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43 drivers gear up for Guru Nanak Rally

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November 22, 2016

With the nature of preferred terrain, there is a talk though that this will be another Tapio Laukkanen rally with the ‘Flying Finn’ determined to add his name to the Guru roll of honor for the second year running.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 22 – Rally crews are excited that the final round of the Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC) to take place on Saturday will run exclusively on private land.

But anticipated shots rains would mean change of tact on volcanic ash terrain on Soysambu Conservancy and Naivasha’s Aberdare Hills Golf Resort which will play host to the designated spectator viewing point.

Tapio is chasing his fifth win of the season after clearing the ground with all his opponents on the season-opening rally of Kajiado, Nanyuki, Eldoret and Wundanyi. Tapio has since set stratospheric standards that local big guns are struggling to match even with ultra modern top-of-the-range machines

The ‘Flying Finn’ -by and large- the most successful driver this season with four wins from seven starts, admitted to a flat-out but cautious approach in an event that will be his last in the crowd pleasing Subaru GVB13.

“I am taking everything just as seriously,” Tapio said adding: “I will drive sensibly fast on Guru and see how it goes.”

Tanzania’s Hari Singh Racing of Dhabi siblings will be making their debut on Kenyan soil with high-tech machines. Rajpal and Gurjit Dhabi have entered the 2015 model of Subaru GVB of which Tapio runs a similar 2013 version.

Tapio has been linked to an Evolution 9 R4 contraption and will with effect from Guru sit with Alastair Cavenagh’s co-driver Gavin Laurence.

Ajminder Dhani has entered a Subaru N10 whilst Uganda’s three times former champion Ronald Sebuguzi will be navigated by compatriot Leon Senyange in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. Sebu hopes to make amends in Kenya after retiring the on season-closing Mosac rally in Jinja at the weekend

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Carl “Flash” Tundo has entered a Triumph classic car ostensibly to test-drive for the forthcoming Rift Valley Classic 1000 rally though ramous doing rounds in rallying circles indicate that the multiple Kenya and Safari champion might resort to his Rally Raid Milner R4 ‘monster’.

Former KNRC multiple champion Baldev Singh Chager hopes to make amends after a rather excruciating run on his very first year on the R4 Mitsubishi Evo 10. Chager has on sundry occasions conceded that the former Finland and British titleholder (Tapio) is out of this world.

“Every time anyone tries to catch up with him, he pulls away. I don’t really know where his limits are or how much faster he can go from what he is doing. The good thing is he has made us wake up. I think generally everybody has started driving faster just to get closer to Tapio more than anything else,” said Chager.

Entry List-KCB Guru Nanak Rally