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ZAMBIA INTERNATIONAL RALLY: 3-5th July 2009
The Entry List for the Zambia Rally is on this page under Zambia then Press Releases...........5 ARC contenders and 2 Pirelli Star driver entries......... 
Photo of Riyaz Kurji's accident car after collection from the accident site.
SAD END TO KCB UGANDA RALLY - COMPETITORS STOP AFTER BIG ACCIDENT: Riyaz Kurji declared the winner, First posthumous winner in the ARC history.Riyaz Kurji has been declared the winner of the KCB Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally 2009 and becomes the first posthumous winner of a round of the .......read more 
Ooops ! Sandip Jandu rolls during the KCB Safari Rally 2009. Drivers were not hurt.(Photo By: Geoff Mayes)
James Whyte and Phil Archenoul from Zimbabwe on the winners ramp to claim victory in African Rally Championship section of the 2009 KCB Safari Rally Rally which finished on Sunday 5th April 2009.
Pirelli Star Driver (PSD) Africa winning qualifier Kenya's Raaji Bharij and Raja Sehmi power their Subaru Impreza N10 during the 2009 KCB Safari Rally Kenya.
JAMES WHYTE FROM ZIMBABWE SCORES ANOTHER FIRST IN KENYA - Carl Tundo of Kenya wins the IRC Safari Rally Despite the Kenyan ‘stage flyers’ Zimbabwean veteran Jamie Whyte and Phil Archneoul won the African Rally Championship category for the second straight event in 2009. Whyte was the top placed ARC driver in 4th overall position....more JAMES WHYTE AND PHIL ARCHNEOUL WIN KOBIL RALLY OF TANZANIA ...... In a dramatic finish when Emmanuel Katto punctures in the final stages ..... Randeep Birdi of Tanzania and Mathieu Adrianjafy of Madagascar are the first two PSD Africa qualifers.....read more in Tanzania Rally Results. 
Emmanuel Katto and Moses Matovu in their Subaru N14 who are leading the Kobil Rally of Tanzania at the end of Leg 1
ARC Winner: James Whyte/Philip Archenoul-Subaru Impreza
2008 FIA Prizegiving Gala in Monte Carlo on the 12th December 2008. To see more photos ....click here
LATEST NEWS FOR THE 2009 ARC
The Zimbabwe Motor Sport Federation has applied for a date change for the 2009 Zimbabwe Challenge Rally and this has been moved to 28/30 August 2009.
FIA has appoved the inclusion of the 2009 Rwanda Mountian Gorilla Rally as a reserve event for the 2009 ARC calendar and the date has been changed to 17-19 September 2009.
2009 FIA African Rally Championship calendar has been launched and the first event will be the Rally of Tanzania.
The Rally Guide for the Rally of Tanzania has been published and is on this website. Scroll down and click on the Box. FIA Regional Rally Championships-
2009 Calendars
Championnat d’Afrique des Rallyes
African Rally Championship
20-22 February Rally of Tanzania (EAT)
3-5 avril / April KCB Safari Rally Kenya (EAK)
1-3 mai / May KCB Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (EAU)
3-5 juillet / July Zambia International Rally (Z)
28-30 August Zimbabwe Challenge Rally (ZW)
17-19 September Rwanda Mountian Gorilla Rally *
* Reserve Rally ARC
2009 One Candidate events to join the 2010 ARC are:
17/19 September 2009 - Rwanda Mountian Gorilla Rally
DRIVERS REGISTERED FOR THE 2009 FIA AFRICAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
DRIVER CODRIVER COUNTRY
Mohammed Essa Zambia James Whyte Phil Archenoul Zimbabwe
Anwar Pandya Tanzania Muna Singh David Sihoka Zambia Emmanuel Katto Moses Matovu Uganda / EAT Peter Horsey Kenya Navraj Hans Frank Gitau Tanzania / EAK Don Smith Sonal Smith Kenya Giancarlo Davite Sylvia Vindevogel Rwanda Izhar Mirza Kenya Oliver Costa Rwanda
Since 2008 FIA approved fireproof underwear which is already mandatory in all FIA rallies will be enforced and drivers are informed to have this before they attend the 2008 ARC rallies.
CACMS has made a strong reccomendation to all ASN's in Africa to implement fire proof underwear in their National Rally Championships as well.
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