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SIDIS RALLYSEPTEMBER 2011 ISSUE NO. 81

RAVINE ‘MUD MASTER’

Ian Masters “Wet and Tricky” Course in Ravine as Stewards Nullify F2 Results

New KMSF Team to be More Helpful and Transparent in its Duties

Kisumu Rally Route Suffers Heavy Deluge

Keith 2011 Auto X Champion

Round 6, kisumu >>

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CS1 Start Katitu

CS1 End Awasi

CS2 Start Nyangoma

CS4/6 End Namba Sita

CS7 EndKibigori Junction

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Heavy rains continue to hit Kisumu Rally route, signal-ing another mud bath like

in Eldama Ravine last month. The event promises to be a

unique adventure through the ev-ergreen Nandi South’s rolling tea plantations, the rice paddy-fields of Ahero and the expansive sugar plantations of Chemelil.

The route, which takes crews through some exciting gravel stages in Kabito, Awasi, Miwani, Chemelil and Nandi South.

But rains could make it slippery and tricky for drivers and naviga-tors. Similar conditions were wit-nessed in Eldama Ravine’s Na-kuru Rally which Ian Duncan won.

Running on September 10, the sixth round of the KCB Kenya Na-tional Rally Championship (KNRC) will start outside KCB main branch in Kisumu at 7am and finish at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Grounds.

The organising committee has come up with a compact route around Chemilil of 352km of which 162km is competitive.

The Service Park will be situ-ated at Simba Limited’s yard in Chemelil, while drivers briefing is

Drivers1 Ian Duncan 3452 Carl Tundo 2903 Jas Mangat 1954 Azar Anwar 1555 Onkar Rai 1046 Alex Horsey 1007 Quentin Mitchell 938 Alastair Cavenagh 809 Izhar Mirza 7310 Jasmeet Chana 7111 Hardeep Rehsi 7012 Raaji Bharij 7013 Lee Rose 6014 Baldev Chager 6015 Imran Mogul 4816 Tejveer Rai 4817 Charles Hinga 4518 Sandeep Jandu 4519 Jaswinder Chana 4020 Peter Horsey 35

Navigators1 Amaar Slatch 3452 Tim Jessop 2903 Gihan De Silva 1954 Julius Ngigi 1555 Frank Gitau 1006 Adrian Cavenagh 807 George Njoroge 768 Raju Chagger 739 Ravi Soni 7010 Zahir Shah 6711 Andrew Doig 6512 Piers Daykin 6013 Raju Sehmi 6014 Tim Challen 5315 Norris Ongalo 5016 Bharat Pattni 4817 Mutuma Marimba 4318 Gurdeep Mehangra 4019 Supee Soin 4020 Dez Page Morris 40

Kisumu Rally Route Suffers Heavy Deluge....Rains could make

it slippery and tricky for drivers and

navigators. Similar conditions were

witnessed in Eldama Ravine’s Nakuru Rally which Ian

Duncan won.

planned for Kisumu Simba Club on September 9, the same venue for scrutineering and documentation.

Spectator Stage will be at Tui-yabei Primary School which is off the Chemilil Muhoroni Road. This is 11km from Service Park centred around Daraja mbili. The section will be repeated three times.

Finish and prize giving: at Jomo Kenyatta Grounds.

Five-time Kenya champion Ian Duncan leads the KNRC front and anticipates taking the fight to defending champion Alastair Cav-enagh, Carl “Flash” Tundo and Baldev Chager.

Ian Duncan Amar Slatch

ITINERARYKCB Start 07.00CS 1 KATITO 07:48CE 1 AWASI 07:57CS 2 NYAN’GOMA 08:05CE 2 MIWANI 08:172A SERVICE A IN 08:35SERVICE A OUT 08:55CS 3 DARAJA MBILI 1 09:18CE 3 NDURIO 1 09:33CS 4 KOBUJOI 1 09:46CE 4 NAMBA SITA 1 09:584A SERVICE B IN 10:114C REGROUP OUT 11:31CS 5 DARAJA MBILI 2 11:54CE 5 NDURIO 2 12:09CS 6 KOBUJOI 2 12:22CE 6 NAMBA SITA 2 12:346A SERVICE C IN 12:476B SERVICE C OUT 13:07CS 7 DARAJA MBILI 3 13:30CE 7 KIBIGORI JUNCTION 13:407A SERVICE D IN 13:517B SERVICE D OUT 14:11FINISH - KENYATTA SPORTS GROUND 15.11

<< RAVINE ‘MUD MASTER’

Frank Tundo, a veteran of the Safari Rally, was the clerk of the course for the Rift Valley Motor & Sports Club

(RVM&SC)-organized event which according to most of the drivers was extremely ‘wet and tricky’-the underlining word being ‘TRICKY’.

