2011 South African National Rally Championship

[Mirek]

Is there some snow?

[wwbroe]

Very nice work Bruce, keep us imformed please. ;)

[Bruce D]

No snow, just rain and it's not consistent. A bit of drama already, seems that Cronje, Poulter and Williams are under investigation for apparent shortcuts. GPS data from the cars should solve that. Sounds like 2 competitors have been excluded already but are running under appeal so this could be interesting. Fekken & Habig punctured on SS2, with Habig retiring on SS3 with suspension damage from it. Gemmell has knocked down one of the timing poles, causing some grey hairs in the scoring centre. Times from SS3 are coming through but currently the overall positions (provisionally) after SS2 are:

1) Cronje – 12:36.8
2) Poulter +0.5s
3) De Villiers +9.7s
4) Gemmell +23.4s
5) Kuun +23.9s
6) Van Niekerk +26.4s
7) Lategan +27.8s
8) Fekken +35.0s
9) Wilken +35.9s
10) Du Plessis +36.4s

I won't be able to keep you guys updated over the weekend but follow these twitter accounts for live updates as they happen:

Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/sarallying)
Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/Evan_Rothman)
Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/VWRacing_za)
Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/rallyworldnet)

[Bruce D]

The 2 competitors running under appeal for exclusion are Johnny Gemmell and Conrad Rautenbach, ironically 1st and 2nd in the championship. They walked the first stage (a short little one) and therefore it counted as a illegal recce so they are disqualified but running under appeal.

[Bruce D]

So after a complete mess of a rally with protests and counter-protests and appeals etc the results are provisional for now. I'll update a provisional championship standings later today.

Provisional Results
1. Mark Cronje - Ford Fiesta - 1:36:55.9
2. Charl Wilken - Ford Fiesta - 1:38:26.2
3. Enzo Kuun - VW Polo - 1:38:32.7
4. Hergen Fekken - VW Polo - 1:39:23.5
5. Johnny Gemmell - Toyota Aurs - 1:39:54.8
6. Heinrich Lategan - Peugeot 207 - 1:40:09.3
7. Nicholas Ryan - VW Polo - 1:41:44.1
8. Visser du Plessis - Peugeot 207 - 1:41:44.9
9. Japie van Niekerk - VW Polo - 1:41:53.8
10. Leeroy Poulter - Toyota Auris - 1:42:38.5

[Grant_RSA]

We got 12th :-( lost 5 min getting stuck after an overshoot, stage times would have had us in 6th overall if not for that problem. Handful of top 5 stage times are encouraging.

Completed last 4 stages without a windscreen. (2 in top 5)

[Bruce D]

Pity about your lost time Grant, I think a good result was on hand.

My current championship positions are unofficial and pending the outcome of the appeal against Gemmell and Poutler's penalty for short cutting which dropped them from 2nd and 7th respectively. Of course there is still the matter of Gemmell doing illegal recce on the 1st stage (he walked it), which according to every rule book I can find (and consulting with my father who is a graded Clerk of Course himself) the only penalty is exclusion, not a R500 fine that he received (along with Rautenbach) so I'm expecting VW to protest that one at some stage.

Meanwhile, here are my unofficial provisional championship standings

Drivers
1. Conrad Rautenbach - 69
2. Johnny Gemmell - 67
2. Charl Wilken - 67
4. Hergen Fekken - 64
5. Enzo Kuun - 59
6. Mark Cronje - 54
7. Nicholas Ryan - 52
8. Jean-Pierre Damseaux - 43
9. Leeroy Poulter - 41
10. Jon Williams - 39
13. Mohammed Moosa - 33

Co-Drivers
1. Greg Godrich - 73
2. Drew Sturrock - 70
3. Pierre Arries - 68
4. Guy Hodgson - 63
5. Robin Houghton - 56
6. Carolyn Swan - 47
7. Robert Paisley - 44
8. Cobus Vrey - 42
8. Elvene Coetzee - 42
10. Geoff Tyrer - 41
11. Grant Martin - 36

S2000 Drivers
1. Conrad Rautenbach - 40
2. Johnny Gemmell - 29
2. Charl Wilken - 29
4. Hergen Fekken - 26
5. Mark Cronje - 24
6. Enzo Kuun - 22
7. Jan Habig - 20
8. Leeroy Poulter - 16
9. Jean-Pierre Damseaux - 14
10. Nicholas Ryan - 12

