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The race originated in December 1977, a year after Thierry Sabine got lost in the Ténéré desert whilst competing in the 1975 "Rallye Côte-Côte" between Abidjan and Nice [5] and decided that the desert would be a good location for a regular rally, on the lines of the 1974 London–Sahara–Munich World Cup Rally, the first automobile race ...
The 1974 London–Sahara–Munich World Cup Rally, known also under the commercial identity of 1974 UDT World Cup Rally, was the second and final of the World Cup Rallies to be held. Drawing inspiration from the 1974 FIFA World Cup which was held in Munich , the rally began in London, Great Britain and travelled to Munich, Germany, via Nigeria .
In 1928, R. J. Gordon dies in a practice run before he can drive his new race car in the Trans-African Auto Race through the Sahara Desert.To save her father's dream, and win the prize money, Gordon's beautiful daughter, Dale, makes plans to drive his car.
A trophy truck in a desert race (2006). Desert racing is the act of racing through the desert in a two- or four-wheeled off-road vehicle. Races, which generally consist of two or more loops around a course covering up to 4,660 miles (7,500 km), can take the form of Hare and Hound or Hare scramble style events, and are often laid out over a long and harsh track through relatively barren terrain.
The Gobi March, the series' inaugural race, was held in the Gobi Desert of western China in 2003. Over the following three years, an additional race was introduced in a new location each year. In 2004, the Atacama Crossing was held in the Atacama Desert of Chile. This was followed by the Sahara Race in the Sahara Desert of Egypt (Eastern Desert ...
Budapest-Bamako Start 2015. The Budapest-Bamako or Great African Run is a charity car race in Europe and Africa, and the largest amateur rally in the world. [1] [2] It is a low-budget version of the Dakar Rally, [3] and goes from Budapest, Hungary to Bamako, Mali through the Sahara.
2010 also saw the first 100 km race organised by the company - the [11] which took place in the desert around Hotan in China's western Xinjiang Province. In 2010 Ryan Sandes of South Africa was crowned 4 Deserts Champion having won all four of the races he competed in, and Marjiana Pellizer of Croatia was crowned women's champion.
In 1977 Sabine got lost on the Tchigai Plateau, near the isolated mountain of Emi Fezzan during the Abidjan-Nice Race, and realized that the desert would be a good location for a rally where amateurs could test their ability. In December 1977 he established a race from Paris to Dakar and devoted the