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Classic Rally: Italian Amos grabs a surprise lead on day three

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Italian driver Eugenio Amos and Paolo Ceci in a Porsche 911 along Sokoke-Samburu road during the 2023 East African Safari Classic Rally on Sunday.[Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Surprises dominated the third day of the East African Safari Classic Rally (EASCR) that saw Italian Eugenio Amos eclipse Geoff Bell of South Africa from the top on Tuesday in a cutthroat race that covered 514.24km from Amboseli to Naivasha.

Amos clocked a cumulative 6:17:55.2 to open 3 minutes 13.2 seconds lead at the top with his Tuthill Porsche 911 machine that is decorated with giraffe colours to depict his love for animals.

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