My sports: CS Amina Mohamed predicts full entry of 70 cars and 40 motorcycles for the Africa Concours d'Elegance

CS Amina Mohamed Predicts Full Entry Of 70 Cars And 40 Motorcycles For The Africa Concours d’Elegance

Sati Gata-Aura shows his 1947 MG TC to (right to left) CS Sports, Culture and Heritage Amb. Amina Mohamed, Kenya Motor Sport Federation Chairman Phineas Kimathi, Homeboyz Entertainment CEO Myke Rabar, Africa Concours d’Elegance Event Director Bob Dewar and Alfa Romeo Owners Club Chairman Peter Wanday during the launch of the Africa Concours d’Elegance.

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Launching the 2022 Africa Concours d’Elegance at the Panafric Hotel Amina Mohamed the CS for Sports, Culture and Heritage predicted that the 2022 Africa Concours d’Elegance will have a full entry of 70 cars and 40 motorcycles for the 50th edition of the event which has been held annually since 1970 by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club.

Already the entry list has over 40 cars and shows a strong response from motorcycle competitors. Spectators will be flocking to the Nairobi Racecourse on September 25th to view the gleaming highly prepared cars and bikes.

After welcoming CS Amina Mohamed to the Concours launch Peter Wanday the Alfa Romeo Owners Club Chairman introduced Phineas Kimathi, the CEO of the Kenya Motor Sport Federation (KMSF) and Renzo Bernadi, the Chairman of the Kenya Motorcycle Sports Foundation. Renzo Bernadi will be the chief car judge on September 25th.

It was noted with satisfaction that the entry list includes a rare 1990 Lancia Delta Integrale which will be driven down the judging line by an enthusiast from Tanzania.

Among the other entries from outside Kenya is Kakoozar Wazir who will be driving from Kampala to contest the event.

Tumaini Muthiga will have a busy day rushing from the car judging line in front of the Racecourse grandstands with his 1967 Ford Taunus to run to the motorcycle judging ring where he will be riding his giant Harley Davidson motorcycle.

During the function Peter Wanday presented the Alfa Romeo Owners Club Chairman’s Award to Phineas Kimathi. This recognised the contribution made by the KMSF to support the Alfa Romeo Owners

Club with the organisation of the classiest event on the Kenya motorsport calendar. The Award also highlighted the KMSF role in the Safar Rally and the varied events on the motorsport calendar.

In a brief address Phineas complimented the Alfa Romeo Owners Club for developing an event originally limited to Club members into an internationally recognised Concours d’Elegance.

This now has Africa Continental status for cars and motorcycles and since 2006 has been recognised and sanctioned by FIM Africa.

The latest international recognition comes from the FIA awarding the Founder Members Heritage Cup at the General Assembly in Paris to the Concours and Bob Dewar the Event Director. The Cup was placed on display at the press conference.

In his capacity as the Event Director Bob Dewar reported that the regulations for 2022 are basically unchanged from those of previous years. Because of the harsh economic conditions the organisers have held the entry fees at the previous level.

Once again judging will not take into consideration originality because of the wide variety of cars and motorcycles makes this impossible. The officials will base their marking on the cleanliness, condition and standards of preparation of the participating cars and motorcycles.

To depict the high quality of the preparation by competitors a display featuring the 1947 MG TC of Sati Gata-Aura and Tumaini Muthiga’s 1967 Ford Taunus together with the giant Harley Davidson bike of Tumaini Muthiga.