KCB Autocross Championship Action Shifts To Jamhuri Park
15th February 2019
Official racing will feature four heat runs of which the best of three will count in the final classification with the Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) earning competitors two bonus points on the championship log
- The February sunshine heralds prospects for scintillating action with the second round of the KCB Kenya National Autocross Championship 2019 headed for Nairobi's Jamhuri Park race circuit
- The Kenya Motor Sports Club (KMSC) event will be held on Sunday February 24 and will begin with Signing On and Scrutineering from 7:30am followed by Drivers Briefing at 8:30am and Official Practice at 09:00am
- The 2WD Turbo, 2WD Non Turbo and 4WD Turbo classes will be the main crowd pullers with drivers anticipated to roar round the challenging black cotton gravel in a series of power slides, jumps and tear away bursts of speed along the short straights
NAIROBI, Kenya-
The February sunshine heralds prospects for scintillating action with the
second round of the KCB Kenya National Autocross Championship 2019 headed for
Nairobi's Jamhuri Park race circuit.
The Kenya Motor
Sports Club (KMSC) event will be held on Sunday February 24 and will begin with
Signing On and Scrutineering from 7:30am followed by Drivers Briefing at 8:30am
and Official Practice at 09:00am.
Individual drivers
will then embark on Official Heats runs from 09:30 onwards.
Throughout the day,
spectators will be kept in touch with fast and furious racing and results by a
public address system.
The format for the
event will be a two-car track whereby drivers will cover the same distance in
simultaneous action.
The 2WD Turbo, 2WD
Non Turbo and 4WD Turbo classes will be the main crowd pullers with drivers
anticipated to roar round the challenging black cotton gravel in a series of
power slides, jumps and tear away bursts of speed along the short straights.
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The Pee Wee Class,
which is the newest Class on the KCB sponsored series and Bambino are expected
to also treat spectators to some exhilarating displays of racing artistry.
Official racing will
feature four heat runs of which the best of three will count in the final
classification with the Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) earning competitors two
bonus points on the championship log.
After the
season-opening KCB Simba Autocross 1 in Mai Mahiu, drivers are itching to rev
with 2WD T leader Kunal Patel from Nanyuki and his main rivals Imran Hakada and
Shaz Esmail expected to return in their "Attacker 1" buggies.
2WDT leader Zameer
Verjee will drive a Rage Buggy.
Leader Illiyun Mughal,
defending champion Yuvraj Rajput and Tesvi Soni are the drivers to watch in
Bambino Class. Kiana Rajput and Tsirav Sink will also resume their fight for
Pee Wee Class points.
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Posting of results
will take place after the last heat with Prize Giving scheduled to happen after
confirmation of results.
KCB KENYA NATIONAL AUTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 STANDINGS
AFTER RD1
CLASS 1 - 2WD NON TURBO
1 Zameer Verjee 22
2 Sameer Mehboob Nanji 17
3 Rajveer Singh Thethy 15
4 Sahir Mughal 14
5 Albert Kigen DNS 0
CLASS 2 - 2WD TURBO
1 Kunal Patel 22
2 Imran Hakada 17
3 Nazir Verjee 15
4 Shaz Ismail 14
5 Shalien Mughal 13
CLASS 4 - 4WD TURBO
1 Sahib Omar 22
2 Jackson Wandeto 17
CLASS 5 - OPEN
1 Imran Hakada 22
2 Shelien Mughal 17
3 Hamza Anwar 15
4 Kirit Rajput 14
CLASS 6 - QUAD
1 Wayne Fernandes 20
CLASS 7 - BAMBINO
1 Illuyun Mughal 20
2 Yuvraj Rajput DNF 0
3 Tsevi Soni DNF 0
CLASS 9- PEEWEE
1 Tsorav Soni 20
2 Kiana Rajput NE 0
NE - Not Eligible for points
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNS - Did Not Start
DNE - Did Not enter