1997 was the year that Audax started in South Africa, and it saw only the 2 events – a 200km in February and a 400km in December.
Lido Hotel
Below the entrance of the Lido Hotel – an appropriate starting point for our record of results, as so many AudaxSA events started here over the years.
200km BRM 16 February 1997
We had a total of 34 finishers – 31 male and 3 female. The route followed Lido → Heidelberg → Deneysville → Vereeniging → Lido.
| Name | Club | Distance | Time |
| Hadley McCormick | Aurasan | 200km | 8hr07min |
| Robin Eckhout | Cresta Wheelers | 200km | 8hr07min |
| Ken Fowler | Germiston Wheelers | 200km | 8hr07min |
| Neville Henry | Premier Group | 200km | 8hr07min |
| Jax Snyman | Cresta Wheelers | 200km | 8hr19min |
| Joe Crouch | Cresta Wheelers | 200km | 8hr27min |
| Saul Binda | Aurasan | 200km | 8hr32min |
| Robert Fuchs | Aurasan | 200km | 8hr32min |
| Robert Leighton | Germiston Wheelers | 200km | 8hr34min |
| Peter Zeelie | Vaal Cycling Club | 200km | 8hr36min |
| Deon Du Plessis | Premier and Centuriom | 200km | 8hr40min |
| Derek Bergmann | Aurasan | 200km | 8hr48min |
| Denis Braithwaite | Cresta Wheelers | 200km | 8hr48min |
| Fabio La Mantia | Omega Wheelers | 200km | 9hr51min |
| Nando La Mantia | Omega Wheelers | 200km | 9hr51min |
| Alan Snelling | Albion Wheelers | 200km | 9hr51min |
| James Drummond | Rockhoppers MBC | 200km | 10hr04min |
| Ingeborg Maschek | Germiston Wheelers | 200km | 10hr16min |
| Paul Oberhansu | Aurasan | 200km | 10hr20min |
| Annetjie Strydom | Vaal Cycling Club | 200km | 10hr22min |
| Werner Fey | Aurasan | 200km | 10hr42min |
| Rudi Meyer | Aurasan | 200km | 11hr01min |
| Edward Thomlinson | Aurasan | 200km | 11hr04min |
| Nicholas Rofuzana | Omega Wheelers | 200km | 11hr25min |
| Mervyn Abel | Germiston Wheelers | 200km | 11hr37min |
| James John Warrington | Omega Wheelers | 200km | 11hr54min |
| Arthur Doyle | Vaal Cycling Club | 200km | 12hr05min |
| Trevor Nienaber | Vaal Cycling Club | 200km | 12hr05min |
| Andrew Costello | Omega Wheelers | 200km | 12hr24min |
| Denzil Snow | Omega Wheelers | 200km | 12hr24min |
| Roland Shapiro | Omega Wheelers | 200km | 12hr24min |
| Dennis Armstrong | Omega Wheelers | 200km | 12hr24min |
| Paul Gould | Cresta Wheelers | 200km | 12hr29min |
| Joan Swart | Cresta Wheelers | 200km | 12hr29min |
400km BRM 6 December 1997
We had a total of 43 finishers – 40 male and 3 female. The route followed F1 Benoni → Bapsfontein → Delmas → Bronkhorstspruit → Centurion → Erasmia → Hartebeespoort → Krugersdorp → Sandton → Delmas → Springs → Benoni.
| Name | Club | Distance | Time |
| Megan Nel | Riverside | 400km | 18hr05min |
| Sempie Swanepoel | S.A.A. | 400km | 18hr35min |
| Jirale Krige | S.A.A. | 400km | 18hr35min |
| André Steenkamp | Individual | 400km | 18hr35min |
| Dave Sewell | Midrand | 400km | 18hr56min |
| Philip Stevens | Premier | 400km | 19hr04min |
| Riday Buccer | Gary Beneke | 400km | 20hr01min |
| Keith Rundgen | Gary Beneke | 400km | 20hr06min |
| Kevin Hohwe | Gary Beneke | 400km | 20hr06min |
| Marlene Prentice | Gary Beneke | 400km | 20hr06min |
| Tony Da Silva | Gary Beneke | 400km | 20hr06min |
| Stephen Higley | Riverside | 400km | 20hr06min |
| Ryan Hintze | Omega Wheelers | 400km | 20hr52min |
| Olaf Wybernet | Omega Wheelers | 400km | 20hr52min |
| Alan Snelling | Albion Wheelers | 400km | 20hr52min |
| Thomas Van Rooyen | Germiston | 400km | 22hr17min |
| Rory Van Rooyen | Germiston | 400km | 22hr17min |
| Hannes Koekemoer | Cresta Wheelers | 400km | 23hr01min |
| George Corbett | Westgate | 400km | 23hr01min |
| Robert Stevens | Westgate | 400km | 23hr01min |
| Alan Hales | F.W.B. | 400km | 23hr48min |
| Henri Joubert | First Wheelers | 400km | 23hr48min |
| Roland Shapiro | Omega Wheelers | 400km | 25hr06min |
| Jeffrey Pienaar | Premier | 400km | 25hr06min |
| Robert Fricke | Individual | 400km | 25hr25min |
| David Querida | Riverside | 400km | 25hr35min |
| Kinnie Mienie | Riverside | 400km | 25hr35min |
| Kees Toet | Riverside | 400km | 25hr35min |
| Larie Macpherson | Riverside | 400km | 25hr35min |
| Bokkie Grobler | Riverside | 400km | 25hr35min |
| Adelle Beneke | Riverside | 400km | 25hr35min |
| William Foxcroft | Riverside | 400km | 25hr35min |
| Christi Botha | Simera | 400km | 25hr45min |
| Jax Snyman | Cresta Wheelers | 400km | 25hr45min |
| Godfrey Tiedmemaan | S.A.A. | 400km | 25hr46min |
| Philip Meyer | Simera | 400km | 25hr50min |
| Gary Murphy | Simera | 400km | 25hr50min |
| Christo Wentzel | Greenpoint | 400km | 26hr05min |
| Henco Mienie | Individual | 400km | 26hr05min |
| Daniel Swanepoel | Individual | 400km | 26hr05min |
| Denzil Snow | Omega Wheelers | 400km | 26hr24min |
| Andrew Costello | Omega Wheelers | 400km | 26hr24min |
| Peter Cloete | Riverside | 400km | 26hr40min |