Kenyans win rally
PA Nairobi The Kenyan drivers Shekhar Mehta and Mike Doughty in a Japanese work* Datsup 160 J, won the twentyseventh Safari motor rally yesterday. Mehta, who has had outstanding performances in overseas rallies, had lost 378 points as he approached the
i finish. Hi* closest rivals, Hannu Mikkola of Finland, and Sweden’s Arne Hertz in ■ a West German works Mer- ; cedes Benz 450SLC, were drifting further down before the end of the rally, after having led for two days. It was Mehta’s second wia i in the Safari rally. His firs* I in a works Datsun 240 Z witl i Lofty Drews, was tn 1973. |
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