Karan Patel beat Zambian Leroy Gomes to win the 2022 Equator Rally, the African Rally Championship (ARC) held today in Naivasha.
Navigated by Tauseef Khan, Patel beat Gomes by 3:13.1 minutes for the title, driving his Ford Fiesta Rally 2 in the two day event after winning four of the eight stages.
FINAL STANDINGS AFTER SS8 KEDONG
1 Karan Patel/ Tauseef Khan (Ford Fiesta – Rally 2) 02:26:55.4
2 Leroy Gomes/ Urshlla Gomes (Ford Fiesta – Rally 2) 02:30:08.6
3 Jasmeet Chana/Ravi Chana (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 02:30:51.0
4 Jeremy Wahome/Victor Okundi (Ford Fiesta – Rally3) 02:30:56.0
5 Giancarlo Davite/Sylvia Vindevogel (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 02:42:19.2
6 Maxine Wahome / Murage Waigwa ( Subaru Impreza) 02:53:48.1
7 Hamza Anwar/ Adnan Din ( Mitsubishi Evolution 10 ) 03:06:15.3
8 McRae Kimathi/ Mwangi Kioni (Ford Fiesta – Rally 3) 03:11:41.6
9 Steve Mwangi/Dennis Mwenda (Subaru) 03:14.53.1
10 Rio Smith / Riyaz Ismail (Ford Fiesta – Rally 4) 03:18:12.2
11 Paras Pandya/ Falgun Bhojak (Mitsubishi Evolution 10) 03:18:18.9
12 Leo Varese/Kigo Kareithi (Toyota Auris) 3:34.06.8