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Duncan wins as crews relish Taita Hills attraction A night with the major players in the Kenya National Rally Championship series

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Baldev wins the Safari Rally

WRC status Rising stars Rajbir, Issa impress

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Past Winners & Results

KCB Kisumu Rally Round 6 of 8

KCB Kisumu Rally KNRC Round 6 of 8 31st August 2013 ITINENARY

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START KCB KISUMU

07.00

SERVICE A CHEMASE

07.50

CS1

CHEPSWETA 1

08.13

CE1

NDURIO 1

CS2

KIMAREN 1

CE2

MIWANI 1

09.01

SERVICE B CHEMASE

09.26

CS3

NUCLEUS 1

10.01

CE3

SIMBA 1

CS4

JOHARI 1

CE4

DARAJA MBILI

CS5

SONGHOR

CE5

CHEMILIL ACADEMY

10.29 11.02

SERVICE C CHEMASE

11.42

CS6

CHEPSWETE 2

12.43

CE6

NDURIO 2

CS7

KIMAREN 2

CE7

MIWANI 2

13.31

SERVICE D CHEMASE

13.56

CS8

NUCLEUS 2

14.31

CE8

SIMBA 2

FINISH:

15.01

Total Competitive: 151.35km Total Transport: Total Distance:

134.55km 285.90km

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TO NANDI HILLS

Start Finish Main Road

KIMAREN

Murram

NDURIA

CS2/7

Rally Direction

CS1/6 CS4

CHEMASE SERVICE PARK

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DARAJA MBILI

CHEPSWETE NUCLEUS

JOHARI SIMBA

KISUMU KCB START LAKE VICTORIA

SONGHOR

CHEMELIL ACADEMY

CS5

CS3/8

AHERO

AWASI TO KERICHO

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KCB Voi Rally Round 3 of 8

KCB VOI RALLY Round 3 of 8

Duncan wins as crews relish Taita Hills attraction

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egendary driver Ian Duncan emerged the overall winner of the East African Safari Rally organized KCB Voi Rally after beating Carl “Flash” Tundo and Baldev Chager to second and third overall positions respectively.

All in all, Tundo and Duncan had to contend with playing second fiddle to Chager who consolidated his lead in the Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC).

Nevertheless, Chager still lead the KNRC series at that particular juncture with 190 points followed by Duncan and Tundo who then tied on second place with 140 points.

Duncan won three out of five stages beating defending Champion Carl “Flash” Tundo to second position incidentally with a mere 26 seconds while Baldev Singh Chager -the “Flying Sikh”- drove to seal the podium position only on his second outing in the Mitsubishi EVOX car.

TWO WHEEL DRIVE Dalbir Thethy and Julius Mwachuya in a Toyota Conquest claimed their maiden

victory in the Two Wheel Drive category in 30th overall place.

Second in 2WD was Dalbir’s brother Charan Thethy who returned 32nd navigated by Kigondu Kareithi in a Daewoo Cielo.

Tundo had this to say after returning his EVO9 in second overall position: “In the first section we had no power so we lost quite a bit of time but we pulled that back in the second one.”

Chager on his part said: “The rally was a mix of everything. Taita hills was a stage that we really didn’t know actually what could happen. It’s one of the nicest stages I have ever done- fast flowing and sometimes twisty.

Youngster Quentin Mitchell cruised his Subaru N16 to 4th place, 3.33minutes behind Duncan.

Jassi Chatthe of Team Kibos was fifth 3.48minutes behind Duncan while Azar Anwar settled for 6th with an underpowered EVO8.Manvir Baryan settled for seventh place.

S-SPV CLASS Alex Horsey- in position eight- was the

Ben Muchemi

The Classic Car Cup was won by Rob Hellier in 25th position followed by UK based Hardev Sira who returned his Ford Escort Mexico in 34th position. Third in the classic was Hardev Sira.

