Chager's Mitsubishi EvoX Compliant as WRC Safari Countdown Begins

Kenya Champion Baldev Singh Chager is overly excited with the manner in which his Kabras Sugar Racing stable-mates have fine-tuned his Mitsubishi Evolution X contraption.

 The 'Flying Singh' is also glad that his team mechanics have gotten everything pointing in the right direction with just amonth left before the start of the WRC Safari Rally.

The multiple Kenya and Safari Champion goes on to explain that his R4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X is in amazing shape and fully compliant with requisite standards set by the World Governing Body, FIA.

Chager will be returning to the fabled Safari incidentally on his eighth year under Kabras Sugar Racing livery and over two decades since his last WRC in 1998.

National drivers have been accorded a special dispensation by the FIA following extension of homologation for some older car models like Subaru Impreza N10 which is now eligible.

Safari eligibility for national drivers entails, among other facets, fitting of the FIA -approved safety fuel tank which Chager is happy to comply with.

Chager explained: 'It's actually very exciting with all the hype building up.  WRC cars are in a different league all together- it's actually like the Premier League. I mean, competing against them is going to be very difficult because we are not registered and our cars are actually not physically allowed in the WRC main class. But my car is fully compliant. We've always consistently kept making sure everything is up to standard and up to date. The homologation for EVolution X might expire next year but I'm sure there will be an extension done to it They always do that for some of the older cars and with the Evolution X being one of the most recent models of group N showroom category cars, definitely we will have a longer extension in the offing because the model has no newer version; but with Subaru they have carried on with newer models."

KCB Bank Kenya are the official financial partners of WRC Safari Rally Kenya following a Ksh. 100million windfall.

KCB are also the title sponsors of the Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC) and National Autocross Championship.