Rally of South Africa

The York Rally South Africa, is an international rally racing 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 .

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 took over sponsorship of the rally.^[1]

List of winners[]

Sourced in part from:^[2]

Year	Winner	Car
1992	Sarel van der Merwe	Ford Laser
1993	Sarel van der Merwe	Ford Laser
1994		Ford Laser
1995		Toyota Conquest
1996		Toyota Conquest
1997		Daewoo Cielo
1998		Toyota Conquest
1999	Jan Habig	Volkswagen Polo
2000	Jan Habig	Volkswagen Polo
2001	Jan Habig	Volkswagen Polo
2002		Volkswagen Polo
2003	Jan Habig	Volkswagen Polo
2004	Jan Habig	Volkswagen Polo
2005		Volkswagen Polo
2006	Jan Habig	Volkswagen Polo
2007		Toyota RunX
2008		Volkswagen Polo
2009		Toyota Auris
2010		Volkswagen Polo
2011	Leeroy Poulter	Toyota Auris
2012		Ford Fiesta S2000
2013		Ford Fiesta S2000
2014	Leeroy Poulter	Toyota Yaris S2000
2015		Ford Fiesta S2000
2016	Leeroy Poulter	Toyota Yaris S2000
2017		Ford Fiesta S2000
2018		Škoda Fabia R5

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• African Rally Championship
• Motorsport South Africa