KENYA: EAST AFRICAN SAFARI WON BY TANZANIANS SHANKLAND AND ROTHWELL

Record ID: 293811

  • Title: KENYA: EAST AFRICAN SAFARI WON BY TANZANIANS SHANKLAND AND ROTHWELL
  • Date: 12th April 1966
  • Summary: WINNERS AND CAR, PRESTON AND GERRISH (2ND) ARRIVING, SINGH AND BHARDWAJ (3RD) ARRIVING. Initials JGS/V/CCT/PC SPORT: MOTOR RALLY Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th April 1966 13:00
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  • Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
  • Country: Kenya
  • Reuters ID: LVA93VSRXI1L36IIJF1ZDTCAOXZZ
  • Story Text: THE EAST AFRICAN SAFARI MOTOR RALLY HAS BEEN WON BY TANZANIANS BERT SHANKLAND AND CHRIS ROTHWELL DRIVING A FRENCH PEUGOT 404.

    THIS YEAR'S EVENT HAD BEEN DESCRIBED BY LOCAL EXPERTS AS THE WETTEST MUDDIEST AND TOUGHEST IN HE RALLY'S FOURTEEN YEAR HISTORY. SHANKLAND INCURRED 562 PENALTY POINTS DURING HIS 3,000 MILE (4848 KM) DRIVE OVER ROUGH RUTTED ROADS MADE EVEN MORE TESTING BY HEAVY TROPICAL RAIN. ALL EUROPEAN DRIVER RETIRED ON THE FIRST SECTION, LEAVING EAST AFRICANS TO CONTEST THE FINAL RUN INTO UGANDA AND BACK TO NAIROBI.

    THE SECOND PLACE WAS TAKEN BY VIC PRESTON AND BOB GERRISH OF KENYA IN A FORD CORTINA AND THIRD PLACE WENT TO A VOLVO AMAZON DRIVEN BY JOGINDER SINGH AND BHARAT BHARDWAJ OF KENYA.

    THE MANUFACTURERS TEAM PRIZE WAS WON BY FORD'S, THE ONLY TEAM TO FINISH WITH A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS TO QUALIFY. THEIR THREE CORTINAS FINISHED WITH A TOTAL OF 2,486 POINTS.
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