The Sun City race is notorious for difficult conditions and terrain whether it be heat or rain. Well this year was no exception with extreme heat causing problems to many competitors.

THE PROLOGUE: started at 12:55 on Friday 26th Sept. with a BAT at the head of the field being piloted by Belgian Gregoire de Mevius with Andrew van Zyl as his navigator. Brandon and Gary seaded 6th took off down what was supposed to be 980m dead straight road, halfway down this road their race was nearly run, narrowly avoiding the unmarked grave yard. With a lucky escape 7km further down the road Brandon managed to hit a tree stump and got a deserved flat wheel. With great speed they changed the wheel and proceeded to apply the pedal to the metal for the remaining 33km recovering to 9th place overall. Well done to Mark Corbett with a well deserved Pole Position.

THE RACE: With Gary at the wheel, they started in a tough position with the 8 cars ahead creating MEGA dust. They decided to play the waiting game and after 80km had managed to move into the lead in the Special Vehicle Category due to competitors experiencing technical problems. They managed to open up a healthy lead until the middle of the 2nd loop when Apie T-boned them damaging the car and causing a pap flat. Once again with great speed they changed their 2nd flat wheel of the weekend.

On completion of the 2nd lap it was time to pit and change drivers. It was at this point that they enjoyed a 25 minute lead ahead of the next special vehicle competitor and were lying 3rd overall. With Brandon now at the wheel they set off on the final lap, once again enjoying the lead over fellow competitors. They adopted a pace that would not jeopardise the car (Decided to BLOM). With 80km to go, the president of road crossing information, Mr Bevan Bertholdt himself, informed us that the Ford had powersteering problems. With this information, they set out to complete their last 80kms and with 50kms to go, they passed the Found On Road Dead (FORD) and cruised home to 2nd overall and 1st in the Special Vehicle Category.

Special Mention once again to Clint Gibson for his GIANT killing solo drive to take 4th overall and 2nd Special vehicle and 1st in Class B.

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