Stage Set for Utrack Rally as Organisers Unveil Routes

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The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

Miguel Suleyman

22 June 2011

Dar es Salaam — As the start of the Utrack Saba Saba Rally draws closer, Arusha Motor Sports Club has finalised drawing up new routes for the event planned to get underway on July 9.Chief clerk of the course Viren Shah confirmed to The Citizen yesterday that the two-day 350km race billed to be competitive would start and end at Olyset Net Factory at Kisongo, Arusha.

“We hope that the race will attract a huge number of competitors and onlookers because the drivers will be plying smooth roads,” said the clerk.The Utrack Saba Saba Rally serves as the fourth round of the National Rally Championship and will start with the Super Special Stage.

“It’s our hope that Kimono and Messianic will be among the most exciting and challenging sections of the 350km race,” he observed.Shah disclosed that the two sections are smooth, but the drivers will have to use extra intelligence to manoeuvre the challenging bends.

The race is named Utrack for sponsorship reasons. It is co-hosted by Retina, Atom Z Textile Mills, Olivet Net, Golden Rose Hotel, Sunvic Express, La Fiesta Bar 7 Restaurant, Media Works, Design Solutions and Radio 5.

Shah said as of yesterday host Arusha had submitted 10 entries who include: Amarjit Dillon, Ajanta Shah, Navajo Hans and Satrap Hans.Others are: Reship Lodhia, Stephen Lohay, Erick Cormack, Robert Sander, Sukhvinder Sian, Sameer Mehboob and Nishit Bhatt.

Larry Horn, who was the third round winner in Tanga last month, has yet to confirm his participation.But Tanga Motor Sports Club chairman, Hussein Moor hopes that his club would field three drivers in the event. Veteran driver Saidi Baghoza and his teammates Twalib Hatibu and Jamal Nirmal are likely to represent Tanga, according to Moor.

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