Autos Clásicos

Autosport International, Europe's largest motorsport trade show

By Walter Ainsworth - Autosport International, Europe’s largest motorsport trade show, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK, on 14-17 January 2010. Autosport International is firmly established as an essential part of the calendar for motorsport professionals, who want to be the first in-the-know for the forthcoming season.

Safari Classic, The Finish

Mombasa, midday - Ian Duncan and Amaar Slatch win Safari Classic in Ford Mustang. A Ford has won the Kenya Airways East African Safari Classic Rally 2009 for the second time in succession. In 2007, it was a Ford Escort from Europe that took the overall victory but now it is the turn of the American breed to win with a car prepared and driven by Kenyan, Ian Duncan. His superiority was almost unchallenged throughout the event though for the first two or three days, it was pretty much neck-and-neck between Duncan in the Mustang and 2007 winner, Björn Waldegård in a Porsche 911 co-driven by the car's owner, Iqbal Sagoo.

Safari Classic, Monday afternoon

Taita Hill Lodge, Monday - afternoon
There was very nearly a dramatic turn of events this afternoon as the rally cars headed south. Ian Duncan had the distributor drive shear on his Ford Mustang and the car coasted to a halt. But his luck was in as this all happened on the transport section between Email and Ndi and he was able to remove the old broken drive and fit a new one. Thus he was able to continue and take fastest time on the last competitive section thus bringing his lead over Björn Waldegård in the Porsche up to eight minutes, thirty-two seconds.

Safari Classic, Sunday afternoon

Naivasha - It has been something of hectic day out there on the competitive sections in the north. Björn Waldegård set fastest time on the first two with his Porsche 911 and reduced Ian Duncan's substantial overnight lead with the Ford Mustang to around three and half minutes thanks to the Kenyan driver picking up two punctures at critical points. However, on the third section, Duncan came back at the Porsche and took over two minutes from Waldegård so that he provisionally leads by five minutes and forty seconds. However, this is still a provisional result until the cars have arrived back here and any road penalties that might have been incurred added in to the individual totals.

 


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