The Rally Queens, Samira Khan and Chantal Young, survived a rally of attrition when the all woman crew brought their classic Ford Escort Mk1 to 39th place.

Harpreet Sagoo and Gurvir Pandhal finished 24th.

FINAL RESULTS-KCB VOI RALLY 1. Ian Duncan/Amaar Slatch (EVO9) 1h29m34s 2. Carl “Flash” Tundo/Tim Jessop (EVO9) 1h30m00s 3. Baldev Chager/Ravi Soni (EVO10) 1h30m47s 4. Quentin Mitchell/ Robin Dimbleby (Subaru N16) 1h33m07s 5.Jassi Chatthe/Gugu Panesar (EVO9) 1h33m22s 6. Azar Anwar/Julius Ngigi (EVO8) 1h33m43s 7. Manvir Baryan/Drew Sturrock (Subaru N16) 1h35m39s 8. Alex Horsey/Nick Dames (Datsun Pickup) 1h36m13s 9. Jasmeet Chana/Rohit Bhudia (EVO9) 1h40m39s 10. Onkar S. Rai/Raju Chaggar (Subaru N12) 1h40m43s 11. Geoff Bell/Tim Challen (Datsun 240Z) 1h42m24s 12. Farhaaz Khan/Keith Henrie (Subaru)1h42m47s 13. Isaa Amwari/Job Njiru (EVO9) 1h42m53s 14. Tejvir Rai/Zahir Shah (Subaru N16) 1h43m08s 15. J.Nganga/George Njoroge (Subaru N10) 1h45m38s 16. A.Keith/Tariq Malik (Subaru) 1h45m40s 17. Fahd Bary/Shameer Ole Yusuf (EVO9) 1h45m46s 18. Mahesh H/Ketan Halai (Subaru) 1h47m06s 19. Minesh Rathod/Norris Ongalo (Subaru) 1h47m44s 20. Don Smith/Bob Kaugi (Subaru N14) 1h50m17s 21. F.Tundo/Natasha Di Cangio (EVO9) 1h52m20s 22. Asad Khan/Steve Njenga (Subaru Legacy) 1h52m23s 23. Aakif Virani/Vinay Shah (Subaru N16) 1h52m31s 24. Harpreet Sagoo/Gurvir Phandal (Subaru N10) 1h56m50s 25. Rob Hellier/Russel Savage (Datsun 180B) 1h57m15s 26. Paras Pandya/Falgun Bhojak (Subaru N10) 1h58m46s 27. Vicky Singh/Adil Mirza (Subaru) 1h59m08s 28. Rashid Kabi/Allan Muhindi (Subaru N11) 2h01m22s 29. Nishit Shah/Darshan Shah 2h01m42s 30. Dalbir Thethy/Julius Mwachuya (Toyota Conquest) 2h01m53s 31. Joe Muchiri/James Mwangi (Subaru gc8) 2h03m11s 32. Charan Thethy/Kigondu Kareithi (Daewoo Cielo) 2h06m44s 33. Stanley Thuo/Mwangi Waithaka (Subaru pickup) 2h09m58s 34. Hardev Sira/ Jasneil Ghataure (Ford Escort Mexico) 2h11m04s 35. Naveed Khalid/ Mutuma M’Marimba (Toyota Legrcvin) 2h12m56s 36. Ramesh Vishram/Atul Kocchar (Ford Escort) 2h13m06s 37. Nadeem Kana/Nehreen Ismail Subaru() 2h15m45s 38. J. Somen/Richard Hechle (Datsun) 2h15m52s 39. Samira khan/Chantal Young (Ford Escort MK2) 2h19m22s 40. Anwar Pandya/Sanju Pandya (Subaru N16) 2h24m13s 41. Phyllis Wambui/Denzel Munge (Subaru) 2h41m24s

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best placed Coast driver’ in his Datsun pickup which also earned him top honors in the S-SPV Class. Alex’s elder sibling Peter fell by the wayside following mechanical gremlins he had to contend with in the latter stages.

