EAST AFRICAN CLASSIC SAFARI RALLY 2015 GETS THUMBS UP BY KENYA AIRWAYS
(Posted 15th July 2015)
After retaining Sarova Hotels as one of this classic rallying events key sponsors has Kenya Airways yesterday also once again put pen to paper and committed to supporting the airline through a range of support measures, including ticket and cargo services when the 2015 Classic Safari Rally was formally launched at the Kenya Airways headquarters in Embakasi / Nairobi yesterday.
(Seen here at the launch event from left to right are Kenya Airways CEO Mbuvi Ngunze, Sarova Hotels CEO J.S. Vohra and on the extreme right Kenya Airways’ Director of Marketing Mr. Chris Diaz.
The Pride of Africa has been part of one of Kenya’s greatest motor sporting events, which every two years brings together the champions and cars of the old days, providing a spectacle second to none to the many fans who watch the rally make its way across Kenya and Tanzania. This year will Tanzania see four instead of the previous three competitive stages and two entirely new sections have been included which will no doubt challenge the drivers and their cars and excite the spectators along the 4.100 kilometres long route.
Fifty five participants, only five open spaces remain, have already signed up for the 2015 event which will run from the 19th to the 27th of November this year with starting and ending point again expected to be at the Sarova Whitesands Resort & Spa in Bamburi, north of Mombasa. Among the fancied names are Stig Blomquist of Sweden with other participants coming from Britain, Germany, Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, Norway, France, Argentina, South Africa, Tanzania and of course Kenya.
Additional details, including the informative bulletins for drivers, can be found on the EACSR2015 website available by clicking on http://www.eastafricansafarirally.com/latest-news/
