Lofty Drews

{{Short description|Kenyan rally co-driver (born 1940)}}

{{BLP one source|date=March 2019}}{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Lofty Drews

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|7|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tanga, Tanganyika (territory)

| nationality = {{flagicon|KEN}} Kenyan

| Years = 1973–1990

| Teams = Rothmans Opel Rally Team
Team Datsun

| Races = 18

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 1

| Podiums = 8

| Stagewins = 0

| Points =

| First race = 1973 Safari Rally

| First win = 1973 Safari Rally

| Last race = 1990 Safari Rally

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Lofty Drews (born 16 July 1940) is a former rally co-driver from Kenya.

Biography

Born in Tanga, Tanzania, Drews scored his first World Rally Championship win at the 1973 Safari Rally with Shekhar Mehta. Afterwards, he achieved further success with both Sandro Munari and Rauno Aaltonen, and finished on the podium at the event seven more times.

He continued to appear regularly at the Safari Rally until 1990.{{cite web|author=Tomáš Shacki Wanka |url=http://ewrc-results.com/coprofile.php?p=14393 |title=Lofty Drews |publisher=eWRC-results.com |date= |accessdate=2015-12-09}}

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