Rally of South Africa

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The York Rally South Africa, is an international rallying event organised by the South African Motorsport Club based in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. The event is a round of the African Rally Championship and the South African Rally Championship.

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The event was first ran in 1992 as a round of the South African championship with local drivers dominating the event's history. The event turned international in 2011 upon South Africa's re-entry to the African Rally Championship. Multiple South African champion Jan Habig is the most successful driver in the rally's history with six wins over an eight-year period from 1999 to 2006, all in Volkswagen Polos. Enzo Kuun and Serge Damseaux each have four wins.

The rally was known as the Sasol Rally for 25 years, via a sponsorship arrangement with Sasol. In 2017 York Timbers took over sponsorship of the rally. [1]

List of winners

Sourced in part from: [2]

YearWinnerCar
1992 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Sarel van der Merwe Ford Laser
1993 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Sarel van der Merwe Ford Laser
1994 Flag of South Africa.svg Enzo Kuun Ford Laser
1995 Flag of South Africa.svg Serge Damseaux Toyota Conquest
1996 Flag of South Africa.svg Serge Damseaux Toyota Conquest
1997 Flag of South Africa.svg Enzo Kuun Daewoo Cielo
1998 Flag of South Africa.svg Serge Damseaux Toyota Conquest
1999 Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Habig Volkswagen Polo
2000 Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Habig Volkswagen Polo
2001 Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Habig Volkswagen Polo
2002 Flag of South Africa.svg Enzo Kuun Volkswagen Polo
2003 Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Habig Volkswagen Polo
2004 Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Habig Volkswagen Polo
2005 Flag of South Africa.svg Serge Damseaux Volkswagen Polo
2006 Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Habig Volkswagen Polo
2007 Flag of South Africa.svg Johnny Gemmell Toyota RunX
2008 Flag of South Africa.svg Enzo Kuun Volkswagen Polo
2009 Flag of South Africa.svg Johnny Gemmell Toyota Auris
2010 Flag of South Africa.svg Enzo Kuun Volkswagen Polo
2011 Flag of South Africa.svg Leeroy Poulter Toyota Auris
2012 Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Cronje Ford Fiesta S2000
2013 Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Cronje Ford Fiesta S2000
2014 Flag of South Africa.svg Leeroy Poulter Toyota Yaris S2000
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Cronje Ford Fiesta S2000
2016 Flag of South Africa.svg Leeroy Poulter Toyota Yaris S2000
2017 Flag of South Africa.svg Japie Van Niekerk Ford Fiesta S2000
2018 Flag of Kenya.svg Manvir Singh Baryan Škoda Fabia R5

References

  1. "South African Motorsport Club (SAM) announces York Timbers as new rally sponsor". York Timbers. 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. Rally Guide 2014africanrallychampionship.com Archived 27 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine