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	\| titles = South African Rally Drivers Championship<br>South African Saloon Car Championship<br>South African Modified Saloon Car Championship		\| titles = South African Rally Drivers Championship<br>South African Saloon Car Championship<br>South African Modified Saloon Car Championship
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	'''Sarel Daniel van der Merwe''' (born ], ]) is a ]n former ] driver, who was a multiple ]n Rally Drivers Champion. He is sometimes referred to as "Supervan".<ref>{{cite web \|last=McGeorge \|first=Lee \|title=Supervan and Wyndham on track at Killarney \|url=http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=768&fArticleId=5105538 \|date=30 July 2009 \|work=Motoring.co.za \|publisher=Motoring & Independent Online \|accessdate=1 September 2009}}</ref>		'''Sarel Daniel van der Merwe''' (born ], ]) is a ]n former ] driver, who was a multiple ]n Rally Drivers Champion. He is sometimes referred to as "Supervan".<ref>{{cite web \|last=McGeorge \|first=Lee \|title=Supervan and Wyndham on track at Killarney \|url=http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=768&fArticleId=5105538 \|date=30 July 2009 \|work=Motoring.co.za \|publisher=Motoring & Independent Online \|accessdate=1 September 2009}}</ref>

	Van der Merwe won the South African Rally Drivers Championship a record eleven times in 1975, from 1977 to 1985 and in 1988. Van Der Merwe also drove one ] ] race at Watkins Glen in relief of ] in 1990 where he finished 24th<ref>http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/svanderm00/cup/index.html</ref>. He also held the SA Saloon Car Championship (1994), SA modified Saloon Car Championship (1994 & 2001), and won the 1996 Castrol International Rally in Swaziland. He received his ] in 1976 and his South African National Colours in 1997. In 2002, van der Merwe was awarded the Motorsport South African (MSA) Lifetime Achievement award.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.motorsport.co.za/Scoring/scoresheets/01_GCR_2007.pdf \|title=MSA Handbook 2007 \|accessdate=2008-10-22 \|publisher=MOTORSPORT SOUTH AFRICA}}</ref>		Van der Merwe won the South African Rally Drivers Championship a record eleven times in 1975, from 1977 to 1985 and in 1988. Van Der Merwe also drove one ] ] race at Watkins Glen in relief of ] in 1990 where he finished 24th<ref>http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/svanderm00/cup/index.html</ref>. He also held the SA Saloon Car Championship (1994), SA modified Saloon Car Championship (1994 & 2001), and won the 1996 Castrol International Rally in Swaziland. He received his ] in 1976 and his South African National Colours in 1997. In 2002, van der Merwe was awarded the Motorsport South African (MSA) Lifetime Achievement award.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.motorsport.co.za/Scoring/scoresheets/01_GCR_2007.pdf \|title=MSA Handbook 2007 \|accessdate=2008-10-22 \|publisher=MOTORSPORT SOUTH AFRICA}}</ref>

	Van der Merwe began his racing career in 1967 racing saloon cars. His international career took off in 1983 in the ] series in the ], with his most notable win in the 1984 ] race driving for Kreepy Krauly Racing, an all-South African team in a ] 83G-]. He shared the win with ] and ]. Van der Merwe did exceptionally well in the ] where he finished 3rd on debut. In the ] race, Sarel pulled in a lap early and ] took over. A lap later the suspension broke and the car veered off the ] in the middle of the night and Gartner was killed.		Van der Merwe began his racing career in 1967 racing saloon cars. His international career took off in 1983 in the ] series in the ], with his most notable win in the 1984 ] race driving for Kreepy Krauly Racing, an all-South African team in a ] 83G-]. He shared the win with ] and ]. Van der Merwe did exceptionally well in the ] where he finished 3rd on debut. In the ] race, Sarel pulled in a lap early and ] took over. A lap later the suspension broke and the car veered off the ] in the middle of the night and Gartner was killed.
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Sarel van der Merwe
Nationality	South Africa
Retired	2002
Championship titles
1975, 1977-1985, 1988 1994 1994, 2001	South African Rally Drivers Championship South African Saloon Car Championship South African Modified Saloon Car Championship
Awards
1976 1997 2002	Springbok Colours South African National Colours MSA Lifetime Achievement Award

Sarel Daniel van der Merwe (born December 5, 1946) is a South African former rally driver, who was a multiple South African Rally Drivers Champion. He is sometimes referred to as "Supervan".

