This archive report was first published on 3 November 2019.
On November 1, 2019, the organizers of the East African Safari Classic Rally announced the completion of the final route check and confirmation of the entry list for the 2019 Safaricom East African Safari Rally Classic.
Twenty-one cars have entered the event, which will take place over nine days in Kenya and Tanzania, with one rest day. The rally will start from the Whitesands Hotel in Mombasa on November 28, with the first car flagged off at 7am.
Among the local drivers representing Kenya are ace Ian Duncan, Baldev Chager, and Carl Tundo. Previous winner Stig Blomqvist leads a team of three crews from Sweden.
The Safaricom Mobile Network has also confirmed its sponsorship deal for the latest edition of the Safari Classic Rally, with a total of Sh42 million invested in the event.
“We are happy to partner EA Safari Classic Rally for another edition. We had pumped in around Sh30m in the previous rounds of the event though we are now putting another Sh12m this time round,” said Mpesa Safaricom director Sitoyo Lopokoiyit.
The final stage will be raced at the Mombasa Cement on December 6, where the first car will be due at 12 noon.
The list of participating cars includes:
- Carl Tundo/Tim Jessop (Triumph TR7 Kenya)
- Baldev Chager/Ravi Soni (Porsche 911 Kenya)
- Stig Blomqvist/Jorgen Fornander (Porsche 911 Sweden)
- Geoff Bell/Tim Challen (Datsun 260Z South Africa)
- Ian Duncan/Anthony Nielsen (Rover Vitesse Kenya)
- Onkar Rai/Gareth Dawe (Porsche 911 Kenya)
- Tejvir RAI/Gavin Laurance (Porsche 911 Kenya)
- Kris Rosenberger/Nicola Bleicher (Porsche 911 Austrian)
- Philip Kadoorie/Ryan Champion (Porsche 911 Britain)
- Aslam Khan/Farhaaz Khan (Porsche 911 Kenyan)
- Kris Rosenberger/Nicola Bleicher (Porsche 911 Austria)
- Eugenio Amos/Robert Mometti (Porsche 911 Italy)
- Jayant Shah/Arshard Khan (Porsche 911 Tanzanian)
- Gilberto Sandretto/Fabrizia Pons (Porsche 911 Italy)
- Joey Ghose/Stephane Prevot (Nissan 240RS Oman)
- Rommy Bhamra/Harvey Jutley (Datsun 280Z Kenya)
- Bernhard Kessel/Ronny Kessel (Porsche 911 German)
- Joe Hayes/Kate Hayes (Porsche 911 America)
- Trey Lockey/JuliaSvensson (Porsche 911 Sweden)
- Renee Brinkerhoff/Juliette Brinkerhoff (Porsche 356 America)
- Scott Armstrong/Harpal Singh Sudle (Datsun 160J British)
