Zambia International Motor Rally

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The Zambia International Motor Rally, also known as Safari Zambia and Zambia Rally, is an international rallying event 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.

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

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References

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