Winner of his first ‘DJ’ was Ralph Pitchford, using his experience as an off-road rally co-driver to good advantage.
This was the first outright DJ Rally win for Pitchford, riding a 1926 500cc Triumph P-type.
Ralph’s immaculate, self-prepared flat-tanker Triumph ran perfectly on the two-day event which took competitors from Durban to Johannesburg with an overnight stop in Newcastle.
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