Celebrating his 45th birthday, Baldev Singh Chagerwon the Nyahururu Rally title in Laikipia County to topple the Kenya National Rally Championship Carl “Flash'” Tundo.
After two rounds of brilliant displays, Chager now moves to the summit of the KNRC log on 56 against Tundo’s 52 points.
Tejveer Rai, on his second outing in the VW Polo R5, racked up a career best second overall position beating Tundo to third.
Chager won the first three stages but Tundo bounced back to take the next two and most importantly the power stage which earned him three bonus points.
It was double celebration for Chager who had to dash back to Nairobi ostensibly to attend to his daughter’s birthday.
Fourth was Karan Patel who like Tundo picked two punctures and lost time.
Eric Bengi and his partner Peter Mutuma finally made it to the finish after a prolonged period of gremlins and DNFs.
The event feature a competitive distance of 147.96km and 158.32km transport road section.
Out of the 13 cars which started the race, only 10 survived the demanding terrain in Rumuruti.
Results
1. Baldev Chager /Ravi Soni (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) 1:2810.0hours
2. Tejveer Rai/Gavin Lawrence (VW Polo R5) 1:30.25.8
3. Carl Tundo/ Tim Jessop (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) 1:31.30.2
4. Karan Patel /James Mwangi (Ford Fiesta R5) 1.35.48.8
5. Eric Bengi/ Peter Mutuma (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) 1:38.25.7
6. Jasmeet Chana/Ravi Chana (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) 1:40.14.1
7. Evans Kavisi/ Absolom Aswani (Subaru Impreza N10) 1:41.52.2
8. Nikhil Sachania/Deep Patel (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) 1:57.13.8
9. Steve Mwangi/Dennis Mwenda (Subaru Impreza) 2:02.42.3
10. Daren Miranda/Wayne Fernandes (Subaru Impreza) 2:24.13.5
KNRC STANDINGS AFTER NYAHURURU
1. Baldev Chager 56
2. Carl Tundo 52