Two former African champions, a multiple Kenyan champion and a two times continental junior champion make up a star-studded entry list for this weekend’s RX Motorsports Kenya round 3 event slated for Kasarani’s WRC SSS racetrack on Saturday and Sunday.
Also in the RX mix are father-son and mother-daughter lines-ups expected to spice up the team category.
Zambia’s immediate former FIA African Rally Champion Leroy Gomes is in town accompanied by his son Seth Gomes.
The Ndola-based Gomes will compete under the Africa Eco Services Motorsports team livery alongside lady representative Joan Nesbitt (of Haraka Mamas) and Asad Anwar who is the team’s legend.
Seth will be the team’s junior representative whilst Gomes Senior will be the champion entrant.
Former Kenya Two Wheel Drive Champion Charan Thethy will race alongside his son Rajveer Thethy in Team 7-70 Motorsports which also has Caroline Gatimu, former Kenya Division One and reigning Autocross 4WD Turbo Autocrosses champion Eric Bengi who is the team’s Champion.
Carolina is listed in the same team as her daughter Tinashe. Caroline and Tinashe made history as the first ever mother and daughter WRC Safari finishers earlier in the year in Naivasha.
Five times ARC Safari Rally winner, multiple Kenya Champion and 2021 African Champion Carl “Flash” Tundo returns to the RX series for the umpteenth time and is among the star attractions in the bumper entry featuring more than 30 drivers.
With an eclectic mix of familiar faces and new blood including newly crowned Africa Junior and ARC2 champion Hamza Anwar and teenagers Neel Gohil and Amaan Gabatra, spectacular action is guaranteed.
Hamza aka “Problem Child” ran a full series in the 2023 FIA Junior WRC and a partial campaign of WRC3 events. He will be up against his dad Asad Anwar aka “Bubbling” in the teams event.
Flash Tundo is listed in the RX Open category with the likes of Yusuf Pasta of Roadtainers Racing Team Mombasa, Ishmael Azeli of 7 TO 70 Motorsports,
Clement Marini of Umoja Racing, Musa Ssegaabwe of Africa Eco Services Motorsports, Murage Wa Waigwa and Moha Bandy of Open Haider Motorsports Rally Team.
Event Documentation, Scrutineering and an online Drivers Briefing: shall take place on Friday 17th November.
Saturday 18th November will witness the paddock officially opening at 07:00 hrs and Re-scrutineering of face cars between 07:00 hrs – 08:00 hrs followed by a convoy Lap.at 08:30 hrs, the start of heats at 10:30 hrs and the posting of Day 1 results at 17:30 hrs.
The program for Sunday 19th November is as follows:
•Paddock Officially Open: TBA hrs
•Start of Heats: TBA hrs
•Semi Final Heats: TBA hrs
•Final: TBA hrs
•Posting of Results: TBA hrs
•Prize Giving Ceremony: 14:30 hrs or after final results confirmation
RX R3 ENTRY LIST AS AT 15/11/23
RX CUBS
1. KARAMVEER ROOPRAI RX CUBS RAICON RACING
1. CHECHE ABABU* RX CUBS CHECHE ABABU
2. EANN BENGI RX CUBS 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS
3. ALLAN BENGI RX CUBS 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS
4. GITAU MUNENE RX CUBS GITAU
5. YUVRAJ RAJPUT RX CUBS DUMA RACING TEAM
6. TOMMY CAVENAGH RX CUBS CAVENAGH
RX 2WD
7. SAMEER NANJI 2WD IMPALA MOTORSPORTS
8. AMAAN GANATRA 2WD GANATRA
9. NEEL GOHIL 2WD NEEL MOTORSPORTS
10. JOSE SARDINHA 2WD JSRACING
11. STEPHEN MBOCI* 2WD VMS RACING
12. JOSEPH GACHECHEH* 2WD SOLI, GIN
13. AZFAR ABDULMALIK 2WD RALLY CRAZY
14. RON OAKLEY* 2WD SOLI, GIN
RX OPEN
15. CARL TUNDO OPEN RX
16. YUSUF PASTA OPEN ROADTAINERS RACING TEAM
17. ISHMAEL AZELI OPEN 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS
18. CLEMENT MARINI OPEN UMOJA RACING
19. MUSA SSEGAABWE OPEN AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS
20. MURAGE WA WAIGWA (* OPEN HAIDER MOTORSPORTS RALLY TEAM
21. MOHA BANDY * OPEN HAIDER MOTORSPORTS RALLY TEAM
RX TEAM CATEGORY
22. MAXINE WAHOME* LADY SOLI GIN
HAMZA ANWAR * JUNIOR SOLI GIN
BALDEV CHAGAR * CHAMPION SOLI GIN
RON OAKLEY* LEGEND SOLI GIN
23. CAROLINE GATIMU* LADY 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS
RAJVEER THETHY JUNIOR 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS
ERIC BENGI CHAMPION 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS
CHARAN THETHY LEGEND 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS
24. JENNIFER MALIK* LADY BETIKA
JOHN KADIVANE* JUNIOR BETIKA
STEVE GACHERU* CHAMPION BETIKA
BOB KAUGI* LEGEND BETIKA
25. TINA GATIMU LADY 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS-B
ISHMAEL AZELI JUNIOR 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS-B
EVANS KAVISI CHAMPION 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS-B
TBA LEGEND 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS-B
26. JOAN NESBITT LADY AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS
SETH GOMEZ JUNIOR AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS
LEROY GOMEZ CHAMPION AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS
ASAD ANWAR LEGEND AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS
