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Karan Patel kicked off his title defense in the FIA Africa Rally Championship (ARC) with a resounding victory at the ARC Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (POAUR) which culminated at the Source of Nile River Hotel in Jinja.<\/strong><\/p>\n Navigated by Tauseef Khan in a Skoda Fabia R5, Karan displayed remarkable prowess behind the wheel, conquering 8 out of 9 stages in an event which also counted towards the third round of Ugandan\u2019s National Rally Championship (NRC).<\/p>\n Karan\u2019s consistency and skill were evident from the third stage on Saturday as he secured a well-deserved maiden Uganda win including the closing V-Power Stage, the third run of the sleek 22.33km Sura Mbaya test.<\/p>\n Following the cancellation of Saturday\u2019s SS1 Macarena 1 test, the battle for supremacy was intense, with Uganda\u2019s own Jas Mangat putting up a formidable challenge with the fastest time through the 8.83km SS2 Tadooba 1.<\/p>\n However, Patel\u2019s determination and precision on the sugar cane sections ultimately prevailed, edging out Mangat to clinch the top spot winning every single stage through to the last flying finish at Sura Mbaya.<\/p>\n Adding to the celebration was the third-place finish by Karan\u2019s compatriot, Hamza Anwar, highlighting the dominance of the Kenyan contingent in the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of Uganda (FMU)- organized contested incidentally on his very first outing at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta R5<\/p>\n The iconic Uganda fixture marked Hamza\u2019s maiden R5 outing in a contraption he lend Carl Tundo\u2019s for this year\u2019s WRC Safari.<\/p>\n As Team Karan basked in the glory of their triumph, they set a high bar for the upcoming legs of thecontinental championship, signaling their intent to maintain their stronghold on the African rally circuit.<\/p>\n Karan was all smiles: \u201cLast year we didn\u2019t do the Pearl Rally, but we still won the championship. It was a good race in Jinja, I dedicate the win to my mum, it\u2019s Mothers\u2019 Day. We expected Mangat to be quick because he was doing some training with Gr\u00e9goire Munster, so we expected some improvements in his pace. We would have won all the stages, but we made a small mistake in one of the stages, a corner came too first, so we had to overshoot and lost 8 seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n Mangat said: \u201cWe had a bit of a battle with Karan yesterday morning (Saturday) but then in the afternoon we lost quite a bit of time in the dust, which set us a bit back. Karan had a good lead this morning (Sunday) and in the first stage we had an issue with the brakes and afterwards the gap between us was too big.\u201d<\/p>\n Veteran Uganda drivers Ronald Ssebuguzi in a Ford Fiesta Proto and Ponsiano Lwakataka aka \u201cMafu Mafu\u201d in a Subaru Impreza N12 B settled for fourth and fifth respectively.<\/p>\n Lwakataka won the Pearl Rally in 2011 teaming up with Musa Nsubuga in a Subaru N8 and displayed occasional flashes of brilliance this weekend finishing third in the NRC behind Mangat and Sebuguzi.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n PROVISIONAL RESULTS-ARC POAUR 24<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n #101 Karan Patel\/ Tauseef Khan (Skoda Fabia-KEN) 01:45:11.6 4\u00a0 Ronald Ssebuguzi\/ Anthony Mugambwa (Ford Fiesta Proto-UG)\u00a0\u00a0 02:00:41.0<\/p>\n # Ponsiano Lwakataka\/ Samuel Mugisha (Subaru Impreza N12 B-Ug). 02:03:23.3<\/p>\n 6#35\u00a0 Jon Consta KARUMUNA\/ Aaron NSAMBA (Ford Fiesta-UG). 02:05:08.4<\/p>\n 7 #12 Hassan Alwi\/ Musa Nsubuga (Subaru Impreza-UG). 02:05:26.3<\/p>\n #80 Michael Jr Mukula\/ Edward KIYINGI (Subaru Impreza GRB-UG) 02:06:34.5 \u00a0<\/p>\n PAST WINNERS OF THE POAUR<\/p>\n 2008\u2013 Jamie Whyte\/ Phil Archenoul (Zimbabwe) Subaru\u00a0\u00a0 N10<\/p>\n 2009 -Kurji \/ Kadri (Kenya) Subaru\u00a0\u00a0 N8 -Prize granted posthumously<\/p>\n 2010-Whyte\/ Archenoul (Zimbabwe) Subaru Impreza N10<\/p>\n 2011\u2013 Ponsiano Lwakataka\/ Musa Nsubuga (Uganda) Subaru N8<\/p>\n 2012-Mohammed Essa\/Greg Stead (Zambia) Subaru N12<\/p>\n 2013-Jas Mangat (Uganda)\/ Gihan de Silva (Kenya) Mitsubishi Evo X<\/p>\n 2014-Rajbir Rai\/ Tim Challen (Kenya) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X<\/p>\n 2015\u2013 Jaspreet Chatthe (Kenya)\/ Craig Thorley (UK) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X<\/p>\n 2016\u2013 Hassan Alwi\/Enock Olinga (UG) Subaru Impreza N14<\/p>\n 2017\u2013 Manvir Baryan (Kenya)\/ Drew Sturrock (UK) \u0160koda Fabia R5<\/p>\n 2018\u2013 Manvir \/ Sturrock \u0160koda (UK) Fabia R5<\/p>\n 2019 Manvir \/ Sturrock (UK) \u0160koda Fabia R5<\/p>\n 2020-Cancelled due to COVID<\/p>\n 2021 -Cancelled due to COVID<\/p>\n 2022 Mangat\/Kamya Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X<\/p>\n 2023-Yasin Nasser \u2013 Katumba Ali (Ford Fiesta Rally2)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Karan Patel wins ARC Pearl Of Africa Rally,dedicates win to his \u00a0mum<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Karan Patel kicked off his title defense in the FIA Africa Rally Championship (ARC) with a resounding victory at the ARC Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally (POAUR) which culminated at the Source of Nile River Hotel in Jinja. 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\n#102 Hamza Anwar \/ Adnan Din (Ford Fiesta-KEN). 01:51:39.0<\/p>\n
\n#76 Abas Sebunya\/ Shameer Yusuf Pyarali (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X). 02:10:26.2
\n#100 Jonas Matayo Kasiime\/ Bukenya Ronald (Mitsubishi Evo 8-UG) 02:10:33.1
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