during this time, sportscars had definitely not been forgotten. she competed around the world in various series and cars, scoring some decent results in the process, but the highlight of 1983 was her 7th place at le mans, sharing an obermaier racing entered porsche 956 with axel plankenhorn and jürgen lässig. with the help of these germans, she finally broke her major-race duck with an excellent result. a return to brands hatch for the 1984 1000 km race, saw her take the kremer racing's porsche 956 to 4th place, with the help of david sutherland and fellow south african, george fouché.