Van der Merwe won the South African Rally Drivers Championship a record eleven times in 1975, from 1977 to 1985 and in 1988. Van Der Merwe also drove one Nascar Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen in relief of Darrell Waltrip in 1990 where he finished 24th. He also held the SA Saloon Car Championship (1994), SA modified Saloon Car Championship (1994 & 2001), and won the 1996 Castrol International Rally in Swaziland. He received his Springbok Colours in 1976 and his South African National Colours in 1997. In 2002, van der Merwe was awarded the Motorsport South African (MSA) Lifetime Achievement award.

Van der Merwe began his racing career in 1967 racing saloon cars. His international career took off in 1983 in the IMSA series in the USA, with his most notable win in the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona race driving for Kreepy Krauly Racing, an all-South African team in a March 83G-Porsche. He shared the win with Graham Duxbury and Tony Martin. Van der Merwe did exceptionally well in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans where he finished 3rd on debut. In the 1986 Le Mans race, Sarel pulled in a lap early and Jo Gartner took over. A lap later the suspension broke and the car veered off the Mulsanne Straight in the middle of the night and Gartner was killed.

He retired from competitive motor racing on November 23, 2002 after Round 12 of the Vodacom Power Tour at Kyalami.

References

McGeorge, Lee (30 July 2009). "Supervan and Wyndham on track at Killarney". Motoring.co.za. Motoring & Independent Online. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/svanderm00/cup/index.html
"MSA Handbook 2007" (PDF). MOTORSPORT SOUTH AFRICA. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
"Sarel van der Merwe". HISTORIC RACING. Retrieved 2008-10-22.

Sporting positions
Preceded byLH Fekken	SA Rally Drivers Championship 1975	Succeeded byJan Hettema
Preceded byNone	SA Group 1 / Group A Championship 1977	Succeeded byGiovanni Piazzo-Musso
Preceded byJan Hettema	SA Rally Drivers Championship 1977 to 1985	Succeeded byHannes Grobler
Preceded byGW Mortimer	SA Rally Drivers Championship 1988	Succeeded bySerge Damseaux
Preceded byT Moss	SA Saloon Car Championship 1994	Succeeded byM Briggs
Preceded byNone	SA Modified Saloon Car Championship 1994	Succeeded byCharl Wilken
Preceded byR du Plessis	SA Modified Saloon Car Championship 2001	Succeeded byJohan Fourie

v t e Winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona
run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63) Daytona 2000 (1964–65) 6 Hours of Daytona (1972) 24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)
Five-time	Hurley Haywood Scott Pruett
Four-time	Peter Gregg Pedro Rodríguez Rolf Stommelen Bob Wollek
Three-time	João Barbosa Derek Bell Hélio Castroneves Scott Dixon Christian Fittipaldi Butch Leitzinger Juan Pablo Montoya Brian Redman Memo Rojas Andy Wallace
Two-time	Filipe Albuquerque Max Angelelli Mauro Baldi Tom Blomqvist Terry Borcheller Elliott Forbes-Robinson A. J. Foyt Al Holbert Kamui Kobayashi Jan Lammers Ken Miles Simon Pagenaud John Paul Jr. Lloyd Ruby Scott Sharp Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Wayne Taylor Didier Theys Al Unser Jr. Renger van der Zande
One-time	Allmendinger Alonso Amon J. Andretti Ma. Andretti Ballot-Léna Bandini Barber Beretta Bergmeister Bernhard Boesel Bouchut Bourdais Boutsen Braun Briscoe Brown Brundle Buckler Cameron Campbell Collard Dalziel Derani Dismore D. Donohue M. Donohue Dupuy Durán Duxbury Dyson Elford Fellows Field Fitzpatrick Franchitti Fréon García Garretson Gentilozzi Gordon Graves Gurney Hand Hasemi Helmick Henn Herrmann Hezemans Hill Hoshino Ickx Jarvis Jelinski Joest D. Jones P. J. Jones Kanaan Kimball Kinnunen Kneifel Krages Larson Lässig Lavaggi Law Lienhard Luyendyk Martin McMurray Mears Merl Millen Moran Moretti Nasr Neerpasch Negri Newgarden Nielsen O'Connell Oliver Ongais Pace Papis C. Parsons Paul Sr. Pescarolo Pew Pilgrim B. Rahal G. Rahal Rice Robinson Rockenfeller Rossi Schneider Schrom Siffert Suzuki Unser Sr. Van der Merwe Van Overbeek Weaver Wendlinger Werner Wheldon Wilson

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