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**AnimeThat** · 01-10-2007, 12:35 PM

Ah, the 1992 Castrol International Rally!

Started in Emerlo, SA and went into Swaziland.

The top car is Serge Damseaux / Vito Bonafede and its a Toyota Conquest. All these cars were our "class A" cars, meaning basically what the FIA Group S rules should have been and what World Rally Cars became, take a normal 2wd car and add 4wd to it and any engine from the manufacturer family, provided it was up to 2000cc.

The middle one is Sarel van der Merwe / Franz Boshoff in a Ford Laser. The only left-hand-drive car we had at the time. Probably the most powerful car in the field but it had the least advanced 4wd transmission so it struggled a bit. Still won enough rallies.

The bottom one is a Nissan Sentra Coupe. Being No. 8 it is the Hannes Grobler / Douglas Judd version. A very quick car in its time. So correct for fly ac then.

If memory serves me well, Serge hit trouble in the beginning and Hannes lead most of the event, before Serge overhauled him near the end. Actually I think they had a massive battle for the lead throughout the 3 days cos every time Serge caught up he lost time again with mechanical problems or punctures. I know I have all the stage times and results from this event at my parents place, as I did for most of the rallies around that time (mid 90's).

That was also the first time that international guys were allowed back onto our events following the apartheid era, so thats a pretty significant event. I remember Robbie Head coming out for it in a Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4.

01-10-2007, 12:35 PM	#8
AnimeThat Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Ah, the 1992 Castrol International Rally! Started in Emerlo, SA and went into Swaziland. The top car is Serge Damseaux / Vito Bonafede and its a Toyota Conquest. All these cars were our "class A" cars, meaning basically what the FIA Group S rules should have been and what World Rally Cars became, take a normal 2wd car and add 4wd to it and any engine from the manufacturer family, provided it was up to 2000cc. The middle one is Sarel van der Merwe / Franz Boshoff in a Ford Laser. The only left-hand-drive car we had at the time. Probably the most powerful car in the field but it had the least advanced 4wd transmission so it struggled a bit. Still won enough rallies. The bottom one is a Nissan Sentra Coupe. Being No. 8 it is the Hannes Grobler / Douglas Judd version. A very quick car in its time. So correct for fly ac then. If memory serves me well, Serge hit trouble in the beginning and Hannes lead most of the event, before Serge overhauled him near the end. Actually I think they had a massive battle for the lead throughout the 3 days cos every time Serge caught up he lost time again with mechanical problems or punctures. I know I have all the stage times and results from this event at my parents place, as I did for most of the rallies around that time (mid 90's). That was also the first time that international guys were allowed back onto our events following the apartheid era, so thats a pretty significant event. I remember Robbie Head coming out for it in a Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4.
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