SACCS special vehicles Championships battles Continues
Trethewey/Roets and Larney brothers are as battles continue to the end
With six of the seven races of the SACCS done and dusted, the upcoming TGRSA Parys 400 will form the seventh and final round of an exhilarating season, and the final chance for competitors to add points to their tally to confirm or better their standings.
The field in the Special Vehicle category of the 2021 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) might have been relatively small this year, but it delivered exciting racing in both the Class A and Class G Championships, and although the main titles have found new owners, the order in the runner up standings could still change after the final flag drops at the Toyota Gazoo Racing SA Parys 400.
With six of the seven races of the SACCS done and dusted, the upcoming TGRSA Parys 400 will form the seventh and final round of an exhilarating season, and the final chance for competitors to add points to their tally to confirm or better their standings.
As in 2019, the overall and Class A championship titles again went to Lance Trethewey and Adriaan Roets (King Price Xtreme BAT) who bagged the honors with two rounds to spare. In the Overall Drivers’ Championship, Trethewey has earned 183 points, 88 points clear of second-placed Cecil Larney (95 points) who is also leading the Class G championship for side-by-side vehicles where teams are competing with the Can-Am Maverick SxS.
The season has been a baptism of fire for the Larney brothers, Cecil and Elardus, but they persevered and scored points after each event, like Trethewey/Roets. Larney, however, is not out of the woods yet as Trethewey’s team-mate, Boela Botes (Porter) is currently third (86 points) after winning the recent Vryburg 400. Clint Gibson (Dirt Sport Stryker) missed the last three events and is fourth (60 points), and if he skips the Parys 400 and Bazil Bezuidenhout (55 points) scores points, the latter, who is the second Class G driver in the overall standings, is in with a chance to overtake him
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