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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

Past Winners & Results

WRC status

Rising stars Rajbir, Issa impress

Baldev wins the Safari Rally

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KCB Kisumu Rally Round 6 of 8

ITINENARY

START KCB KISUMU 07.00

SERVICE A CHEMASE 07.50

CS1 CHEPSWETA 1 08.13

CE1 NDURIO 1

CS2 KIMAREN 1 09.01

CE2 MIWANI 1

SERVICE B CHEMASE 09.26

CS3 NUCLEUS 1 10.01

CE3 SIMBA 1

CS4 JOHARI 1 10.29

CE4 DARAJA MBILI

CS5 SONGHOR 11.02

CE5 CHEMILIL ACADEMY

SERVICE C CHEMASE 11.42

CS6 CHEPSWETE 2 12.43

CE6 NDURIO 2

CS7 KIMAREN 2 13.31

CE7 MIWANI 2

SERVICE D CHEMASE 13.56

CS8 NUCLEUS 2 14.31

CE8 SIMBA 2

FINISH: 15.01

Total Competitive: 151.35km

Total Transport: 134.55km

Total Distance: 285.90km

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

CS2/7 CS1/6

CS3/8

CS5

CS4

KCB KNRC KISUMU RALLY Round 6 of 8

Rally Map by Anwar Sidi anwarsidi55@gmail.com

LEGEND

Main Road

Murram

Rally Direction

Urban Centres

Start

Finish

KISUMUKCB

START

KIMAREN NDURIA

TO ELDORET

MIWANI

CHEMASE

CHEPSWETEJOHARI

NUCLEUSSIMBA

CHEMELIL ACADEMY

SONGHOR

TO KERICHO

TONANDI HILLS

LAKE VICTORIA

DARAJAMBILI

SERVICEPARK

AHERO AWASI

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KCB Voi Rally Round 3 of 8

Legendary 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 DRIVEDalbir 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 CLASSAlex Horsey- in position eight- was the

Duncan wins as crews relish Taita Hills attraction

KCB VOI RALLY Round 3 of 8

FINAL RESULTS-KCB VOI RALLY1. 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

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.

CLASSIC CAR CUPThe 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.

Anwar Pandya/Sanju Pandya

Ben Muchemi

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DUNCAN Clinches Nakuru Rally

Legendary Ian Duncan and his partner Amaar Slatch were all smiles subse-quent to clinching the Rift Valley Mo-tor & Sports Club (RVM&SC) organized

KCB Mobi Bank Nakuru Rally in Baringo County.

Duncan had his campaign effectively sewn-up 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 farm-fields 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, Jona-than 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 in-cidentally 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 vic-tories 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 win-ning 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.

KCB Nakuru Rally Round 4 of 8

CasualtiesQuentin 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.

KCB Nakuru Rally Round 4 of 8

Full Results-Nakuru Rally1. 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

Issa Amwari/Job Njiru

Rajbir Rai/Supee Soin

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.

RISING STARS RAJBIR, ISSA IMPRESS

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KCB Safari Rally Round 5 of 8

By ABDUL SIDIabdulsidi2@gmail.com

Baldev 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

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.

Baldev wins the Safari RallyKCB Safari Rally

.....AND THE PODIUM FINISHERS ARE?OVERALL1. Baldev Chager (EVOX)

2. Azar Anwar (EVO8)

3. Quentin Mitchell (Subaru N16)

ARC1. Essa Mohammed (Subaru-Zambia)

2. Jas Mangat (EVOX-UG)

SUPPLEMENTARY CLASS1. Jazzy Chana (Toyota Celica GT4)

2. Alasdair Keith (Subaru) 3. Aslam Khan (Porsche 911)

CLASSIC CAR CUP1. Aslam Khan (Porsche 911)

2. Malcom Destro (Datsun 240Z)

3. Hardev S. Sira (Ford Escort Mexico)

TWO WHEEL DRIVE1. Dennis Mwenda (Toyota Sprinter GT4)

2. Joan Nesbit (Toyota Tercel

KCB SAFARI RALLY 2013PROVISIONAL FINAL RESULTS1.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

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By ABDUL SIDI

Thanks 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.

