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Good News in History, December 26
56 years ago today, the inaugural Dakar Rally Raid was staged, with the course stretching from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. 182 vehicles took...
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On This Day in History
Good News in History, December 26
56 years ago today, the inaugural Dakar Rally Raid was staged, with the course stretching from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. 182 vehicles took the start of the inaugural rally in Paris, with 74 surviving the 10,000-kilometer (6,200 mi) trip to Dakar while crossing terrains such as sand dunes, mud, camel grass, hamada rock desert, and more. The race is split into motorbikes, cars, trucks, and quads, and is much tougher than a regular rally championship track, which is usually run by modified road cars. READ more about the competition's history... (1978)