4X4 Crews Give It Horns at Bridgestone Rhino Park Event
Rhino Park, east of Pretoria, was the
battleground for the recently-held sixth
round of the 2014 Bridgestone 4x4 Club
Challenge. With almost 30 crews lining
up for the McCarthy 4x4 Club’s hosting
of the event, competitors would not only
have to contend with tough 4x4 obstacles,
but were up against the stopwatch, the
organisers having set a ‘target time’ within
which the course had to be completed.
Only one team would eventually score full
marks on the initial test of steep gradients
and slippery turns, but at least most teams
scored some points. The same could not be
said for the second obstacle, where mud and
narrow gates saw most teams score zero!
Once all were safely home, the prize giving
began. Bagging the environmental prize were
Shaun Niemand and Dominique Cholewka
in a Jeep Wrangler. In third position overall
– and the first of three McCarthy 4x4 Club
teams to qualify for the Club Challenge Final
in November – were Henry Barns and Bert
van der Merwe in a Suzuki Jimny. Second
place belonged to Heinz and Blanche Kusel
in a beautiful Range Rover Classic V8.
The winning team was the Jeep combo of
Shaun Niemand and Dominique Cholewka,
who added to their environmental prize by
taking top honours for the day.