S1600 Drivers
1. Christoff Snyders - 39
2. Craig Trott - 32
3. Ashley Haigh-Smith - 29
4. Guy Botterill - 28
5. Tjaart Conradie - 22
6. Hans Himmell - 16
7. Clint Weston - 11
8. Ron Himmell - 5
9. Paul Franken - 4
9. Gugu Zulu - 4

S1400 Drivers
1. Henk Lategan - 7
2. Megan Verlaque - 5

A7 Drivers
1. Schalk Burger - 2
1. Rocky Reyneke - 2

Junior Drivers
1. Christoff Snyders - 84
2. Craig Trott - 74
3. Ashley Haigh-Smith - 59
3. Guy Botterill - 59
5. Henk Lategan - 45
6. Tjaart Conradie - 42
7. Clint Weston - 35
7. Hans Himmell - 35
9. Megan Verlaque - 30
10. Paul Franken - 15

Manufacturers
1. Volkswagen - 440
2. Toyota - 408
3. Ford - 372
4. Peugeot - 63
5. Subaru - 24
6. Mitsubishi - 8

[Bruce D]

Grant, the rumour mill over at Rallyworld says you guys and JP will be in Aurises on the next event. Any truth in this, seen as this is the same source that was claiming JP would have one for the last event too?

[Grant_RSA]

!

[Bruce D]

I'll take that as a yes then! :D

Should be very interesting.

[Grant_RSA]

We had some serious rain in the Eastern Cape yesterday, flooding etc, hope the roads havnt taken to much more of a beating..... glad im not an organiser right now :-)

[handbrakes&hairpins]

I'll take that as a yes then! :D

Should be very interesting.


We had some serious rain in the Eastern Cape yesterday, flooding etc, hope the roads havnt taken to much more of a beating..... glad im not an organiser right now :-)

I've got my water wings on and my canoe at the ready for any more rain. There are roads closed in here in PE as a result of flooding... The shakedown stage is completely underwater! Grant, bring warm clothes mate. And also bring your water wings you had to use in your city recently!

[handbrakes&hairpins]

Tomorrow is the big hearing on all the appeals from the recent Toyota Dealer Gauteng Rally (round 4). i don't think much will be resolved there, but we will wai for the report to come from this...

[Neil - RSA]

Guys,

How have you been?

Must say really interesting Rally so far! Thanks for the updates Bruce! ;)

Just came back from the TDR in Botswana.. was a tough year in Botswana for the guys riding in the Rally Raid..

[Bruce D]

Tomorrow is the big hearing on all the appeals from the recent Toyota Dealer Gauteng Rally (round 4). i don't think much will be resolved there, but we will wai for the report to come from this...

Yeah we need that event sorted now, was pathetic. And I think Conrad should be told to keep a lid on it too when it comes to negative comments about the sport in this country. If he doesn't like it he should go back to Zim. He was really pathetic in that TV coverage of the event.

Seen the photos on RallyStar showing one of the "stages" being rather under water.

[Grant_RSA]

Im off to Port Elizabeth in the morning, roads look good, possibility of 2 stages being cancelled due to flooded roads, but only 20km total distance,

Will let you all know how it goes.

[Bruce D]

Jean-Pierre Damseaux has rolled his brand new Auris S2000 in the shakedown stage, but damage is apparently cosmetic so he will start the event.

Grant describes their new Auris on twitter as "awesome" so let's hope they have a good event. Event starts at 12:00pm local time today.

[Barreis]

Any new onboard?

[Bruce D]

Mark Cronje dominated the rally, with JP Damseaux, Charl Wilken and a few others all crashing out, and only 18 finishers from the 33 starts. I'll post championship points later today, but for now overall results:

1. Mark Cronje - Ford Fiesta S2000 - 1:42:07.1
2. Johnny Gemmell - Toyota Auris S2000 - 1:42:43.2
3. Enzo Kuun - VW Polo S2000 - 1:43:39.9
4. Jan Habig - VW Polo S2000 - 1:43:46.0
5. Conrad Rautenbach - Ford Fiesta S2000 - 1:44:17.7
6. Jon Williams - Ford Fiesta S2000 - 1:45:03.6
7. Nicholas Ryan - VW Polo S2000 - 1:45:57.6
8. Giniel de Villiers - VW Polo S2000 - 1:46:53.9
9. Mohammed Moosa (Grant_SA) - Toyota Auris S2000 - 1:47:34.8
10. Guy Botterill - Toyota RunX S1600 - 1:57:44.1

[Bruce D]

Right, my updated championship positions. Remember these are not official also still pending the final ruling on the Gauteng Rally last month.

