Dar organisers alleged to let Arusha rally drivers carry their own cross
by Staff Reporter
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Baba Dee’s rally car after the accident. |
The Arusha participants who took part in the recently held,
Good Year Challenge Motor Rally which took place in Dar es Salaam, have lamented
on what they described to be "Bad treatment" while in the city.
Baba Dee’s motor rally team, which suffered mishaps during the
rally, after their rally car, the legendary Subaru Legacy crashed into a
stationary Isuzu Journey mini bus which was blocking the rally route.
David Kidawawa, the team’s fronts man and who was at the wheel
of the then leading Subaru car, said, after the accident the Dar es Salaam Motor
Sports Club (DMSC) hardly paid any attention let alone assisting them.
In his letter to the Chairman of Arusha Motor Sports Club (AMSC),
Kidawawa complained that, should a Dar driver run into mishaps while
participating in an Arusha rally, AMSC would have done everything to ensure
that, the driver gets all the necessary assistance and support.
The Subaru Legacy, a blue saloon car with registration number
ARS 355 has totally been written off and according to Baba Dee’s press officer,
Boniface Kiwia, another car had to be ordered for the forthcoming Nairobi rally
event next month.
"If it wasn’t for the accident, the rally victory was likely
to be mine", said Kidawawa who last year, set a record at a Nairobi based motor
rally event.
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