Neels Vosloo and Rikus Fourie came, saw and conquered the dirt roads around Steytlerville in blistering hot conditions at the Ocean Truck Sales Steytlerville Rally last weekend. The hot conditions saw the early dimise of top contenders Ross & Roxanne Bartle along with Jeandre’ Marais and Tegan Taljaard with mechanical failure as well as Nick Davidson & Ashley Bezuidenhout who unfortunately ran wide on a bend and clipped a culvert that damaged the suspension of their VW Polo. Daniel Pienaar Technical High School competitors Tashne Wait & Kaylin Kapp unfortunately rolled out of contention on loose gravel on their way to the start of the first stage of the rally and were transported to hospital for observation, leading to the cancelation of stage three of the rally.
The farming folk in Steytlerville welcomed the rally to the area with a carnival type atmosphere set up at the showgrounds that served as rally headquarters, and plans are already underway to make this an annual event on the rally calendar.
Going into the final two rounds of the Petrefuel Algoa Rally Club Championship that will be held in the Hogsback area on the 29th & 30th November, the Hella backed pair of Vosloo and Fourie hold a relatively comfortable lead over the Triple-L Plant Hire Toyota Etios of Deon Kretzmann & Jason Schreiber in second with the ever consistent VW Golf A1 of Francois Vermaak and Handre van Schalkwyk a further 19 points adrift.
Overall results of the Steytlerville Rally were as follows –
1st Neels Vosloo & Rikus Fourie – VW Polo ARC4 class
2nd Deon Kretzmann & Jason Schreiber – Toyota Etios ARC4 class
3rd Jody van Zummeren & James Johnston – Datsun P510 SSS200 ARC1 class
4th Johan & Juane’ Viljoen – VW Polo 250 2000 ARC3 class
5th Martin van Zummeren & Mark Irvine – Nissan Skyline R30 2.8L ARC 1 class
6th Riekus Schmidt & Marco Griesell – VW Polo A13 1400 ARC5 class
7th Oliver de Man & Ingrid Jeacocks – Toyota Conquest 1800 ARC3 class
8th Karel Marais & Michael Black – Ford Escort Mk2 2L ARC3 class
9th Des Timm & Thango Tyikwe – Subaru Legacy 4WD 2L Turbo ARC1 class
10th Ruan & Chanell van Tonder – VW Polo 240 1400 ARC5 class
11th Martin Kleingeld Snr & Jnr – Toyota Corolla 1600 ARC4 class
12th Francois & Chantelle Vermaak – VW Golf A1 1400 ARC5 class