Drivers
1. Johnny Gemmell - 88
2. Conrad Rautenbach - 85
3. Mark Cronje - 79
4. Enzo Kuun - 78
5. Hergen Fekken - 70
6. Charl Wilken - 67
7. Nicholas Ryan - 66
8. Jan Habig - 55
9. Jon Williams - 54
10. Giniel de Villiers - 46
11. Mohammed Moosa - 45

Co-Drivers
1. Drew Sturrock - 91
2. Guy Hodgson - 82
3. Robin Houghton - 81
4. Pierre Arries - 75
5. Greg Godrich - 73
6. Robert Paisley - 61
7. Cobus Vrey - 58
8. Ralph Pitchford - 50
9. Grant Martin - 49
10. Carolyn Swan - 47

S2000
1. Conrad Rautenbach - 46
2. Johnny Gemmell - 41
3. Mark Cronje - 39
4. Enzo Kuun - 32
5. Charl Wilken - 29
6. Jan Habig - 28
7. Hergen Fekken - 26
8. Leeroy Poulter - 16
8. Nicholas Ryan - 16
10. Jon Williams / Giniel de Villiers - 14

S1600
1. Craig Trott - 44
2. Guy Botterill - 43
3. Christoff Snyders - 39
4. Ashley Haigh-Smith - 29
5. Tjaart Conradie - 22
6. Hans Himmell - 16
7. Paul Franken - 12
8. Clint Weston - 11
9. Chris de Wit - 10
10. Ron Himmell - 5

S1400
1. Megan Verlaque - 9
2. Henk Lategan - 7

A7
1. Schalk Burger Jnr - 2
1. Rocky Reyneke - 2

Junior
1. Craig Trott - 95
2. Christoff Snyders - 84
2. Guy Botterill - 84
4. Ashley Haigh-Smith - 59
5. Megan Verlaque - 47
6. Henk Lategan - 45
7. Tjaart Conradie - 42
8. Clint Weston - 35
8. Hans Himmell - 35
10. Paul Franken - 31

Manufacturers
1. Toyota - 559
2. Volkswagen - 543
3. Ford - 454
4. Peugeot - 73
5. Subaru - 24
6. Mitsubishi - 8

[Grant_RSA]

We had a decent start with the Auris, sadly a slipping clutch at the end of SS7 had us changing the clutch and taking lateness, unfortuantely this caused us to start SS8 35km behind a S1600 car which we caught within 7km.. sat behind him for some 10km.

The car is a definate step forward from the RunX, it does everything the RunX does, just alot easier, now its building the confidence to push the boundries.

On the event itself... well you dont get better rally roads, super highspeed forest roads, when you get it wrong, it goes seriously wrong. Unfortuantely there were some casualties, 2 of which were in the first stage.

A total of 5 rolled cars shows the pace is hot, and everyone is trying hard.

[Bruce D]

You guys have changed cars and are still having clutch problems. Surely there must be some cause somewhere.

MSA have released championship points but have not scored anything for the Gauteng Rally, pending the appeals. I can't see what the issues are here anymore. The facts are that onboard cameras from the 2 Toyotas were used to prove them guilty of short-cutting, but the onboards on the TV coverage clearly proved that everyone was short-cutting, so surely the penalties should be removed and lets get on with the rest of a cracking season.

[Grant_RSA]

Clutch problems werent really related, just yet another rally without a clean run.... i trust this to will pass, :-)

Sadly i think this TDR issue will carry on for some time, this issues needs to be adressed now and sorted to avoid the same problem all over again next year.

[Bruce D]

The how to avoid it in future will be difficult. I mean the regs said that shortcutting would be penalised and yet people still did it but only a few were penalised for it. I have no problem with them penalising people, so long as they get all of them. I'm also confused because I heard that they'd only nailed those with onboard cameras, but the TV coverage clearly showed everyone except Conrad shortcutting. It's all weird and sad, needs to be sorted out pronto and let us get back to this excellent championship.

[Bruce D]

Saw the TV coverage of the VW Rally last night. It was quite good coverage and the onboards seemed to be of a higher quality picture than normal, it all looked great.

Grant, one thing they went on about was the different tyre types that could be used and saying that Cronje might be getting an advantage from his choice (I personally doubt it, I think he's just in another league right now), but what are the differences? Width of tread or cut pattern?

BTW I ROFL at your onboard while in the dust of the S1600 car, that conversation was classic!
Moosa: Who's this in front of us?"
Grant: Don't worry about it, just go.
Moosa: You come drive the f***ing car then!

