Pit Stops

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30051, 8 February 1963, Page 9

Pit Stops

A Cortina 1500 Super ■ baa broken the leaxd.for 5 the journey from London g to Chpe Town. The pre- ■ vtous record tor the ■ ILfIOO-eniie journey was 21 J days 19 hours 45 urinates g tor li-We cars, arid 13i days eight boons 48 into-A utes tor 2i-Wre care. The J Causul Cortina broke both g these records with a time of 13 days eight hows 48 urinates. The route wm along toe north coast of Africa through Benghazi, Cairo, Shetoai, and then by ferry to Wadi Haifa. The next leg, to Khartoum, is said to be toe world's ■ worst road and is 580 ■ miles Jong. The journey’ then continued through J Ethiopia and Nairobi to I Cape Town. The average [ speed over this last section was 88.71 miles an hour.

i * : I Driving tests held by’ I the Baillies and Trials En- ■ I thusraats’ Ctab ait Lawford ■ I recently were won by J. ■ |D. Dennies (Mini Minor), J I with E. J. Sangster (M.G.) ■ [ second and N. J. Mahoney a > (Volkswagen) third. J i Fourth place went to M. ■ [A. White-Johnson (Cat- ■ I roen) and fifth to A. L. | [ Meikle (Austin A4O). The ■ I tests provided plenty of ■ | variety, and no one type J > of car had an advantage ■ i over any other type. J