20 crews enlist for Thika Rally
Kabras Sugar Racing team of Eric Bengi and Peter Mutuma practicing with their Mitsubishi Evolution 10 car at Gicheha farm in Rongai sub-county, Nakuru County on June 10, 2021 ahead of the World Rally Championship Safari Rally in Naivasha.
What you need to know:
- The first part of the KCB Thika Rally will begin Saturday morning with the reconnaissance of the official route of the penultimate round of the series.
- The scrutineering of rally cars will also be Saturday at MISC, Kasarani Stadium. The rally proper will be run on Sunday.
Twenty cars have entered the KCB Thika Rally, the penultimate round of the 2021 KCB Kenya National Rally Championship event, which will be run on Sunday.
The first part of the KCB Thika Rally will begin Saturday morning with the reconnaissance of the official route of the penultimate round of the series.
The scrutineering of rally cars will also be Saturday at MISC, Kasarani Stadium. The rally proper will be run on Sunday.
The KCB Thika Rally will be organised by the Rallye Sports Club of Nairobi. The rally will start from the Mt Kenya University, with the first car leaving the ramp at 8am.
The venue will also host the Finish of the event where the first car will be due back from 2.27pm onwards.
A total of seven competitive stages will be run by the club. The longest stage will be 31.13 kilometers long, while the shortest will be 3.52km.
The final stage will be the Power Stage which will be 25.48kms. The total distance will be 204kms of which 142.18kms will be of the Competitive Stages.
George Njoroge, the Deputy Clerk of the Course for the rally, said no spectators will be allowed according to the Covid-19 restrictions set by the government. KCB, the sponsors have also said no spectators should be allowed in the rally.
It will be Issa Amwari’s turn to start first in the rally according to the Seeding System that was released at the beginning of the season.
Each of the top-eight finishers from the previous overall championship of the Kenya National Rally Championship (in this case from the end of 2020) has to start first on road in one of the eight rounds of the series for fair play.
The rotation system is to make sure that not the same driver "opens" the stages in all rallies. Not all drivers, however "courageous or fast" would like to start off first on road as that would mean "clearing" the route for the following cars.
The KCB Thika Rally Seeded entry list:
1. Issa Amwari/Job Njiru (Mitsubishi Evo10), 2. Jasmeet Chana Ravi Chana (Mitsubishi Evo10), 3. Eric Bengi/Peter Mutuma (Mitsubishi Evo10 ), 4. Karan Patel/Tauseef Khan (Ford Fiesta), 5. Carl Tundo/Tim Jessop (Mitsubishi Evo10 ), 6. Baldev Chager/Ravi Soni (VW Polo), 7. Aakif Virani/Azhar Bhatti (Skoda Fabia), 8. McRae Kimathi/Mwangi Kioni (Ford Fiesta), 9. Hamza Anwar/Adnan Din (Mitsubishi Evo10), 10.Piero Canobbio/Shameer Yusuf (Mitsubishi Evo10)
11.Nzioka Waita/Tuta Mionki (Mitsubishi Evo10), 12.Evans Kavisi/Absolom Aswani (Mitsubishi Evo10), 13/Nikhil Sachania/Deep Patel (Mitsubishi Evo10), 14.John Nganga/Edward Nduku (Subaru Impreza), 15.Steve Mwangi/Denis Mwenda (Subaru Impreza), 16.Maxime Wahome/Linet Ayuko (Subaru Impreza), 17.Kush Patel/Mudasar Chaudry (Subaru Impreza), 18. Daren Miranda/Amman Shah (Subaru Impreza), 19.Edward Maina/Anthony Gachohi (Subaru Impreza N10), 20.John Fernandes/Rattos Nique (Subaru Impreza)
