By Feverpitch Reporter
The KCB Safari Rally is set to live up to its great image, with more than 60 cars getting ready to participate in the premier round of the 2010 African Rally Championship set for between April 2 to 4.
Past winners of the great event, Lee Rose, Carl Tundo and Azar Anwar head the list of local drivers while Zimbabwe’s Jamie Whyte, fresh from winning the first round in Tanzania, heads the list of foreign drivers. Whyte is also the defending African Champion.
Peter Horsey, the first Kenyan driver to qualify for the Pirelli Young Star Driver Championship last year, is among the top seeds vying for glory at the 58th edition of the Safari Rally to be held over Easter. Makuyu and Thika will witness rally action, with the presence of drivers from Zimbabwe, Uganda and Rwanda.
Kajiado and Ngong will host the final day of action as KCB celebrates the eighth year of sponsoring the round of the African Rally Championship.
Provisional List
Main Class: 1.Lee Rose/Pier Daykins (Mitsubishi Evo 9), 2. Jamie Whyte/Philip Archenoul (Subaru Impreza), 3. Alastair Cavenagh/Gavin Laurence (Mitsubishi Evo 9), 4. Baldev Chager/Raju Sehmi(Subaru N12), 5. Carl Tundo/Tim Jessop (Mitsubishi Evo 9), 6. Giancarlo Davite/Sylvia Vindevogel (Subaru Impreza), 7. Peter Horsey/Moses Matovu (Mitsubishi Lancer), 8. Azar Anwar/Julius Ngigi (Mitsubishi Evo 8), 9. Asad Anwar/Kashif Shaikh (Subaru Impreza), 10. Jas Mangat/Olivier Maganck (Subaru Impreza N10), 11. Christakis Fitidis/Guy Dekelver (Subaru Impreza N12), 12. Alex Horsey/Frank Gitau (Mitsubishi Evo 9), 14. Olivier Costa/Andrew Doig (Subaru Impreza N11), 15. Dethise Alaine/Masafiri Fabrice (Subaru Impreza), 16. Anthony Nielson/ Michael Ogwapit (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 17. Izhar Mirza/ Zahir Shah (Mitsubishi Lancer) 18. Asad Khan/ Salim Khan (Subaru N10) 19.Don Smith/ Sonal Smith (Subaru N12) 20. Susheel Shah/ Andy Nagi (Mitsubishi Evo 9), 21. Anwar Pandya/George Mwangi (Subaru N11), 22. Imran Mogal (Subaru N10), 23. Dinesh Sachania/Kiran Patel (Mitsubishi Evo IV), 24. Hardeep Rehsi/Kamaljit Ubhi (Mitsubishi Evo IV), 25. Said Hamad/Victor Okundi (Subaru N10), Ben Muchemi/Robert Kaugi (Subaru), 27. Yogesh Patel/Keith Henrie (Subaru Impreza), 28. Ejaz Mirza/Another (Subaru), 29. Randip Lochab/Ravi Soni (Subaru Impreza), 30. Adin Haq/Peter Stone (Subaru N10),31. Hussein Malik/George Kiama (Subaru N10), Pheneas Kimathi (Subaru Impreza N10), 33. Khurram Butt/Adnan Din (Subaru N10), 34. Ghalib Hajee/Surinder Sudle (Subaru Impreza), 35. Tariq Hussein/Faisal Khan (Subaru N10), 36. Mital Shah/Rohit Bhudia (Subaru N8), 37. Sandeep Jandu/Gurdeep Mehangra (Subaru N10), 38. John Muigai/Allan Muhindi (Subaru Impreza), 39. Amit Pandya/Sandy Ghir (Subaru Impreza), 40. Jedidah Weru/Stella Macharia (Subaru Impreza N8).
Supplementary Class: 70. Ian Duncan/Amaar Slatch (Nissan HP P/up), 71. Alfir Khan/Tinu Khan (Subaru), 72. Jaswinder Chana/Ravi Chana (Toyota Celica GT4), 73. Jasmeet Chana/Sudhir Thathi (Toyota Celica GT4), 74. Charan Thethy/George Njoroge (Subaru Impreza), 75. Aslam Khan/Sophie Govani (Ford Escort), 76. Jayant Shah/Raja Sehmi (Datsun 260Z), 77. Samit Gehlot/Asit Patel (Ford Escort), 78. Giancarlo Ciraldi (Ford Escort), 79. Shazar Anwar/Job Njiru (Hybrid Pickup), 80. Edward Maina/Tony Kimondo (Toyota ST165), 81. Issa Amwari/Franklin Muthoni (Subaru Impreza), 82. Joseph Langat/Sadique Shaban (Subaru Impreza), 83. Anthony Tibo/Christine Baungaard (Subaru).
Drivers in the F2 Class will also be in action.
