Drivers geared up for second phase of gruelling East African Cla*sic Rally after resting in Nairobi

Classic rally teams have now turned their attention to Day Six of the East African Classic Rally resuming today following a rejuvenating rest day in Nairobi yesterday.

Eugenio Amos will start the second half of the event with an impressive lead of over 18 minutes, showcasing exceptional driving skills over the past four days and securing victories in three stages.  

Rounding up the top five places which happen to be made up of Porsche 911, are defending champion Baldev Chager in second place, 18 minutes 44 seconds, Kris Rosenberger in fourth followed by Jourdan Serderidis from in fifth overall.

Mechanics and team managers kept busy inspecting and servicing their cars at the service park located at the Carnivore grounds that was a beehive of activities with teams working round the clock to beat the 6 hours allowed for service.

The action begins at 6am this morning with a total of 57 cars still in contention as they head out to Amboseli.

Top local rally driver Baldev Chager said: “Circumstance have made it hard yesterday we had a gear box issue then we had this rainstorm caught up with several cars. You couldn’t see 10 meters ahead. But its ok, we are still running, the lead is running away.

The pace is picking up and a lot of time. Today we are doing our best we are allowed to have four mechanics around the car and as always where I can help am always available. Am hands on person and always enjoy being around them. We had the gearbox changed and a couple of precautionary changes.”
Kyle Lucas noted that: “Its been a lot of work and being a privateer makes it even more harder. Its been a journey and when we found the shell somewhere in Eldoret we had to do it over completely to be rally ready. It’s a a 1978 car, we had to import a lot of the parts. We have put in a lot into this car. And here we are as privateers, halfway through it and still going.”

Philip Kyriazi said: “Today we did a complete check of and very little was left to chance. So basic we have been lucky and we have just doing preventative maintenance through the day today.”
Current leader Eugenio Amos said: “I actually don’t like rest day I prefer staying in the race. I trained a lot at home physically and mentally is well and am feeling good.”