Zambia International Motor Rally

The Zambia International Motor Rally, also known as Safari Zambia and Zambia Rally, is an international rally racing event is organised by the Zambia Motorsports Association. The rally is based in the Zambian capital of Lusaka and travels north of the capital to Chisamba for its competition stages.[1] The event is a round of the African Rally Championship and the Zambian Rally Championship.

The event, one of the oldest in Africa, was first founded in 1969 by the Lusaka Motor Club with John Ireland as Clerk of the Course, who was then ZMSA Competition Secretary, it gained a reputation for being tough and for its formative years was some 2000 miles in length. Apart from a break from 1977 to 1984 during an economic crisis the event has been held continuously. The event is one of the veteran rallies of the African Rally Championship.

Zambian motorsport legend Satwant Singh has dominated the event, winning 14 times, his first in 1972, his most recent in 2002. This included a five-year consecutive streak in the 1990s. Foreign drivers have taken several victories, the first in 1987 to Zimbabwean driver Bill Rautenbach. His son Conrad is the most recent in 2011. While Super 2000 cars have moved in on several FIA zone events in recent years they only have a single victory, Conrad Rautenbach's second win in 2011 as Group N Subarus and Mitsubishis continue to hold sway over the results.

List of winners

Sourced in part from:[2][3][4]

YearWinnerCar
1969 Zambia Mike Bond Datsun 1600
1970 Zambia Mike Bond Datsun 1600
1971 Zambia Peter Alexander Datsun 1600
1972 Zambia Satwant Singh Datsun 1600
1973 Zambia Guru Singh Datsun 710
1974 Zambia Satwant Singh Datsun 1600
1975 Zambia Satwant Singh Datsun 1600
1976 Zambia Guru Singh Fiat 131
1977
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1984
Not held
1985 Zambia Satwant Singh Opel Manta 400
1986 Zambia Satwant Singh Opel Manta 400
1987 Zimbabwe Bill Rautenbach Audi Quattro
1988 Kenya Manjit Sandhu Volkswagen Golf GTi
1989 Zambia Satwant Singh Volkswagen Golf GTi
1990 Burundi Walter Costa Peugeot 205 GTi
1991 Zambia Satwant Singh Volkswagen Golf GTi
1992 Italy Aldo Riva Audi 90 Quattro
1993 Italy Aldo Riva Audi Coupé S2
1994 Zambia Satwant Singh Volkswagen Golf GTi
1995 Zambia Satwant Singh Hyundai Accent WRC
1996 Zambia Satwant Singh Hyundai Accent WRC
1997 Zambia Satwant Singh Subaru Impreza WRX
1998 Zambia Satwant Singh Subaru Impreza WRX
1999 Zimbabwe Hannes Cruger Toyota Conquest
2000 Zambia Satwant Singh Subaru Impreza WRX
2001 Zambia Muna Singh Subaru Impreza WRX
2002 Zambia Satwant Singh Subaru Impreza WRX
2003 South Africa Fernando Rueda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2004 Zimbabwe Jess Watson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2005 Zimbabwe Jess Watson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2006 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Subaru Impreza WRX
2007 Zambia Muna Singh Subaru Impreza WRX
2008 Japan Hideaki Miyoshi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009 Zambia Muna Singh Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2010 Zambia Muna Singh Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2011 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Ford Fiesta S2000
2012 Zambia Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2013 Zambia Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2014 Zambia Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2015 Kenya Jaspreet Singh Chatthe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X

References

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