Brandon and Achim qualified 2nd in the brand new built V6 BAT with 6 speed sequential gearbox.

They started off 8 seconds behind Shameer and after 10km they both slid off the road into the sugar cane and collided with spectator vehicle.

Brandon managed to get going again and shortly after that caught and passed Hannes Grobler and Richard Leeke in the Nissan who also failed to move over when the screamer was activated. They then proceeded to catch up to the Ford who also failed to acknowledge the screamer and they nerfed the Ford coming into a t-junction causing the car to stall and lost valuable time. They then came to the first road crossing with a healthy lead and were pulled over for yellow light infringement and had to make a plan and continue the race.

Unfortunately this happened at every light check, this made the day very long and frustrating qand managed to finish 4th in Class A, only to find out the next day that they had been excluded due to Yellow light infringement and are in the process of protesting the results and waiting for the outcome.

The weekend came to a tragic ending when a close friend and competitor Mike Stangl died when the Jimco he was navigating in rolled down a mountain side and whilst trying to climb out the car it began rolling again, trapping him under the vehicle.

Well done to Mark Corbett, Clint Gibson and Nick Harper for their clean runs and for the outstanding results!

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