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.

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "South African Motorsport Club (SAM) announces York Timbers as new rally sponsor". York Timbers. 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ Rally Guide 2014 africanrallychampionship.com [dead link]
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