Kenya’s Karan Patel, co-driven by Tauseef Khan in a Ford Fiesta R5 will sweep the Zambian International rally roads as car number one.
At Free practice of the 1.5km shakedown stage at Lusaka Motor Club, the crew was baptised with an early shocker, when their car rolled after kissing a concrete pillar when picking a left roundabout turn.
Luckily, the KCB Bank-sponsored crew managed to fix their car in time, returned for the qualifiers run thus picked on to start as car number one.
Uganda’s ARC2 contender,crew of Innocent Bwamiki and Hamza Lwanga in an Evo9, leave the ramp as car number two, chased by Jas Mangat in Hyundai I20 in third place, as homeboy Leroy Gonez in a Ford Fiesta R5 runs fourth, and current ARC leader Yasin Nasser will chase in fifth place respectively.
Tanzania’s Prince Charles Nyerere will run as car number six, as Kenya’s ‘Problem child’ with whom they are running for the FIA Junior African Rally championship title chases seventh.
Drivers will have to run three competitive stages, before the first service at Barn Motel.
Author: Frank Kaheesi- Head FMU MEDIA
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