IVORY COAST: FIRST MOTOR GYMKHANA IN ABIDJAN

Record ID: 183216

  • Title: IVORY COAST: FIRST MOTOR GYMKHANA IN ABIDJAN
  • Date: 27th November 1968
  • Summary: LARGE AND SMALL CARS NEGOTIATING OBSTACLE COURSE. Initials SA/VS/CR/SC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th December 1968 13:00
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  • Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVA231Q0840IPB6T6TFPCUK8D6IS
  • Story Text: A MOTOR GYMKHANA WAS HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE IVORY COAST LAST SUNDAY (24 NOVEMBER). DRIVERS OF ABOUT 60 CARS TOOK TURNS DRIVING ROUND AN OBSTACLE COURSE IN THE PARKING AREA OF THE IVOIRE HOTEL IN ABIDJAN.

    ALFA ROMEOS, JAGUARS, AND LANCIAS WERE AMONG THE EXPENSIVE CARS WHICH FOUND IT MORE DIFFICULT TO NEGOTIATE THE COURSE POINTS WERE SCORED FOR THE BEST TIME AND THE LEAST NUMBER OF BOWLING PINS KNOCKED DOWN.

    SEVERAL LADY DRIVERS TOOK PART BUT THEY WERE ALL TOO CAREFULLY SLOW.

    THE WINNER WAS DOMINIQUE GOLLE DRIVING A FIAT 850cc MARKED NUMBER 9. HE TOOK FIRST PLACE WITH A TIME OF 37 SECONDS. A TRIUMPH WAS SECOND WITH A TIME OF 40.5 SECONDS.
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