Action ran in the surrounding areas of the elephant populated region of Voi Wildlife Lodge incorporating high speed stages along the boundaries of the famous Tsavo National Park as well as the scenic Taita Hills which has been used previously in the Safari Rally.

KCB Nakuru Rally Round 4 of 8

KCB Nakuru Rally Round 4 of 8

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DUNCAN Clinches Nakuru Rally

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egendary Ian Duncan and his partner Amaar Slatch were all smiles subsequent to clinching the Rift Valley Motor & Sports Club (RVM&SC) organized KCB Mobi Bank Nakuru Rally in Baringo County.

Duncan had his campaign effectively sewnup when the event’s pacesetter Carl “Flash” Tundo suffered an excruciating puncture on the repeat run of the 16.6 Km Alphega-Hilltop stage which was located in the extensive sisal farmfields of Mogotio.

Tundo was leading the rally by a pretty good margin from Duncan going into the latter stages but had to contend with playing second fiddle.

Tundo settled for second place with Baldev Chager sealing off the podium dash.

Fourth was Kisumu based Jassi Chatthe and Gugu Panesar who also won KNRC Division 2 Class while Issa Amwari won Division 3 in a career best 5th place driving a Silverspread Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9.

Geoff Bell and Tim Challen were actually the top Classic Car Cup drivers in a Datsun 240Z but since they weren’t eligible to score points, Malcolm Delstro in 25th place ran away with maximum points.

The early morning run in Gicheha which was run as the power stage by Kenya’s first ever clerk of the course Lynn Tundo saw four cars roll out of the rally.

Other casualties were Victor Okundi, Jonathan Somen in the Classic car Cup, Izhar Mirza with gearbox problems.

Cavenagh retired in the early morning Gicheha farm stage when the rear left drive shaft snapped. The first section in Gicheha farm turned out to be a very slippery drive. This is where the Mitsubishi Evo 8 driven by Azar Anwar and Julius Ngigi rolled.

This was Anwar’s first roll in 15 years since the Equator rally edition of 1998 when he incidentally won his maiden KNRC diadem. The damages to his car was indeed superficial.

“It was actually a slow corner with a hairpin right and we were not at high speed. Our front wheel hit the inside bank which threw the car on its roof within split seconds. It took us a long time to put back the car back on its wheels so we retired,” Azar said.

Homeboy Fahd Bary and Shameer Yusuf caused quite a steer on the initial run of the Kipsyenan Primary spectator stage when their EVO9 contraption rolled; but the crew had their Evo9 pushed back up by spectators to complete their run in a credible 12th position.

The RVMSC round saw crews tackle 170km

of competitive driving and liaison distance of 215km.

A total of 51 cars were flagged off at KCB Menengai Crater Branch by Nakuru County Governor Kinuthia Mbugua and KCB Board Director Ngeny Biwott.

For the Nairobi based Toyota Sprinter GT pair of Mwenda and Njoroge, this went down as their third career win following previous victories in Nanyuki and Eldoret last year.Mwenda made up for his retirement in Voi. “It’s a great feeling to finally break duck and win a rally this year! And crowning it by winning all the days’ stages and the power stage price money (of KES. 10,000),” said Mwenda who finished second in the opening two rallies in Kajiado and Nyeri.