:p

Actually it's quite funny listening to our co-drivers in action. In Europe they tend to read the notes and just sit there, here the co-driver is constantly telling the driver to go faster! My other favourite and a good example of what I'm saying is onboard with Jan Habig and Robert Paisley, I think it was stage 2:

Paisley: Long right 6
(They cross the flying finish and Habig lifts off and slows down)
Paisley: No, right 6 long, keep going, keep going!
Habig: We're finished the stage.
Paisley: What?!
Habig: We're finished.
Paisley: Oh...

[Grant_RSA]

Glad you were entertained Mr :-)

I suggest you go listen again to our conversation again, i think you missed the jist of it, you will then understand better, we requested a bigger dust gap and were denied, just a bit of frustration, unfortunately the context doesnt get put in place before showing the actual footage.

Incidently we caught the S1600 7km into a 35km stage...

As for Habig and Paisley, we all did the same, the flying finish was moved and at that stage, were not looking up to see it, so when the bugger in the other seat slacks off we get upset about it :-)

[Bruce D]

Yeah I know the story, I just thought it was rather amusing how upset he got about your response. ;)

As for the Habig / Paisley thing, ok that makes sense then, cos I've not known Paisley to be that confused. His look of confusion is now understandable too.

[Grant_RSA]

Actually it's quite funny listening to our co-drivers in action. In Europe they tend to read the notes and just sit there, here the co-driver is constantly telling the driver to go faster! My other favourite and a good example of what I'm saying is onboard with Jan Habig and Robert Paisley, I think it was stage 2:

.

Remember 1 thing, overseas theyr driving on pace notes, here we drive on route notes, we adapt to a pacenote somewhat , but at the end of the day were describing the road, there they are telling them how fast.


We experimented with 205's in that particular stage, but didnt really see the benefit due to the 2min we lost in the dust.... the tread patern is essentially the same, just more rubber on the road, this can be beneficial at the coast, but the cars will struggle a bit more at altitude.

[Grant_RSA]

Yeah I know the story, I just thought it was rather amusing how upset he got about your response. ;)



I'll say it again, go and listen again..

[Barreis]

Please some onboard action. :)

[Bruce D]

Seems like the drama of the Gauteng Rally may finally be over. The results of the court of enquiry into the event have been released. According to what I understand both Johnny Gemmell and Conrad Rautenbach have been excluded from the results of that event, although Rautenbach DNF'd anyway. Also all the short cutting penalties may be dropped, but that only effects 2 competitors. Will wait for final results before adjusting the championship points.

[Bruce D]

Ok some final results, but I still disagree with the official points.

So my version:

Overall
1. Conrad Rautenbach - 85
2. Mark Cronje - 79
3. Enzo Kuun - 78
4. Johnny Gemmell - 72
5. Hergen Fekken - 70
6. Charl Wilken - 67
7. Nicholas Ryan - 66
8. Jan Habig - 55
9. Jon Williams - 54
10. Giniel de Villiers - 46
10. Mohammed Moosa - 46

Co-Drivers
1. Guy Hodgson - 82
2. Robin Houghton - 81
3. Drew Sturrock - 75
3. Pierre Arries - 75
5. Greg Godrich - 73
6. Robert Paisley - 61
7. Cobus Vrey - 58
8. Ralph Pitchford - 50
8. Grant Martin - 50
10. Carolyn Swan - 47

S2000
1. Conrad Rautenbach - 46
2. Mark Cronje - 39
3. Johnny Gemmell - 35
4. Enzo Kuun - 32
5. Charl Wilken - 29
6. Jan Habig - 28
7. Hergen Fekken - 26
8. Leeroy Poulter - 20
9. Nicholas Ryan - 16
10. Jean-Pierre Damseaux - 14
10. Jon Williams - 14

S1600
1. Craig Trott - 46
2. Guy Botterill - 43
3. Christoff Snyders - 39
4. Ashley Haigh-Smith - 29
5. Tjaart Conradie - 22
6. Hans Himmell - 14
7. Paul Franken - 12
8. Clint Weston - 11
9. Chris de Wit - 10
10. Ron Himmell - 5

S1400
1. Megan Verlaque - 9
2. Henk Lategan - 7

A7
1. Schalk Burger - 2
1. Rocky Reyneke - 2

Two Wheel Drive (No longer called Junior)
1. Craig Trott - 97
2. Christoff Snyders - 84
2. Guy Botterill - 84
4. Ashley Haigh-Smith - 59
5. Megan Verlaque - 47
6. Henk Lategan - 45
7. Tjaart Conradie - 42
8. Clint Weston - 35
9. Hans Himmell - 33
10. Paul Franken - 31

Manufacturers
1. Toyota - 552
2. Volkswagen - 547
3. Ford - 454
4. Peugeot - 75
5. Subaru - 25
6. Mitsubishi - 8

[Grant_RSA]

Off to Round 6 tomorrow, The Garden Route rally...