WRC status

By ABDUL SIDIMore 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.

A night with the major players in the Kenya National Rally Championship series

KCB Kisumu Rally Round 6 of 8

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Classic Cup StandingsPOS DRIVERS TOTAL

1 Hardev S. SIRA 315

2 Aslam KHAN 230

3 Malcom DESTRO 220

4 Ramesh VISHRAM 200

5 Iain FREESTONE 80

6 Rob HELLIER 80

7 Samira KHAN 70

8 Jonathan SOMEN 40

9 Geoff BELL 0

POS NAVIGATORS TOTAL

1 Jasneil S. GHATAURE 245

2 Simon BATES 200

3 Atul KOCHHAR 190

4 Tim CHALLEN 160

5 Arshad KHAN 120

6 Shakeel KHAN 110

7 Rajay SEHMI 80

8 RUSSELL SAVAGE 60

9 Gurdeep MEHANGRA 50

10 Chantal YOUNG 35

11 Richard HECHLE 30

2WD NATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPPOS DRIVERS TOTAL

1 Dennis MWENDA 320

2 Dalbir THETHY 210

3 Adnan SUHEIL 160

4 Joan NESBITT 125

5 Sammy NYORRI 110

6 Caroline GATIMU 95

7 Nadeem KANA 80

8 Charan THETHY 60

9 Gurmit THETHY 60

10 Naveed KHALID 50

11 Gurmit THETHY 50

12 Victor OKUNDI 30

POS NAVIGATORS TOTAL

1 Edward NJOROGE 320

2 Julius MWACHUYA 210

3 Salim KHAN 160

4 Tamara JONES 125

5 Steven NYORRI 110

6 Depinder KALSI 110

7 Wangui PM 95

8 Kigondu KAREITHI 60

9 Mutuma MARIMBA 50

10 Nehreen ISMAIL 40

11 Adnan DIN 40

12 Tuta MIONKI 30

DIVISION 2POS DRIVERS TOTAL

1 Frank TUNDO 275

2 Jaspreet CHATTHE 240

3 Don SMITH 165

4 Manveer BARYAN 150

5 Onkar RAI 100

6 Izhar MIRZA 93

7 Hardeep REHSI 60

POS NAVIGATORS TOTAL

1 Natasha DeCangio 280

2 Gurdeep PANESAR 240

3 Bob KAUGI 190

4 Raju CHAGGER 110

5 Kavit DAVE 100

6 Jaspal MATHARU 75

DIVISION 3POS DRIVERS TOTAL

1 Jasmeet CHANA 290

2 Rajbir RAI 210

3 Tejvir RAI 205

4 Issa AMWARI 195

5 Farhaaz KHAN 165

POS NAVIGATORS TOTAL

6 John NGANGA 150

7 Mahesh HALAI 135

8 Alisdair KEITH 130

9 Jaswinder CHANA 126

10 Anwar PANDYA 85

11 Fahd BARY 60

12 Asad ANWAR 60

13 Ben MUCHEMI 55

14 Minesh RATHOD 55

15 Nzioka WAITA 50

16 Steve GACHERU 48

17 Paras PANDYA 45

18 Stanley THUO 43

19 Asad KHAN 33

20 Ghalib HAJEE 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 CHAMPIONSHIPPOS 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 NAVIGATORS TOTAL

1 Ravi CHANA 220

2 Ketan HALAI 210

3 Tariq MALIK 210

4 Mwangi WAITHAKA 105

5 James MWANGI 90

6 Frank GITAU 80

7 Nick DAMES 80

8 Riyaz ISMAIL 80

9 Nehreen ISMAIL 75

10 Allan MUHINDI 70

11 Laban CLIFF 60

12 Peter HORSEY 60

13 Thabit KHANDWALA 53

14 Danzel MUNGE 50

15 Steven NJENGA 40

16 Kabir KALSI 35

17 Eric NZUVA 30

18 Dhanraj MATHARU 38

19 Linet AYUKO 30

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