Toyota finally wins desert race

Booed by back-to-back victories prior to the weekend event the Toyota Hilux dominated the race from day one despite not having secured a pole start in the Friday Donaldson prologue.

It was sweet victory for the Toyota crew and local fans gathered at the finish line seeing the two Toyotas coming roaring ahead of everyone else only separated by a second. Vos completed the race with a time of 13:31:55 followed closely by Taylor on 13:32:30, while Christiaan Du Ployy/ Henk Janse Van Vuuren came third in the production vehicle category with a time of 13:47:40 in a BMW X3. Third overall behind Vos and Taylor was Evan Hutchison /Danie Stassen in a BAT Venom sand master finishing with a time of 13:44:48.