en Paul van Greunen. Laasgenoemde span verloor ongeveer ses minute in sneldeel vier. Nishaad Murudker en Adrienne Swart dertiende in hul Murway Motors / Silverstone Tires S3 CCMCC Toyota Conquest RSi 1700.
Harry Giliomee en Fritz Blom tweede laaste in hul agterwiel aangedrewe S2 WBMK Toyota Corolla 1.6 en die wenners van die tradisionele houtlepels Gavin Grierson en David Delaney laaste span tuis in hul dertig jarige S2 WBMK Datsun 160U SSS.
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Harry Giliomee / Fritz Blom - Toyota Corolla
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Brian Roy geniet 'n insident vrye debuut as Roetedirekteur van 'n tydren en ondanks die baie reën was die oppervlak deurgaans baie aangenaam. Total SA se toetrede as reeks borg in die WP het tot gevolg dat die ware privaat tydrenners uiteindelik waardevolle ondersteuning geniet en dit kan net tot voordeel van die sport in die algemeen wees.
Thenswille Overmeyer en Wesley van Heerden word in sneldeel een deur die modder uitgevang en die Gp N2 CCMCC Corolla word in 'n sloot parkeer vir die namiddag. Shaun Jones en William Thorpe voltooi sneldeel een sonder enige oiliedruk in die S5 CPMCC VW Golf Synchro 4x4 terwyl Jon en Douglas Williams se Trident Press / BP A7 SWMK VW Polo Playa 'n dryfas breek na 'n harde landing in sneldeel twee. Shaun baie tevrede met die nuwe ratverhoudings in die Synchro Golf en effe oorbluf oor die skielike verlies in oiliedruk.
Jon en Douglas was egter baie gefrustreerd in die ouer A7 Polo want daar heers 'n drastiese verskil tussen hierdie motor en hul nasionale kampioenskap inskrywing met betrekking tot hantering en verrigting. Gevolglik vind die kombinasie dit geweldig moeilik om tussen die twee motors aan te pas.
Kesevan Naidoo en Garth Scholtz word toeskouers na sneldeel drie met 'n gebreekte enjin in hul Fix-A-Smash S3 CCMCC Toyota Conquest RSi en die pas voltooide Sabre Paints A6 CPMCC VW Polo van Charl Strydom en Sakkie Bosman word na sneldeel vyf uitgekikker met 'n foutiewe ratkas.
Die volgende tydren vind op 24 Junie in die Ceres distrik plaas.
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