The Dakar Rally (or simply “The Dakarâ€; formerly known as “The Paris-Dakar†or “Paris to Dakar Rallyâ€) is an annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal, but due to security threats in Mauritania in 2008, the 2009 Dakar Rally was run in South America (Argentina and Chile), the first time the race took place outside of Europe and Africa. It has stayed in South America from 2009 to Present (2011) The race is open to amateur and professional entries. Amateurs typically make up about eighty percent of the participants.
Despite its name it is an off-road endurance race, called a rally-raid rather than a conventional rally â€" the terrain the competitors traverse is much tougher and the vehicles used are true off-road vehicles rather than the modified sedans used in rallies. Most of the competitive special sections are off-road, crossing dunes, mud, camel grass, rocks and erg among others. The distances of each stage covered vary from short distances up to 800â€"900 kilometers (500â€"560 mi) per day.
Dakar Rally no doubt is ‘world’s most dangerous race‘. In this post we have featured 45 photos of some of the most sensational moments in Dakar car rally.
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