Uganda, Nov. 29 -- They showed maturity and composure and wore no excitement. Those are the attributes that Duncan 'Kikankane' Mubiru and his co-driver showed to win a first National Rally Championship (NRC).
Needing to finish seventh, Mubiru came fifth in the Sexy Speed Rally organised by Motorsport Africa Club (Mosac) in Jinja City to shed the "nearly man" tag, a decade since he started racing.
His Subaru GVB was visibly slow and cautious. He could not win any of the five sections.
"In this event, we had the unusual speeds just to keep within the target. It is the slowest pace we have done and the strategy worked," said Mubiru, who had his first finish in Jinja in 10 years to accumulate 410 points from six events.
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