Full Results-Nakuru Rally 1. Ian Duncan/Amaar Slatch (EVO9) 1:43.47 2. Carl Tundo/ T. Jessop (EVO9)1:45.46 3. Baldev Chager/Ravi Soni (EVOX) 1:48.00 4. Jassi Chatthe/Gugu Panesar (EVO9) 1:50.31 5. Issa Amwari/Job Njiru (EVO9) 1:51.48 6. Frank Tundo/Tash Di Cangio (EVO9) 1:52.14 7. Rajbir Rai/Supee Soin (Subaru N10) 1:53.30 8. Jasmeet Chana/Rohit Bhudia (EVO9) 1:55.26 9. Farhaaz Khan/tausef Khan (Subaru N10) 1:55.38 10. Anwar Pandya/Sanju Pandya (Subaru N16) 1:57.58 11. Ghalib Haji/Bharat Pattni (EV9) 1:58.13 12. Fahd Bary/Shameer Yusuf (EVO9) 1:59.04 13. Geoff Bell/ T. Challen (Datsun 240z) 2:00.18 14. Asad Khan/R. Ismail (Subaru Legacy) 2:00.52 15. Minesh Rathod/Norris Ongalo (Subaru N12) 2:01.10 16. Alex Horsey/Peter Horsey (Datsun p/u) 2:04.05 17. Aakif Virani/Vinay Shah (Subaru N16) 2:04.36 18. Jaswinder Chana/Ravi Chana (Toyota Celica) 2:05.20 19. Paras Pandya/Falgun Bhojak (Subaru N10) 2:07.54 20. Don Smith/Bob Kaugi (Subaru N14) 2:09.26 21. Mahesh Halai/Dinesh Halai (Subaru Impreza) 2:09.47 22. Steve Gacheru/Dennis Kinoti (Subaru Impreza) 2:11.50 23. Dennis Mwenda/Edward Njoroge(Toyota Sprinter) 2:13.06 24. Stanley Thuo/Mwangi Waiythaka (Subaru p/u) 2:14.33 25. Malcom Delstro/Simon Bates (Datsun 260Z) 2:16.43 26. Rashid Kabi/Allan Muhindi (Subaru Impreza) 2:17.57 27. Manmeet Singh Puee/Adil Mirza (Subaru N10) 2:18.03 28. Gurmeet Thethy/D. Kalsi (VW Golf) 2:18.08 29. Hardev Sira/J. Ghataure (Ford Escort Mexico) 2:23.27 30. Dalbir Thethy/julius Mwachuya(Toyota Conqst) 2:30.03 31. Nadeem Kana/Adnan Din (Subaru Impreza) 2:32.00 32. Carol Gatimu/Margaret Mungai (Levin) 2:38.48 33. Phyllis Wambui/Denzel Munge (Subaru) 2:39.54 34. Sammy Nyorri/ Steve Nyori (Vitz) 2:53.16 Casualties Quentin Mitchell, John Kanyali, Edward Maina, Ben Muchemi, Joel Muchiri, Edwin Chege, Jonathan Somen, Iain Freestone, Alastair Cavenagh, Onkar Rai, Tejir Rai, Charan Thethy, Azar Anwar, John Nganga, Izhar Mirza, Aslam Kham and Victor Okundi.

RISING STARS RAJBIR, ISSA IMPRESS

Rajbir Rai/Supee Soin

Issa Amwari/Job Njiru Youngsters Issa Amwari and Rajbir Rai are no doubt the surprise package of the 2013 Kenya National Rally Championship; what with occasional flashes of brilliance witnessed in the past two rallies.

Rajbir, son of the legendary two-times Kenya champion Sarbi Rai, started his racing career at

Jamhuri Park on buggies and has seen his career grow in leaps and bounds since upgrading from the ex-Deep Chana’s VW Golf GTI to the current Mitsubishi Lancer EVOX. Rajbir finished the KCB Nakuru Rally in a credible seventh overall position and went one better in Safari with a dazzling 6th overall place.

Rajbir’s steady rise and strong-willed journey to follow in the footsteps of his father has been attributed to the guidance and tactics imparted to him by veteran navigator Supee Soin who has meticulously called his pace-notes since the youngster joined the rally sport a couple of months ago. Supee, a former Chairman of the Rallies Commission, is indeed Sarbi’s former navigator.

During Safari, a hard-charging Rajbir stunned all and sundry for twice setting fifth fastest stage times in the 24.2km Konza stage and 31.05 Andy’s Corner stage.

