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Rising star Amwari promoted to KNRC Premier Class

Youngster McRae Kimathi, who posted a career best fifth on KCB Meru Rally, has moved up from Division 3 to Division 1

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by CHRIS MBAISI

Sports17 January 2020 - 21:00
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In Summary


  • •Champion Ammar ‘Bushy’ Haq remains in Division 1 and so is his Mombasa Motor Club stablemate Sohanjeet Singh Puee who retained the ‘S’ class championship last season.
  • •Issa, one of the fastest rising indigenous driver, was all smiles after promotion 
KNRC drivers' champion Baldev Singh Chager (L), KCB Bank Group marketing and communications director Angela Mwirigi (C) and navigator Ravi Soni during the recent 2019 KMSF Annual Awards.

Outgoing KNRC Division 2 champion Issa Amwari has been promoted to Premier Class following a career best season which saw him finish joint seventh with Ian Duncan in the 2019 KCB Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC) drivers log.

Former KNRC Division 3 and ‘S’ Class  drivers’ champion Karan Patel returns to Premier with Coast Pekee lead driver Izhar Mirza being relegated to Division One.

Defending Group ‘N’ champion Jasmeet Chana has retained his place in the elite Premier Class which has the likes of Flash Tundo, champion Baldev Chager, Onkar Rai, Eric Bengi, Duncan and Manvir Baryan.

Champion Ammar ‘Bushy’ Haq remains in Division 1 and so is his Mombasa Motor Club stablemate Sohanjeet Singh Puee who retained the ‘S’ class championship last season.

Youngster McRae Kimathi, who posted a career best fifth on KCB Meru Rally, has moved up from Division 3 to Division 1. Outgoing Division 3 champion Geoff Mayes will now compete in Division 2 with the likes of Jonathan Somen, Raaji Bharij, Geoff Mayes, James Kirimi, Mombasa’s Naushad Kara Lota and Evans Kavisi among others. Kirimi, a former S Class champion, savoured a career best fourth on his Meru turf last year navigated by Michael Gitobu.

Issa, one of the fastest rising indigenous driver, was all smiles after promotion and said: “First, we want to thank God for a fantastic year in 2019 and great results throughout the tough season.

At the moment, we are fully rebuilding our car and getting ready for this year (Inshallah), Nothing has been decided yet by our sponsors.”

“Last year, we drove at 50 percent of our ability and hopefully, this year we can go up to 70 percent and see what it will bring. Premier Class will be a good challenge for us but we do not doubt our ability and skills to be contenders this year. After four years in the cold, It’s one step at a time and we are hopeful,” he stated.

 

Standings

 

PREMIER

Baldev Chager (Door #1)

Onkar Rai 2

Carl Tundo 3

Manvir Baryan 4

Ian Duncan 5

Tejveer Rai 6

Eric Bengi 7

Karan Patel 8

Jasmeet Chana 9

Issa Amwari 10

 

DIVISION 1

Izhar Mirza 11

Amaar Haq 12

Sohanjeet Puee 14

Adil Mirza 15

Mahesh Halai 16

Paras Pandya 17

Minesh Rathod 18

John Nganga 19

Nikhil Sachania 20

Asad Khan 21

Edward Maina 22

Aakif Virani 23

McRae Kimathi 24

Steve Mwangi 25

Hussein Malik 26

 

DIVISION 2

Jonathan Somen 27

Raaji Bharij 28

Geoff Mayes 29

James Kirimi 30

Naushad Kara 31

Evans Kavisi 32

Lovejyot Khalon 33

Daren Miranda 34

Ramesh Vishram 35

Kailesh Chauhan 36

Aslam Khan 37

Rajay Sehmi 38

Nzioka Waita 39

Ken Nteere 40

David Kioni 41

 

DIVISION 3

Arjun Pattni 42

Ken Kamau 43

Leo Varese 44

Hardev Sira 45

Moez Malik 46

Adil Mughal 47

Amit Vaja 48

Albert Kigen 49

Kirit Rajput 50

Akbar Khan 51

 

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