Anthony Taylor/ Dennis Murphy of Team Castrol Toyota roared to the finish line ahead of everyone else in their Toyota Hilux to claim victory in the round four and only marathon event of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship.Second was Hugo de Bruyn/ Henri Hugo of H.Hugo team, also driving a Toyota Hilux while Ford Racing's Chris Visser and Japie Badenhorst came third in their expensively modified Ford Ranger.
Taylor had started the race at position five, one minute, 13 seconds ahead of Leeroy Poulter who started on the pole position following the qualifying Donaldson prologue on Saturday. Despite starting ahead, a fierce competition was expected between Taylor's teammate and last year winner Duncan Vos and Ford Racing's Visser.The two were separated by only 16 seconds at the race start on Saturday with Visser taking off seconds before Vos on spot number 10 and 11 respectively. The Toyotas started separating from the chasing pack towards the end of the first 250 kilometre loop with four Toyota Hilux in the top seven at the end of the first day on Saturday.
