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This weekend sees the first round of the 2013 South African National Rally Championship, and the newly-formed Volkswagen Sasolracing team is eager to head to KwaZulu-Natal for the 610km Total Rally and get the season of to a good start. The two-day event will see seven stages on day one for the teams to complete, while a further nine will be tackled on the second day. Volkswagen Sasolracing has a trio of Polo S2000s lined up ready for the off, while a Polo Vivo S2000 will contest the S2000 Challenge in the more than capable hands of reigning champions Gugu Zulu and Carl Peskin.

Drivers for the Polo S2000 6Rs include the stalwart Volkswagen pairings of Enzo Kuun and Guy Hodgson, and former championship winners Hergen Fekken and Pierre Arries. Henk Lategan (a mere 18 years old!) and Barry White (a navigator since 1993) are newcomers to the team, fresh from the S2000 Challenge category last year. ‘We have a highly skilled and experienced group of people in the Volkswagen SasolRacing rally team,’ said Mike Rowe, Head of Volkswagen Motorsport. ‘I am confident that the Volkswagen SasolRacing team will continue to be a dominant force on the South African rally scene – and will be the standard to which every other 2013 team will aspire.’