The year: 1999

It was the time when the only WRC event being staged in Africa was in its final days before it was completely scrapped off the WRC events calendar.

555 Safari Rally: 25 - 28 Feb 1999

The 555 Safari Rally was and still is an event to always cherish in our memories. It was the only African event on the WRC calendar back in the days.

Every motorsport fan will confess that the WRC was and still holds the best of rallying drivers in the whole world. This is due to the fact that the WRC is widely regarded as the most challenging motorsport competition in the whole world. The roads on this epic motorsport adventure range from ice and snow to stifling heat, over surfaces only the best can go up against. EMKA citing engine failure he retired at end of CS 5 - Lenkili during Leg 1. Find below the famous start list of the 1999 555 Safari Rally - Kenya.

START LIST "99"
No.	Drivers/ Co-drivers	Nat.	Car	Grp	CI
1	Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmaki	FIN FIN	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	A	10
2	Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo	FIN FIN	Subaru Impreza WRC 99	A	10
3	Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet	FR FR	Toyota Corolla WRC	A	10
4	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	ES ES	Toyota Corolla WRC	A	10
5	Richard Burns Robert Reid	GB GB	Subaru Impreza WRC 99	A	10
6	Piero Liatti Carlo Cassina	I I	Seat Cordoba WRC	A	10
7	Colin McRae Nicky Grist	GB GB	Ford Focus WRC	A	10
8	Freddy Loix Sven Smeets	Bel Bel	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	A	10
9	Harri Rovanpera Risto Pietilainen	FIN FIN	Seat Cordoba WRC	A	10
10	Peter Solberg Fred Gallagher	NOR GB	Ford Focus WRC	A	10
11	Bruno Thiry  Stephane Prevot	BEL BEL	Subaru Impreza WRC 99	A	10
12	Ian Duncan David Williamson	KE KE	Toyota Corolla WRC	A	10
13	Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe	OM NZ	Mitsubishi Carisma GT	N	5
14	Luis Climente Alex Romani	ESP ESP	Mitsubishi Evo V	N	5
15	Frederic Dor Kevin Gormley	FR GB	Subaru Impreza WRC	A	10
16	Manfred Stohl Kay Gerlach	AUST AUST	Mitsubishi Evo V	N	5
17	Jonathan Toroitich Mahesh Saleh	KE KE	Toyota Celica ST - 185	A	10
18	Emmanuel Katto Peter Stone	UG GB	Subaru Impreza WRC 98	A	10
19	Hideki Miyoeshi Eido Osawa	JAP JAP	Subaru Impreza	N	5
20	Jamil Khan Sudhir Thatthi	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
21	Mark Tibury Bill Kirk	GB GB	Nissan Pulsar	N	5
22	Rob Hellier Des Page Morris	KE KE	Mitsubishi Evo III	A	10
23	Phineas Kimathi Abdul Sidi	KE KE	Hyundai Coupe	A	9
24	Rory Green Orson Taylor	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
25	John Llyod David Horsey	GB KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
26	Alfred  Dixer Ilka Petrasko	A A	Subaru RX Turbo	N	5
27	Jimmy Wahome Tom Muriuki	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
28	Gregory Kibiti  George Mwangi	KE KE	Hyundai Coupe	A	9
29	John Ngunjiri Thuita Karanja	KE KE	Mitsubishi Lancer
30	Alister Cavanagh Crispin Sassoon	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
31	Bimal Shah Abdul Sidi	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	A	10
32	Hardeep Rehsi Kamaljit Ubhi	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
33	SNW Murji Mo Verjee	CAN KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
34	MV Tongeren Safina Hussien	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
35	Asad Anwar Nick Wood	KE GB	Hyundai Elantra	A	9
36	Don Smith Simon Bates	GB GB	Ford Escort Cosworth	N	5
37	Peter Karwigi Peter Macharia	KE KE	Subaru Legacy
38	Paramjeet Sehmi Kashif Sheikh	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
39	Shabbir Hussien Diamond Lalani	KE KE	Subaru Legacy	N	5
40	Stefano Rocca Saleem Haji	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
41	Musa Locho Carol Wahome	KE KE	Hyundai Coupe	A	9
42	Shahid Essajee Shammi Singh	KE KE	Mitsubishi Evo II	N	5
43	Galib Hajee Sameer Nanji	KE KE	Toyota Celica ST 185	N	5
44	Tinu Khan Amaar Slatch	KE KE	Subaru Legacy	A	10
45	Sailesh Shah Faraak Yusuf	KE KE	Toyota Celica 4WD	N	5
46	Lee Rose Piers Daykin	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
47	Asad Khan	KE KE	Subaru Impreza	N	5
48	Allan Kuria Baga Singh	KE KE	Mazda Familia
49	Brenden  Fernandes Tony Kimondo	KE KE	Hyundai Elantra	A	9
50	Milton Kang’angi Kimeli Korir	KE KE	Subaru Legacy	N	5