If you like rallying, .......

[Leo]

.....you'll love this! What rallying's all about, a far cry from the modern WRC races.

The Classic East African Safari Rally:
4500km over the toughest roads of East Africa, in pre '74 rally cars. It's highly competative and draws a large entry of 911s, Escorts, Datsuns, Mustangs etc.

Official web page: East African Safari Classic - The World's Greatest Rally - The Official website (http://www.eastafricansafarirally.com/index.htm)
Photos: Imagedatabase (http://www.mcklein-imagedatabase.com/imagedatabase/index.php?index=12&idb_cmd=show_collection&idb_collection_id=4873&idb_page=5#)
More photos: Imagedatabase (http://www.mcklein-imagedatabase.com/imagedatabase/index.php?index=12&idb_cmd=show_collection&idb_collection_id=4875&idb_page=1)

Some tasters:
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs107.snc3/15462_216421065041_730310041_4634161_3661843_s.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs087.snc3/15462_216421045041_730310041_4634158_1178771_n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs004.snc3/11136_187902534294_754639294_2774424_3925409_n.jpg

Something you don't see often:
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs014.snc3/12142_163897959294_754639294_2585553_4328015_n.jpg

[spudboy]

That is a fantastic event.

I worked as suport crew for a Subaru team out there (driving a Troopy with all the spare parts and fuel).

4 days of huge KMs and very little sleep. It was a blast!!

High speed suspension changes on the side of a dirt road. Dust. Flat tyres. Mud. Driving through the night. One of the cars hit a giraffe up in northern Kenya & was totalled. What a way to spend a long weekend :D

The Subie came 9th overall, which was pretty good for a privateer with limited funding.

[Leo]

Must have been a laugh! Have you lived in Kenya?

Just for info - Ian Duncan won this years event in a Mustang - don't know how much is standard since it has wheels from a Landcruiser VX!

Since this is AULRO, here's a pic of a Disco support car or route opener:

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs079.snc3/14640_194585431975_507981975_3632934_2879959_n.jpg

[spudboy]

Yeah - I lived in Nairobi for 3 years.

I'll see if I can dig up some pictures of the rally. The bloke I was helping was a Kenyan WRC driver called Patrick Njiru. Not sure what happened to him, but he was very well known in East Africa.