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Newly crowned champions Neel Gohil and John Kadivane have a burning desire to venture into the elite Kenya National Rally Championship series where they will savor an opportunity to drive in the iconic Safari Rally.

This follows penultimate round wins which culminated in championship title victories for both after the dust settled on the Rallye Sports Club (RSC) leg of Kenya National Autocross Championship hosted at Kasarani’s WRC “Triple S” racetrack.

Fifteen year-old Neel savored an unprecedented double and became the first Kenyan junior to win two senior autocross championship categories in the Two Wheel Drive Non Turbo -Car and Two Wheel Non Turbo- Buggy classes.

Kadivane, on the other hand, sealed the Open Class title in blistering fashion after winning the ninth round incidentally on his second season in circuit racing.

Other champions after the penultimate RSC leg were Azaad Manji (Two Wheel Drive Turbo), Eric Bengi (4WD Turbo) and youngster Karamveer Singh Rooprai (Junior 2WD Non Turbo).

Neel and Kadivane are both second generation drivers who aspire to follow in the footsteps of their dads who competed in the KNRC.

From their early days, the duo were seized with a burning desire to pilot race cars, and to ruffle feathers in the sport their dads once ventured into with vim and vigor.

Neel is the son of retired driver Sushil Gohil while Kadivane’s dad is the late Ben Muchemi aka  “Baba Ciru” whose name was synonyms with motor rallying a few years back. Neel will soon embark on his third title  attempt in the season in the 2WD category of the 2023 RX Championship which he currently leads with 5 points and needs podium finish to seal the deal.

Should his title aspiration comes to fruition in the RX series, Neel will have already sealed a treble of senior titles which no other teenage driver has ever achieved.

Talented Neel is already planning a grand entry into the motorsport scene next year, in a Subaru N10 that’s currently under construction locally by the skilled hands of Charan Thethy from Pro Motorsports.
After Sundays race, the two promising drivers spoke of their aspirations to keep the family fire burning at breakneck speed!