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.http://www.motorsport.co.zm/sites/motorsport.co.zm/files/2013_PUMA_International_Rally_Supplementary_Regula_0.pdf 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: YearWinnerCar 1969 Mike Bond Datsun 1600 1970 Mike Bond Datsun 1600 1971 Peter Alexander Datsun 1600 1972 Satwant Singh Datsun 1600 1973 Guru Singh Datsun 710 1974 Satwant Singh Datsun 1600 1975 Satwant Singh Datsun 1600 1976 Guru Singh Fiat 131 1977-1984 Not held 1985 Satwant Singh Opel Manta 400 1986 Satwant Singh Opel Manta 400 1987 Bill Rautenbach Audi Quattro 1988 Manjit Sandhu Volkswagen Golf GTi 1989 Satwant Singh Volkswagen Golf GTi 1990 Walter Costa Peugeot 205 GTi 1991 Satwant Singh Volkswagen Golf GTi 1992 Aldo Riva Audi 90 Quattro 1993 Aldo Riva Audi Coupé S2 1994 Satwant Singh Volkswagen Golf GTi 1995 Satwant Singh Hyundai Accent WRC 1996 Satwant Singh Hyundai Accent WRC 1997 Satwant Singh Subaru Impreza WRX 1998 Satwant Singh Subaru Impreza WRX 1999 Hannes Cruger Toyota Conquest 2000 Satwant Singh Subaru Impreza WRX 2001 Muna Singh Subaru Impreza WRX 2002 Satwant Singh Subaru Impreza WRX 2003 Fernando Rueda Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2004 Jess Watson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2005 Jess Watson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2006 Conrad Rautenbach Subaru Impreza WRX 2007 Muna Singh Subaru Impreza WRX 2008 Hideaki Miyoshi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2009 Muna Singh Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2010 Muna Singh Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2011 Conrad Rautenbach Ford Fiesta S2000 2012 Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2013 Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2014 Mohammed Essa Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2015 Jaspreet Singh Chatthe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
References
External links Zambian Motorsports Association African Rally Championship