EAST AFRICAN MINI CLASSIC SAFARI RALLY ROARS
As the world has its eyes on the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar, their eyes have missed out on a motorsports event that is unique in its very own way. The East African Safari Classic is a rally that sees cars made before 1985, with no Turbo and are 2WD take on 5,000km of the world’s toughest terrains. The race itself has no reconnaissance runs and the pace-notes are provided for by the organizers as well as GPS mapping on the route. The Rally is also run-on open roads where being in Kenya you are up for anything, wildlife, motorbikes, trucks, herds of cattle and a lot of human traffic. All these just add on to the difficulty of the rally that the weather is unpredictable and the rallying surfaces are very tough. The Mini-Classic rally is all these things put together but for a 1,000km stretch that is undertaken in three days. This rally acts as a curtain raiser for the main 5,000km race. This year 32 cars were flagged off in Nakuru; 1 Mitsubishi Pajero, 1 Range Rover, 1 ...