| ‘RYSMIERBULT’ RACE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR JUNIOR OFF-ROAD COMPETITORS |
| 2013/05/22 |
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The ‘Rysmierbult Junior National’, an all new event on the 2013 Junior National Off-road Championship calendar that takes place on 25 May between Ventersdorp and Carltonville in the North West, will level the playing field for all competitors as it will be the first time young off-road motorcycle and quad competitors will compete on national level in this area.... |
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| FIRST GAUTENG APPEARANCE FOR NEW TOYOTA YARIS S2000 RALLY CAR |
| 2013/05/22 |
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Toyota Motorsport South Africa’s new-for-2013 Yaris S2000 rally car will face its sternest test yet when the team’s three examples line up for the national championship Toyota Gauteng Dealer Rally on Friday and Saturday (May 31 and June 1).... |
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| MSA SA NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 - 1 JUNE |
| 2013/05/21 |
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| Event Questionnaire Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 |
| 2013/05/20 |
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| Motorite Racing win Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 |
| 2013/05/20 |
| A convincing win on debut in the new Motorite Racing BAT Viper saw reigning Special Vehicle champions Evan Hutchison and Danie Stassen take the lead in the Donaldson South African Cross Country Championship at the end of the third round Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 in Eston near Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.... |
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| CASTROL TEAM TOYOTA 1ST AND 3RD IN TOYOTA DEALER SUGARBELT 400 |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Anthony Taylor and Dennis Murphy (Castrol Team Toyota Hilux) were the provisional overall and class SP winners in the Production Vehicle category of the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400, which ended in Eston near Pietermaritzburg this afternoon (Saturday, May 18).... |
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| Neville Bradshaw - 2nd overall on the beach |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Hey guys. We had round two of the Red Bull Pro Nationals on Weston Super-Mare beach near Bristol this weekend. Massive crowds turned up to watch the racing and there was an awesome vibe all weekend. There were also a lot of French beach race specialists entered so racing was going to be exciting. We did some testing in the week, and I found a really comfortable set up with my bike.... |
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| Team Ford Racing Second in Eston |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Pretoria, South Africa, 20 May 2013 – Team Ford Racing continued to demonstrate the pace of the new racing Ford Rangers at the third round of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship. Former South African champions Chris Visser and Japie Badenhorst tussled for the lead throughout the event, eventually finishing in second place.
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| Online Entries for the 2013 Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race Are Now Open |
| 2013/05/20 |
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| TAYLOR/MURPHY SNATCH HOME WIN FOR TEAM CASTROL TOYOTA |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Eston, Saturday – Honour was preserved when a Team Castrol Toyota crew won the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400, round three of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship which ended here today, with a Ford Racing team retaining their lead in the Production Vehicle and Class SP championships.... |
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| YAMAHA’S GILBERT SECURES YET ANOTHER PODIUM AT KEI NATIONAL ENDURO |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Kenny Gilbert (Proudly Bidvest Yamaha) backed up his superb overall victory at the recent Rock Blend 200 National Off Road race, with another stellar performance at the Kei National Enduro this past weekend, when his powered his Yamaha YZ 290 F onto the podium with a convincing second overall and a second in the E1 class.... |
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| PODIUM FOR GILBERT AT KEI NATIONAL ENDURO |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Proudly Bidvest Yamaha’s Kenny Gilbert backed up his recent National overall Off Road victory with a stellar second place overall in the Kei National Enduro this part weekend, the third round of six that make up the 2013 Liquorland National Enduro Championship. Gilbert also finished second in the E1 Class, putting him in third place in the championship race, a mere three points behind championship leader Nicholas Pienaar.... |
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| One of SA top riders helping to protect Africas rhinos. |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Elandela Rhino Survivor Trust is blessed in having two famous and energetic spokes persons to promote awareness regarding the dire plight of the rhino in South Africa, namely Marilyn Ramos and Louwrens Mahoney! Marilyn is the current Miss South Africa and Louwrens is the current Off Road Endurance Biking Champion of South Africa! ... |
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| HUTCHISON/STASSEN GIVE NEW MOTORITE BAT VIPER DEBUT WIN |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Eston, Saturday – Reigning South African champions Evan Hutchison and Danie Stassen gave the new Motorite BAT Viper a fairytale debut when they won the Special Vehicle category at the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400, round three of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, which ended here today.... |
