On Saturday, Jasmeet Chana won his first career rally at the Nakuru Rally.
The Rift Valley Motor Sport Club event was won by Jasmeet, who was piloted by his brother Ravi Chana in a Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX.
Hamza Anwar and Adnan Din, the current FIA Junior African Rally Champions, finished second in a Mitsubishi Lancer.
“We are always happy to finish a rally, and finishing second overall was satisfying.” We made the mistake of using different tyres in the morning when it was very wet. “We switched to Perilli tyres, and they worked great late,” Hamza said.
Hamza’s father, Asad Anwar, who was also in a Mitsubishi Lancer retired from the rally after damaging the oil filter of his car.
“We hit a hole and damaged the oil filter of the car at high speeds. The incident threw us out of the rally,” said Asad.
Mitsubishi models scored in the top two positions. These were common models in racing before cars such as the Ford Fiestas and Skoda Fabias took over.
Only eight cars entered the third round of the 2023 Kenya National Rally Championship, making it one of the smallest number of cars to enter a national rally.
Out of the eight cars, only four cars finished the rally, which was also another disappointing show for the Nakuru Rally.
Ghalib Hajee had another disappointing outing after his Porsche 911 was forced out of the rally with mechanical problems.
