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Baldez Chager wins high stakes Safari Rally

Baldev Singh Chager (left) with his co-driver Ravi Soni celebrates after winning the Top Fry Classic Safari Rally at Lake Bogoria SPA and Resort in Baringo County on April 3, 2018. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

It had looked like the sprightly Skoda Fabia, a Czech Republic product was on a mission to run 20 Mitsubishi Evo 10 entrants out of the challenging course in Naivasha in this year’s Safari Rally.

With two young drivers behind the Skoda wheel in Onkar Rai co-driven by Gareth Dawe and Manvir Baryan navigated by Drew Sturrock, the supermini appeared destined to break Mitsubishi Evo 10’s stranglehold on Safari Rally until misfortune struck in the second competitive section on the final day yesterday.

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