#EastAfrican Safari Classic Rally – The Countdown is underway

It’s foot down from here!
The countdown begins… 8 months to go for the 11th edition of the Greatest Rally in the world!

So, the March madness has started, we are out on route survey already and new members have joined our team.
Apologies for being so quiet, but the Team needed to appoint new people with a passion for rallying as well as an understanding of what is a unique event.
Meanwhile our IT team have been revamping our email addresses for ease of use, kindly see the table below and take note of the contact details.

Our Chairman, Joey Ghose is busy with other businesses, but will play a key role in Marketing alongside our Board of Directors, so unless it is marketing related, please work with the rest of the Team or communicate with Gilly Dykes our Event Director.

We have a dedicated team to do recce, so consistency with the roadbook will be priority along with trying to increase distances as well as find new routes.  Tanzania, due to various reasons has been left out this year with the hope of running a mini-classic there next year.

Whilst Renzo Bernardi joins us as the Clerk of Course, Raju Chaggar has been contracted to prepare the roadbook along with our Safety Officer, Dash Patel.  Raju will also be one of the two deputy CoCs on the event alongside Qahir Rahim.

Qahir is also our new Rally Manager within the office, and we wish him every success in his new role. Ida Tallam is our “go to lady” and will be CRO on the event. Ida has a strong relationship with all our customers.

Our newly appointed Scrutineers are Musa Locho and Rob Gow. They will be responsible for verifying and approving technical waivers with Viren Goricha as a technical consultant to the team.

Also, a new member will join the Team in April, to solely handle your accommodation requests. Jen Dance has knowledge of Kenyan hotels but most importantly knows how rally teams work and can cater to your requests. Jen will be our other CRO during the rally itself.

Michael has been with Classic since November 2021 and will be available to assist with follow ups on entry payments and other financial related queries.

All of us are assisted by Winnie, Tony, and James who have various job roles.

ENTRY LIST AS AT 24/03/2023

The entry list is made up of 73 entrants with the omission of the numbers 13 and 43. There has been an outstanding demand for entries for this nine-day rally. The list is sorted in alphabetical order with the first 27 having their deposits fully paid up.

We look forward to receiving deposits from all the other entrants that have expressed their excitement and interest in the world’s greatest classic rally!

CLICK THIS LINK FOR THE ENTRY LIST.

RENZO BERNARDI
Introducing our new Clerk of Course, who is independent of the Classic – Renzo Bernardi is the current President of the Motorcycle Sports Federation of Kenya since 2018. He has been chairman of the EAMSC for 8 years and chairman of the Kenya Motor Sports Foundation and later of the Kenya Motor Sports Federation.

He was brought up in Kenya and has been an active participant in motor and motorcycle sports activities for many years. As an organiser and official he has been CoC and Technical steward for several FIM Africa Continental events, local rallies, and Chief Judge at the Concourse d`Elegance.

He has participated in rallies as a navigator and has taken part in the EASCR six times.

PERSONAL PHOTO’S AND VIDEOS
For those of you who competed in the Mini Classic and would like photo’s / videos we can share with you what we have at a fee according to the package we put together for you.

FULL THROTTLE FORWARDS

So, there are exciting times ahead for us all and we hope that you find it an easier and more streamlined experience in 2023.  The previous team for the last Main, certainly raised the bar and we intend to emulate and go above and beyond in order to make this the Greatest Classic ever.