South African National Rally Championship
The is a series of rallying events that has taken place each year since 1960. It was won eleven times by Sarel van der Merwe in the 1970s and 1980s and ten times by Serge Damseaux from 1989 to 2004. Toyota and Volkswagen vehicles have won the title of champion car in most years since 1998.
Now in its 61st consecutive year, the sport has been kept alive by privateers since 2017 with the decline of sponsorships and non inv-lvement of manufacturers due to the world wid- economic slow dow.
The South African Rally Championship has seen the exciting development of the new Africa Rally 1 category car, competing in the NRC 1 class. A normal Aspirated 1600 Turbo, AWD car. The newcomers to this class are the Hyundai i 20, Mazda 2 and Toyota Starlet. These cars compete with the S2000 and old group N cars. A very exciting class to watch on eveat event.
The NRC 1 class took over from the 1600 R2 homologated cars as the official Championship class of the SA Championship.
Season Results
1967
1975
1983
1991
1993
- First South African crew home. Overall winners were Aldo Riva and Enrico Rivida in an Audi Quattro
1996
- First South African qualifying crew home. Overall winners were Sarel van der Merwe / Franz Boshoff in a Daewoo Cielo
1997
- First South African crew home. Rally was won overall by Robbie Head / Franz Boshoff in a Daewoo Cielo.
2005
2013
2017
1 First R2 Class car home. Overall winners were Lee Rose / Elvene Coetzee in Classic Class Ford Escort2 First R2 Class car home. Overall winners were Johnny Gemmell / Carl Peskin in Classic Class Porsche 911
3 First R2 Class car home. Overall winners were Theuns Joubert / Etienne Lourens in a S2000 Toyota Auris
2019
2020- Due to the COVID 19 Pandemic and the Disaster Management Legislation being implemented, the 2020 National Rally Championship had 3 events only.
- Each of the 2 days per event counted as an individual round.
- The National Rally Championship adapted this formula as it proved to be very effective. Competitors are now able to re-enter a new event the following day if they did not complete the 1st day of the event.
| Round | Rally | Driver | Co-Driver | Car |
| 1&2 | Lake Umuzi Rally | Guy Botterill | Simon Vacy-Lyle | Toyota Etios Rally 2 kit |
| 3&4 | NTT Toyota Delmas Rally | Guy Botterill | Simon Vacy-Lyle | Toyota Etios Rally 2 kit |
| 5&6 | TRACN4 Rally | Guy Botterill | Simon Vacy-Lyle | Toyota Etios Rally 2 kit |
| CHAMPIONS | Guy Botterill | Simon Vacy-Lyle | Not Awarded |
2021
| Round | Rally | Driver | Co-Driver | Car |
| 1 | NTT Toyota Delmas Rally | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Huyndai i 20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 2 | NTT Toyota Delmas Rally | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Huyndai i 20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 3 | Rallystar National Rally | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Huyndai i 20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 4 | Rallystar National Rally | Theuns Joubert | Schalk Van Heerden | Toyota Auris S2000 |
| 5 | Lake Umuzi Rally | Theuns Joubert | Schalk Van Heerden | Toyota Auris S2000 |
| 6 | Lake Umuzi Rally | Guy Botterill | Simon Vacy-Lyle | Toyota Etios Rally 2 Kit |
| 7 | TRACN4 Rally of SA | Theuns Joubert | Schalk Van Heerden | Toyota Auris S2000 |
| 8 | TRACN4 Rally of SA | Theuns Joubert | Schalk Van Heerden | Toyota Auris S2000 |
| 2021 CHAMPIONS | Theuns Joubert | Schalk Van Heerden | Not Awarded |
2022
| Round | Rally | Driver | Co-Driver | Car |
| 1 | Cape Overberg Rally | Llewellyn Jones | Christophe Pichon | Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
| 2 | Cape Overberg Rally | Theuns Joubert | Schalk Van Heerden | Toyota Auris S2000 |
| 3 & 4 | Lake Umuzi Rally | Guy Botterill | Somon Vacy-Lyle | Toyota Starlet AR 1 |
| 5 | Algoa National Rally | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 6 | Algoa National Rally | Theuns Joubert | Schalk Van Heerden | Toyota Auris S2000 |
| 7 | NTT Tzaneen Rally | Guy Botterill | Simon Vacy-Lyle | Toyota Starlet AR 1 |
| 8 | NTT Tzaneen Rally | JJ Potgieter | Tommie Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 9 | Delmas National Rally | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Madzda 2 Rally 2 Kit |
| 10 | Delmas National Rally | Guy Botterill | Simon Vacy-Lyle | Toyota Starlet AR 1 |
| 11 | TRACN4 National Rally | JJ Potgieter | Tommie Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 12 | TRACN4 National Rally | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Mazda 2 Rally 2 Kit |
| 2022 CHAMPIONS | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Not Awarded |
2023
| Round | Rally | Driver | Co-Driver | Car |
| 1 | Cape Overberg Rally | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | Cape Overberg Rally | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | Billy Te Water Memorial Rally - Secunda | J.J Potgieter | Tommy Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 4 | Billy Te Water Memorial Rally - Secunda | J.J Potgieter | Tommy Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 5 | Algoa Rally - Gqeberha | J.J Potgieter | Tommy Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 6 | Algoa Rally - Gqeberha | Jono Van Wyk | Nico Swartz | Toyota Starlet AR 1 |
| 7 | Tzaneen Rally | J.J Potgieter | Tommy Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 8 | Tzaneen Rally | J.J Potgieter | Tommy Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 9 | Bronx Rally | J.J Potgieter | Tommy Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 10 | Bronx Rally | J.J Potgieter | Tommy Du Toit | Hyundai i20 Rally 2 Kit |
| 11 | TRAC Rally | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Mazda 2 |
| 12 | TRAC Rally | Chris Coertse | Greg Godrich | Mazda 2 |
| 2023 CHAMPIONS | J.J Potgieter | Tommy Du Toit | Not Awarded |
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