Zambia International Motor Rally

The Zambia International Motor Rally, also known as Safari Zambia and Zambia Rally, is an international rally racing event is organised by the Zambia Motorsports Association. The rally is based in the Zambian capital of Lusaka and travels north of the capital to Chisamba for its competition stages.^[1] The event is a round of the African Rally Championship and the .

The event, one of the oldest in Africa, was first founded in 1969 by the Lusaka Motor Club with John Ireland as Clerk of the Course, who was then ZMSA Competition Secretary, it gained a reputation for being tough and for its formative years was some 2000 miles in length. Apart from a break from 1977 to 1984 during an economic crisis the event has been held continuously. The event is one of the veteran rallies of the African Rally Championship.

Zambian motorsport legend Satwant Singh has dominated the event, winning 14 times, his first in 1972, his most recent in 2002. This included a five-year consecutive streak in the 1990s. Foreign drivers have taken several victories, the first in 1987 to Zimbabwean driver Bill Rautenbach. His son Conrad is the most recent in 2011. While Super 2000 cars have moved in on several FIA zone events in recent years they only have a single victory, Conrad Rautenbach's second win in 2011 as Group N Subarus and Mitsubishis continue to hold sway over the results.

List of winners[]

Sourced in part from:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Year	Winner	Car
1969		Datsun 1600
1970		Datsun 1600
1971		Datsun 1600
1972	Satwant Singh	Datsun 1600
1973		Datsun 710
1974	Satwant Singh	Datsun 1600
1975	Satwant Singh	Datsun 1600
1976		Fiat 131
1977 - 1984	Not held
1985	Satwant Singh	Opel Manta 400
1986	Satwant Singh	Opel Manta 400
1987		Audi Quattro
1988		Volkswagen Golf GTi
1989	Satwant Singh	Volkswagen Golf GTi
1990		Peugeot 205 GTi
1991	Satwant Singh	Volkswagen Golf GTi
1992		Audi 90 Quattro
1993		Audi Coupé S2
1994	Satwant Singh	Volkswagen Golf GTi
1995	Satwant Singh	Hyundai Accent WRC
1996	Satwant Singh	Hyundai Accent WRC
1997	Satwant Singh	Subaru Impreza WRX
1998	Satwant Singh	Subaru Impreza WRX
1999		Toyota Conquest
2000	Satwant Singh	Subaru Impreza WRX
		Subaru Impreza WRX
	Satwant Singh	Subaru Impreza WRX
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2006	Conrad Rautenbach	Subaru Impreza WRX
2007		Subaru Impreza WRX
2008		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009		Subaru Impreza WRX STi
		Subaru Impreza WRX STi
	Conrad Rautenbach	Ford Fiesta S2000
		Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2013		Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2014		Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2015		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X

References[]

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^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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^ "Ewrc-results.com - Rally Catabase". Ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

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[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[4] "Ewrc-results.com - Rally Catabase". Ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

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