Kugi Sagoo

𝗦. 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗯𝘂𝘅 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗼 

(𝗞𝘂𝗴𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗼)

As far as the Sikhs go, Gurbux Singh Sagoo, was the pioneer of Sikh racing drivers in Kenya. Just as Joginder Singh brought joy to rallying fans all over Kenya, it was Gurbux Singh Sagoo who brought glory to the Sikhs on the racing track in the golden era of motor-sports in the sixties.

Gurbux Singh Sagoo, also popularly known as "Gearbox" and Kugi to many of his fans was not only skilled as a racing driver, but an engineer "Par Excellence". He developed his own two racing machines modelled on the Formula One racing cars, which were known as "𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗜" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 "𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗜𝗜". Kugi was greatly supported in preparation of the Formula One model racing machine by his brothers Parminder Singh Sagoo,Tarlochan Singh Sagoo and cousin Harbhajan Singh Bhamra so famed as the 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗸𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Kugi was the son of Thakker Singh who settled in the country in the early 1900s.

With those two machines he virtually #ਮdominated the Nakuru racing track from 1964 to 1968 and the Nairobi Embakasi track in the late sixties, 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. His duels with Pat Neylan on the Nakuru race track had become part of folklore amongst racing fans in Kenya.

Gurbux retired from motor-sports at the end of the sixties, but even now in the sunset years he still runs one of the most accomplished motor workshop in Kenya called "CITY PANEL BEATERS & PAINTERS LTD", which has been in existence for nearly half a century!