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Houses pip cars to finish line as estate rises from former motor sports track

Langa Langa Motorsports .

Population pressure and greed conspired to kill motorsports in the Rift Valley after the only racecourse track in the region was subdivided into plots.

Between the mid-60s and mid-80s, it was thrilling to watch Formula One-like machines, popularly referred to as Langa Langa, rallying in a number of laps on the 10-kilometre race track in a hotly contested competition that used to entertain thousands of Nakuru residents on the first weekend of every three months.

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