The fourth and final round of the East Cape Off-Road Championship took place in sweltering conditions on the outskirts of Dispatch on Saturday. The event that was based at Johnny’s Pit Stop comprised of an early morning time-trail followed by three tough laps of a 38 kilometre course across a mix of fast flowing sandy sections combined with rocky technical sections was well supported and drew a decent amount of spectators to the many spectator points. Off-Road racing is on the up and gaining more and more competitors and supporters with much anticipation for round three of the World Rally Raid Championship that is scheduled to take place at Sun City from the 18th-24th May next year.
Picture Credit: Brendan Kelly – Motor Mouth
Mark Reid capped off a consistent season in his single-seater 2 litre Gecko putting in another good performance to win round four on Saturday as well as take first place overall in the driver’s championship.
The top ten finishers in the overall driver’s championship are as follows –
-1st Mark Reid (Gecko 2L)
-2nd Grant Watkins (Zarco 4L)
-3rd Noel Acton (Orco)
-4th Henry van Rooyen (GMP Special)
-5th Lionel Acton (Jimco)
-6th Gerhard vd Linde (Raceco 3L)
-7th Quentin Lessing (Century CRT V8)
-8th Louis de Lange
-9th Wynand Rose (Sandmaster)
-10th Derek Wilmot (Beetle)
