With just two weeks remaining, the Automobile Association of Tanzania is all set for the fourth round of the 2016 Africa rally championship(ARC).
The Oryx energies rally of Tanzania comes on the weekend of July 8-10th in Bagamoyo, Tanzania.
“Everything is on track, we are just finalising a few things. We have so far 22 confirmed entries, with a few more expected within the closing hours,” says Manveer Birdi one of the organisers.
“This year we have shifted the event to a different location. With three completely new stages on day one in Lugoba side, Sunday will see the action return to Bagamoyo which is a common battleground for our local NRC events,” he added
The two day event will cover a total competitive distance of 248.71km with five stages on day one and six stages on day two.
So far over 20 crews have confirmed participation as entries are still open.
Unlike before, rally of Tanzania will ground a series of battles from different crews.
The main and the high point battle will be between the 2016 ARC contenders; Zambia’s Muna Singh Jr and Don Smith from Kenya as Uganda’s Abdu Sempebwa is yet to confirm participation.
Smith currently leads the ARC; four points ahead of Singh Jr. Sempebwa will be out to collect his first ARC points.
The second battle comes with the nationals fighting for the TNRC championship points. Gurpal Sandhu currently leads with 33points as Gurjit Dhani and Jamil Khan tie in second 8 points behind leader.
The Ugandan crews of Jas Mangat, Duncan Mubiru, Christakis Fitidis and Yasin Nasser will provide the last battle as they will be scoring towards the Uganda National rally Championship.
Entry list so far
1.Muna Singh Jr/Jasmeen Singh(ARC)-Subaru impreza
2.Jas Mangat/ Joseph Kamya-Mitsubishi EvoX
3.Don Smith/ Robert Kaugi(ARC)-Subaru Impreza
4.Yassin Nasser/Ali Katumba-Subaru Impreza
5.Christakis Fitidis/Eric Nzamwita-Mitsubishi EvoX
6.Duncan Mubiru/George Semakula-Mitsubishi EvoX
7.Anastasios Calavrias/Another-Subaru Impreza
8.Jortimoy Krishna/Imran Khan-Ford Escort
9.Dharam Pandya/Manmeet Birdi-Mitsubishi Evo9
10.Randeep Singh/Zubayr Paradina-Mitsubishi Evo9
11.Jamil Khan/Maisam Fazal-Mitsubishi EvoX
12.Gurjit Dhani/shameer Yusuf-Subaru Impreza
13.Gurpal Sandhu/Dave Sihoka-Mitsubishi EvoX
14.Rajpal Singh/Surinder sidle-Subaru Impreza
1st Gerald Miller/Peter Fox-Mitsubishi Evo9
15.Harinder Deere/Moses Matovu-Subaru Impreza
16.Arfan Aladin/Prabh Bhatti-Mitsubishi Evo9
17.Azim Somji/Victor Jackson-Mitsubishi Evo9
18.Arjiminder Singh/Absolom Aswani-Subaru Impreza