The battle for KNRC honors was taking shape at this rate. Duncan was rejoicing in victory knowing full well that he had indeed consolidated his lead to 345 points with a com-mendable 55point cushion from Carl “Flash” Tundo. But this wasn’t sufficient for the five times Kenya Champion to actually rest on his laurels.

Duncan’s mastery in the mud was simply peerless- if not spectacular. This was when the 1994 WRC Safari Rally winner chalked-up his second victory of 2011-by the by- the second muddy win of the season after Bankika Rally in Athi River last April-but not without ceaseless drama from some teams in the latter stages! The penultimate stage in Poror was in reality laden with drama with Safari Rally winner Carl “Flash” Tundo and Ugandan Jas Mangat rolling their cars just when the finish line appeared so close- yet so far.

But Tundo was able to push his EVO9 car back up and drove it all through to the finish thus salvaging some championship points in third overall place!

Ian Masters “Wet and Tricky” Mortgages Rally Course in Ravine as Stewards Nullify F2 Results

Ian Duncan made substantial strides towards his Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC) campaign with a magnificent drive at Nakuru Rally staged in the all-new roads around Eldama Ravine area.

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Carl Tundo / Tim Jessop

Baldev Chager / Raju Sehmi

Ian Duncan / Amar Slatch

Photography: Anwar Sidi

Round 5, nakuru >>

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“We came through a hairpin bend then cut in, but then there was a hidden rock which tipped us over. I also got a puncture in the same stage,” recounted Tun-do. It was quite heartbreaking for Jas who lost his brakes while de-scending down the 10 Km tarmac section of CS 3-7, and to avoid an impact with an oncoming ve-hicle, his Subaru contraption went through a culvert leading to his excruciating roll. It was Mangat’s second roll in barely a fortnight after he led the home based Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally by a huge margin also to roll out at penulti-mate stage when the title seemed already in the bag-but it’s not over until it’s over.

In an unprecedented occasion, the wet and slippery nature of Ravine terrain claimed the entire 2WD field eliciting mixed reac-tions from crews. But all in all, it was amazing to see the vintage cars of John Rose (Datsun 240Z) and Aslam Khan (Ford Escort) go through the mud-torment stage at CS1.

Consequently, stewards nul-lified 2WD results after all cars got time barred in the muddy 35.40Km Kaprorwa-Sawich (CS 1) stage. The 2WDs were sup-posed to proceed to the long 36Km (CS3) Poror section then finish at the 1.7km stage at Ra-vine stadium, which was never the case. The cars were put into the holding for nearly an hour after service, only to be told that there were no results. This meant that the 2WDs were to cool their heels till Kisumu.

The tough muddy conditions in Ravine proved quite unforgiving for over 10 cars including Joan Nesbitt, Alex Horsey, Imran Kana, David Kioni, Issa Amwari, Edward Maina, Farhaaz Khan, Stella Macharia, Hardeep S Rehsi and Nishit Shah.

Defending Champion Alastair Cavenagh watched helplessly as his title defense ended with me-chanical gremlins.

Alex Horsey exited on CS2 Tu-

gumoi stage. “Unfortunately, the wheel fell off and we broke the wheel studs which we were un-able to fix,” regretted Alex.

Lee Rose, who resides in Nelspruit near the Mozambique boarder, was back in Kenya to visit his Nairobi based parents, and had a go at his home rally which he ended up in second place navigated by his former Kenton College schoolmate Piers Daykin. Tundo was happy with third overall place despite the roll on the penultimate stage.

Baldev Charger’s frustration was evident on the eve of the rally as he desperately needed a finish on his second outing with the Subaru N15. He managed fourth as his veteran Oilibya Rac-ing teammate Azar Anwar settled for fifth. Like Azar, Age was noth-ing but a number for John Rose, who in his 60s, cruised home 7th overall and won the Classic Car Cup in the Nakuru round. Prior to the Rally, Nakuru based driver, Fahd Bary was left to rue inces-sant retirements but 8th overall was quite reassuring. Jasmeet Chana (Toyota Celica GT4) won Group S class to stay atop in the table standings. Kisumu based first timers and siblings Dilraj and Savraj Bhui were happy to return 12th behind Jazzy Chana (Toyota Celica GT4) while Robert Kaugi and George Mwangi came

