Thunder Tour roars through George

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GEORGE NEWS - The roar of about 120 V8 engines reverberated through George yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 3 July, as the annual Thunder Tour made its way to Town Lodge at the Garden Route Mall.

The tour is an annual seven-day road trip that culminates in the ultimate road show.

Mainly V8s like muscle cars, street rods, rat rods and supercars are allowed to take part in the tour, with the exception of the flat 6 Porsche and GRRs, which are the only six-cylinder cars allowed as they are classified as supercars.

Each year the tour starts at Cars In The Park in Pretoria on the first Sunday of August, heading off in a different direction each year.

PHOTO GALLERY: Thunder Tour roars in George

This year they drove from Pretoria to Parys on the first day, then to Bloemfontein and Graaff-Reinet. On Wednesday they made their way from Graaff-Reinet to George and continued to Oudtshoorn at 07:00 this morning.

Danie Correia and Ronel Nortjé with their 1939 Chevrolet during a pit stop at the Roadside Deli in Waboomskraal. Photo: Kristy Kolberg

From Oudtshoorn they will travel to Montagu and then to Bloubergstrand in Cape Town, where the final show and glitzy prize-giving dinner will be held.

In every town they overnight, they have a one-hour show in the afternoon or the morning to give the town's residents an opportunity to ogle the cars from close up.

"We just want to give a big thank-you to members of our local municipal traffic department with assisting in escorting the Thunder Tour into George and out to Oudtshoorn the following day," said local businessman and Thunder Tour participant Craig Anderson.

George businessman and Thunder Tour participant, Craig Anderson (middle), with some of the local traffic officers who escorting the Thunder Tour into George yesterday and out to Oudtshoorn this morning.