28 SEPTEMBER 2019 leisurewheels.co.za
African to win a production car
championship. Michele Habig
keeps busy as a driving instructor
at the Jaguar Land Rover
Experience Centre, where she
ensures owners of these British
icons know exactly how to extract
every last bit of potential out of
these cars.
Driving for 24 hours was
going to burn some fuel. Driving
for 24 hours in the sand was
going to burn a lot of fuel. We
weren’t exactly sure how much
though. Fortunately TopUp, a
local Western Cape fuel chain
sponsored a bowser full of
50ppm, so that worry was taken
care of.
As any race team will know,
preparation of the vehicle is key
to a successful event. All we
really had to do was ensure the
tank was full, the tunes were
loaded onto the iPod and the tyre
pressures were set. We started
off by dropping the tyres to 1.5
bar. This would give us a good
combination of a larger footprint
to float across the sand but with
enough pressure to ensure we
could drive briskly without the
risk of the tyre leaving the rim.
As the clock struck 4pm, we
ADVENTUREDRIVE 24-hour sand driving record