The York Rally South Africa, is an international rallying event organised by the South African Motorsport Club based in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. The event is a round of the African Rally Championship and the South African Rally Championship.
The event was first ran in 1992 as a round of the South African championship with local drivers dominating the event's history. The event turned international in 2011 upon South Africa's re-entry to the African Rally Championship. Multiple South African champion Jan Habig is the most successful driver in the rally's history with six wins over an eight-year period from 1999 to 2006, all in Volkswagen Polos. Enzo Kuun and Serge Damseaux each have four wins.
The rally was known as the Sasol Rally for 25 years, via a sponsorship arrangement with Sasol. In 2017 York Timbers took over sponsorship of the rally.[1]
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| Year | Winner | Car | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Sarel van der Merwe | Ford Laser | |
| 1993 | Sarel van der Merwe | Ford Laser | |
| 1994 | Enzo Kuun | Ford Laser | |
| 1995 | Serge Damseaux | Toyota Conquest | |
| 1996 | Serge Damseaux | Toyota Conquest | |
| 1997 | Enzo Kuun | Daewoo Cielo | |
| 1998 | Serge Damseaux | Toyota Conquest | |
| 1999 | Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2000 | Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2001 | Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2002 | Enzo Kuun | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2003 | Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2004 | Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2005 | Serge Damseaux | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2006 | Jan Habig | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2007 | Johnny Gemmell | Toyota RunX | |
| 2008 | Enzo Kuun | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2009 | Johnny Gemmell | Toyota Auris | |
| 2010 | Enzo Kuun | Volkswagen Polo | |
| 2011 | Leeroy Poulter | Toyota Auris | |
| 2012 | Mark Cronje | Ford Fiesta S2000 | |
| 2013 | Mark Cronje | Ford Fiesta S2000 | |
| 2014 | Leeroy Poulter | Toyota Yaris S2000 | |
| 2015 | Mark Cronje | Ford Fiesta S2000 | |
| 2016 | Leeroy Poulter | Toyota Yaris S2000 | |
| 2017 | Japie Van Niekerk | Ford Fiesta S2000 | |
| 2018 | Manvir Singh Baryan | Škoda Fabia R5 |