Carl 'Flash' Tundo Basks In Fourth KNRC Title Glory
14th October 2018
This went down in history as his fourth Kenya National Championship title
- Tundo achieved this feat at the Chemweno farm in Eldoret and candidly admitted it was tough winning the title, due to the worthy opposition on display
- His calm and assured march to the podium belied the excitement that was bubbling underneath and it exploded with joy at the Chemweno prize-giving ceremony
- Flash, navigated by Tim Jessop in a B13 Mistubishi Evo10, scooped the top prize with a total time of 01:26:46 hours
ELDORET, Kenya- A very pleased Carl "Flash" Tundo was grateful to his entire team as he won the 2018 KCB Kenya National Rally Championship title at the penultimate stage after registering his fifth victory of the season in sublime fashion.
Tundo achieved this feat at the Chemweno farm in Eldoret and candidly admitted it was tough winning the title, due to the worthy opposition on display.
"It was a really tough season as the other drivers have been pushing really hard.
“Tapio set the pace and imparted an all our attack antics," Tundo told SportPesa News.
His calm and assured march to the podium belied the excitement that was bubbling underneath and it exploded with joy at the Chemweno prize-giving ceremony.
This went down in history as his fourth Kenya National Championship title and he was overly excited that he was able to break the longstanding Shekar Mehta's record of five Safari titles.
Flash, navigated by Tim Jessop in a B13 Mistubishi Evo10, scooped the top prize with a total time of 01:26:46 hours.
It was a highly contested championship with just a three-second difference between him and his teammate Baldev Chager, who finished with a total time of 01:26:49 hours also in a B13 Evolution.
Very competitive
Kenya Motor Sports Federation has since scrapped the B13 class whose drivers compete on a bigger turbo restrictor and sequential gearbox meaning that Tubdi and Chager will be compelled to consider a plan B.
Tejveer Rai came in third to seal the final podium spot with a cumulative total of 01:29:51 hours in the overall classification timings.
Eric Bengi, who was also in fine form in Eldoret, came in fourth with a total time of 00:22:09 hours with Amaanraj Rai coming in fifth, clocking a time of (00:22:4hors) in group N Evolution X.
"I am very honored and privileged to win this year's championship. It was a really closely contested one and I didn't expect to win.
“This year's championship was very competitive and I want to thank the team and all the drivers who participated," Tundo added.
Flash completes the series with a total of 163 points while Baldev Chager takes second place with a total 134.
The final series of Kenya National Gurunanak rally championship will be November 17 and 18 at the Stoni Athi in Athi-River.