What Zondereinde SARRC Bushveld 400 Preview
Where Thabazimbi
When 13-14 November 2026
Community South Africa National
Four Red-Lined crews fight for two National crowns
It’s all to play for as an eight-car Red-Lined Motorsport attack heads to the Northam Zondereinde Bushveld 400 in Thabazimbi, Limpopo for the fifth and final round of the 2026 South African Rally-Raid Championship on 13 and 14 November. With both the SA T1+ and T1 class championships set to be decided between four Red-Lined crews over a challenging 450-kilometre Bushveld route, the team is guaranteed a double National crown. Now it’s just to decide which of those crews takes the silverware home.
“We head to the Bushveld 400 finale in the enviable position of having basically clinched two major 2026 South African Rally-Raid Championships as a manufacturer,” Red-Lined Group CEO Terence Marsh explains. “Even better is we have four Red-Lined crews fighting two straight in-house shootouts for the SA T1+ and T1 National titles as part of An eight-car entry in Thabazimbi this weekend.”
All eyes will obviously be on the two championship showdowns, with the SA T1+ fight between two Red-Lined REVO T1+ V8 crews. Following their victory in Vryheid last time out, KEC Racing father and son, Johan and Sean van Staden hold a slender five-point advantage with 146 points over Penta Motor Group rivals and recent Road to Dakar winners, Philip Botha and Stompie Mynhardt on 141 points.
The National T1 class championship is another all-Red-Lined affair between two robust VK50s. VAPS HCV Rally-Raid leaders Peet Victor and Van Zyl Jonck take a 14-point buffer into the Limpopo finale with 117 points versus young privateer rivals Nielen Marx and Rikus Hattingh on 103. Marx and Hattingh arrive on a two-race winning streak after sportingly stopping to help Victor and Jonck back onto their wheels to finish the Vryheid race and keep the title fight alive last time out.
The Red-Lined SA T1+ fighters will be joined by the ever-improving Abrie and Iaan Olivier in their similar V8-powered VAPS HCV Rally-Raid REVO T1+, fresh from their podium finish last time out in Vryheid. And then in the FIA T1+ class, the young DaklaPack Rallysport pairing of Pim Klaassen and Sasha Siripanyavuthi are back for a second outing aboard the Dragon Energy-powered REVO T1+ GT-R.
Dave and Tessa Klaassen then add to the Dutch flavour as they return to local action aboard their DaklaPack DKR GTR. Third in the T1 standings, Tyler Botha and Kyle Lotter are also keen to end their season on a high in the second VAPS HCV Rally-Raid team VK50.
“While we’re guaranteed to bring both the SA T1+ and T1 titles home, our Red-Lined crews must first conquer a tough and demanding 450-kilometre Limpopo Bushveld route to determine which of them will be the champions,” Terence concludes. “Our respective technical teams have prepared the eight race cars for the finale, so the stage is set for a thrilling weekend of racing in Thabazimbi. There is a lot to play for!”
*Red-Lined Motorsport competes with premium strategic partners, the Penta Motor Group, VAPS HCV, BFGoodrich, Motul, Dragon Energy, MFC, OMP and Ingco South Africa.
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