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1979 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1979 Paris–Alger–Dakar Rally was the first running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally began on 26 December 1978 from Paris, France and finished on 14 January 1979 in Dakar, Senegal, interrupted by a transfer across the Mediterranean.
The Dakar Rally or simply "The Dakar" (French: Le Rallye Dakar ou Le Dakar), formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally" (French: Le Rallye Paris-Dakar), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal.
This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979. [1] [2] [3] [4]Records are correct as of the 2024 Dakar Rally.Updates are likely to happen during a rally and are subject to change due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.
1979 Cars - 1981, 1984, 1986 Mark Miller United States: 2002 Jiří Moskal Czech Republic: 1986 Trucks - 1986, 1987, 1988 Jes Munk Denmark: 2011 Cyril Neveu France: 1979 Bikes - 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987 Eduard Nikolaev Russia: 2007 Trucks - 2013 Walter Nosiglia Bolivia: 2014 Edi Orioli Italy: 1986 Bikes - 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 Alain Padou ...
Van de Rijt and Ross were taken to a hospital in Agadez and airlifted to the Netherlands where they recovered. DAF withdrew the team from the rally and later terminated all motor-sport activities, selling the trucks and spare parts to factory driver Jan De Rooy's team. De Rooy re-entered the rally in 2002, at the age of 58. [7] [15] [16] [17] 8
From 1979 to 1994, he took part in The Paris-Dakar rally, taking part in the first nine events on a motorcycle and the remaining seven in a car. On motorcycles, he won the event in 1981 and 1983 on a BMW R80G/S entered by BMW France, finishing in second in 1984. He broke both ankles on the penultimate day of the 1987 edition, while he was in ...
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1979 Paris–Dakar Rally; R. 1979 Round Australia Trial; S. 1979 Southern Cross Rally; W. 1979 World Rally Championship This page was last edited on 3 April 2020, at ...