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 bold plan of action to build for the future has been put into action by the MSA Off Road Car Racing Commission with four regional championship events to run in conjunction with Absa Off Road Championship national races.

Three Northern Regions and one KwaZulu-Natal regional championship events will run alongside high profile nationals. Northern Regions events will run alongside the Sun City 400, the Carnival City 400 and the RFS Magaliesberg 4000 with a KZN regional running in conjunction with the Sugarbelt 400.

“We are excited about what is an important phase in the development of our sport,” said MSA Off Road Car Racing Commission president Richard Schilling.
“Regional racing is in a healthy state but, as a commission, it is our responsibility to nurture the sport at grass roots level.

“One of our major objectives this year is to support regional racing and by exposing competitors to national competition we hope to encourage them to move up a notch. We are also hoping the move will encourage new blood into the sport at grass roots level.”

Schilling added it was encouraging to see regional racing drew good fields, there was a high level of sophistication where vehicles are concerned and there was a competitive spirit. The new initiative, however, provided further incentives for regional competitors.

The opening event of this year’s Absa Off Road Championship is the Adenco 400, in the Western Cape, on March 19 and 20. This year’s series will be made up of eight events in the Western Cape, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, North West Province, Botswana and the Free State.

2010 ABSA OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR

19/20 Mar ADENCO 400 Darling Western Cape CPMCC
16/17 Apr TOYOTA DEALER 400 Lydenburg Mpumalanga SANORCRA
21/22 May SUGARBELT 400 Eston KZN NORMC
16/17 Jul SUN CITY 400 Sun City Northern Province ORSA
27/28 Aug CARNIVAL CITY 400 Carnival City Gauteng SANORCRA
24/25/26 Sep TOYOTA 1000 DESERT RACE Gaborone Botswana FWDCSA
22/23 Oct BLOEMFONTEIN 400 Bloemfontein Free State SANORCRA
19/20 Nov RFS MAGALIES 400 Tarlton Gauteng SANORCRA

2010 KZN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR

27 Feb NOODSBERG 250
10 Apr HLUHLUWE 250
22 May SUGARBELT 250
3 Jul DRAK 250
14 Aug KOKSTAD 250
11 Spt CREIGHTON 250
9 Oct NEW HANOVER 250
6 Nov Provisional standby if Crickets are not allowed to compete at Sugarbelt

2010 NORTHERN REGIONS CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR

13 Feb RUSTENBURG 200
13 Mar BARBERSPAN 200
1 May PIET PLESSIS 200
19 Jun LICHTENBURG 200
17 Jul SUN CITY 200
14 Aug VERWES 200
28 Aug CARNIVAL CITY 200
20 Nov RFS MAGALIES 200

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