vehicle with fibre-glass panels to look like a Fiat 131, mated with a turbo charged 2.5 litre Ferrari v6 600 bhp power unit. This car quickly proved one of the fastest saloon cars in the type of racing, but shortly after the debut Fiat decided, pressured by sanctions against SA, to pull out of the country. The car was sold off, but still raced by other drivers. The formula was shortlived. Endurance racing As well as the abovementioned sprint races, Bvr participated in the Annual Kyalami 9 hour endurance races and the Springbok 3 hour series enduros nearly every year, sharing drives with local drivers Arnold Chatz, Eddie Keizan, Dave Charlton, Chappie Wicks, George Santana, Brian Davies, Geoff Mortimer, Colin Burford, Antonio Prixinho, Peter Gough, and overseas owner/drivers Nanni Galli, Christine Becker, Tony Dean. Best result was a 2nd place with Tony Dean driving a Ferrari Dino in the 1968 Kyalami 9 hour. Mazda SA brought their competition Mazda RX100 Saloon from Japan with factory support team to the 1971 Springbok Endurance Series, BvR and Gough as drivers. Engine performance was impressive, but BvR was so disappointed with the handling that he phoned the SA factory boss for an OK to make alterations. So, just 2 days before the race, the front suspension was removed, parts and brackets cut, welded, bent etc, then re-assembled - to the horror of the Japanese mechanics! (Thereafter it lapped - the text says! - up to 4 seconds faster??) Inventor Automatic swimming pool cleaners always skipped certain areas during their cleaning cycle. Invented the Twister, to be added to the suction line, which was patented and so successful that royalties still come in. After witnessing serious F1 accidents caused by throttles jamming wide open, invented a special device to be fitted to the brake hydraulics, cutting power to the ignition when a great excess of brake pressure was applied. Well ahead of his time, before it even occurred to the top world F1 teams, he invented and fabricated a successful automatically spring activated rear wing drag reduction setup, which was affixed to the high wing of his F1 vehicle, reducing the angle of attack. The high wing configuration was banned by the FIA soon after, due to wing mount breakage accidents. Developing the CITS two stroke power unit, presently still being perfected. One of the most promising new internal combustion ideas, offering reduced fuel