In Nakuru, Rajbir set two fifth fastest times in CS4 and CS5 and improved it to third fastest in the last stage (CS8) demonstrating evidently to his adversaries that he was no pushover.

Issa Amwari sponsored by Silverspread Limited of Meru in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9 stunned all and sundry during Nakuru Rally when he wrapped up his spirited campaign in fifth overall position, contrary to all expectations. Issa savored fourth fastest stage times in CS6 and 6th fastest in CS2, a clear indication of his uncanny knack on four wheels. Save for CS8, Issa ran every other stage in Nakuru within the top-ten range, another good indication that he was coming to grips with the new EVO9 he first sat on earlier in the season.

“It’s been a steady learning curve for us as a team and we are happy that we were able to defy all odds to be on the top ten in most of the stage runs,” said Issa’s navigator Job Njiru.

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KCB Safari Rally

Baldev wins the Safari Rally

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aldev Chager goes into the history books following his major victory in one of the toughest rounds of the African Rally Championship yesterday.

Dubbed as one the ‘Flying Singhs’ and thus, following the footsteps of Joginder Singh, Chager’s win in the 61st edition of the KCB Safari Rally, places the young driver alongside some of the finest drivers Kenya has ever produced in the history of the Kenya National Rally Championship series. ‘’It is a fantastic moment for me to have won the event I used to follow as an young boy. The feelings are beyond imagination.

My navigator Ravi Soni, service crew and sponsors Kabras Sugar and family are strong part of this historic achievement,’’ said Chager at the end of the three-day competition.

Driving a Mitsubishi LancerEvo10, Chager literally led from start to finish, avoiding mishaps which cost other leading drivers dearly.

Chager, who made his rallying debut in the 1995 Clubman Championship with second overall finish, has literally won all the major titles in the sport of motor rallying in Kenya.

Azar Anwar, one of the longest running competitors in the competition and winner here in 2008, was placed in second overall in yet another Mitsubishi Lancer. His navigator, Julius Ngigi becomes the first ever member of the clergy to accomplish a round of the status of the Safari Rally.

Quentin Mitchell broke the Mitsubishi monopoly by guiding his Subaru Impreza to the third position. Subaru models led the

manufacturers table with six out of ten cars in the top-10. Mitsubishi had the remaining four slots. ‘’Third overall in the Safari Rally and second podium on the event in as many years is a real testimony to our team for keeping us going on one of the toughest safaris in history. Thank you so much Robin Dimbleby, Geoff Jones, Colin Schreiber, family, and the entire QMR Team,’’ said Mitchell.

While the bigger name from the Tundo family (Carl) was basking in the sun after retiring from the event, his father Frank and sister Natasha Di Cangio were enjoying the unprecedented limelight following a fourth place in a Mitsubishi Lancer.

Natasha was the best placed-female navigator while Tuta Mionki was the next after guiding Steven Gacheru to the 13th overall place in a Subaru Impreza.

By finishing in the seventh place, Zambia’s Essa Mohamed becomes the highest placed ARC contender and thus, scores maximum points towards the African Rally Championship contest.

Zambia’s Jessy Singh was unfortunate after his car stopped in the final stages of the event, while lying in the third place. He was on the verge of taking over the lead of the overall standings of the African Rally Championship Jessy’s is dream is emulate his father’s (Muna Singh) footsteps by taking the ARC title back to the for the third time. His dad was crowned ARC champion in 2004 and ‘05, while Jassy’s navigator, David Sihoka is headed for his fourth title.

