THE 2016 South African National Rally Championship title fight is over, as Toyota Gazoo Racing SA wrapped things up on their home rally, the Toyota Cape Dealer Rally.Leeroy Poulter/Elvéne Coetzee finished in second place behind team-mates Giniel de Villiers and Carolyn Swan, bagging enough points to close out the championship with one round to spare. Theuns Joubert/Mari van der Walt (Toyota Auris NRC4) finished third overall."It was a great result for us this weekend," said Toyota Gazoo Racing SA team principal Glyn Hall from the podium ceremony at the Malmesbury Sports Club, "with Leeroy and Elvéne winning the 2016 title, and Giniel and Carolyn taking a well-deserved victory here in the Swartland."De Villiers/Swan proved to be in a class of their own in the Cape — also the scene of De Villiers’ first rally victory, when he won the event in 2014 together with navigator Greg Godrich. This year De Villiers/ Swan powered their way to victory by winning all but two of the rally’s 12 sta...
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