| Gearbox
failure at Barberspan 500
The yellow Defender failed to
reach the finish line after the gearbox failed, putting an
end to their challenge.
Another mishap occurred while
they were lying in 3rd place, with not many tracks to show
the way. Cliff says, "Doing 160km down the side of
the fence we missed the turn-off (a cut gate in the fence),
and followed the turn in the road. We couldn't stop in time
and ended up sliding into the fence"
They were doing fine while
the going was good though. But the Nissan driven by Hannes
Grobler ... was
faster on the straights which made it difficult to keep up.
Right now the Land Rover is
completely stripped down and getting some serious
modifications which have been comming for a while now. The
new shocks have arrived, the gearbox is getting a make over,
and they are looking to get another 15% more power out of
the BMW engine.
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Keep track of Cliff
Barker racing a Land Rover Defender 110 in the 2001 National off
Road Racing Championships. Get the inside info right here on
Landyonline. 
The privately entered ‘Barker Performance Products’ Land Rover
of Cliff Barker and Malcolm Joubert took the overall Production Category
and class win in the opening round of the Off-Road Championship in
Lichtenburg at the weekend, completing the course in a time of 5h39,30s