Toyota Wins on VW's Territory

Toyota racers Serge Damseaux and Robert PaisleyPierre Arries VW Polo.
won last weekend's Volkswagen rally. The event wasThe N4 production car class was won by Fernando
round five of the SA Rally championship. In an S2000Rueda and navigator Gerhard Snyman in a Mitsubishi
Toyota RunX Rsi, the two extended their lead in theLancer, ahead of Visser du Plessis/Dave Lewkowicz
title chase to 10 points with three rounds remaining. It'sin a Subaru WRX STi. In a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI,
Damsaux's 73rd National rally victory and his 11th onPaul Pfeiffer and Cindi Harding took third, only 34
the Eastern Cape event.seconds behind Rueda and Snyman.
Damseaux and Paisley set the quickest times on theHaving their fifth Class A7 win of 2007 were Mark
first two stages, with two more stage wins later toCronje and Chris Birkin in a Toyota RunX, 6min34
end Friday in a close fight with championship rivalsahead of rivals Mike Nathan and Dean Redelinghuys in
Enzo Kuun and Guy Hodgson (S2000 Volkswagenan A7 Toyota Corolla. Tony Ball and Alan Bissett took
Polo).third in class in VW Golf.
Volkswagen doesn't only make quality race cars. TheMohammed Moosa and Henry Dearlove in a Toyota
also make quality Volkswagen bus parts.RunX won the N3 category ahead of the similar car
In the opening stage of day two, the Toyota tandemof Rodney Visagie and Arno La Grange. Craig Trott
took a five-second win and extended their lead overand Carolyn Swan (Toyota RunX) took the A6 honors
the remaining stages in the Longmore Forest to be 25ahead of Stevan Wilken and Gert Nienaber's VW
seconds ahead of Kuun and Hodgsdon.Polo.
After 16 stages of intense competition, the S2000 VWGugu Zulu and Carl Peskin's VW CitiGolf won in the
Polos of Enzo Kuun/Guy Hodgson, Jan Habig/ DouglasClass A5. Piet Bakkes and Tommy du Toit claimed
Judd and Hergen Fekken/Pierre Arries, finished second,second in a Toyota Tazz. Ettiene du Toit and Patrick
third and fourth respectively.Vermaak (Toyota Corolla Rxi) won class N2 from
After a baffling Friday run, Johnny Gemmell andSteven White and Ashley Haigh Smith in a Mitsubishi
Zimbabwean co-driver Peter Marsh positioned theirLancer.
S2000 Toyota RunX RSi fifth.Jean-Pierre Damseaux and Cobus Vrey in another
On the road, Gemmell was drawn second andRunX suffered a differential problem, finishing the
declined 26 seconds off the leaders' pace. LastFriday run in front-wheel-drive mode and 17th overall
Saturday, he was still running second on the roadafter taking 15 minutes of being late to fix the problem.
where he set almost reducing the deficit over theA day-two charge brought them up to 11th and 10
gripper repeat stages. He took two stage wins tochampionship points.
come in only five seconds behind the Hergen Fekken