Karangatha looking to make it four wins as Autocross season concludes

Two Wheel Drive Non-Turbo car leader Rajveer Thethy and closest competitor Sam Karangata are set to do battle at the Kenya National Autocross Championship which returns to Jamhuri Park racetrack this Sunday 28 November. 

Karangatha, who has won three of the nine events held so far, picking podium finishes in the other six is hoping to make his final race of the season count and pick his fourth victory against tough competition. 

The title was always going to come down to the two. Their lead has swapped over a number of times and currently the gap is at 9 points. At the VCCCK round at Jamhuri Park, Karangata came really close to a win with a gap of a mere 0.079 seconds after technical issues with his brakes and a tyre blow out.

"With all issues sorted ,we are looking forward to enjoying the final event of the season at Jamhuri for the third time this year and get the win. We have prepared the car the best way possible. It will be almost impossible to win the championship as the point gap means Rajveer has to finish in fourth or worse for us to win. A ninth leg victory would have gave us a chance at the title but since we missed it we will do the best to finish the season on a high," explained Karangatha. 

While the title might have slipped from the Engineer by profession, he appreciates the season that was. 

"It has been great to see many new drivers in the 2WD class this year. It has been the most interesting season I have competed. We have never had a competition this close at this stage of the season. We also had new tracks like Mombasa and Gilgil as well as a repeat of Jamhuri and that made the season more interesting. 

We had to improve our car to keep.up with the competition and handle handle different tracks Making it through all events of the season when we thought we could not early in the season has been special. We have had immense support from among other Azar Anwar and Xtreme Kenya Racing Team and I am grateful to them," added the driver. 

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 9

CLASS 1 - 2WD NON TURBO BUGGY

1 Zameer Verjee  177

2 Ankush Manoj Shah 129

3 Gurraj Singh 119

4 Qahir Rahim 118

5 Rahul Patel  76

CLASS 1 - 2WD NON TURBO CAR

1 Rajveer Thethy 179

2 Sam Karangatha 170

3 Sameer Nanji 91

4 Azfar AbdulMalik 56

5 Ahil Khan 54

CLASS 3 - 2WD TURBO BUGGY

1 Loveyjot Singh 146

2 Pabhjeet Sagoo 123

3 Shaz Ismail 121

4 Azaad Manji 110

5 Deepal Shah 96

CLASS 6- 4WD TURBO

1 Loveyjot Singh 163

2 Eric Bengi 137

3 Sahib Omar 115

4 Murage Waigwa 54

5 William Karobai 37

CLASS 7 - OPEN

1 Hamza Anwar 164

2 Asad Khan 136

3 Maxine Wahome 118

5 Kirit Rajput 100

CLASS 8 - QUAD

1 Gurraj Singh 152

2 Wayne Fernandes122

CLASS 9 - BAMBINO

 2 Yuvraj Rajput 188

2 Karamveer Singh Rooprai 153

3 Amaan Altaf Ganatra 22

4 Jairaj Jutley 17

5 John Jessel 15

6 Billy Tundo 15

CLASS 10- JUNIOR 2WD NON TURBO

1. Brandon Ng'ang'a  159

2 Neel Gohil 154

3 Amaraj Malle 45

4 Hanifa Yakub 32

CLASS 11- PEEWEE

1 Kiana Rajput 141

2 Eann Bengi 59