Rajveer confident of a good outing in Vipingo

As the Kenya National Autocross Championship head to Vipingo this weekend, Open Class leader Rajveer Thethy, is confident of good timings to maintain his place.

The 20 year old rising star will have his Subaru Impreza car branded with Salomon Kenya livery ahead of Sunday's Mombasa Motor Club National Autocross round in Vipingo after landing sponsorship with the brand.

"Preparations are going well. We have made a few modifications to the Subaru Impreza and tweaked the suspension for better handling on the track.

Being a sea level event, our approach for this weekend's autocross is to keep it clean and set good timings," said Rajveer.

The three-time Autocross Champion in the Junior Two Wheel Drive (2WD) NT and 2WD NT Car classes has 44 autocross wins under his belt and is looking to add more.

In 2021, Rajveer made his Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC) debut during the season-closing Guru Nanak Rally. He decided to start off with the Guru Nanak rally as his dad began his rallying career with the Guru Nanak Rally.

Driving a Subaru Impreza N10, co-driven by Wayne Fernandes, he managed to finish eight overall and second in Division two on his very first KNRC event.

Salomon Kenya will also be sponsoring the event which will count towards the fifth round of the Kenya National Autocross Championship alongside hosts Mombasa Cement.

Rajveer, son of former Two Wheel Drive National Rally Champion Charan Thethy, joins the growing list of Salomon Kenya athletes who include Mt Kilimanjaro to Mt Kenya Summit to Summit record holder Limo Kipkemoi and Neel Gohil who currently tops the Junior Two Wheel Drive Non-Turbo class in Autocross.

Salomon Kenya Marketing Director Sandra Gidoui said the world's leading sports equipment brand is proud to be associated with young budding athletes who are determined to realize new limits in sport.

"We are seeking to support young talented personalities in other sporting disciplinses to break the norm of trail runners and hikers. Rajveer is our latest young athlete to join our team. The sponsorship will cater for his entry fees, logistics as well as other incidentals," said Sandra. 

Rajveer thanked Salomon Kenya for their goodwill gesture adding that motorsport is expensive and so it is always a great pleasure to partner with the corporate world.

The Autocross series has been to Nakuru, Jamhuri Park and the WRC Safari Rally racetrack at Kasarani in March.

AUTOCROSS STANDINGS

2WD Non-Turbo -Buggy

1.Gurraj Singh 61

2 Manveer Ghale 43

3 Ankush Manoj Shah 39

2WD Non-Turbo -Car

1 Sameer Nanji 64

2 Bhupinder 49

3 Ahill Khan 19

4WD Turbo

1 George Njoroge 30

2 Eric Bengi 22

3 Hussein Malik 22

Open 

1 Rajveer Thethy 61

2  Charan Thethy 20

3 Hamza Anwar 17

Bambino

1 Karamveer Singh Rooprai 64

2 Kiana Rajput 17

3. Eann Bengi 17

Junior 2WD Non Turbo

1 Neel Gohil 63

2 Amaan Ganatra 35

3 Yuvraj Rajput 34