Zambia’s Immediate Former African Champion Gomes Tops Star-Studded Rx-3 Entry

FIA African Rally champion Leroy Gomes in action. PHOTO/ARC

NAIROBI, Kenya- Two former African champions, multiple Kenyan champions, and a two-time continental junior champion make up a star-studded entry list for this weekend’s RX Motorsports Kenya round 3 slated for Kasarani’s WRC SSS racetrack on Saturday and Sunday.

Also in the RX mix are father-son and mother-daughter lineups expected to spice up the team category.

Zambia’s immediate former FIA African Rally champion Leroy Gomes is in town accompanied by his son Seth Gomes.

The Ndola-based Gomes will compete under the Africa Eco Services Motorsports team livery alongside lady representative Joan Nesbitt (of Haraka Mamas) and Asad Anwar who is the team’s legend.

Seth will be the team’s junior representative whilst Gomes Senior will be the champion driver in their team.

Former Kenya Two Wheel Drive Champion Charan Thethy will race alongside his son Rajveer Thethy in the 7-70 Motorsports team which also has Caroline Gatimu, former Kenya Division One and reigning Autocross 4WD Turbo Autocrosses champion Eric Bengi who is the team’s Champion. Carolina is listed on the same team as her daughter Tinashe.  Caroline and Tinashe made history as the first-ever mother and daughter WRC Safari finishers earlier in the year in Naivasha.

Five-time Safari Rally winner, multiple Kenya champion, and 2021 ARC Champion Carl “Flash” Tundo returns to the RX series for the umpteenth time and is among the star attractions in the bumper entry featuring more than 30 drivers.

FIA African Rally champion Leroy Gomes in action. PHOTO/ARC

 With an eclectic mix of familiar faces and new blood including newly crowned Africa Junior and ARC2 champion Hamza Anwar, spectacular action is guaranteed.

Hamza aka “Problem Child” ran a full series in the 2023 Junior WRC and a partial campaign of WRC3 events. He will be up against his dad Asad Anwar aka “Bubbling”.

Flash Tundo is listed in the RX Open category with the likes of Yusuf Pasta of Roadtainers Racing Team Mombasa, Ishmael Azeli of 7 TO 70 Motorsports,

Clement Marini of Umoja Racing, Musa Ssegaabwe of Africa Eco Services Motorsports, Murage Wa Waigwa, and Moha Bandy of Open Haider Motorsports Rally Team.

Event Documentation, Scrutineering, and an online Drivers Briefing: shall take place on Friday 17th November.

Saturday 18th November will witness the paddock officially opening at 07:00 hrs and Re-scrutineering of face cars between 07:00 hrs – 08:00 hrs followed by a convoy Lap.at 08:30 hrs, the start of heats at 10:30 hrs and the posting of Day 1 results at 17:30 hrs.

The program for Sunday 19th November is as follows:

•Paddock Officially Open: TBA hrs

•Start of Heats: TBA hrs

• Semi-Final Heats: TBA hrs

•Final: TBA hrs

•Posting of Results: TBA hrs

•Prize Giving Ceremony: 14:30 hrs or after final results confirmation

RX R3 ENTRY LIST AS OF 15/11/23

RX CUBS

1. KARAMVEER ROOPRAI RX CUBS RAICON RACING

1. CHECHE ABABU* RX CUBS CHECHE ABABU

2. EANN BENGI RX CUBS 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS

3. ALLAN BENGI RX CUBS 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS

4. GITAU MUNENE RX CUBS GITAU

5. YUVRAJ RAJPUT RX CUBS DUMA RACING TEAM 

6. TOMMY CAVENAGH RX CUBS CAVENAGH

RX 2WD 

7. SAMEER NANJI 2WD IMPALA MOTORSPORTS

8. AMAAN GANATRA 2WD GANATRA 

9. NEEL GOHIL 2WD NEEL MOTORSPORTS

10. JOSE SARDINHA 2WD JSRACING

11. STEPHEN MBOCI* 2WD VMS RACING 

12. JOSEPH GACHECHEH* 2WD SOLI, GIN

13. AZFAR ABDULMALIK 2WD RALLY CRAZY 

14. RON OAKLEY* 2WD SOLI, GIN

RX OPEN

15. CARL TUNDO OPEN RX

16. YUSUF PASTA OPEN ROADTAINERS RACING TEAM

17. ISHMAEL AZELI OPEN 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS

18. CLEMENT MARINI OPEN UMOJA RACING

19. MUSA SSEGAABWE OPEN AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS

20. MURAGE WA WAIGWA (* OPEN HAIDER MOTORSPORTS RALLY TEAM

21. MOHA BANDY * OPEN HAIDER MOTORSPORTS RALLY TEAM

RX TEAM CATEGORY 

22. MAXINE WAHOME* LADY SOLI GIN

HAMZA ANWAR * JUNIOR SOLI GIN

BALDEV CHAGAR * CHAMPION SOLI GIN

RON OAKLEY* LEGEND SOLI GIN

23. CAROLINE GATIMU* LADY 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS

RAJVEER THETHY JUNIOR 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS

ERIC BENGI CHAMPION 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS

CHARAN THETHY LEGEND 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS

24. JENNIFER MALIK* LADY BETIKA

JOHN KADIVANE* JUNIOR BETIKA

STEVE GACHERU* CHAMPION BETIKA

BOB KAUGI* LEGEND BETIKA

25. TINA GATIMU LADY 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS-B

ISHMAEL AZELI JUNIOR 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS-B

EVANS KAVISI CHAMPION 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS-B

TBA LEGEND 7 TO 70 MOTORSPORTS-B

26. JOAN NESBITT LADY AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS

SETH GOMEZ JUNIOR AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS

LEROY GOMEZ CHAMPION AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS

ASAD ANWAR LEGEND AFRICA ECO SERVICES MOTORSPORTS

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