Singing in the Rain with Ashley Haigh-Smith
Rallying in a forest on fast gravel roads defines what rallying is for me. The Volkswagen Rally, the fourth round of the South African Rally Championship took place in the…
Volkswagen Rally in pixels
The Volkswagen Rally, Round Four of the South African Rally Championship, will long be remembered as the wettest event in the Championship’s history in decades. Mud, rain and cold did…
Johnny Gemmell and Carolyn Swan win Volkswagen Rally in a Castrol Toyota Auris
The 30th Volkswagen Rally, round four of the South African Rally Championship, was run in the wettest and most slippery conditions seen on a national championship event for many years.…
When the heavens opened at the Volkswagen Rally
I never fully understood the phrase “when the heavens open.” Now that the Volkswagen Rally is finished, I now know it from every angle: vertical, diagonal, and just about every…
Team Total emerges stronger and wiser from the Volkswagen Rally’s challenges
The Challenge: Waterlogged gravel roads, cold and misty mountains and cheering spectators: this was the Volkswagen Rally. After four rounds of the 2012 South African Rally Championship, the traditional forest…
Mud Fest at the Volkswagen Rally
Heavy rain in the Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape area has seen two stages of the Volkswagen Rally cancelled this morning. Rallying on wet and slippery forest roads is nothing new…
Slipping and sliding in Longmore Forest
The wipers of my car are whirring away at their fastest. The windscreen is misting up. The pace notes are coming as thick and fast as this rain is hitting…
Team Total against the elements in Longmore Forest
The Challenge: Reaching the halfway point of the 2012 South African Rally Championship, the Volkswagen Rally has traditionally been a test of man and machine pitted against the demanding Eastern…
Who will win in the Volkswagen Rally? We look at Round Three’s Toyota Gauteng Dealer Rally
The recent Toyota Gauteng Dealer Rally, round three of the South African Rally Championship, was a rally that gave Jon Williams (Team Sasol Ford Fiesta S2000) his first overall win…
Flat-out forest rallying beckons Team Total:
The Challenge: Fast sweeps on flowing forest gravel roads are as synonymous with rallying as are pace notes to this sport. The South African Rally Championship heads to Port Elizabeth,…