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Maasai Warriors To The
Rescue!
Day 2
– Monday -
Nairobi
to
Naivasha.
After managing to upset the local police force when he demolished a sign
of theirs on Day One, VK Vodka Kick Rally driver Steve Perez has once again been
in consultation with the locals on the second day of the EASCR…
After a 5.30am start which took the Chesterfield driver and co driver
Mike Stuart from the overnight halt in Nairobi to the stages around Lake Baringo
just south of Eldoret, a minor navigational error, caused when Mike turned two
pages at once, saw them take the wrong route and they ended up lost which meant
they had to ask directions from some local Maasai tribal warriors!
Eventually, the pair were pointed in the right direction and despite
damaging a compression strut they reached service in their Class 3 Datsun 260Z.
Their trials and tribulations were not over, however, when a broken rear beam
saw them have to traverse around 150km of the remaining stages, which included
having to stop to let a herd of Zebra cross the road, meaning they had to nurse
the car home to the overnight halt which they managed to do to maintain their
12th place overall.
“It’s been a long day and once we’d made friends with the
Maasai warriors, we were soon on our way again but talk about being stuck at a
Zebra crossing, this was the real thing! The car is considerably down on power
and it was tough coaxing it through the rough stages with broken suspension but
we’re here after two hard days and ready to see what tomorrow has in store for
us” said Steve.
Day Three of the nine day marathon sees the crew head out for a
relatively short route towards Elementaita and then back to the
Kerio
Valley
before returning for the night
halt at Naivasha. The competitive section through Elburgon has been cancelled
due to the large number of almost impassable mud holes left by the recent
rains.
Leaderboard after Day Two:
1 Gerard Marcy/Alain Lopez, Porsche 911, 03hr 32m 13s
2 Bjorn Waldegård/Mathias Waldegård, Ford Escort RS 1600, 03hr 36m
46s
3 Frederic Dor/Didier Breton, Porsche 911, 03hr 46m 53s
4 Stig Blomqvist/Ana Goni, Ford Escort RS 1600, 03hr 49m 13s
5 Graham Alexander/Ross Runnels, Datsun 260Z, 03hr 54m 54s
6 Geoff Fielding/Preston Ayres, Porsche 911, 03hr 58m 02s
7 Stefano Rocca/Piers Daykin, Datsun 260Z, 04hr 01m 58s
8 Ian Duncan/Amaar Slatch, Ford Mustang V8, 04hr 02m 42s
9 John Lloyd/Adrian Cavenagh, Datsun 240Z, 04hr 02m 54s
10 Steve Troman/Martin Rowe, Porsche 911, 04hr 06m
43s
12 Steve Perez/Mike Stuart, Datsun 240Z, 04hr 10m
23s
For further details: www.eastafricansafarirally.com
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