Concours d’Elegance 2018 Winners and Highlights
2018 CBA Concours d’Elegance overall vintage cars category winner Veronica Wroe with her 1934 Rolls Royce
It was a lovely Sunday with gorgeous weather as Kenya’s classiest motorsport event, Concours d’Elegance, took place at the Ngong Racecourse. The event did not disappoint and was packed to capacity with car enthusiasts. The cars and motorcycles entered into the competition were a dream and I did not envy the judges who had the hard work of choosing the winners.
The theme this year was Aladdin and the Magical Rides and though Kenyans are not sticklers for dress codes, there were a number that tried to stick to it. I interpreted the theme by wearing a blue kaftan that I felt fit the theme as well as maintained the classiness of the event.
Me at Concours d’Elegance
In what went down as one of the closest podium tussles in recent years, Veronica Wroe’s 1934 Rolls Royce Boatail needed just one point to beat the 1977 Nissan 160J of Sati Gata-Aura to clinch her maiden CBA Africa Concourse d’Elegance.
Peter Giraudo the winner of the 2018 CBA Concours d’Elegance motor cycle category, with his TRIUMPH TR 6C mortocycle, a 1966 make
Such was the drama and glamour which treated an enthusiast crowd to some exhilarating displays of the car and motorbike elegance contest at the Nairobi Racecourse. This year’s edition of Concours produced a new bike winner in Peter Giraudu in a 1966 Triumph TR 6C. Giraudu garnered 175 points to beat the 1925 Triumph 550 SD of Dominiqie Antoine to second position.
Dr. Kevit Desai awards Tumaini Muthiga as the most elegant motor cycle winner at the 2018 CBA Concours d’Elegance where he brought his Harley Davidson of 1999.
Third in the motorbike class was a 1964 AJS Cafe Racer of South African Martin Kaiser. The AJS was one of the two motorcycles sponsored by Galleria Mall and entered into the event by Vivian Mathew Kuiper and Johannesburg based Keiser. Keiser was contesting the Concours for the second year running with his 1964 AJS Cate Racer. The bikes category has over the years been dominated by Phoenix Aviation.
CBA Group head of marketing Chris Pasha poses for photo wit the 2018 CBA Concour d’Elegance overall vintage cars category winner Veronica Wroe
In the car category, Veronica Wroe savored success on a bright sunny day laden with cheerful spectators, vintage and classic cars and motorcycle competitors and dedicated officials. She had her campaign effectively sewn up when Sati lost his lead in the latter stages of the contest. Sati beat Wroe by two points on the underside and three on external finish, but Wroe savored a 4 point advantage on interior boot which Sati’s MG GT managed 51 points. Sati and Wroe tied on the car road worthiness with 6 points a piece but the latter pipped her car adversary with a solitary mark in the tussle for the engine supremacy. Sati Gata-Aura who was the winner in 1988 with a1978 Nissan completed the cars’ podium tussle when his 1977 Nissan 160J garnered 269 points to finish third.
Dr.Kevit Desai awards Sachit Shah who was contesting with his Mercedes Benz 300D which was its first appearance in the Concours d’Elegance
The 1930 Ford Model A of Miner Duder settled for fourth place with 263 points followed by Kevit Desai’s 1968 Jaguar on 260. The 1968 Volkswagen Kombi of Stephen Warui won class 1 for utility vehicles beating Larry Asego’s 1974 Volkswagen Camper by a 13 point margin. The 1972 Austin Mini entered by Vitaform Products Limited won class 2 for Touring Cars up to 1200cc beating the 1973 Mini Morris of Tumaini Muthiga to second place. Sati Gata-Aura’s Nissan 160J won class 3 of touring cars from 1200cc to 1600vc made after 1970. He beat the 1972 VW Beetle of Bharat Pitrola to second.
Overall Results: Car Category
- Veronica Wroe (1934 Rolls Royce Boatail) 270
- Sati Gata-Aura (1947 MG TG) 269points
- Sati Gata-Aura (1977 Nissan 1600)269
- Mike Duder (1930 Ford Model A) 269
- Kevit Desai (1968 Jaguar) 269
- Bharat Pitroja (1972 VW Beetle) 260
- Neyen Kavia (1971 MGB) 259
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