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T eam T ut hill
Team Tuthill

ince its' inception in 2003 Now some people think that passion and the desire to give
Sthere is one team that has Tuthill is this corporate business their customers the best is what
become synonymous with the with a focus solely on winning. has set Tuthill apart from other
East African Classic Safari Rally. Whilst winning is the objective of teams. And yes, it helps having a
From humble beginnings at the everyone inside the top 15, proper budget to run each car!
first edition, the team will field 15 Tuthill Porsche is a family run We sat down with Richard Tuthill
cars for this, the tenth running of affair with an unbridled passion to clear some of the myths and
this World-Famous event. That for Kenya and the Safari Rally. understand why the team has
team is Tuthill Porsche. This personal approach, this become so successful on the
worlds toughest rally.

Some questions answered about the Tuthill Team

1) How many cars will Tuthill Porsche be running on Team Tido race 4 health we support many local
the Classic in 2022? charities.
We will be running 15, and many are first time EASR
participants which is always exciting. The rally still 3) Why is the Porsche so good on the Classic and yet it
has the biggest draw of any event we do, which is wasn't terribly competitive back in the '70's?
absolutely appropriate given the experience it always Porsche came close to success a couple of times in
provides. Kenya, however they had a specific principle on
maintenance for the event which was probably the
2) How big a team of personal/ mechanics etc will wrong philosophy. Also one has to remember that
Tuthill have on the event? Porsche raced more than rallied in any period. Other
Across the whole team inc management etc we have manufacturers focused very heavily on rallying. A lot
circa 70 people. We use many local contractors pre, of their rally success around the world was through
during and post event, including our amazing privateers. The parts we use are 70% standard with
caterers (Lime Catering)– seeing them at every lunch minor strengthening modification. The advent of
halt has become one of the highlights of the event – good dampers has helped all cars on the event as it
they are amazing. In other respects we spend the reduces the loads the cars are subjected to. One
majority of the teams budget locally, be it hotels, hire mustn't forget that we have dedicated nearly 20
of local vehicles, use of local safari guides and years to this event so we have worked pretty hard at
airplanes for transit to lodges etc etc. Finally through it!

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