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Jasmeet and Ravi Chana have been crowned the Kenya National Rally Championship champions after coming second in Kajiado as Samman Vohra won the event
Jasmeet and Ravi Chana have finally been crowned the Kenya National Rally Championship champions after years of trying.
What’s more, he Nairobi based siblings won the crown with two rounds to spare after finishing in second place on KMSC Kajiado Rally in Il-Bisil, as Skoda Fabia’s Samman Vohra savoured a career best maiden KNRC victory.
Vohra, who was navigated by Alfir Khan in a Skoda Fabia Rally 2, clocked 01:36:36.8 to beat Mitsubishi Evolution's Chana to second (01:43:45.8) as McRae Kimathi (Ford Fiesta), in a time of 01:45:57.3, completed the podium.
But Samman's big win was overshadowed by Chana's title victory on a dry and dusty day.
The Rubis Energy Kenya' sponsored Chanas had their campaign effectively sewn up with an unassailable 196 points score also attaining the newly-introduced 50 per cent threshold of participation on the nine-leg series.
Needing to finish just in fifth place on the Kenya Motor Sports Club (KMSC) organised round, the Chana brothers sped to the podium with zest and vigour.
Jasmeet's feat means he is one of the few drivers in the country to win virtually all categories of the KNRC from Division 3, Two Wheel Drive, Group N and Group S.
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Shabaz Anwar, son of Kenyan rally veteran Azar Anwar, is confident of a good performance as he begins his motorsport adventure in Kajiado on Sunday
The Chanas now join the growing list of Kenyan legends who have won the coveted national rally title.
They include Ian Duncan, Baldev Chager, Alastair Cavenagh, Lee Rose, Karan Patel, Partick Njiru, Carl "Flash" Tundo and Rory Green among others
"It's such a great feeling emerging the champion in a very successful year with my elder brother. It hasn't sunk in yet," remarked Jasmeet, who lost the title last year to Karan Patel on Voi homestretch.
Outgoing champion Patel rested his traditional championship winning Ford Fiesta Rally 2 marque and instead entered his old Evolution X.
Patel is preserving his Fiesta for the penultimate round of the FIA Africa Rally Championship slated for Zambia later this month.
He was on for a points-scoring finish on his return to Bisil in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X but an overheating problem from SS1 (section one) saw him retire from the event.
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