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| DE BRUYN/HUGO SHOCK FACTORY TEAMS |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Eston, Friday – Privateers Hugo de Bruyn and Henri Hugo produced a major surprise when they upstaged the factory Toyota and Ford teams on the Production Vehicle prologue for the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400, round three of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, here today.... |
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| MATTHEWS/SMITH SET THE PACE ON SPECIAL VEHICLE PROLOGUE |
| 2013/05/20 |
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Eston, Friday – Class P flyers Colin Matthews and Alan Smith stole a march on the premier Class A brigade to win the Special Vehicle prologue at the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400, round three of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, here today.... |
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| CASTROL TEAM TOYOTA FACES NEW OFF ROAD CHALLENGE IN KZN |
| 2013/05/15 |
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Defending production vehicle champions Duncan Vos and Rob Howie (class SP Castrol Team Toyota Hilux) are in an unfamiliar sixth place in the point standings after the first two rounds of the Donaldson South African Cross Country Championship and find themselves under some pressure this weekend (May 17 and 18) to repeat the form that saw them win three rounds and finish second in two on their way to the 2012 title.... |
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| Force Fuel filling times at the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 |
| 2013/05/14 |
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| Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 spectator map and travel information |
| 2013/05/13 |
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| EXPERIENCE PREVAILED AS ALTUS DE WET CONQUERS ‘KEI NATIONAL ENDURO’ |
| 2013/05/13 |
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Altus de Wet (Husqvarna Racing) became the third winner in the 2013 Liquorland National Enduro Motorcycle Championship when he won a wet, slippery and cold ‘KEI National Enduro’, the third round of the championship that took place on Saturday (11 May) at the Spring Valley Farms outside East London in the Eastern Cape. ... |
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| Ceres Rally Witzenburg Motorclub - WP ROUND 2 |
| 2013/05/13 |
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Few would argue that the second round of the 2013 Western Province Rally Championship was run in possibly the most beautiful area in the Western Cape when fourteen teams congregated at Alhambra, the absolutely stunning Witzenberg Properties venue run by Pieter Graaff – Willem Burger and JP Visagie. Even the weather made one forget that winter was approaching!... |
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| Du Plooy and Janse van Vuuren chasing championship points in KZN |
| 2013/05/13 |
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After their early exit from the recent Nkomazi 400 in Mpumalanga, RFS Motorsport’s Christiaan du Plooy and Henk Janse van Vuuren are on a mission to finish this weekend’s Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 in KwaZulu-Natal and get some important championship points on the board.
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| PRODUCTION VEHICLE BATTLES TO DOMINATE TOYOTA DEALER SUGARBELT 400 |
| 2013/05/13 |
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There are a number of factors likely to see the Production Vehicle category dominate the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400, round three of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, at Eston in KwaZulu-Natal on May 17 and 18.... |
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| PRESSURE ON KWAZULU-NATAL CREWS AT TOYOTA DEALER SUGARBELT 400 |
| 2013/05/13 |
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Being a championship leading crew and going into a national championship race on home soil is always going to mean added pressure – and such is the case for Clint Gibson and Gary Campbell going into round three of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship on May 17 and 18.... |
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| Hutchison and Stassen unleash potent new weapon in KZN cross country race |
| 2013/05/13 |
| Reigning South African cross country champions in the special vehicle category, Evan Hutchison and Danie Stassen will be debuting a new weapon in the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 in KwaZulu Natal this weekend (May 17 and 18).... |
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| ALTUS DE WET WINS KEI NATIONAL ENDURO |
| 2013/05/13 |
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ALTUS DE WET, racing for Husqvarna Racing, has won the KEI National Enduro, the third round of the Liquorland National Enduro Championship! ... |
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| MORE PODIUM FINISHES FOR BROTHER BROADLINK KTM’S MAHONEY AND BOUVERIE AT KEI NATIONAL ENDURO |
| 2013/05/13 |
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Brother Broadlink KTM riders Scott Bouverie and Louwrens Mahoney brought home more podium finishes at the third round of the National Enduro championship when they placed second in the E2 and third in the E1 class respectively at the Kei National Enduro held at the Spring Valley farms in the East London area, securing valuable points towards the championship.
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| DEBUT WIN FOR NEW TOYOTA YARIS S2000 RALLY CAR |
| 2013/05/13 |
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Castrol Team Toyota’s Leeroy Poulter and Johnny Gemmell finished first and second in the regional championship Ocean Basket Rally in Port Elizabeth on Saturday to give the new Toyota Yaris S2000 rally car its first ever victory anywhere in the world.
