{"id":491078,"date":"2009-12-02T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=14873"},"modified":"2024-01-19T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:10:58","slug":"2009-east-african-safari-classic-rally-results-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2009-east-african-safari-classic-rally-results-and-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"East African Safari Classic Rally (2009) – Recap & Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The 2009 East African Safari Classic Rally sponsored by Kenya Airways was held November 22nd through December 1st, starting from Mombasa, Kenya and covering 4,300 kilometers of which 1,900 were competitive.<\/p>\n

A Ford won the Kenya Airways East African Safari Classic Rally for the second time in a row. 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, although for the first two or three days, it was pretty much neck-and-neck between Duncan and 2007 winner Bjorn Waldegard in a Porsche 911 co-driven by the car’s owner, Iqbal Sagoo.<\/p>\n

Porsche 911s came in strength this year and Gerard Marcy, accompanied this year by Stephane Prevot, was very much the favourite before the start. But a coming-together with a hole in a Tanzanian road on the second day of the rally lost him too much time and, despite setting several fastest times, he was only able to finish fourth. However, there were six Porsche 911s in the top ten finishers with Thomas Flohr, Steve Troman, Jean-Pierre Mondron and Paul-Eric Jarry all finishing strongly with examples of the German marque.<\/p>\n

The final place on the podium was taken by a Datsun 260Z driven by Steve Perez, an excellent result for the British driver. Though they were by far the most numerous at the start, Datsuns took a bit of a hammering in the results this year with Graham Alexander’s Australian 260Z the only other of the Japanese cars to finish in the top ten. He took sixth place between the Porsches of Flohr and Troman. Rounding out the top ten was a Ford Escort Mk1 driven by Aziz Tejpar – the son of the former competitor on the Safari famous for tackling it with a DAF – who was driving an Ian Freestone prepared car on this his first major event.<\/p>\n

The winners, Ian Duncan and Amaar Slatch were naturally smiling broadly when they descended from their Ford Mustang after the arrival at Whitesands Hotel north of Mombasa on the final day. Of the twenty-four competitive sections run, they had set fastest time on twelve of them. They had twice come close to losing the lead that they had held from the start – once with punctures in north-west Kenya and then on the penultimate day when their distributor drive broke – but they always came back fighting and finally finished just under ten minutes clear of Waldegard.<\/p>\n

Ian Duncan reported, “That was a long way. We’re so glad to have done it and won this rally at last especially after the disappointment with the Mustang last time, two years ago. Really we are so pleased and we owe so much to my guys who prepared – and serviced – this car. Great event.”<\/p>\n

The thing that really surprised Bjorn Waldegard, who was sharing Iqbal Sagoo’s Porsche 911 with him, was that, “so many people in Kenya seem to know me. When we came out of that last stage, there were so many people on the main road – and they all wanted to shake my hand. We are happy to be here and have enjoyed the rally very much. We did have one last problem on the first section today when the car jumped a bit high at a ditch, we landed sideways and swiped the back end against a bank neatly removing the rear bumper. In fact it has been a bit tricky today as, after yesterday and the repairs last night, the exhaust is quite noisy so I have had to back off to hear what Iqbal was saying even through the intercom. But the car was good and we are here in second place so maybe even the driver was not so bad either.” For the record, Waldegard set five fastest times on the competitive sections.<\/p>\n

2009 East African Safari Classic Rally Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Ford Mustang – Ian Duncan (Kenya) and Amaar Slatch (Kenya)
\n2. Porsche 911 – Bjorn Waldegard (Sweden) and Iqbal Sagoo (USA)
\n3. Datsun 260Z – Steve Perez (GB) and Staffan Parmander (Sweden)
\n4. Porsche 911 – Gerard Marcy (Belgium) and Stephane Prevot (Belgium)
\n5. Porsche 911 – Thomas Flohr (Switzerland) and Didier Breton (France)<\/p>\n

Click for complete results: East African Safari Rally Results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.eastafricansafarirally.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2009 East African Safari Classic Rally Photo Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Overall winner Ian Duncan and Amaar Slatch on the open plains with their Ford Mustang<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Porsche 911 driven by legend Bjorn Waldegard finished 2nd overall<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jonathan Savage\\’s Datsun 260Z blasts through the water<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Porsche 911 of Gerard Marcy and Stephane Prevot finished 4th overall<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Geoff Bell\\’s slides his Datsun 180B through turn<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Citroen DS Proto – Frederic Daunat<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Datsun 260Z of Andrew Siddall kicks up dirt<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Porsche 911 of Martin Aguirre finished 17th<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Former 5-time East African Safari Rally winner Bjorn Waldegard of Sweden<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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East African Safari Rally is not easy on tires as evidenced by this carcass<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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East African Safari Rally logo is barely seen <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Overall winners Ian Duncan (left) and Amaar Slatch<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Porsche 924 driven by Jean-Marc Busolini finished 22nd overall<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Overall winner Ian Duncan crosses water with his Ford Mustang <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Renault Alpine A 110 of Erik Comas finished 37th overall<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peter Stoehr\\’s Datsun 1600 SSS slides through a turn<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ford Escort RS 1600 MK I of Richard Arrowsmith finished 14th<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bjorn Waldegard lands his Porsche 911<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jean-Pierre Mondron finished 8th in his Porsche 911<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Porsche 911 of Thierry Bosqueau stubbornly stuck in the sand<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bjorn Waldegard at start of East African Safari Rally<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Renault Alpine A 110 of Charles Firmenich finished 34th<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Curious onlookers watch Thomas Flohr cross water in his Porsche 911<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Citroen DS Proto of Frederic Daunat finished 28th overall<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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3rd place finisher Steve Perez across the plains in his Datsun 260Z<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aslam Kham wheeled his Ford Escort MK I to 29th overall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spectators delight in watch overall winner Ian Duncan jump his Ford Mustang<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Renault Alpine A 110 – Charles Firmenich<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Porsche 911 of Stephen Troman makes its way across body of water<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aziz Tejpar drives his Ford Escort RS 1600 MK I through village<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[Source: East African Safari Rally]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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