{"id":23400,"date":"2021-03-01T21:06:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=23400"},"modified":"2021-03-01T21:06:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:06:52","slug":"motorspot-division-one-win-pleasant-surprise-for-pandya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/motorspot-division-one-win-pleasant-surprise-for-pandya","title":{"rendered":"Motorspot: Division One win pleasant surprise for Pandya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Paras Pandya, the winner of the KNRC Division One KCB Nakuru Rally, was not expecting such a dominant performance in this category.<\/p>\n<p>The Mombasa-based driver has not had such a great\u00a0experience for quite sometime and said;<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt&#8217;s a little bit strange because we never expected to have this opportunity and be in a position of winning Division One and Group N. It was such a great\u00a0feeling and I think for sure, this\u00a0should motivate us do this a lot more times this season,&#8221; said Pandya after receiving his trophy in Nakuru.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Pandya beat Nikhil Sachania to\u00a0Division One honours in Nakuru.<\/p>\n<p>Pandya, who has committed to a full season this year, finished first in Group N, first in Division One and 6th overall.<\/p>\n<p>His navigator Falgun Bhojak said: &#8220;Well, that was a surprise to us as well but we shall definitely work hard to stay there, if possible. However, we had a plan for this rally after recce. So Pandya executed it well without any punctures and no major damage to the car,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Paras Pandya, the winner of the KNRC Division One KCB Nakuru Rally, was not expecting such a dominant performance in this category. 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