Nineteen Rally Drivers have registered to vie for championship points when the 2018 Huye Rally gets underway on the weekend of June 23-24 in Huye District, Southern Province. The 35th edition of the annual motosport event is the second round of the National Rally Championship, which is comprised of four events in one season. The record 19 crews for the two-day races, is four cars larger than last year’s edition which attracted 15 drivers. For the third year running, the rally will also feature freestyle motocross to captivate crowds near Huye Stadium. Organized every year in memory of the late Claude Gakwaya, one of the best rally drivers the country has ever produced, this year’s participants will race for 290 kilometres. Gakwaya passed away in a motor accident in 1986. According to the organisers, the registered drivers are from Uganda; Burundi and hosts Rwanda. The event has attracted a line-up of sponsors including; Kobil Rwanda, Akagera Business Group, Horizon Express and Rwanda Events. Full list of the 19 entries Jean Jean Giesen and Yannik Dewalque (Toyata Celica) Rwa, Lionel Kayitankore and Gaetan Rutabingwa (Toyata Celica) Rwa, Tassos Fergadiotis and Kevin M Shyaka (Subaru Impressa) Rwa, Didas Matsiko and Jackson Serwaga (Subaru GH) UG, Abdou Katete and Rahma Mohamed (Subaru Impressa) UG, Sadat Negomba and Abdallah Zubeda (Toyata Runx) UG, Christian Remezo and Jean Marie Gahurazira (Toyota Celica) BDI. Genese Semana and Jacques Hakizimana (Peugeot 205 GTI) Rwa, Janvier Mutunda and Hassan Bukuru (Buggy) Rwa, Eric Gakwaya and Regis Tuyishime (Subaru Impreza) Rwa, Daddy Adolphe Nshimiyimana and Baptiste Semuhungu (Toyota Corola) Rwa, Graham Nagasha (Subaru N8) UG, Gilberto Balondemu and Ibrahim Waiswa (Toyota Corolla) UG, Din Imitiaz (BRI) and Regis Karingirwa (Toyota Avensis) Rwa. Other are; Mohamed Roshanali (Subaru N10) BDI, Fereken Mayaka BDI and Julien Mayaka (Peugeot 205 GTI) Rwa, Claude Gakwaya and Claude Mugabo (Peugeot 205 GTI) Rwa as well as Rwanda’s Olivier Uwimbabazi and Emmanuel Nshimiyimana (Subaru Impreza). editorial@newtimes.co.rw
