With a new season looming the Absa Off Road Championship is looking for further stability and growth in 2011. The season opens with the Adenco 400 in Darling on March 11 and 12 and will again comprise eight events throughout South Africa and Botswana.
The Toyota Hilux has become the vehicle of choice for privateer entrants in the ABSA South African Off Road Championship with the reliability and durability of the standard vehicle crossing over into the racing derivatives.
For the first time in over a decade a privateer crew has won the Production Vehicle overall championship in the Absa Off Road Championship.
For the Phalaborwa father and son team of Kallie and Quinton Sullwald consistency was the key to winning the Special Vehicle overall and Class A titles in this year’s Absa Off Road Championship.
The father and son team of Karl-Heinz and Quintin Sullwald in the Elegant Fuel BAT claimed the 2010 South-African National Special Vehicle Championship in a dramatic season finale.
The Retirement Fund Solutions Racing Team completed a successful season in the final round of the Absa Off Road Car Championship, the RFS Magalies 400, in Gauteng on Saturday with fourth place overall in the production vehicle category for Christiaan du Plooy and Henk Janse van Vuuren (RFS Toyota Hilux) and second overall in the championship for Hannes Grobler and Hennie ter Stege (RFS BMW X3).
Youtube clip showing cars leaping the tabletop at the start of the Magalies 400