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Ian Duncan (born June 23, 1961) is one of Kenya's most successful rally drivers. He was Kenyan Rally Champion six times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2000 and 2011),〔(Kenyan Rally Championship ), WRC Place〕 and achieved outright victory in a World Rally Championship round when he won the 42nd Trustbank Safari Rally in 1994. This was one of seven consecutive top ten finishes in the event from 1990–1996, despite its notorious attrition rate. == Career == He spent his childhood at his parents' farm in Limuru. His first tastes of driving occurred when he was aged around ten, as he helped his mother when she got stuck at farm roads during rainy seasons. He went to St. Mary's High School, but was more interested in repairing cars and motorcycles. He also competed in motocross winning the national 125 cc title in 1979 and 1980. He competed at the Safari Rally first time in 1983 driving a Nissan pick-up navigated by Gavin Bennett, reaching ninth position and a class victory, gaining the attention of rally people.〔(Duncan's mustang ride to victory ), ''Daily Nation'', December 26, 2009〕 His first victorious national rally was Nakuru Rally in 1987 while driving a Toyota Celica twin-cam turbo navigated by Ian Munro.〔("Rallying: Rains pose challenges for drivers" ), ''Daily Nation'', June 23, 2007〕 Duncan won his first national championship the same year winning most of the races. He won the 1987 national Motor Sportsman of the Year Award.〔 Having competed with a Group A Subaru Legacy RS and Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD in the 1990s. Apart from Safari Rally, he competed in WRC rallies only few times. The best result was finishing 8th overall and winning the Group N class in a Subaru Legacy RS at the 1990 Acropolis Rally in Greece, navigated by Yvonne Mehta (the wife of Shekhar Mehta).〔(37th Acropolis Rally ), Rallybase.nl〕 Later he was running a non-homologated Toyota Hilux with a turbocharged 4.5 L engine in the Kenyan National Rally Championship (KNRC). In November 2006 Duncan won Guru Nanak Rally, becoming the first driver to win a KNRC round for tenth time.〔("Duncan zooms to victory in Guru" ), Samson Ateka, ''The Standard'', November 20, 2006〕 He was imposed a four percent time penalty due to his non-homologated vehicle. He extended the record in 2007 by winning Guru Nanak Rally again.〔("Tundo crowned as Duncan wins Guru Nanak" ), Ochieng’ Ogodo, ''The Standard'', October 22, 2007〕 Duncan has won the Rhino Charge off-road event in 1998, 2006 and 2007.〔("Ian Duncan retains Rhino Charge crown" ), Samson Ateka, The Standard, June 5, 2007〕 He has competed in motorcycling. In 2003, he was the runner up of Kenyan enduro, motocross as well as rally championships.〔(Rose takes over KNRC ), ''Daily Nation'', December 29, 2003〕 He introduced his newest rally car, a Nissan Patrol pick-up, in October 2008.〔(Ian Duncan returns to action ), ''Daily Nation'', October 3, 2008〕 In 2008 he also won the national autocross championship.〔(Duncan wraps up Autocross title ), ''Coastweek'', October 17, 2008〕 In 2009, 15 years after winning the Safari Rally proper, Duncan won the Safari classic rally driving a 1968〔 Ford Mustang navigated by his current navigator Amaar Slatch. The defending champion Björn Waldegård was left to the second place.〔(Duncan wins classic rally ), Capital FM, December 1, 2009〕 In 2011 he won the Kenyan National Rally Championship for the sixth time.〔The Standard, October 23, 2011: (Victory again )〕 Duncan entered the 2011 Classic Safari Rally as a defending champion, now driving a Ford Capri. He finished seventh 〔(East African Safari Rally 2011 - official results ) 〕 The next year he became close to win his second Safari Rally, now with ARC status, but lost to Carl Tundo by just 15 seconds 〔Daily Nation, June 10, 2010: (Fourth Safari win for Tundo )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian Duncan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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