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The legendary South African Paralympics swimming legend, Natalie du Toit,

proved that her talents stretches far beyond swimming as she successfully

completed a National off-road racing event in Thaba Nchu as navigator for

Archie Rutherford in the SA Warranties sponsored Nissan Navara. She followed

former Proteas fast bowler ‘Vinnige’ Fanie de Villiers and former Springbok

rugby star Stefan Terblanche who sat alongside Rutherford at the Sun City 400and the 4x4 Mega World 400 events.

Natalie, one of only a few female contestants in the off-road championship

event, exchanged her swimming costume for a race overall and took on the

challenge of dust and mud with her normal high levels of enthusiasm and

dedication. The 400km race presented its challenges as the team experienced

two punctures on route, Archie and Natalie however took it in their stride and

finished at an impressive 10th overall!

“As expected, Natalie was a massive hit with the supporters. Her sparkling

personality, humble attitude and wonderful sense of humour completely

inspired and entertained everyone around her. At the end of the event, Natalie

also spoke at the prize giving, sharing her racing and swimming experiences

with the audience and there is no doubt she has left a major impression on this

sport,” commented Terence Marsh, Regent Racing Team Principal.

“I loved every second of the event.” commented Natalie. “This experience falls

within the same memory bank as winning some of my Olympic gold medals. A

big thank you to Regent Racing and their sponsors for affording me with the

opportunity of a lifetime and more importantly the opportunity to tick off one

of the items on my bucket list!”

Off-Road racing supporters can now look forward to our last event of the year

on the 23rd and 24th of November at the Kloof Country Club in Glenharvie,

which is approx. 45 mins from JHB. Our guest celebrity for this event will be

none other than the legendary Jonty Rhodes who takes over the hot set from

Natalie in an attempt to be the first guest celebrity to break into the top 10!

Natalie du Toit, goes the extra mile in off road racing!

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The Results:• Michael Whitehouse & Matthew Carlson

8th overall in the Production Vehicle Category

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Terence Marsh & George Smalberger 9th overall in the Production Vehicle Category

• Archie Rutherford & Natalie du Toit

10th overall in Production Vehicle Category

• Richard Fuller & Dennis Murphy

10th overall in the Special Vehicle Category

1st overall in Class P

Event Overview:

It was ‘virgin’ terrain for the teams as this was the first visitfor the Championship to the area. The route comprised of

fast and technical terrain and this together with the dry and

dusty conditions led to a challenging and tough event.

The race preparation of the race cars was once again

immaculate with all the cars finishing the event – once

again a job well done by Graeme Thornton and his team!

Prologue: 62km

Race: 344km

Entries: 83Terrain: Rough, technical, dry & dusty

Weather: Warm with light winds

the eventThe 7th event of the season was held in th Thaba Nchu

area was held on the 19th – 20th October 2012.



Another V8 Navara in the making!

Following the successful launch of our first V8

powered Nissan Navara - our second team car

will be completed and handed over to Mike

Whitehouse and Matthew Carlson at the end of November 2012 for their assault on the 2013

Championship!


The Nissan Navara ‘skin’

The ‘naked’ cockpit

What she will look like…

The Chassis



“Endurance isnot just the

ability to bear a

hard thing, but

to turn it intoglory."

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Human Auto 40031 Oct – 15h00 on SS6

01 Nov – 23h30 on SS6

02 Nov – 05h30 on SS6

Inside Off Road05 Nov – 18h30 on SS6

06 Nov – 12h00 on SS6

07 Nov – 10h30 on SS6

08 Nov – 07h00 on SS6

09 Nov – 14h30 on SS6

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