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16th East African Safari Rally: Nick Nowicki: Paddy Cliff: Peugeot 404 [15] 1969 17th East African Safari Rally: Robin Hillyar: Jock Aird: Ford Taunus 20M RS 1970 18th East African Safari Rally: Edgar Herrmann: Hans Schüller: Datsun 1600 SSS 1971 19th East African Safari Rally: Edgar Herrmann: Hans Schüller: Datsun 240Z 1972 20th East African ...
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 ...
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]
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 ...
The Magnificent Seven, an alternative nickname to the Unsinkable Seven, the seven survivor competitors of the 1963 and 1968 East African Safari Rally; Magnificent Seven, two nicknames of thoroughbred horse racing meetings in which jockeys achieved seven victories in a single day: Frankie Dettori at Ascot Racecourse, 1996
[6]: 235 Besides hunting, he was also an enthusiastic cricket player and rally driver. [3] He took part in the Safari Rally four times. [3] In 1961, he and Lee M. Talbot placed fourth, driving a Humber Super Snipe over 3,000 miles (4,800 km). [10] [11] He also took part in the 1956 production of the movie Bhowani Junction on location in Lahore ...
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.