Among the big names to bow out included Carl Tundo, the four times winner of the Safari Rally and one of the pre-favourites for

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.....AND THE PODIUM FINISHERS ARE? OVERALL 1. Baldev Chager (EVOX) 2. Azar Anwar (EVO8) 3. Quentin Mitchell (Subaru N16) ARC 1. Essa Mohammed (Subaru-Zambia) 2. Jas Mangat (EVOX-UG) SUPPLEMENTARY CLASS 1. Jazzy Chana (Toyota Celica GT4) 2. Alasdair Keith (Subaru) 3. Aslam Khan (Porsche 911) CLASSIC CAR CUP 1. Aslam Khan (Porsche 911) 2. Malcom Destro (Datsun 240Z) 3. Hardev S. Sira (Ford Escort Mexico) TWO WHEEL DRIVE 1. Dennis Mwenda (Toyota Sprinter GT4) 2. Joan Nesbit (Toyota Tercel

outright victory in the 2013 event, was forced out of the rally after his Mitsubishi stopped with engine failure on the final day.

Former Safari Rally winner, Ian Duncan also said bye to the rally after his Mitsubishi Lancer suffered transmission failure on Day One. ‘’The car just stopped with either drive shaft or gear box problem. It is sad.’’ said Duncan while on the phone.

Alex Horsey (Evo X) retired after the fuel pump blew. They pushed the car into service but could not change it in time and were eventually time barred. Also to bow was Raaji Bharij.

Meanwhile, Dennis Mwenda and Edward Njoroge boosted their F2 title ambition by winning the Two-wheel-drive category at the wheels of a Toyota Corolla.

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KCB SAFARI RALLY 2013 PROVISIONAL FINAL RESULTS 1.Baldev Chager /Ravi Soni (EVO9) 2:51.03 2. Azar Anwar/Julius Ngigi (EVO8) 3:01.09 3. Quentin Mitchell/Robin Dimbleby (Subaru N16) 3:02.36 4. Frank Tundo/Tash Di Cangio (EVO9) 3:06.08 5. Manvir Baryan/Drew Sturrock (Subaru N16) 3:10.56 6. Rajbir Rai/Supee Soin (EVOX) 3:13.35 7. Essa Mohammed/Greg Stead (Subaru) 3:19.45 8. Jasmeet Chana/Rohit Budhia (EVO9) 3:24.43 9. Tejvir Rai/Zahir Shah (Subaru N16) 3:29.06 10. Don Smith/Bob Kaugi (Subaru N14) 3:30.10 11. Asad Anwar/Kashif Sheikh (EVO7) 3:35.40 12. Jaswinder Chana/Ravi Chana (Toyota Celica GT4) 3:37.41 13. Anwar Pandya/Sanjeev Pandya (Subaru N16) 3:37.57 14. Steve Gacheru/Tuta Mionki (Subaru N10) 3:40.11 15. Nzioka Waita/Laban Cliff (Subaru) 3:40.5 16. Alasdair Keith/Tariq Maliq (Subaru Impreza) 3:41.43 17. Hardeep Rehsi /Jaspal Matharu (EVO9)3:43.35 18. John Nganga/George Njoroge (Subaru Impreza) 3:46.26 19. Imran Mughal/Anthony Tibo (Subaru Impreza) 3:47.48 20. Aslam Khan/Arshad Khan (Porsche 911) 3:48.53 21. Joost Zuurbier/Nehreen Ismail (Land Rover Tornado) 3:53.03 22. Issa Amwari/Job Njiru (EVO9) 3:54.30 23. Paras Pandya/Falgun Bhojak (Subaru Impreza) 3:55.36 24. Davinder Sembi /Deeps Mehangra (Subaru N16)3:58.09 25. Malcom Destro/Simon Bates (Datsun 260Z) 3:58.12 26. Jas Mangat/Gihan De Silva (EVOX) 3:58.33 27.Hardev S. Sira/Jasneil GHataure (Ford Escort Mexico) 4:02.50 28. Dennis Mwenda/Edward Njoroge (Toyota Sprinter GT) 4:03.11 29. Joe Muchiri/James Mwangi (Subaru gc8) 4:08.39 30. Izhar Mirza/Kavit Dave (EVO9) 4:12.19 31. Rajesh Maini/Thabit Khandwalla (Range Rover-Classic) 4:13.34 32. Stanley Thuo/Mwangi Waithaka (Subaru pickup) 4:14.52 33. Ramesh Vishram/Atul Kochar (Ford Escort) 4:24.13 34. Rupesh Chauhan/Atul Kochar (Range Rover-Wildcat) 4:27.27 35. Philis Wambui/Linet Ayuko (Subaru) 4:31.08 36. Joan Nesbitt/Tamara Jones (Toyota Tercel) 5:08.55

