Tarlton, November 7 - The Nissan Motorsport Donaldson Nissan Navara team of Duncan Vos/Ralph Pitchford, Ivar Erik Tollefsen/Quin Evans and Hannes Grobler/Juan Mohr claimed the top three places in the 2009 South African Off-Road Championship for production vehicles, which finished with the RFS Magalies 400, the eighth round of the series at Tarlton in Gauteng on Saturday.

In a season in which the team dominated what would be its last national off road championship, Nissan won six of the eight rounds and Vos and Pitchford emerged champions with five wins and 148 points. It was Vos’s third consecutive championship success and Pitchford’s second in three years. Norwegian Tollefsen and Briton Evans were runners-up in their best result in three seasons of contesting the championship with 94 points. Former champion driver Grobler, appearing in his final race for Nissan after a remarkable 33-year career with the same manufacturer, and defending co-driver champion Mohr were third with one win and 81 points.

Nissan’s record for the nine years it has contested the championship is nine driver and co-driver championships, six manufacturers’ championships and a total of 57 wins in 72 events.

Source:http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS/2009/_STORY/091111-01-e.html

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