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Dakar Rally ...what do you get for winning?
I've been following the Rally on SpeedTV and my wife asked me last night what are they racing for . I told her it was just for the glory ( I couldn't say 'I dunno' ). I checked their website but couldn't find anything. The top Mercedes in the car category is a ML in 15th place, top Mercedes truck is also in 15th place and is a Unimog (diesel I would think). I would like to see a highly modified 123 wagon , maybe on a g-wagon chassis , tackle the race. Last year there was a Jaguar sedan married to a 4X4 chassis that died on the first stage, probably electrical problems .
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Here is a French site that is following a particular Unimog U500 thru the PD-Rally.
http://www.dakar-direct.fr.st/ For translation go to Google.com and pick [laungauge help] from the menu on the right. In the French web site use the [RACE] menu selection to follow along with their journey.
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