Dilraj Bhui/Savraj Bhui

Izhar Mirza/Zah Shah

Fahd Bary/Kashif Shaikh

<< Round 5, nakuru

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Nakuru Rally: Final Results1. Ian Duncan/Amaar Slatch Mitsubishi EVO9 2h02m11s2. Lee Rose/Piers Daykin Mitsubishi EVO9 2h08m37s3. Carl Tundo/Timk Jessop Mitsubishi EVO9 2h09m57s4. Baldev Chager/Raju Sehmi SubaruN15 2h11m21s5. Azar Anwar/Julius Ngigi Mitsubishi EVO8 2h16m57s6. Izhar Mirza/Zah Shah EVO9 2h20m40s7. John Rose/Mike Borrisow Datsun 240Z 2h29m04s8. Fahd Bary/Kashif Shaikh Mitsubishi EVO9 2h35m06s9. Jasmeet Chana/George Njoroge Toyota Celica Gt4 2h35m44s10. Anthony Tibo/Kavit Dave Subaru 2h40m25s11. Jazzy Chana/Ravi Chana Toyota Celica Gt4 2h42m38s12. Dilraj Bhui/Savraj Bhui Subaru 2h43m35s 13. Bob Kaugi/George Mwangi Subaru 2h45m19s14. Mahesh Halai/Ketan Dinesh Halai Subaru 2h45m39s15. Ben Muchemi/Evans Mwenda Subaru 2h47m44s16. Ghalib Haji/Acharya Subaru N10 2h49m28s17. Khalid Umar/Shakil Omar Subaru 2h51m18s18. Onkar Rai/Andrew Doig Subaru N12 2h55m13s19. Aakif Virani/Azhar Bhatti Subaru N15 3h00m35s20. Khalfan Athman/Abdul Athmani Subaru 3h16m00s21. Aslam Khan/Arshad Khan Ford Escort 3h19m16s22. Tejvir Rai/Bharat Pattni Subaru 3h25m3s

home 13th in a Ben Muchemi’s Subaru contraption. Mahesh Ha-lai was 14th, Muchemi 15th while Division Three Champion Ghalib Hajee from Eldoret returned from sabbatical with 16th place. Onkar Rai, the Division Two contender found himself in an unfamiliar 18th position and his brother Tej-vir in 22nd.

Another notable retiree was former Clubman Champion Hardeep S. Rehsi.

Below: Stewards nullified 2WD results after all cars got time barred in the muddy 35.40Km Kaprorwa-Sawich (CS 1) stage.

In an unprecedented occasion, the wet and slippery nature of Ravine terrain claimed the entire 2WD field eliciting mixed reactions from crews. Mahesh Halai/Ketan Dinesh Halai

Anthony Tibo/Kavit Dave

Gurmi Thetti VW Golf

CLASSIC RALLY >>

Three of the German crews that are entered on the Kenya Airways East African Safari Classic Rally got to-gether for a combined test session.

The test took place in an open cast mine called

Profen near Leipzig that is commonly used by rally raid teams to prepare their cars for the Dakar and similar events. The area offers ev-erything from sand to water splashes, gravel, rocks as well as dips and bumps.

The three drivers – Franz Wunderlich, Gun-ther Kronseder and Josef Jobst – all come from Walter Röhrl’s home town of Regensburg and, by further coincidence, they are all driv-ing cars manufactured in Stuttgart. Wunderlich will drive a Tuthill prepared Porsche 911 with Klaus-Peter Kristek, Kronseder a Mercedes 450 SLC with Gerd Petzold, and Jobst an Au-tosport Kotek prepared Porsche 911 with Hans Griefenstein. In fact this Kotek prepared car is the same 911 with which Björn Waldegård fin-ished second overall on the last EASC in 2009. It is one of team of three 911s prepared and run by Jiri Kotek with the help of Jürgen Bertl.

Kronseder also owns an original ex-Opel Euro Händler Team Manta 400 that he drove recently at the Eifel Rallye Festival.

Franz Wunderlich is a relative newcomer to the sport and only got involved in rallying in the last few years. He bought a Porsche Targa and first drove it in regularity events on tarmac roads. His first proper rally was a tarmac rally in Majorca. This test session was in fact the first time that he had driven in anger on gravel and thus, like several drivers before him, the Safari Classic will be his first major rally.

The Germans are Coming!

Keith 2011 Auto X Champion

Keith Henrie is the new National Autocross 2011 Champion following Round 7 victory in the

Athi River plains. He achieved the feat with an unassailable 147 points score which can’t surpassed by his closest challengers in the remaining two rounds.

Keith clocked 5.31.07minutes and earned two bonus champi-onship points for setting the fast-est time of the day (FTD) on his fourth heat run which he cleared in 1.47.23 minutes. Rajbir Rai, son of two times Kenya Rally champion Sarbi Rai, gave Keith all that he could handle in the latter stages be-fore settling for second overall on 5.31.73 minutes.

Rajbir was however flattered by winning the Under24 category what with a breathtaking war with Ken Anunda. Anunda maintained a steady run in the heat runs be-fore sealing the podium dash and

losing second place by a whisker. Anunda, who is proceeding to the UK for further studies signed off in style and lost second place to Rajbir by three tenths of a second.

