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Well, here we are at the final results at last :

1. Damseaux/Vrey - Team Total - Toyota RunX 2.0 (S2000)-1:45:42 (Total time)
2. Habig/Judd - BP Volkswagen Racing - VW Polo 2.0 (S2000)- 1:46:31 (Total time)
3. Kuun/Hodgson - BP Volkswagen Racing - VW Polo 2.0 (S2000) - 1:46:38 (Total time)
4. Gemmel/Marsh - Toyota Castrol Team - Toyota RunX RSi (S2000) - 1:47:41 (Total time)
5. Williams/Williams - Doug Williams - VW Polo 2.0 (S2000) - 1:48:58
6. Wilken/Godrich - Charl Wilken - Subaru STI 2.0 (N4) - 1:50:14
7. Fekken/Arries - BP Volkswagen racing - VW Polo 2.0 (S2000) - 1:50:16
8. Rueda/Lewkowicz - Team Total - Mitsubishi Lance Evo 9 (N4) - 1:52:46
9. Du Plessis/Snyman - Gerhard Snyman - Subaru N14 (N4) - 1:54:00
10. Moosa/Martin - Team Total - Toyota Auris 160i (A6) - 2:03:35  read more »

Here are the provisional results for day 1 (please note, these results are not final):

1,63,Fernando Rueda/David Lewkowicz,N4,Team Total,Mitsubishi Lancer ev0 9
2,62,Charl Wilken/Greg Godrich,N4,,Subaru STI
3,4,Enzo Kuun/Guy Hodgson,S2000,BP Volkswagen Racing,Polo
4,3,Johnny Gemmell/Peter Marsh,S2000,Toyota Castrol Team,Toyota RunX Rsi
5,1,Jan Habig/Douglas Judd,S2000,BP Volkswagen Racing,Polo
6,7,Jon Williams/Doug Williams,S2000,,Polo
7,2,Hergen Fekken/Pierre Arries,S2000,BP Volkswagen Racing,Polo
8,5,Jean-Pierre Damseaux/Cobus Vrey,S2000,Team Total,Toyota RunX 2.0
9,12,Nicholas Ryan/Andre Vermeulen,S2000, ,Toyota RunX
10,60,Visser Du Plessis/Gerhard Snyman,N4,,
11,64,Paul Pfeiffer/Cindi Harding,N4,,Subaru
12,90,Rodney Visagie/Carolyn Swan,N3,Team Total,Toyota RunX  read more »

It's been an absolutely hectic day. Apologies for the lack of blogging, there is absolutely no internet connection on the farmlands we were on.

We've been racing from viewpoint to viewpoint catching the action. We are currently at the start. The cars are racing past. At incredible speeds. I'm off to try and organize some results.

I'm few moments away from receiving the final results. It's really been an exciting two days and I'm looking forward to seeing the results. I've chatted with a few drivers and the general sentiment is that its been a really good round. We've seen some pretty impressive driving from a lot of drivers. Check out my live tweets on twitter for more info.  read more »

Here's a quick breakdown of what's happening tomorrow :

Stage 5: 09h00 (first rally car comes past)

From Killarney :
Get on N7
Turn left on R45 Hopefield/ Vredenburg/ Saldanha
Turn left at road left on to gravel
Turn left at road to left s/p Goedehoop
GPS co-ords: S33 21.892 E18 35.558

Stage 7: 12h38
Keep straight past road to left
Keep straight offset crossroad, join tar road and back to gravel
Turn left at T-junction
Turn right in unmarked road
Fork left
Park and walk
GPS co-ords: S33 18.035 E18 32.323

Stage 8: Same place as stage 5, 13h45

Stage 9: At Killarney 15h45  read more »

We've arrived at Killarney Motorsports complex, just in time to watch the start. There's nothing prettier than a row of clean and shiny rally cars rearing to go. Preparations are being made. The first car is off, team Volkswagen.

We've been racing from viewpoint to viewpoint, getting some excellent footage. The adrenaline rush as the cars race past is amazing. This is quite literally some of the most beautiful scenery I've seen.

Bad news for Yaris fans is that Dave Compton has had to retire early due to mechanical difficulties.  read more »

One of the highlights of my week is going to be RICHELIEU Swartland Rally, starting Friday the 19th of September through to Saturday the 21st. Toyota's performance in this rally so far has been fantastic with 302 point lead in the manufacturers championship already. The team is aiming for a maiden win in this, the seventh round of the SASOL SA National Rally Championship 2008.  read more »