Hill Climb riders secure new venue in Nakuru

Imran Ahmed blows dust in his Landrover during the the Chloride Exide Hillclimb.The latest venue will be at the Malewa Bay, which is situated about 12 kms off the Nakuru-Moi North Lake road

The Hill Climb competition will return on November 24-25, the competition organisers have confirmed.

The Rift Valley Motor Sport Club have secured a new venue at the Malewa Bay off Nakuru-Moi highway.

The new venue will host the last of the three-round series of the Chloride Exide-sponsored competition, the first of which takes place on the weekend of November 24-25.

Leading rally drivers from the Kenya National Rally Championship and riders from the National Motocross Championship series are some of the star attractions expected to take part.

Onkar Rai, who won the opening round of the competition earlier in the year, is expected to tackle the latest round of the series.

Other rally drivers will include Carl Tundo, Baldev Chager, Tejvir Rai among others. Shivam Vinayak, who won the motorcycle category in the first round, is also expected to lead the two-wheel-drive machines.

There will be seven different classes including Bikes, Quads, 4WDs, Raids, Classics, Buggies and Juniors. Jaspal Matharu will be the Clerk of the Course for the third and final round of the Sprint event.

Machines varying from ordinary rally cars to buggies and motorcycles will be seen in action. Cars will run at two-minute intervals on the competitive heats while motorcycles will run at one-minutes intervals on the competitive heats. The two-day will event will start tomorrow at 8am.