World Record Attempt
| by Howard Keeg
World Record Attempt
Cruising to a South African
Record
N1 4X4, South Africa’s leading independent Toyota Land
Cruiser promoter and reseller, has taken the lead again in
its promotion of this iconic brand, by organising a unique
record attempt. Two unique records in fact.
I
n 2013, N1 4X4 organised the first
two South African record attempts,
and managed to set the bar at 285
and 283 respectively. These were for
the most Land Cruisers assembled at
a single location, and the most Land
Cruisers in a controlled convoy. This
was at the Limpopo Windpompfees,
held at Naboomspruit in early May
2013.
This parallel set of records pleased N1
4X4’s managing director Cliff Weichelt,
but he did not want this to be a one-off
event, and he wanted to formalise the
record, by claiming a South African
and African record. It is not known
whether there have been other attempts
around the globe, and a Google search
on this has proved inconclusive, so it
may even turn out to even be a world
record.
But for the sake of this article, this is an
African record, and who knows what
will come out of the woodwork?
With this in mind, and to make the attempt
more well- known and recognised,
Weichelt approached Marius Opperman of
TRIO Events, and asked him to organise
a more formal event, with the aim of
making it an annual event not to be
missed, and to go for an increasingly
higher record each succeeding year.
The outcome has been the inaugural N1
4X4 Toyota Land Cruiser “South African
Record” attempt, which was held at the
Tarlton International Raceway, Gauteng
on the weekend of 29 – 30 August 2014.
➲ Marius Opperman, trustee of
TRIO Events, with one of the sponsors
of the event, Jimmy Baptista of
Jimmy Sauces
➲ The media sponsors of the vent
were Groot FM and Beeld, and there to
cover the event for Groot FM was deejay
Kevin Pienaar
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october 2014