Champ Iceman, Samman tussle for KNRC title on season closing Guru Nanak Rally

The 2024 Kenya Rally Championship title chase will go right down to the wire in Kasarani and Stoni Athi on the weekend of November 29-December 1 with defending champions Jasmeet Chana/Ravi Chana and sequence leaders Samman Vohra/Alfir Khan going for one another’s jugular.

After three action-packed rounds in Eldoret, Nanyuki and Safari in Naivasha in addition to 4 Force Majeures on KRT, KMSC, Nakuru and Mombasa occasions, Samman is 14 factors forward of Jasmeet and might comfortably rack-up the coveted title by banking fourth general on the season-closing ARC Guru Nanak Equator Rally decider no matter his opponent’s end result.

Should Samman’s fairy-tale race weekend come to fruition, the Nairobi-based teen will savor a maiden KNRC Drivers’ title; having made his rallying debut within the second half of the 2023 season.

If Jasmeet wins the occasion outright scores most factors (3) on the Power Stage, he stretches his cumulative factors rating to 85, that means Samman shall be compelled to attain 19 factors to tie the tally then win the title on the “cleanest furthest rule”, having received two occasions to date in Nanyuki and Eldoret.

And ought to Samman retire and Jasmeet aka “Iceman” finishes within the high 6, the latter retains the title he received for the first-time final season.

Samman retired on Easter’s KNRC Safari following a mishap on the Kasarani SSS velocity take a look at while Jasmeet skipped the occasion resulting from late arrival of his Ford Fiesta automobile from abroad.

Jasmeet is, by and enormous, one of many few drivers on the KNRC entrance to have received just about all titles together with the 2WD, Division One, Division Three, Group N and Group S since his debut in 2007. He completed second general within the 2022 KNRC season following a scintillating homestretch battle with eventual champion Karan Patel in Voi.

Samman leads the way in which with 66points, with defending champion, Jasmeet on 52 factors, a deficit that may be cancelled out if ralky gods favour the latter.

The Silh Union organised spherical can even depend in the direction of the season-closer for the 2024 FIA African Rally Championship (ARC).

Karan Patel already has African title within the bag and focus can even be on ARC help categories- ARC2 and ARC3 -currently led by Uganda Mike Mukula Jr. and Nikhil Sachania of Kenya.

THE RALLY ROUTE IN SHORT

The closing spherical of the ARC and KNRC will happen in Nairobi and Machakos Counties.

Scrutineering is scheduled for Sikh Union Club on Thursday November 28 adopted by Ceremonial Start on the identical venue on November 29.

Qualifying and Shakedown phases will run by Kasarani Stadium’s SSS on Friday November 29 previous motion correct in Stoni Athi space on Saturday November 30 and Saturday December 1.

Saturday’s leg 1 options 150.28 kilometres towards the clock and is made up of six three phases Spectator (2.5km), Stoni Athi (57.7km) and SGR (14.94km) that shall be repeated twice.

Sunday’s 75.14km deciding second leg in will function three velocity take a look at (Spectator 3, Stoni Athi 3 and SGR 3)  adopted by Finish Pac Ferme and podium awards.

The third run of the 14.94km SGR velocity take a look at will depend because the occasion’s designated Power Stage the place ARC and KNRC drivers will earn extra championship factors.

FIA APPROVED ENTRY LIST 18/11/2024

1 #12  Karan PATEL-KEN / Tauseef KHAN -KEN (SKODA Fabia Rally2 ARC)

2 #15   Hamza ANWAR-KEN /Adnan DIN -KEN (MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X NR4 ARC)

3 #6  Nikhil SACHANIA- GBR /Deep PATEL -KEN (FORD Fiesta Rally3 ARC)

4 #1   Jasmeet CHANA-KEN/Ravinder CHANA- KEN (FORD Fiesta Rally2 ARC)

5 #70 Michael MUKULA -UGA/Edward KININGI -UGA (SUBARU  NR4 ARC)

6 #4   Samman VOHRA -KEN/Alfir KHAN -KEN (SKODA  Fabia Rally2 ARC)

7 #22 Rajveer THETHY/ TBA  (SUBARU – National KNRC)

8 #41  Sameer NANJI -KEN/TBA ( TBA/National KNRC)

9 #16 Darren MIRANDA-KEN/Amman SHAH-KEN (SUBARU 2WD -National KNRC)

10 #71 Joshua MUWANGUZI-UGA/Hamuza LWANGA -UGA (SUBARU -National KNRC)

CURRENT KNRC STANDINGS

1 Samman Vohra 66 mist do 20

2 Jasmeet Chana 52 +33=85

3 Ian Duncan 41

4 Carl Flash Tundo 39

5 Joey Ghose 34

CO-DRIVERS

1 Alfir Khan 66

2 Ravi Chana 52

3 Tim Jessop 39

4 Gordon Noble 29

5 John Ngugi 25

WINNERS SO FAR

ELDORET-Samman Vohra

KNRC SAFARI: Carl “Flash” Tundo

NANYUKI: Samman Vohra