Invitation: COME OUT AND PLAY!!
from: CS RALLYTEAM
to: GAUTENG WORKAHOLICS
date: Friday 10 June and Saturday 11 June 2011
venue: CARNIVAL CITY & Rallystar @BAPSFONTEIN
Gauteng friends and Rally fans put on your coats and hold on to your hats! This weekend, the most exciting motorsport (in my biased yet highly valued opinion) is coming to a town near you! And YOU are invited. Yes you. With the red, sleepy eyes, coffee breath and vague memories of a home and family you haven’t seen in dunnohowmanydayscozyou’vebeenworkingsohard.
Take Friday off. Your already slurry speech won’t be a recognizable official national language by then anyway. It is time for the fourth round in the South African National Championship, the Toyota Dealer Gauteng Rally. Remember the ROAR? Come on, get out there and experience it for yourself!
We’re at the halfway mark of the Championship. Eish! Can’t belief.
Huge amounts of Grace, a little bit of luck and sheer determination secured three podium finishes so far for the Brother and I. Please don’t let my lack of marketing effort fool you. This is sweet, highly valued and unexpected success! I just had a serious bout of workaholic flue since the last rally… haven’t had time to pee let alone bask in our moment of glory. Occupational hazard of living in Gauteng.
We are supremely grateful to everyone who makes the world of Rally rock in SA, but especially to BP/Volkswagen Racing, Sabertek, Ferodo, Champion, Exec-Q-Tyre and Tswelo Péle Consultants for bucks, bits and blitzjuice towards our lean mean orange machine! There are a number of top class individuals operating in these companies and behind the scenes and we wish you tremendous success and happiness in life to infinity and beyond!
Now, highly esteemed Spectators, this is an amazing opportunity to get up close and personal with the best of SA Motorsport. But please, PAHLEAZE (huge volume & dramatic hand movement) - don’t let your passion go unchecked. Pay special attention to the safety instructions in the Spectator Guide! (Download from http://www.rallyworld.net/index.php/rally-docs). Here are a few tips for you to come prepared and enjoy this love fest of Rallying:
1. You will get extremely hot. Or cold. Or wet. Dress for all of the above.
2. You will get sun burnt. Even if it’s pouring. Slap on the SPF50. A lot.
3. You will get covered in dust. Due to suggestion no.2 you will require wet wipes. A lot.
4. You will dehydrate. Even when you’ve been sipping something cold all day. Especially when ‘something cold’ was beer. Drink H2O. A lot.
5. You will need sunglasses. Don’t squint. It’s a waste of expensive eye cream. It’s also a great barrier against the dust. And if they’re huge and fake, you’ll fit right in on the East Rand. (Disclaimer: I can joke about this ‘coz I’m from there. Don’t you dare say a word if you had to travel more than 30mins to come to this rally. I know people who will take you out one-time my Ou!)
6. Wear a hat. The more outrageous the better. Plus helmet-hair is right on trend at rallies. And East-Rand peeps spend lots of money, time and effort to get it right. You’ll fit right in. (See disclaimer above.)
7. Do some homework before you come. It’s truly more fun if you know something about the greatness that passes before your eyes in those magnificent machines. Plus there are rally journalists dispersed in the crowds for the sole purpose of recording your comments. On Monday they’ll write about it and we’ll laugh. Only a little. Nah. A lot.
Pick your team and give’em some love when you hear them ROAR! Check out the cheatsheet I compiled from Evan Rothman’s (Handbrakes & Hairpins) brilliant articles:
That’s it. 7 bullets. Because it’s the perfect number - read: I’ve run out of time.
Oh. And don’t miss the last of the television broadcasts of the previous rally: Wed. 8 June, 7pm & 10pm on SuperSport5 (205). It’ll make you feel like paying your DSTV license this month was actually worth it.
Hope to see you there Party People!
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