Monday, February 20, 2017

Rally Rewind - EMC Kabale Rally 2016 : Part 3 Entry List



Despite being the furthest event for most competitors who are based in Kampala and despite the hardship it promised, most of the regular competitors made entries and those that didn’t, it was for reasons beyond their control.  Notable absentees included Kuku Ranjit who had sold his Evo IX to Ambrose Byona but whose new car had not yet arrived.  Ponsiano Lwakataka although he had done the Mbarara rally and showed he had lost none of his natural speed, his absence due to business commitments wasn't entirely unexpected.  The same applied to the Juba-based Wycliffe Bukenya.  

Apart from Ambrose Byona’s new Evo IX which was liveried in Hima Cement Green, Omar Mayanja had also returned from his sabbatical in 2015 with a new Evo X christened Edna, the mud Viper this time with support from Vivo Energy (Shell) as well as Guvnor and Nippon Parts.  Duncan Mubiru was also smarting with a new Evo X that had shipped with Nasser Mutebi’s car of the same model but which had not made the entry.





Visitors
The entry had been boosted by the fact that this rally would be round 1 of the East Africa rally championship, which for 2016 took in 2 rallies from each of Uganda and Rwanda/Burundi.

The Burundi contingent was led by Mohammed Roshanali/Ali Hassan in a Subaru Impreza N10, Sultan Kalula/Fahad Masoud Subaru Impreza N12, Zamin Mwananteba/Suzanne Kalema Toyota Celica ST202, Arif Karmali Subaru Impreza GC8 and Nadir Jawed/Amer Mohamed Peugeot 205 GTi.



The entry list was 42-strong despite the logistics challenges and without any incentive from the organiser, it proved commitment and resolve of the current generation of competitors and augured good things for the whole season ahead.





Continues in Part 4 : How the action Unfolded

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