HHandbrakesandbrakes &HHairpinsairpins IIssuessue 249249 • 1133 SSeptembereptember • hhttp://wp.me/pkXcttp://wp.me/pkXc TThehe wworld’sorld’s onlyonly ffreeree ddedicatededicated rallyrally eeMagazineMagazine - eeveryvery wweek!eek! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ SABERTRIP 3 ODOMETER _____________________________________________________________________________________________ FEATURES: • Easy to use with bright LED display • Compact size (130mm X 80mm X 25mm) and light weight (200 grams) • Works off GPS (use with 2 Wheel Probes or 1 Gearbox Probe as back-up) • GPS calibration - automatic • Total & Interval distance display • Additional features: * Speedometer * Stop Watch * Master Clock (hh:mm:ss) with freeze facility * Fuel Gauge – up to 500 litres * 12V power • In addition to competition use also ideal for reconnaissance, route surveys and road measurement • Optional metal bracket available for easy mounting • Optional cigarette lighter power harness available (non-permanant installation) Pricing Odo – R 3250.00 excluding VAT Bracket – R 150.00 excluding VAT Cigarette lighter power cable – R 70.00 excluding VAT Address: 30 Schoongezicht Road, Bergbron, Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 11 670-8400 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ats-motorsport.co.za Issue 249 • 13 September 2012 EDITORIAL INFORMATION Editor Evan Rothman CONTACT INFORMATION Favourite rally car? 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Also is knowing as a press ice bear working for South Africa :) START RAMP 07 Team Total takes on the “Caledon Grand Prix” CONTENTS SERVICE PARK 11 CRC Rally Defi review 13 IRC Yalta Rally preview 15 WRC Wales Rally GB preview OOPENINGPENING SSHOTHOT TTwowo WWheelheel DDriverive ggoodnessoodness ccomesomes nnoo bbetteretter tthanhan a FFordord FFiestaiesta RR22 iinn ffullull fl iight!ght! PPicture:icture: WWRCRC AAcademycademy START RAMP TTEAMEAM TTOTAL:OTAL: AAIMINGIMING FFOROR SSUCCESSUCCESS Words: Handbrakes & Hairpins Drivers’ Championship title at the end of the season, this A short 700-metre stage starts the Toyota Cape Pictures: Motorpics event will be important for the challengers to gain an Dealer Rally on Thursday evening at 19h00 at the Cape Gate advantage over their rivals. But, with 17 premier Class Toyota dealership in Brackenfell, and spectators are welcome Approaching speeds close to 200km/h on the ultra- S2000 entrants for this rally the fi ght for the podium places to get close to the cars before the action starts and meet fast gravel stages, the “Caledon Grand Prix” forms will be hotter than ever this season. the drivers and co-drivers. After a restart at 08h00 on Friday Round Five of the South African Rally Championship. The bravest rally drivers and co-drivers in South morning, the rally moves to the farmlands around Caledon The Toyota Cape Dealer Rally is the fastest and most Africa will face 13 speed tests over three days of competition, before an overnight halt at the Tsogo Sun Hotel, Casino and fearsome event on the 2012 calendar as its 13 stages with the event getting under way on Thursday 13 September Spa in Caledon. The fi nal day of competition resumes at around the Western Cape’s Overberg town of Caledon and concluding on Saturday 15 September. This is the fi rst 08h45 on Saturday morning and concludes in the afternoon demand total commitment from crews as they pitch time that the Championship visits the Western Cape in with a prize-giving ceremony at the Tsogo Sun. their rally machines over the blind crests, fl at-out 2012, and the enthusiastic motorsport fans will gather in Team Total is South Africa’s largest privateer squad, straights and sixth-gear sweeps. their thousands along the 200km of stages to cheer on their boasting four Toyota rally cars in two categories. Jean-Pierre With four crews all in with a shout for the overall favourite teams. Damseaux/Grant Martin (car #10) and Mohammed Moosa/ Andre Vermeulen (car #13) compete in the premier Class early exit from the event saw him challenging for a podium Prix.” Trott still leads the Drivers’ Championship, and will be S2000 in Toyota’s Auris S2000 rally weapons and battle it out position, and he will be a challenger for the same on these after another Class win to add to his tally for the season. against their factory-backed rivals for the prestigious Drivers’ roads. A strong run that ended in retirement on Day Two Championship. Craig Trott/Robbie Coetzee (car #62) and A frustrating event last month also saw Moosa retire of last month’s Rally South Africa showcased Botha’s speed daughter-and-father pairing Stefanie Botha/Willem Hugo (car early from the Rally South Africa, but he too set a string of and promise once more, and the daughter-and-father pairing #74) proudly fl y the Team Total livery in Class S1600 with impressive stage times to worry the leading crews. His Team will be aiming to secure more points for the Championship Toyota RunX machines. Total Toyota Auris S2000 is primed and prepped for the high- scores. She is familiar with the dirt roads on this event and A number of changes to the traditional format of speed bursts of action that lies in wait in the Western Cape the faster the stages, all the better her Team Total Toyota this event sees the inclusion of new stages in the Elgin/ this weekend. The Tzaneen-based businessman’s potential is RunX S1600 performs. Grabouw area and then the crews will return to the usual promising, and top fi ve result is within grasp. Will it be here? For more information on this event and on Team high-speed wheat fi elds around Caledon. This will favour Team Total confi dently thinks so. Total, please visit http://www.total.co.za, on Facebook at Somerset West’s Damseaux, who has competed on these The two stars in the Class S1600 and Two Wheel http://wwwfacebook.com/TotalSouthAfrica and on Twitter at roads on numerous occasions. His outright speed on the Drive Championships are Trott and Botha are looking to add http://www.twitter.com/TotalSAfrica. H&H opening stages of last month’s Rally South Africa before his to their CVs with fi ne performances in the “Caledon Grand IN FOCUS Ashley Haigh-Smith is aiming to claim his second South African National Rally Class Championship in 2012 in the Two Wheel Drive and Class S1600 categories. Learning and competing in the highly popular WRC Academy internationally, Ashley’s bid for victory in this weekend’s Toyota Cape Dealer Rally (round six of the eight- event series) will be a high-speed affair where the bravest will win. Keep up to date with the young ace on his website at http://www.ashleyhaighsmith.com. Picture: Evan Rothman. SERVICE PARK CRC RRALLYALLY DDEFI:EFI: BBLOCKLOCK WWINS!INS! Words: Handbrakes & Hairpins “I just knew that those fi rst four stages were quite the podium. Pictures: Mike Proulx for CRC rough,” said Block. “I knew that if I could write the notes well “There were a lot of different challenges this and put in good times, then if I could get a lead, I could just weekend,” said the reigning Canadian Rally Champion. “We After taking a lead on the very fi rst stage of the 2012 maintain it through the rest of the time.” knew Ken would be really fast. I think he’s improved a lot as Rallye Defi , Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino drove As the stages smoothed out later in the rally, the a driver, and they have basically a World Rally Championship through bright sun, heavy rains and over rough roads team held the lead through the rest of dry and sunny day car. We have to be realistic, our car’s are not quite like that. I on their way to victory. The Monster World Rally Team one. thought on my own turf I could match him, and I was driving pair led the rally from start to fi nish, thrilling the Clouds and rain rolled in overnight, and Saturday really hard. It’s always good to have good competition. It’s fans at the fourth round of the 2012 Canadian Rally offered a different challenge to drivers.