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The East African Safari Rally is a Classic rally event first held in 2003 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first running of the event. The event has since been held biennially. The event has since been held biennially.
Herrmann drove his Datsun P510 UWTK to fifth place at the 1969 Safari Rally, then known as the East African Safari Rally, after retiring with a Porsche 911 a year earlier. He went on to win the event twice when it became part of the International Championship for Manufacturers (IMC), in 1970 with a Datsun 1600 SSS and in 1971 with a Datsun 240Z ...
1970 East African Safari Rally: Datsun 1600 SSS: Reconnaissance David Ndahura Driver 28 March 1970 1970 East African Safari Rally: Ford Cortina GT: Rally Cyrus Kamundia Driver March 1971 1971 East African Safari Rally: Datsun: Reconnaissance Christian Serradori [nb 1] Driver 25 June 1971 1971 Coupe des Alpes [nb 2] Lancia Fulvia: Rally Yves ...
Three decal packages are available to buyers of the special-edition 911 Dakar, each one honoring a different 911 rally car from the 1970s. Porsche 911 Dakar Gets Wraps That Celebrate 1970s ...
In 1960, it was renamed the East African Safari; in 1965 the "Rally" tag was added and kept that name until 1974, when it became the Safari Rally; by that time it was awarded a World Rally Championship status. [2] Until 1970, Nairobi was the rally's start and finish point. [2]
In 1972, he and his family fled Idi Amin's regime to Kenya, [4] the year before he clinched his first Safari Rally title. Mehta's 1973 Safari Rally-winning Datsun 240Z. He was born into a wealthy business family, the son of Khimji Mehta and the grandson of Nanji Kalidas Mehta, founder of the Mehta Group.
Clark and Porter also won the Acropolis Rally in 1968, the Circuit of Ireland in 1970, and the Scottish Rally on six occasions, among a total of 40 national and international victories. [1] In 1973, Clark led the East African Safari Rally by over an hour, when forced to retire at the halfway stage with a disintegrating car. [3]
An audacious American brings a V-8 truck to a rally, and the sport is never the same again. This is the story of the Banned Wagoneer. How a Jeep Wagoneer Broke FIA Rallying, and Caused the 4WD Ban