Panther Tires wins 2012 1/10 South African Offroad Championship

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Mike Garrison

0 Sept. 20, 2012, 5:58 a.m.

Eben Coetzee would take the overall Tq in the 4wd Modified buggy class after 4 rounds of qualifying and would dominate all three finals races with quite a margin using Panther Raptors in Soft compound on all four corners of his Team Durango Dex410 V3. Eben was the only driver managing consistent under 20 second laps. TQ and three wins gave him 100 points and first place overall for the weekend.

Eben kept up his good form winning every single qualifying round of 2wd Mod Buggy. The overall TQ and three wins gave him much needed 100 points and overall first place for the weekend running on Panther Rattler 2.0 and Lynx2 fronts in Soft compound on his Team Durango Dex210.

After three out of  four rounds Eben has secured both the 2wd and 4wd Nationals titles for the 2012!   “We started using Panther tires in the beginning of the 2012 season and there is no doubt that this had huge influence in his success.”  Abri Kohn

2wd Stock Buggy:

Abri Kohn drove his Panther Rattler II rear and Lynx II shod 2wd TQ to a overall TQ position. The Sunday’s racing proved more challenging to Abri. Racing did not go as smooth as with the qualifiers, but Abri still managed to obtain a 3rd in all the the final races which gave him a 3rd overall for the nationals. Abri is currently tied with two other racers in first position on the overall log for the year. The last nationals will be the decider.