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ARC: ZIMBABWE MAINTAINS THE LEAD

  1. Posted on Monday 23 May 2011 - 08:36
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    Zimbabwean motor rallying sensation Conrad Rautenbach managed to secure his fourth victory of the year at the Zambia International Rally.

    The 26 year old Rautenbach won the Zambia International Rally, which was also the third round of the eight 2011 African Rally Championship series, as scored a time three minutes and 10 seconds better than second-placed fellow countryman Zimbabwean Jamie Whyte.

    Zambia only managed the podium finish through Mohammed Essa who finished third.

    Rautenbach clocked 1:43:51 at the Graham Rays Farm in Chisamba while Jamie of Zimbabwe was trailing in second position on 1:46:06 and Zambia's Essa had 1:52:15.

    Top Zimbabwean female motor rally driver Laureen Marufu also did well in her maiden appearance in a major international event outside Zimbabwe as she took a credible eight place finish despite facing some serious problems during the last stage of the race.

    According to Temba Mazvimbakupa, a top official of the Zimbabwe Motorsport Federation who watched the event in Lusaka at the weekend, Marufu's car, a Toyota Corolla, caught fire during the very last stage of the race yesterday but she managed to extinguish it and carried on to finish eight, three places behind Paul Monge of Zambia.

    Marufu could not hide her excitement yesterday after she produced another brilliant performance, which enabled her to last the distance in the tough 16-stage three-day event.

    Of the 17 cars which entered the rally, only eight managed to last the 500 kilometers distance of the rally.

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