The drama of the East African Safari Classic Rally went down to the final competitive stage of the event. After nine days of ding-dong battles, the Ian Duncan and Amaar Slatch Ford Capri V8 Perana stole victory from the Porsche 911 of former World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist and Staffan Parmander in the Tuthill-prepped Porsche 911.
Duncan started the final day with a slender nine second lead and both his and Blomqvist were flying on the early stages, even dead-heating on one section.
The major turn came when the Swede overturned the advantage and went into the final stage with a healthy 38-second lead.
The drama was not over, though, and the 911 suffered a puncture just minutes from the finish ramp, losing four minutes and the lead, and allowing Duncan to take the spoils with a 3min 14secs cushion.
Duncan said: "Last time we won [2009] we were leading on the last day by 9 minutes, this time it was 9 seconds so today was stressful! Just because of that pressure it was much more challenging this year."
