Kunal Patel posted his second win of the season during the fourth round of the KCB National Autocross Championship organised by Vintage and Classic Car Club of Kenya (VCCCK) at Jamhuri Park circuit.
He beat Izmir Racing’s Shalien Mughal in a two-horse race also setting the Fastest time of the day (FTD).
Kunal cleared the second heat in 2.05.75 minutes to rack up the event’s fastest overall heat time earning himself two bonus points in the 20 leg championship.
Tsorav Soni beat his Tstablemate Kiana Rajput to win the Pee Pee Class.
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Tsorav clocked a best of 3 cumulative total of 11.04.10 minutes while Kiana timed 16.04.04minutes.
In the 4WD T Class Ken Nteere of Nanyuki Racing Team beat Jasminder Bharij to second place as Eric Bengi completed the podium dash.
Champion Yuvraj Rajput lives up to his billing when he emerged the winner in Bambino Class. He beat teammate Tsevi Soni and Izmir Racing Illyun Mughal for the podium.
Wayne Fernandez who was a lone ranger in the quad class took the honours in his Raptor.
Fernandez navigates Daren Miranda in the KCB Kenya National Rally Championship.
Kunal was all smiles and had this to say;
“We had a good fight with Shalien in all the heats but I’m glad I had the last laugh. The race was well organised, kudos to VCCCK. I’m now looking to win my third race of the season in the next race.”
Kunal won the opening round of the season and repeated the performance in the fourth race meeting.
Shalien who finished second in 2WT and 3rd in open class said: “Not bad a bad race. It was very competitive. But it didn’t go down as we had anticipated as we were expecting mud but it was very it was dry. The track layout was fantastic Anthony Gatei did a wonderful job designing the set up. It was a mix of very tight sections with quite a few jumps and sweeping corners. Kumal and I were fighting all day and he managed to come out on top.”
Kenya Motor Sports Club will organize the fifth round of the KCB Bank sponsored series on the weekend of June 8-9.
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