KCB Kisumu Rally Round 6 of 8 WRC status

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hanks to KCB for helping the sport grow to one of the most respected motor sport events in the African Continent. Chairman of the Kenya Rally Drivers Association, Carl Tundo said KRDA will continue to work with KCB and the rest of the players in the sport to make sure the image of the game remains at the top. ‘’The recent turn of events will not deter us from maintaining the standard of the sports, which is well respected across the nation and beyond. KCB

has contributed immensely towards the development of the KNRC series.’’said the multiple Kenya National Rally Champion. He said KRDA and KMSF will work hand in hand to take the sport to the other level. Former Safari Rally Champion and also former KRDA Chairman, Ian Duncan also shared Tundo’s sentiments by acknowledging the positive growth of the sport with the help of the sponsors. ALS is one of the leading sponsors of the KNRC series where they provide a helicopter at every and each round of the KCB-sponsored series.

The helicopter forms part of the larger medical team where it is available for emergency evacuations in case of accidents involving the competition across the nation.

Like ALS, D.T. Dobie is also part of the sponsors of the widely known Kenya National Rally Championship circus. It provides a 4x4 vehicle which is used as a ZERO Car in the rallies. Its job is to ‘Clean’ the road ahead for the following rally cars and its drivers.

The DT-Dobie-sponsored vehicle leaves about 30 minutes of the first rally car on road.

More needs to be done if Kenya has to reclaim the World Rally Championship status. Surinder Thatthi, the head of the FIA in Africa, said this at a recent interview. ‘’Beside having big chunk of sponsor money, Kenya has to make sure the Safari Rally is properly organized and its stages are on completely closed circuits,’’ said Thatthi.

Despite all the glamour and image of the Safari Rally, Kenya was placed third in the ratings of the 2012 African Rally Championship, which saw Zimbabwe at the top followed by South Africa in the second place.

Despite the poor rating, Kenya, with its unique features, is still regarded as one of the top African countries that could change the real face of the WRC with equal representation from across the globe.

According to Thatthi, Kenya would need to identify areas which can are able to host an event of the WRC status. Organizers would then have to make sure the stages of up to 130km are properly graded, and safety is guaranteed with allocation of marshals at every 300 metres along the route. ‘’Once able to fulfil the FIA requirements, the next big target would be the budget to kick of the project.

Initially, Kenya would need $0.5m to help acquire FIA permit, timing and tracking devices, pay for promoter fees and other documents. A further $2m would be required to help grade the roads and cost of other organizational duties.’’ added Thatthi.

Thatthi said that safety and security is also considered one of the major requirements of the FIA, if the chances of getting the world rally championship status have to be revived. Some of the issues that could have dented Kenya’s chance of reclaiming the WCR status, could be pointed at the series of accidents in the 2013 Safari Rally. Once regarded as the toughest round of the WRC, Kenya lost is slot in 2002.

