Conditions on the East African Safari Classic rally can swing between downpours and dustbowl. Drivers often dodge wild animals on the route. And the nine-day race is conducted blind, with no chance to preview the terrain. Here's why competitors take part.
When Eric Bengi was a boy, his father would wake him in the dead of night just to see the cars. Around 3 a.m. they would arrive at his village, Chogoria in central Kenya. In the wet -- it was usually wet -- the cars would fly past, sometimes sideways, headlights blaring, before roaring off into the dark. No sooner had they come than they'd gone, but the impression they left on the young boy lasted much longer than the tire tracks in the mud.
As an adult, Bengi leads a double life. Most days he's a lawyer in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. But on others he trades in his legal pad for a jumpsuit and crash helmet. That's when life comes at him fast. In a car older than he is, Bengi is willing to race for thousands of miles across some of the world's toughest rally driving terrain, pushing himself to the very limits in the name of motorsport glory."It's just about you, the road and your maker," he says.
The East African Safari Classic: Kenya's ultimate endurance rally 22:54"It's no joke"In its current incarnation, the East African Safari Classic, the country's longest race, has a distinctly old-school ethos. Cars must be built before 1985, with only limited tinkering permitted . The cars -- Porsche 911s and Ford Escorts feature heavily -- race across 24 stages in nine days on a 5,000-kilometer route, with drivers covering more than 700 kilometers on some days.
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