BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER
Morogoro will host the Serengeti Rally of Tanzania this weekend which will bring together local and international drivers for the final round of the African Rally Championship (ARC).
Arusha’s Gurpal Sandhu left on Wednesday for Morogoro to take part in the event which will also feature competitors chasing national championship honours.
“We are participating in the rally and we’ll do our best,” he told The Arusha News.
The rally will take place at the Tanzania Forest Services plantation in Makundi, with organisers reporting a field of 23 cars. Eight will compete for African championship points while the remaining 15 will contest the national competition.
Drivers from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and India are expected to participate, giving the Morogoro event an international field.
Uganda’s woman driver Susan Muwonge is among the entrants and will drive a Subaru Impreza alongside navigator Musa Nsubuga.
Chief rally supervisor Mosi Makau said Susan’s participation would help encourage more women to enter motorsport.
The event offers Tanzanian competitors an opportunity to compete against visiting crews as the continental championship reaches its conclusion, with Sandhu joining the challenge from Arusha.
Meanwhile, Balraj Sehra won the sprint category of a one-day rally held a fortnight ago in Kisongo, on the outskirts of Arusha town.
The other winners were: Rally cars (Jasraj Sandhu) and 4×4 category (Yusuf Khatry).
The event was sponsored by Grewal Builders, Nyondo Mining, Bansal Steel Rolling Mills and Halotel, according to AMSC Communication Officer Janet Lyatuu.
