Rally of South Africa

The York Rally South Africa, is an international rallying event organised by the South African Motorsport Club based in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. The event is a round of the African Rally Championship and the South African Rally Championship.

The event was first ran in 1992 as a round of the South African championship with local drivers dominating the event's history. The event turned international in 2011 upon South Africa's re-entry to the African Rally Championship. Multiple South African champion Jan Habig is the most successful driver in the rally's history with six wins over an eight-year period from 1999 to 2006, all in Volkswagen Polos. Enzo Kuun and Serge Damseaux each have four wins.

The rally was known as the Sasol Rally for 25 years, via a sponsorship arrangement with Sasol. In 2017 York Timbers took over sponsorship of the rally.[1]

## List of winners

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Sourced in part from:[2]

Year | Winner | Car

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1992  |  Sarel van der Merwe | Ford Laser
1993  |  Sarel van der Merwe | Ford Laser
1994  |  Enzo Kuun | Ford Laser
1995  |  Serge Damseaux | Toyota Conquest
1996  |  Serge Damseaux | Toyota Conquest
1997  |  Enzo Kuun | Daewoo Cielo
1998  |  Serge Damseaux | Toyota Conquest
1999  |  Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo
2000  |  Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo
2001  |  Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo
2002  |  Enzo Kuun | Volkswagen Polo
2003  |  Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo
2004  |  Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo
2005  |  Serge Damseaux | Volkswagen Polo
2006  |  Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo
2007  |  Johnny Gemmell | Toyota RunX
2008  |  Enzo Kuun | Volkswagen Polo
2009  |  Johnny Gemmell | Toyota Auris
2010  |  Enzo Kuun | Volkswagen Polo
2011  |  Leeroy Poulter | Toyota Auris
2012  |  Mark Cronje | Ford Fiesta S2000
2013 |  Mark Cronje | Ford Fiesta S2000
2014 |  Leeroy Poulter | Toyota Yaris S2000
2015 |  Mark Cronje | Ford Fiesta S2000
2016 |  Leeroy Poulter | Toyota Yaris S2000
2017 |  Japie Van Niekerk | Ford Fiesta S2000
2018 |  Manvir Singh Baryan | Škoda Fabia R5

## References

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1. ^ "South African Motorsport Club (SAM) announces York Timbers as new rally sponsor". York Timbers. 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
2. ^ Rally Guide 2014africanrallychampionship.com Archived 27 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Official website
* African Rally Championship
* Motorsport South Africa