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The three-way battle for the Teams’ Trophy in the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy will be concluded at Total Rallycross of Argentina later this week (28-29 November) with Volkswagen Marklund Motorsport, Ford Olsbergs MSE and Team Peugeot-Hansen all vying for the title.  The runners-up spot in the Drivers’ Championship will also be […]

Team TOTAL tackles the misty mountains THE CHALLENGE: Pace notes and perseverance characterised the thrilling opening day to Round Two of the South African Rally Championship. Sabie, Graskop and White River echoed with the screaming exhaust notes of Africa’s fastest rally machines.

THE CHALLENGE: From the sugarcane fields of the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, the rolling hills of Mpumalanga greet the 2013 South African Rally Championship competitors this weekend. After the fast and fearless rally action in last month’s season-opening TOTAL Rally, the longest and arguably toughest rally of the season lies in wait in the forests around […]

Action star Giniel de Villiers is internationally recognized for his Dakar Rally achievements. This small-town Western Cape motorsport professional put South Africa firmly on the international off-road racing map after he snatched victory in the 2009 Dakar Rally after 9,000km of nail-biting racing. Having returned from the deserts and dunes in Argentina, Chile and Peru […]

Team TOTAL braves opening day of 2013 season THE CHALLENGE: The TOTAL Rally 2013 kicked off the 2013 South African National Rally Championship season with intense action and drama aplenty. After 48km of rally action over five stages, the scene has been set for a thrilling close to the TOTAL Rally in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on […]

TOTAL Rally sets KwaZulu-Natal’s motorsport pulse beating in 2013 Starting with a clean sheet presents a new season of promise and potential. The 2013 South African Rally Championship’s eight rounds sees competitors tackle the season-opening TOTAL Rally 2013 on 8 – 9 March in Durban and along the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast with renewed ambitions of […]

Fresh from a fine showing in the season-opening Total Rally inKwaZulu-Natalfour weeks ago, Johnny Gemmell and Carolyn Swan (Toyota Auris) will head a strong Castrol Team Toyota challenge in the Sasol Rally inMpumalangaon April 20 and 21. Gemmell, who finished second behind the Ford Fiesta of Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton in KZN in March, […]

The Total Rally, opening round of the 2012 South African Rally Championship, developed into a thrilling two-horse race in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday between the Sasol Ford Fiesta of Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton and the Castrol Team Toyota Auris of Johnny Gemmell and Carolyn Swan, with the privateer Ford crew finally taking the overall honours […]

At the end of a dramatic first day of the season-opening Total Rally, which ended after five gravel special stages in the south coast area of KwaZulu-Natal today (Friday), Castrol Team Toyota’s Johnny Gemmell and Carolyn Swan were handily placed ahead of Saturday’s nine gravel special stages and one tarmac super special stage. They finished […]

CASTROL TOYOTA RALLY TEAM MAKES HISTORY IN TOTAL RALLY The Toyota Motorsport team of Johnny Gemmell/Carolyn Swan and Leeroy Poulter/Elvene Coetzee will make history when they line up in their Castrol-backed Toyota Auris rally cars to contest the opening round of the 2012 South African Rally Championship this weekend (March 23 and 24).  It will […]