This archive report was first published on 27 November 2019.
Published on November 27, 2019, the East African Safari Classic Rally is set to kick off from the Whitesands Hotel in Mombasa on Thursday, with the first car being flagged off at 7am.
Top seed Baldev Chager, who has recorded victories in Nakuru's Classic Rally, will be driving one of the 15 Porsches in the entry list. He will be followed by Stiq Blomqvist, also in a Porsche.
Double winner of the marathon rally, Ian Duncan, is seeded number three in a Ford Vitesse making its rally debut.
The competition will feature 24 stages in Kenya and Tanzania, with crews expected to cover between 390-500km on any given day. Tanzania will host two of the longest competitive stages, one of 150kms and the other of 157kms.
The rally will cover over 4,500 kilometers in both countries over nine days, with the longest stage being 160kms and the shortest 60kms.
Major sponsors of the competition include Safaricom, Bidco Africa, and Vivo Energy.
The final stage will be at the Mombasa Cement on December 6, where the first car will be due at 12 noon.
