Sarel van der Merwe

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Van der Merwe won the South African Rally Drivers Championship a record eleven times in 1975, from 1977 to 1985 and in 1988. Van der Merwe's IMSA career included time at Hendrick Motorsports during the Corvette GTP era, which also led to one NASCAR Winston Cup start for the team. This would be at Watkins Glen in 1990 when Hendrick driver Darrell Waltrip was recuperating from a severe leg injury at the Firecracker 400 final practice.[2] Van der Merwe finished 24th by the end of the race.[3] Van der Merwe attempted to qualify for the 1988 Daytona 500 in a Hendrick-owned car, but failed to make the race.[4] He also held the SA Saloon Car Championship in 1994, SA Modified Saloon Car Championship (1994 & 2001), and won the 1996 Castrol International Rally. He was awarded the Motorsport South Africa (MSA) Lifetime Achievement award in 2002.[5]

Racing career

Van der Merwe began his racing career in 1967 racing saloon cars. His international career took off in 1983 in the IMSA series in the United States, with his most notable win in the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona race driving for Kreepy Krauly Racing, an all-South African team in a March 83G-Porsche. He shared the win with Graham Duxbury and Tony Martin. Van der Merwe did well in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans where he finished 3rd on debut. In the 1986 Le Mans race, Sarel pulled in a lap early, and Jo Gartner took over. A lap later the suspension broke and the car veered off the Mulsanne Straight in the middle of the night and Gartner was killed.

His father Sarel Sr. also had a history of racing and won an award from the Auto Union company in Germany.[6] Van der Merwe then moved up the ranks to sport a works team Ford Escort Mk II BDA. After leaving Ford because of a disagreement Script error: No such module "Unsubst"., Van der Merwe had a short stint in several Datsun cars and would later race with Audi and Volkswagen. .His co-driver and navigator was Franz Boshoff.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

He retired from competitive motor racing in November 2002 after Round 12 of the Vodacom Power Tour.[7]

Other activities

Van der Merwe also worked as a correspondent for South African motor publications in the 1970s.[6]

Racing record

Complete WRC results

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1980 David Sutton Cars Ltd Ford Escort RS1800 MON SWE POR KEN GRC ARG FIN NZL ITA FRA GBR
Ret 		CIV NC 0
1984 Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 MON SWE POR
Ret 		KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1984 Template:Flagicon Skoal Bandit Porsche Team
Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Racing 		Template:Flagicon David Hobbs
Template:Flagicon Philippe Streiff 		Porsche 956 C1 351 3rd 3rd
1985 Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing Template:Flagicon George Fouché
Template:Flagicon Mario Hytten 		Porsche 956B C1 361 5th 5th
1986 Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing Template:Flagicon Jo Gartner
Template:Flagicon Kunimitsu Takahashi 		Porsche 962C C1 169 DNF DNF
1987 Template:Flagicon Joest Racing Template:Flagicon David Hobbs
Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson 		Porsche 962C C1 4 DNF DNF
Template:Flagicon Stanley Dickens
Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood
Template:Flagicon Frank Jelinski 		Porsche 962C C1 7 DNF DNF
1988 Template:Flagicon Porsche AG Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan
Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek 		Porsche 962C C1 192 DNF DNF
1989 Template:Flagicon Brun Motorsport
Template:Flagicon From-A Racing 		Template:Flagicon Harald Grohs
Template:Flagicon Akihiko Nakaya 		Porsche 962C C1 78 DNF DNF
1990 Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing Template:Flagicon Hideki Okada
Template:Flagicon Kunimitsu Takahashi 		Porsche 962CK6 C1 279 24th 21st

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
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1988 Hendrick Motorsports 18 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL NA - [8]
1990 17 DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN
24 		MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 78th 91 [9]

References

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  3. ↑ Sarel van der Merwe - NASCAR Sprint Cup Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-03-27
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Sporting positions
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1988 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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1994 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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1994 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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2001 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

External links

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