Lumala has last laugh
A year that begun with Moses Lumala temporarily retiring from the sport, concluded with his return to action and a bonus win in the final National Rally Championship.
By Douglas Mazune
in Jinja
Top six
Moses Lumala 1.41:02
Charlie Lubega 1.45:05
Jas Mangat 1.51:04
Omar Mayanja 1.56:04
Abdu Mambo 1.58:32
Ismail Lule 2.10:12
William Blick 2.17:45
A year that begun with Moses Lumala temporarily retiring from the sport, concluded with his return to action and a bonus win in the final National Rally Championship.
Lumala (left) held onto his day-one lead to limp to victory in the Castrol-Mogas Independence rally in Jinja yesterday.
Lumala, drove his Toyota Celica ST185 with a broken left shock absorber in the last two sections. He survived all the way to beat Charlie Lubega by four minutes.
“When I broke a shock, I decided to retire but my navigator (Moses Matovu) insisted we should fight on. I didn’t think we would finish this rally,†Lumala said.
Lubega took two of the second leg’s three sections, but fell short of denying Lumala victory, while pre-event favourite Alpha Rally Team’s Riyaz Kurji was forced out by a broken shock absorber in the first section of the second leg.
“Imagine I was doing 240km/h on the smooth roads because Charlie was pushing,†Lumala, national champion in 2003, remarked.
The Champions’ sprint will close the season in December.
in Jinja
Top six
Moses Lumala 1.41:02
Charlie Lubega 1.45:05
Jas Mangat 1.51:04
Omar Mayanja 1.56:04
Abdu Mambo 1.58:32
Ismail Lule 2.10:12
William Blick 2.17:45
A year that begun with Moses Lumala temporarily retiring from the sport, concluded with his return to action and a bonus win in the final National Rally Championship.
Lumala (left) held onto his day-one lead to limp to victory in the Castrol-Mogas Independence rally in Jinja yesterday.
Lumala, drove his Toyota Celica ST185 with a broken left shock absorber in the last two sections. He survived all the way to beat Charlie Lubega by four minutes.
“When I broke a shock, I decided to retire but my navigator (Moses Matovu) insisted we should fight on. I didn’t think we would finish this rally,†Lumala said.
Lubega took two of the second leg’s three sections, but fell short of denying Lumala victory, while pre-event favourite Alpha Rally Team’s Riyaz Kurji was forced out by a broken shock absorber in the first section of the second leg.
“Imagine I was doing 240km/h on the smooth roads because Charlie was pushing,†Lumala, national champion in 2003, remarked.
The Champions’ sprint will close the season in December.