Rally Rewind - EMC Kabale Rally 2016 : Part 5 - Action CS 4-6

After service, the drivers would go back for more of the same stages however following a preview of the section times, for some drivers the driving would not be the same.  Bunyonyi was pretty straight forward. Jas went 1s faster as did Hassan.  Duncan had shaved 10s pulling further away from Hassan.  Arthur had gone 12s faster than his morning hack but more importantly Omar had gone 6s even faster reducing the gap between the in-laws to just 3s.  Sebuguzi who had been struggling outside the top 5 would get into trouble losing 3 minutes on this stage due to brake issues.  The following long kitagata stage would be the scene of epic battles where the patient would take territory and the brave would fall.

Fitidis would be the first casualty as he would retire on the transport section to Kitagata following fuel pressure loss.  400m into the stage Desh would miss a fast left and dive straight into the trees and into retirement.  4kms up the hill, Omar would sweep wide through  a medium left, slide off the road and tumble 50m down the embankment where he would remain for almost 30 minutes until Kitakuri power lifted him back onto the road.  Hassan Alwi would suffer a puncture but drive with it till the end losing about 4 minutes while Ssebuguzi would continue to suffer brake problems and be overtaken by Arthur Blick who was running 6 minutes behind.  At the end of the stage, Jas would set an identical time to his first hack followed by Duncan Mubiru, Arthur Blick, Geoffrey Nsamba and Musa Kabega.   

Hassan Alwi then went ahead to stamp his authority on the second pass of the super special by breaking the 2 minute barrier with 01:54 followed by Jas +2s, Arthur + 8s and Omar and Kabega tied +10s.  The grass  track was drier but it was clear that drivers had taken a much cleaner and less aggressive approach this time around with the exception of Duncan who was almost a minute off the pace.  When it was done, the overall standings would have Jas leading by 2m16s from Duncan while Arthur had now taken 3^rd place from Hassan.  Meanwhile, Geoffrey Nsamba had replaced Fitidis in Pole Pole’s fight to keep 5^th and Ambrose Byona was tussling for 7^th against Kabega in 8th.  Ssebuguzi ‘s problems left him in hanging onto the top 10 while Omar’s roll had him drop to 27^th and last of the surviving cars, his very second-hand looking new car notwithstanding.  Leila Mayanja/Wamala were leading the 2WD from Ismail Otega.

Continues in Part 6: CS 7-10