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24. ALEX HORSEY/ANDY DOIG - EVO8
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25. DON SMITH/SONAL SMITH -(FLY 540 RALLY TEAM ) Subaru Impreza N12
-Did selected rounds in the FIA African Rally Championship (ARC)
-Finished 9th in the KCB East African Rally Challenge with 13 points
-Teamed up with navigator –Bob Kaugi-but now sits with his wife Sonal in his
ARC course
-Navigator Bob Kaugi has driven a Datsun in two editions of the East African
Classic Safari rally in 2003 and 2005.
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26.IZHAR MIRZA/ARSHAD KHAN (COAST PEKEE)-(EVO 9)
-Drives a new EVOLUTION 9 he flew in from Britain
-Has been using his father’s Subaru Impreza
- Mombasa is his home turf and a member of Coast pekee
-Came into the KCB KNRC series last year after being a contender in the Two
Wheel Drive last year
-Hopes to make up for a slot in the qualifying series of Pirelli star driver
after stumbling in Tanzania
-Izhar crashed with his current navigator Asrhad Khan during the KCB S&L
Rally in 2007
-Navigator Arshad Khan is the 2003 Group N navigator champions with Shamash
Manji
-Arshad is the team manager for ALS RALLY TEAM
-Arshad is the younger brother to 2008 Classic Car Cup champion Aslam Khan
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27. ANWAR PANDYA/GEORGE MWANGI (KAMAJOCKS RALLY TEAM )B SUBARU IMPREZA N10
-Pandya participated in the KCB/Kobil/ Alliance Rally of Tanzania in
February and retired with engine failure
-Pandya is a Nairobi based Tanzania driver
-A Tanzanian driver based in Nairobi
-A keen Motocross enthusiast and father to 2007 50cc class champions Sameer
Anwar
-Retired from 2008 KCB Simba Savings Rally with mechanical problems
-Pulled out of the 2008 KCB Pearl of Africa Rally at the eleventh hour with
mechanical problems
-Pandya’s navigator George Mwangi was the first indigenous black co-driver
to win the Safari rally with Azar Anwar in 2006
-Panday also participated in the 2007 KCB Safari Rally
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28. DINESH SACHANIA/KIRAN PATEL (LANDIS RALLY TEAM )-MITSUBISHI EVO 6
-The ever reliable Mzee wa kazi Dinesh Sachania teams up Kiran Patel
in a Subaru Impreza
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29: YOGESH PATEL/KEITH HENRIE-(Subaru Impreza N10)
-Yogesh is a veteran driver in the KCB KNRC
-Main Sponsors - Revlon International and Snickers
-Aiming for a good finish as have been out of action.
-Car is going for final preparations at Simon Sharp's Rally Workshop.
-Yogesh’s navigator made his debut for buggies in February 2009
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30: ASAD KHAN/CHARLES KIBUE ( TAMS RACING)-(Subaru Impreza N10)
-finsihed 20th in the 2008 KCB Safari Rally
-Brother in law to former Meschel Van Tongeren navigator Safina Khan
-Comes in with a new Subaru that he is developing for use during the 2009
season
-The Subaru is acquired from Subaru Motorsports in Japan
-Career best performance was third in the 2003 Guru Nanak Rally
-Finished 4th in the 2006 Quick Serve rally in Eldoret
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31: NAUSHAD KARA/AHMED MUSA-(LOTA RALLY TEAM ) SUBARU N12
-Reigning Coast Rally Champion
-Was the route opener for the 2006 Mombasa Rally in the Subaru Forester that
he later used in 2007 to clinch the Coast rally title.
-A Lota Motorsports member, Naushad has a passion for Subarus.
-Businessman based in Mombasa-Last rallied during the KCB Safari
- Rally and posted impressive times.