Joost Zuirbier

Rajbir Rai/Supi Soin

Azar Anwar

Frank Tundo/Tash Tundo

POS 1 2 3 4

TOTAL 245 200 190 160

NAVIGATORS Jasneil S. GHATAURE Simon BATES Atul KOCHHAR Tim CHALLEN

5 Arshad KHAN 6 Shakeel KHAN 7 Rajay SEHMI 8 RUSSELL SAVAGE 9 Gurdeep MEHANGRA 10 Chantal YOUNG 11 Richard HECHLE 2WD NATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP POS DRIVERS 1 Dennis MWENDA 2 Dalbir THETHY 3 Adnan SUHEIL 4 Joan NESBITT 5 Sammy NYORRI 6 Caroline GATIMU 7 Nadeem KANA 8 Charan THETHY 9 Gurmit THETHY 10 Naveed KHALID 11 Gurmit THETHY 12 Victor OKUNDI

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POS NAVIGATORS 1 Edward NJOROGE 2 Julius MWACHUYA 3 Salim KHAN 4 Tamara JONES 5 Steven NYORRI 6 Depinder KALSI 7 Wangui PM 8 Kigondu KAREITHI 9 Mutuma MARIMBA 10 Nehreen ISMAIL 11 Adnan DIN 12 Tuta MIONKI DIVISION 2 POS DRIVERS 1 Frank TUNDO 2 Jaspreet CHATTHE 3 Don SMITH 4 Manveer BARYAN 5 Onkar RAI 6 Izhar MIRZA 7 Hardeep REHSI

TOTAL 320 210 160 125 110 110 95 60 50 40 40 30

POS 1 2 3 4 5 6

TOTAL 280 240 190 110 100 75

NAVIGATORS Natasha DeCangio Gurdeep PANESAR Bob KAUGI Raju CHAGGER Kavit DAVE Jaspal MATHARU

DIVISION 3 POS DRIVERS 1 Jasmeet CHANA 2 Rajbir RAI 3 Tejvir RAI 4 Issa AMWARI 5 Farhaaz KHAN

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TOTAL 290 210 205 195 165

POS 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

NAVIGATORS John NGANGA Mahesh HALAI Alisdair KEITH Jaswinder CHANA Anwar PANDYA Fahd BARY Asad ANWAR Ben MUCHEMI Minesh RATHOD Nzioka WAITA Steve GACHERU Paras PANDYA Stanley THUO Asad KHAN Ghalib HAJEE

TOTAL 150 135 130 126 85 60 60 55 55 50 48 45 43 33 30

POS NAVIGATORS TOTAL 1 Rohit BHUDIA 290 2 Supee SOIN 210 3 Job NJIRU 195 4 George NJOROGE 154 5 Tariq MALIK 136 6 Ketan HALAI 135 7 Ravi CHANA 129 8 Tauseef KHAN 125 9 Zahir SHAH 115 10 George MWANGI 90 11 Shameer YUSUF 65 12 Kashief SHAIKH 60 13 Falgun BHOJAK 58 14 Laban CLIFF 58 15 Evans MWENDA 55 16 Norris ONGALO 46 17 Tuta MIONKI 45 18 Keith HENRIE 40 19 Allan MUHINDI 36 20 Bharat PATTNI 35 ‘S’ & SPV CLASS NATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP POS DRIVERS TOTAL 1 Alisdair KEITH 260 2 Alex HORSEY 220 3 Jaswinder CHANA 220 4 Mahesh HALAI 210 5 Stanley THUO 135 6 Asad KHAN 120 7 Joel MUCHIRI 90 8 Phillis WAMBUI 80 9 Joost ZUIRBIER 75 10 Nzioka WAITA 60 11 Rajesh MAINI 53 12 Rupesh CHAUHAN 38 13 John MUIGAI 35 14 Rashid KABI 35 15 Pavit KENTH 25 POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

NAVIGATORS Ravi CHANA Ketan HALAI Tariq MALIK Mwangi WAITHAKA James MWANGI Frank GITAU Nick DAMES Riyaz ISMAIL Nehreen ISMAIL Allan MUHINDI Laban CLIFF Peter HORSEY Thabit KHANDWALA Danzel MUNGE Steven NJENGA Kabir KALSI Eric NZUVA Dhanraj MATHARU Linet AYUKO

TOTAL 220 210 210 105 90 80 80 80 75 70 60 60 53 50 40 35 30 38 30

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