Roads are VERY narrow, tight and rough, finishing rate is going to be very low, sadly i see this as a rally of survival as opposed to full out racing.

Will report back next week.

[Bruce D]

Mark Cronje dominated the Garden Route Rally, easily winning from the 2 Castrol Toyotas of Johnny Gemmell and Leeroy Poulter. Will have championship standings later today.

FINAL RESULTS
1. Mark Cronje - Ford Fiesta S2000 - 2:16:29.8
2. Johnny Gemmell - Toyota Auris S2000 - +1:31.1
3. Leeroy Poulter - Toyota Auris S2000 - +2:06.1
4. Enzo Kuun - VW Polo S2000 - +3:17.9
5. Giniel de Villiers - VW Polo S2000 - +3:21.0
6. Conrad Rautenbach - Ford Fiesta S2000 - +4:06.1
7. Jon Williams - Ford Fiesta S2000 - +6:09.4
8. Jean-Pierre Damseaux - Toyota Auris S2000 - +7:18.4
9. Mohammed Moosa - Toyota Auris S2000 - +10:34.3
10. Nicholas Ryan - VW Polo S2000 - +12:14.9

Jan Habig retired with a broken suspension after hitting a tree stump and Hergen Fekken blew his engine.

[Bruce D]

Right, updated championship positions then:

DRIVERS
1. Mark Cronje - 104
2. Conrad Rautenbach - 100
3. Enzo Kuun - 95
4. Johnny Gemmell - 93
5. Nicholas Ryan - 77
6. Hergen Fekken - 70
7. Jon Williams - 68
8. Charl Wilken - 67
9. Leeroy Poulter - 64
10. Giniel de Villiers - 62
11. Mohammed Moosa - 58

CO-DRIVERS
1. Robin Houghton - 106
2. Guy Hodgson - 99
3. Drew Sturrock - 96
4. Pierre Arries - 75
5. Greg Godrich - 73
5. Cobus Vrey - 73
7. Ralph Pitchford - 66
8. Elvene Coetzee - 65
9. Grant Martin - 63
10. Robert Paisley - 61
10. Carolyn Swan - 61

S2000
1. Mark Cronje - 54
2. Conrad Rautenbach - 51
3. Johnny Gemmell - 47
4. Enzo Kuun - 40
5. Leeroy Poulter - 30
6. Charl Wilken - 29
7. Jan Habig - 28
8. Hergen Fekken - 26
9. Jon Williams - 18
10. Nicholas Ryan - 17
10. Jean-Pierre Damseaux - 17

S1600
1. Christoff Snyders - 49
2. Craig Trott - 46
3. Ashley Haigh-Smith - 44
4. Guy Botterill - 43
5. Tjaart Conradie - 34
6. Chris de Wit - 18
7. Hans Himmell - 14
8. Paul Franken - 12
9. Clint Weston - 11
10. Ron Himmell - 5

S1400
1. Megan Verlaque - 12
2. Henk Lategan - 9

2WD CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Christoff Snyders - 103
2. Craig Trott - 97
3. Guy Botterill - 84
3. Ashley Haigh-Smith - 84
5. Megan Verlaque - 63
5. Tjaart Conradie - 63
7. Henk Lategan - 60
8. Chris de Wit - 36
9. Clint Weston - 35
10. Hans Himmell - 33

MANUFACTURERS
1. Toyota - 680
2. Volkswagen - 640
3. Ford - 557
4. Peugeot - 75
5. Subaru - 25
6. Mitsubishi - 8

[Grant_RSA]

That was easily the most technical rally i have ever done, but enjoyable non the less.

The event base was spectacular, highlighting the Garden Route in all its glory,

I made the comment that if we could have the PE roads on this rally it will very quickly become the favourite event in my books, and probably an awesome WRC candidate.

Our event had its ups and downs, unfortuantely a very costly gearbox failure in the penultimate stage, we managed to fit a new unit with only 14 minutes lateness and managed to maintain our top 10 spot. Our crew and the Toyota Motorsport guys did a sterling job getting us back on the road.