-A strong supporter of KCB KNRC events
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32. ALAIN DETHISWE/FABRICE MUSAFIRI (SUBARU N11)
-Citizens of Burundi
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33. IMRAN MOGUL/ATUL KOCHAL ()-(Subaru Impreza)
-Imran Mogul has once been involved in autocross and karting Championship
-He participated in the KF3 class of the 2008 Cummins Karting Championship
-His navigator Atul Kochal won the 2007 KCB Visa Card Rally with rookie
driver Dhanraj matharu
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34.KIRIT RAJPUT/ RAVI SONI (RAJAIR TEAM)- (Subaru Impreza)
-Kirit Raput works with Raj Air and lives in Nairobi
-Former autocross driver who used to share a buggy with his current
navigator Ravi for Raj-Air Team
-Made his rally debut during the 2007 KCB VISA CARD Rally and retired
barely 150 meters after the opening stage.
-Currently lies 20th overall in the KCB KNRC with 38 points
-Skipped the KCB Visa Card rally in Kilifi
-Made his debut with an ex Baldev Chager Subaru Impreza hatchback
- Finished 8th overall in the 2007 KCB Mavuno Loan rally in Ol-Pejeta
Conservancy
-Finished 12th overall in the 2007 KCB Cub Account Rally in Eldoret
-Managed 13th overall in the 2007 KCB Easy Pay Loan Rally in Kabarnet in
June
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35.ROBERT GOW/ NORRIS ONGALO Subaru Impreza)
-Gow is better known as ‘KUNA DAWA’
-One of the jolliest drivers in Kenya
-Returns from Sabbatical after racing with George Mwangi in a Mitsubishi
Evolution
-Gow works with Pirelli Tyres in Nairobi
-His navigator Norris Ongalo is the 2008 Cross Country rally’s car
class navigator
champion
-Ongalo works with Libya Oil Kenya limited
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36. QUENTIN MITCHELL/GIANLUCCA CIARAIDI-(McDONALDS RALLY TEAM ) MITSUBISHI
EVO 7
-Lives in Tigoni, near Limuru.
-Currently the one of youngest drivers in his early 20s
-Made a debut in the 2008 KCB KNRC in an ex-Asad Anwar Mitsubishi EVO 7
during the KCB Simba Savings Rally in April last year
-Has gained a lots of experience from building and driving his own buggies
-His grandfather was amongst the first farmers in Kenya to process tea
- He plans to join the under 27 driver PIRELLI/ FIA Star Drivers Promo in
2009
- Quentin and Russell Savage became the youngest pair of competitors at the
2007 Kenya Airways Safari Classic driving a British sports car from the
1960s, a Triumph GT6.
-Quinton and Savage’s had a total of 43 years in the KQ Classic Safari ,
their combined age was then one year less than Hannu Mikkola’s age when he
won the Safari Rally in 1987 for Audi.
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37. KUNAL PATTNI/BHARAT PATTNI
–Subaru Impreza
-Pattni and Bharat are brothers
-Made their debut in the KCB KNRC last year after being in 2WD class in 2007
-They used an ex-Richard Onyoni VW Golf Gti last year in the 2WD.
- Kunal navigated F2 contender Raji Chager in 2006
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38. GHALIB HAJEE/K ARCHARIA –SUBARU N10
-Ghalib lives in Eldoret
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K ARCHARIA
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39. RAJI BHARIJ/RAJA SEHMI –SUBARU N10
-Raji is a former 2WD contender in 2006 and raced an Alpheta
-Makes a debut in top flight rallying with an ex-Susheel N10
-Raji is an auditor by profession
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40. Richard Onyoni/Mrs Deil Kramer –SUBARU IMPREZA
-A former 2WD contender in 2003 and 2004
-Raced a VW Golf in the 2WD
- Mrs Deil Kramer is a German national
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Mrs Deil Kramer
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41. BEN MUCHEMI/GEORGE NJOROGE –SUBARU N11
-Muchemi is better known as Baba Shiro
-Took a long sabbatical last season on medical grounds and returned during
this year’s KCBN Biashara Banking Rally
-Sponsored by safaricom
-Won the inaugural John Ngunjiri Memorial Trophy in 2006
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42. SAID HAMAD/VICTOR OKUNDI –SUBARU IMPREZA
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