{"id":4247,"date":"2024-11-05T05:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T02:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2024-11-05T05:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T02:39:32","slug":"speed-festival-features-kenyas-daredevils-in-pre-1978-machines-so-no-fancy-electronics-with-such-names-as-efi-vvti-tiptronic-transmissions-traction-control-kenyantraffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/speed-festival-features-kenyas-daredevils-in-pre-1978-machines-so-no-fancy-electronics-with-such-names-as-efi-vvti-tiptronic-transmissions-traction-control-kenyantraffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed festival features Kenya\u2019s daredevils in pre-1978 machines. So, no fancy electronics with such names as EFI, VVTi, Tiptronic transmissions, traction control"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From today, the plains of Laikipia erupt into throaty roars of Porsche Carreras, Datsuns 240 &260Zs, Triumph TRN8s, Fords Escort MK2s (and a Mustang too!) as the Top Fry Classic Rally vrooms off from the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, a BMW323i is in the battle as is a VW Beatle driven by Fergus Robley navigated by Charles Wang\u2019ombe.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2019 Top Fry classic will be a five-day event, starting and finishing at the prestigious club.<\/span><\/p>\n

It features approximately 1,500kms of competitive stages running through uniquely stunning expanses of Northern Kenya, according to www.topfryrally.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the speed festival are Kenya\u2019s daredevils in pre-1978 (or thereabout) machines. So, no fancy electronics with such names as EFI, VVTi, Tiptronic transmissions, traction control and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

These are machines for real men and women who can handle the H-pattern gear shift, repair carburettors and tune-up in the bush.<\/span><\/p>\n

Talking of daredevils, you have last year\u2019s winner \u201cBaldie\u201d Baldev Chager behind the wheel of the same Porsche Carrera 911.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Looking for sweet revenge is the South African Geoff Bell — number two last year— in the pacey Datsun 240Z that boasts a V-6 and three carburettors. Very light and therefore not for the lily-livered. What with the skewed weight-to-power-ratio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also driving a similar Porsche is a very-fast Onkar Rai, a scion of the Rai motor-sporting and industrial family. Remember the great Sarbi Rai and his Celicas?<\/span><\/p>\n

The rear-engined Porsches out-cost a medium-size CDF project but they are bloody robust and perfectly-engineered. Almost.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Porsche Carrera 911<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feeling like a German Shepherd who has spotted a rabbit (read the car in front) will be Carl \u201cFlash\u201d Tundo in a Triumph TR8, a beautiful eight-cylinder marque.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Google tells us it was designed by Harris Mann and manufactured by British Leyland.\u00a0 Under the mile-long, wedge-shaped bonnet is a ?3,528 cc engine powering ?1.2 tons. Again, awesome power-weight ratio. Production? was between ?1978and198. Transmission?? ?5-speed manual.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two-time winner of the gruelling East African Safari Classic Rally and dare-devil-in-chief Ian Duncan is back after gremlins ensured he did not finish last year in a Ford Capri, a misfortune he shared with \u201cFlash\u201d.\u00a0 He is navigated by Antony Nielsen in a Ford Mustang.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Datsun 260Z<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Full list of man and machine:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This article first appeared in the Standard<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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From today, the plains of Laikipia erupt into throaty roars of Porsche Carreras, Datsuns 240 &260Zs, Triumph TRN8s, Fords Escort MK2s (and a Mustang too!) as the Top Fry Classic Rally vrooms off from the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki. By the way, a BMW323i is in the battle as is a VW…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1905],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-16v","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/Speed-festival-magaripoa.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}