The Financial Gazette

Own Correspondent

Zimbabweans Jamie Whyte and Phil Archenoul extended their lead in the FIA African Rally Championship with a dominant win on the very muddy and mechanically demanding KCB Kenyan Safari Rally.

 Whyte and Archenoul, the defending African Rally Champions, were in control from the word go, overcoming the horrendously wet and muddy conditions on Saturday to forge a healthy lead over their nearest rival, Jas Mangat, from Tanzania.
There was some cause for concern when Whyte damaged the rear suspension on his Subaru Impreza N10 but Mangat was destined to retire two stages from the end, allowing a recovering Giancarlo Davite, the runner up in Tanzania a month before, to take second position, a fine reward after losing over 10 minutes stuck in mud on Saturday!
An ecstatic Jamie Whyte: “For the second year in a row we’ve suffered suspension problems so near the finish but at least we’ve collected maximum ARC points! The road conditions on Saturday were the worst I have ever seen but it certainly makes the Safari one of the toughest events I know!”
The KCB Safari Rally, which also counted towards the Kenyan National Championship, was won for the second time by local man Lee Rose in a Mitsubishi Evo 9, who ended the three day event a staggering seven minutes ahead of Alistair Cavenagh, who recovered well from a time consuming off road excursion on day two.
1. Lee Rose/Pier Daykins (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 142,01 mins.
2. Alastair Cavenagh/Gavin Laurence (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 149,14 mins.
3 Jamie Whyte/Philip Archenoul(Subaru Impreza 149.29
4. Baldev Chager/Raju Sehmi (Subaru N12) 151.31mins.
5. Peter Horsey/Moses Matovu (Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9) 158,54 mins.
6. Ghalib Hajee/Surinder Sudle (Subaru Impreza) 170,44 mins.
7. Asad Khan/Salim Khan (Subaru Impreza) 175,29 mins.
8. Azar Anwar / Juluis Ngigi (Mitsubishi Evo8) 175,36 mins.
9. Susheel Shah/ Andy Nagi (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 177,05 mins.
10. Anthony Nielson/ Michael Ogwapit (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 178,42 mins.
11. Olivier Costa/Andrew Doig (Subaru Impreza N11)180,52 mins
12. G Davite/S Vindevogel(Subaru Impreza 182,18 mins.
13. Ben Muchemi/Robert Kaugi (Subaru) 184,33 mins.
14. Alex Horsey/Frank Gitau (Mitsubishi Evo 9) 187,32 mins.
15. Dethise Alaine/Masafiri F(Subaru Impreza) 189,22 mins.
16. Sandeep Jandu/Gurdeep Mehangra (Subaru N10) 191,05 mins
17. Pheneas Kimathi/Norris Ongalo (Subaru Impreza N10) 201,17 mins
18. Randeep Lochab/Ravi Soni (Subaru Impreza) 202,18 mins.
18. Yogesh Patel/Keith Henrie (Subaru Impreza) 214,18 mins.
20. Amit Pandya/Sandy Ghir (Subaru Impreza) 218,50 mins.
21. Randip Lochab/Ravi Soni (Subaru Impreza) 258,28 mins
ARC DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 — After Kenya Round 2
1. James WHYTE (Zimbabwe) 78 points
2. Giancarlo DAVITE (Rwanda) 53 points
3. Fitides CHRISTAKIS (Rwanda) 21 points
4. Alain DETHISE (Burundi)  21 points
5. Jas MANGAT (Uganda) 5 points       
ARC NAVIGATORS CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 - After
1. Phil ARCHENOUL (Zimbabwe) 78 points
2. Sylvia VINDEVOGEL (Rwanda) 47 points
3. Moses MATOVU (Tanzania) 30 points
4. Guy DEKELVER (Rwanda) 21 points
5. Fabrice MASAFIRI (Burundi) 16 points
6. Olivier MEGANCK (Uganda) 3 points
MANUFACTURERS 2010 - After Kenya Round 2
1. Subaru 78 points
2. Mitsubishi 18 points.

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