The Summer Safari was held on February 23.
VCS Round 1 – 1974 PCCV Summer Safari
Jeff Beaumont’s story….
Directors of this first round, held around Bendigo, were Brain Amery, Joe Wilson and Jim Ryan.
It was perhaps fitting that a Peugeot 404 emerged as winner of the Peugeot Car Club’s Summer Safari, the first round of the VCRS.
The navigation was challenging and tricky, with a few re-alignments, and featuring a bunch of short, sharp stages.
And whilst the event was considered to be a bit too rough (favouring Peugeots ?) only four cars failed to finish.
Young uni student, Glen Olsen, with Fritz Suendermann in a BMW 2002 put up a quick time on the first stage, then became the first casualties of the event when they broke a wishbone.
