At a function this morning in the Pan Afric Hotel in Nairobi, the organisers of the Kenya Airways Safari Classic Rally announced the provisional starting order for their international event that will start from Mombasa on November 19th.
Ian Duncan
The winner from 2013 of the last Safari Classic – it is a bi-annual event – was Ian Duncan from Kenya and he will start as first car in his Ford Capri 3100. Lined up behind him will be a trio of Porsche 911s driven by Grégoire de Mévius (Production World Rally Champion in 1992), Stig Blomqvist (outright World Rally Champion in 1984) and Gérard Marcy. They will be followed by another top Kenyan driver, Carl Tundo, driving a Triumph TR7 V8.
In all, there are fifty-two cars scheduled to come to the start line in November. The drivers represent fifteen nations and they will be driving nine different models of car of which the Porsche 911 is by far the most popular choice.
PROVISIONAL START ORDER – Day 1
No Entrant Driver Co Driver Car CL Nationality
1 Ian Duncan Ian Duncan Amaar Slatch Ford Capri 4 Kenya
2 BMA Gregoire de Mevius Nicolas Gilsoul Porsche 911 3 Belgium
3 Race 4 Health Stig Blomqvist TBA Porsche 911 3 Sweden
4 Tuthill Porsche Gerard Marcy Stephane Prevot Porsche 911 3 Belgium
5 Carl Tundo Carl Tundo Tim Jessop Triumph TR7 V8 4 Kenya
6 Race 4 Health Richard Goransson Emil Axelsson Porsche 911 3 Sweden
7 Kick Energy Geoff Bell Tim Challen Datsun 260Z 3 South Africa
8 Onkar Singh Rai Onkar S. Rai Baldev S. Chager Porsche 911 3 Kenya
9 BMA Bernard Munster Johan Gitsels Porsche 911 3 Belgium
10 Dalbit Alastair Cavenagh Gavin Laurence Porsche 911 3 Kenya
11 Viking Motorsport John Lloyd Adrian Cavenagh Ford Escort RS 1800 2 British
12 Siddall & Hilton Products Ltd. Andrew Siddall Carl Williamson Datsun 260Z 3 British
14 Matthais Kahle Matthais Kahle Thomas Schunemann Datsun 260Z 3 Germany
15 Race 4 Health David von Schinkel Per Bjorkman Porsche 911 3 Sweden
16 Race 4 Health Christer Johansson Mattias Adielsson Porsche 911 3 Sweden
17 Tuthill Porsche Joakim Roman TBA Porsche 911 3 Sweden
18 Race 4 Health Roger Samuelsson Robin Friberg Porsche 911 3 Sweden
19 BMA Francois Kicq Andre Leyh Porsche 911 3 Belgium
20 Viking Motorsport Jan Hagman Philip Clarke Ford Escort RS 1800 2 Sweden
21 Raaji Bharij Raaji Bharij Ranjeet Sehmi Ford Escort 2 Kenya
22 Savage Rallying Jonathan Savage Kieran Day Datsun 260Z 3 Kenya
23 Viking Motorsport Jorge Perez Companc Jose Volta Ford Escort RS 1800 2 Argentina
24 Tuthill Porsche Steve Troman Calvin Cooledge Porsche 911 3 British
25 Tuthill Porsche Richard Jackson Ryan Champion Porsche 911 3 British
26 Jayant Shah Jayant Shah Ravi Chana Porsche 911 3 Tanzania
27 Paul Darrouzet Paul Darrouzet Glenn Macneall Datsun 260Z 3 Australia
28 Marzio Kravos Marzio Kravos Crispin Sassoon Ferrari 3 Kenya
29 Nick Mason Nick Mason Harpal Sudle Datsun 240Z 3 British
30 Frank Tundo Frank Tundo Natasha Tundo Triumph TR7 V8 4 Kenya
31 Stefano Rocca Stefano Rocca Piers Daykin Datsun 280Z 3 Kenya
32 Tuthill Porsche Gilberto Sandretto Fabrizia Pons Porsche 911 3 Italy
33 Jonathan Somen Jonathan Somen Richard Hechle Ford Escort 2 Kenya
34 Autosport Kotek Ondrej Coufal Roman Madera Datsun 240Z 3 Czech
35 NAC Pawel Molgo Piotr Domownik Mercedes 450SLC 4 Polish
36 ALS Aslam Khan Arshad Khan Porsche 911 3 Kenya
37 Autosport Kotek Simon Connolly Francis Connolly Porsche 911 3 Great Britain
38 FLY Racing Team Francois Lethier Arnaud Debron Peugeot 504 3 French
39 BMA Kurt Dujardyn Jacques Castelein Porsche 911 3 Belgium
40 Samit Gehlot Samit Gehlot Asit Patel Ford Escort 2 Kenya
41 Tejveer Singh Rai Tejveer S. Rai Zahir Shah Porsche 911 3 Kenya
42 Rock Plant Hitachi Rommy Bamrah Harvey Jutley Datsun 240Z 3 Kenya
43 Ramesh Vishram Ramesh Vishram Rohit Bhudia Ford Escort Mk11 2 British
44 Freestone Rally Services Arron Banks Tim Chesser Ford Escort 2 British
45 a-workx Bernhard Kessel Ronny Kessel Porsche 911 3 Germany
46 Sopa Lodges Karim Wissanji Mo Verjee Ford Escort Mk1 1 Tanzania
47 Freestone Rally Services Kobus Coetzee Jonathan Pollen Ford Escort 2 South Africa
48 Comarco Kailesh Chauhan Simon Phillips Ford Escort Mk11 2 Kenya
49 Michael Kahlfuss Michael Kahlfuss Ronald Bauer Trabant 601R 1 Germany
50 Kishan Bhanderi Kishan Bhanderi Tim Mammen Datsun 1600S 1 Kenya
51 Dinesh Sachania Dinesh Sachania Tinu Khan Datsun 180B 2 Kenya
52 Nish Lakhani Nish Lakhani Teeku Patel Datsun SSS 1800 2 Kenya
53 Navraj Sagoo Navraj Sagoo Harneel Singh Sagoo Datsun 260Z 3 Kenya
