SA team wins Dakar Rally rookie race
South African duo Hennie de Klerk and Gerhard Schutte brought their locally built TreasuryOne Amarok home to victory in the rookie rankings of Dakar 2018 this afternoon, reports Motorsportmedia.
The Pretoria crew was ecstatic, albeit totally exhausted as they mounted the finishing ramp in Cordoba, Argentina in the incredible culmination of a five-year dream.
Former track racer de Klerk sought advice on how he should go about tackling the Dakar and was told to go and race the local Cross Country championship, which he did. He looked, learned, raced and gained experience and last year built the TreasuryOne Amarok.
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