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| British championship Milton Park. |
| 2013/05/13 |
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Hey guys, we had round 4 of the British championship at the short stadium styled Milton park circuit in Northampton this weekend. The weather started out great but the forecast rain soon moved around 1pm to make track conditions on the hard pack circuit really tricky.... |
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| V-Power Swakopmund Rally |
| 2013/05/09 |
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Langstrand separates Walvis Bay and Swakopmund but in rallying terms it may as well have been a world apart as though it shares the same desert terrain on a map it certainly presented a very different challenge to those contesting the V-Power Swakopmund Rally on 4 May 2013. ... |
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| Double bonus for toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race |
| 2013/05/07 |
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There is a double bonus this year for the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, round four of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, in Botswana from June 19 – 23.... |
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| Maxxis Tyres Special |
| 2013/05/07 |
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| EXPERIENCE VS EXUBERANCE – WHICH WILL PREVAIL AT ‘KEI NATIONAL ENDURO’? |
| 2013/05/07 |
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Experience versus exuberance – which will prevail at the upcoming ‘KEI National Enduro’, the third round of the 2013 Liquorland National Enduro Championship that takes place on Saturday (11 May) at Spring Valley outside East London in the Eastern Cape? Seventeen year old Wade Young (Husaberg Alfie Cox Racing) and 23-year old Marc Torlage (Proudly Bidvest Yamaha) have scored a victory each with Young leading the overall standings, but they better not underestimate their more experienced opposition.... |
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| GPS & Datalogging Unit – Cable Installation Instructions |
| 2013/05/06 |
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The GPS Tracking and Timing units have until now been operated on internal battery power alone. However, this is becoming a time consuming and costly operation to maintain the batteries at sufficient levels to operate for an entire race weekend.... |
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| YAMAHA DOMINATION AT NATIONAL OFF ROAD |
| 2013/05/06 |
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The second round of the 2013 National Off Road Championships, The Rock Blend 200, was held this past weekend near Witbank, and Yamaha walked away with the Manufacturers Trophies for both the Quad and Bike races after their riders secured all the podium positions in both disciplines of the National Off Road Championship.... |
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| CRONJE/HOUGHTON TAKING CHARGE OF SA RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP |
| 2013/05/06 |
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With back-to-back victories in the opening two rounds of the 2013 South African National Rally Championship, reigning champions Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton (S2000 Ford Dealer Team Fiesta) have accumulated a full-house score of 50 points in their quest for a second successive title.... |
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| Stopping at road crossings |
| 2013/05/06 |
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Safety and the long term future of Cross Country Motor Racing in Southern Africa is our primary concern. It is with great distress that we notice, once again, the number of competitors not stopping at road crossings. The penalties for this infringement are quite clear and we will take action!
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| SECOND HELPING FOR TERBLANCHE AT TOYOTA DEALER SUGARBELT 400 |
| 2013/05/03 |
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Former Springbok and Sharks utility back Stefan Terblanche will have a second bite of the cherry at the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400, round three of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, in the Eston area near Pietermaritzburg on May 17 and 18.
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| MORE GOOD RESULTS FOR ALTUS DE WET |
| 2013/05/03 |
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ALTUS DE WET proved once again that he is one of South Africa’s top off-road motorcycle competitors as he bagged more points towards the extremely competitive OR1 (Open Class) Championship of this year’s national series. He finished in a respectable fourth place in OR1 at the recent Rock Blend Off-road, the second round of the championship that took place in the Balmoral area in Mpumalanga. ... |
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| BAD LUCK FOR MAHONEY AT BALMORAL OFFROAD WHILE VAN NIEKERK CLEANS UP OR2 CLASS |
| 2013/05/03 |
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Round number two of the South African National Offroad Championship was held this past weekend in the Balmoral area, just outside Bronkhorstspruit. Organisers had to overcome an unusual problem when the race venue had to be changed a few days prior to the race due to land owners withdrawing their permission to ride on their land. ... |
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| Accommodation - Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 |
| 2013/05/02 |
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| Accommodation - Protea Hotel PMB |
| 2013/05/02 |
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| Legends Honoured |
| 2013/05/02 |
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How many individuals passing by the impressive display of race – rally – exotic cars and motorcycles truly had any understanding of what they were glancing at in their rush to their next point of call. Though there were many beautiful cars on display most could potentially be found outside on our roads – the one just flashier than the next – but still only a means of transport from point A to B.
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| Volkswagen Sasolracing navigator Guy Hodgson retires from competition |
| 2013/04/30 |
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Guy Hodgson, a stalwart of the Volkswagen rally team has decided to take a step back from the limelight of the national rally stage. Hodgson, a navigator who has achieved national and provincial colours in the sport, has been in the seat alongside Enzo Kuun for 15 years, many of these under the Volkswagen banner.... |
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| Postponed Event – Tzaneen Regional Rally |
| 2013/04/30 |
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| FIRST NATIONAL BIKE VICTORY FOR GILBERT – BARAGWANATH WON QUADS AT ROUND TWO |
| 2013/04/29 |
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Exciting and nail biting racing action at the Rock Blend Offroad saw Kenny Gilbert (Proudly Bidvest Yamaha) clinching his first national victory when he won the motorcycle category of the 180 kilometre race that formed the second round of the SA National Off-road Championship. There was also a first victory this season for former quad champion, Brian Baragwanath (Lonestar PEP BB Motorsport Yamaha) who won the quad category after having to work his up from the middle of the field.... |
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| DONALDSON CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP BACK IN ESTON |
| 2013/04/29 |
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The Donaldson Cross Country Championship returns to the Eston area, on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, for the first time in three years with the running of the Toyota Dealer Sugarbelt 400 on May 17 and 18.... |
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| TOP DAY AT FOXHILLS |
| 2013/04/29 |
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Hey guys. We had the 2nd round of the British Masters at Foxhills near Swindon this weekend. The classes were more stacked than usual with all the top teams using it as practise for the British championship later in the year. The track was in prime condition.... |
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| Date Change - Volkswagen Rally |
| 2013/04/29 |
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| VAN BEURDEN CLAIMS MAIDEN PODIUM ON SASOL RALLY |
| 2013/04/26 |
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The Sasol Rally is known as one of the longest and toughest events on the South African Rally Championship calendar, taking in forests and mountain roads in the Mpumulanga Lowveld. Finishing the event is an achievement in itself.... |
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