[Bruce D]

Can't say you guys weren't trying... :p

http://i53.tinypic.com/zldsv9.jpg

[Grant_RSA]

mmmmmm 2nd corner of 1st stage, possibly not that clever hahahaah

[Grant_RSA]

Penultimate round of the SA champs this weekend, the Toyota Dealer Cape Rally, its one of my favourites, fast and flowing, good crowds and beautiful scenery.

Leaving for Cape Town tomorrow, will report back next week.

[Barreis]

Great.

[Grant_RSA]

We had a very average rally finishing 8th overall, no real excuses other than a broken damper in SS1 and overheating in SS5 due to a problem radiator.

The event was won by Conrad Rautenbach on pure pace on day 2, however Johnny Gemmel was very unfortunate , apparently was 11 sec up on the halfway split on SS7 when his engine expired, this would have put him back into the lead.

Not 100% sure of all the championship scenarios, but i do know the final event is going to be a showdown second to none.

[Bruce D]

Sorry about my delays. Here are the final results:

1. Conrad Rautenbach - Ford Fiesta - 1:39:16.3
2. Enzo Kuun - VW Polo - +23.0s
3. Charl Wilken - Ford Fiesta - +29.6s
4. Jean-Pierre Damseaux - Toyota Auris - +1:13.8
5. Heinrich Lategan - Peugeot 207 - +1:16.1
6. Leeroy Poulter - Toyota Auris - +1:19.7
7. Jon Williams - Ford Fiesta - +2:05.8
8. Mohammed Moosa - Toyota Auris - +3:06.0
9. Mark Cronje - Ford Fiesta - +3:17.3
10. Jan Habig - VW Polo - +3:52.5

Further to what Grant said earlier Gemmell was leading but landed badly after a jump on SS5 which later led to his retirement in SS7. Poulter had been in 2nd overnight but suffered a puncture. Cronje was first on the road and therefore the first to find long grass on the road in SS1, which blocked the radiator, overheating the engine and damaging it, meaning he could only finish 9th.

[Bruce D]

The championship now gets very complicated. Not only are the drop scores now coming into effect, but Rautenbach and Gemmell both have to drop 2 events due to their disqualification on the Gauteng Rally. Interestingly Toyota are appealing Gemmell's disqualification but there has been no news about whether Rautenbach is appealing or not. Anyway, championship standings, with drop score points in brackets, where applicable.

DRIVERS
1. Conrad Rautenbach - 125 (110)
2. Mark Cronje - 116
3. Enzo Kuun - 116 (107)
4. Johnny Gemmell - 93
5. Nicholas Ryan - 87 (77)
6. Charl Wilken - 86
7. Jon Williams - 82
8. Leeroy Poulter - 79
9. Hergen Fekken - 78
10. Jean-Pierre Damseaux - 73
11. Mohammed Moosa - 71 (69)

This means the top 4 still have a chance at the title.

Co-Drivers
1. Guy Hodgson - 124 (114)
2. Robin Houghton - 119
3. Drew Sturrock - 96
4. Greg Godrich - 94
5. Cobus Vrey - 88
6. Pierre Arries - 84
7. Elevene Coetzee - 81
8. Grant Martin - 77 (74)
9. Robert Paisley - 73
10. Armand du Toit - 60

MANUFACTURERS
1. Toyota - 787
2. Volkswagen - 724
3. Ford - 658
4. Peugeot - 97
5. Subaru - 32
6. Mitsubishi - 8

[Grant_RSA]

Finished the final round on sunday, yet another 8th for us :-/

Struggled most of the event with a slipping clutch, but got it to the end and made it 8 out of 8 for the year... next year needs to be a big step up in pace.

[Barreis]

Any video coverage available?

[Mirek]

Shane Williams rumored to drive Fabia S2000 next year. Is he somehow related to Jon?

[Grant_RSA]

Shane Williams rumored to drive Fabia S2000 next year. Is he somehow related to Jon?

Yes Shane is Jon's brother.

[Barreis]

Great championship you have.

[tolis]

So, who is the champions for 2011?

[Mirek]

Yes Shane is Jon's brother.

Thanks


So, who is the champions for 2011?

Conrad Rautenbach

[Grant_RSA]

I havnt seen confirmation yet, but the older S2000 cars will now fall into a B class (S2000B), limited tyres and a few other rules probably implemented to make it more cost effective,

All in all should be around 23 S2000 cars running in 2012.