Raaji Bharij on his first ever Au-tocross race settled for 4th overall while Amaanraj Rai came home fifth.

A total of 17 drivers participated in the RSC organized round in-cluding 3 Subaru rally cars driven by Ben Muchemi, Stella Macharia and Onkar Rai. Keith’s Starlet pow-ered engine packed up in practice lap compelling him to share a buggy with Ken Anunda.

Results Round 71. Keith Henrie 5.26.07mins2. Rajbir Rai 5.31.733. Ken A. 5.32.06

Standings as at Rd 71. Keith 147points2. Charles Mugo 853. Samir Khan 84

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Photography: Anwar Sidi

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<< KMSF ELECTIONS

Motor Sports will move away from the work of the previous administration

in order to improve the declining standard of the sport in Kenya.

New Chairman of the Kenya Motor Sports Federation, Dave Macharia said this after he was elected to head of the National Motor Sports Governing Body last month.

“We will make sure the whole board is involved in making deci-sions that are vital to the manage-ment of the motor sports in Ke-nya. No individual will be allowed to run the sport with impunity or dictatorship,” said Macharia.

In his first board meeting with the rest of the Directors, Macha-ria and his team were able to em-bark on several changes that can only be seen as positive signs to-wards getting motor sports to its original shape and respect.

Among the first steps was to make sure the Commissions were by managed by the right persons and with that arrange-ments were put at an advanced stage to revamp confidence into the sponsors especially KCB, which has helped the sport to grow to an unprecedented level since it came on board seven years ago.

Former motocross champion, Anthony Nielson was reinstated as chairman of the Motocross Commission while Anthony Col-lins was appointed as acting Chairman of the Autocross Com-mission. Collins takes over from Raju Chana. For a long time, the commissions had been in the public domain for negative rea-sons before the latest changes.

Kenya Rally Drivers Associa-tion will also enjoy a renewed life at the helm of the motor sports governing body after its repre-sentatives were conspicuously knocked of the Rallies Commis-sion by the previous regime de-spite pleas to reinstate some of the most players in the game.

Chairman of Rallies Com-mission, Ashok Bhalla has been instructed to admit the two mem-bers of the Kenya Rally Drivers Association at future meetings of the unit. Ian Duncan and Raaji Bharij were nominated by KRDA as the official voice of the com-

petitors.KRDA Chairman, Mark Tilbury

is the new chairman of the KMSF Motor Sports Council, a position previously shared by the same chairman of the KMSF.

“KMSF will work alongside KRDA and the Abdul Sidi Rally Academy in order to bring har-mony between the stake holders and developers of the Kenya Na-tional Rally Championship,’’ said Tilbury, who the founder of the sponsorship deal with KCB.

Publications like the Sidis Bulletins will no longer face ob-stacles like in the past, where fundamental rally updates and information were deliberately de-nied to the authors of the maga-zine.

“I am glad changes have taken place in the interest of the sport. Those trying to hinder the promo-tion of the sport had no business being in charge of the federation. I am looking forward to working with the new team,’’ said Anwar Sidi, the Editor of Sidis Bulletin.

Following the visit of both Macharia and Tilbury to a recent meeting of the National Formula Rally Championship contend-ers, the duo took their message to the arm of the KMSF where it was advised to wave off entry for the F2 drivers taking part in the in the Kisumu Rally following the fiascos of the Nakuru Rally.

Among other issues, KMSF will no longer require Club Chair-men to write letters to KMSF on the choice of their representation at future meetings of the Motor Sport Governing Body. It was one of the most controversial deci-sions, to have been applied by the previous head of the federation.

To monitor the work of the mo-tor sports clubs across the coun-try and to make sure the clubs were operating according to the requirements set KMSF, future affiliations of the clubs to the body will be scrutinized properly.

Rogue clubs will be refused admission to KMSF if considered to be reckless in their adminis-tration. Clubs will be required to send List of its legitimate Mem-bers and proper details of the AGM to KMSF before the end of December 2011.

KMSF has opened its doors

to those with suggestions on the mode of electing future KMSF Di-rectors at future Annual General Meetings of the federation.

According to the new chair-man of KMSF and leading rally drivers, “One Club One Vote sys-tem” is seen as controversial and unbalanced method of choosing leaders when the local motor sports fraternity is made up of over 200 members. Suggestions can pave way for amendments in the Constitution of the body.

Separately, anyone with sug-gestions on changes that may be required on the current NCRs should address them to the re-spective Commissions before the end of September 2011.

Clubs are also required to send proposed dates for their 2012 KNRC round to the Rallies Commission before the end of September 2011.

New KMSF Team to be More Helpful andTransparent in its Duties

Kevin McCourt, Surrinder Thetti, Sunil Vinayak, John Rose, Mark Tilbury and David Macharia