Kenya: Chager First Off the Ramp at East Africa Mini Classic Rally

Nairobi — Multiple national rally champion Baldev 'Flying Singh' Chager will be first off the ramp at the annual East Africa Mini Classic Rally this weekend after he was seeded first, ahead of 32 other local and international drivers.

Chager, who will be in a Porsche 911, will be followed by another legend of Kenyan motorsports, Ian Duncan, who will be navigated by Tim Jessop in a Triumph TR7.

Seeded third is multiple Kenyan navigator champion Pier Daykin who will be driving a Datsun 280Z, navigated by Tariq Malik.

Next off the ramp will be Raaji Bharij, who won this year's edition of the MMC Bamba Rally; he will be in a Ford Escort MK1.

The first foreigner off the ramp will Briton Malcom Rich - seeded 20th - who will be navigated by Kenyan Adrian Cavenagh in a Ford Escort MK2.

At no 31, the South African pair of Jose Sardinha (driver) and Glen Castle (navigator) will bring down the curtain on day one of the event when they revv off the ramp.

Only cars classified under FIA Group 1, 2, 3 as well as Group A and B - passenger type motor cars constructed on or before December 31, 1985 and with not more than six seats - will be allowed to compete in the event.

The rally begins on Friday at Woodlands Hotel in Nakuru through Baringo County before docking in Eldoret on day one - at Rupa Mall and Eka Hotel.

It will thereafter resume on Saturday and Sunday within Eldoret and Cherangany region.

This article originally appeared on Capital FM

Image via East African Safari Rally Website