Rally Raid news & rumours
I cannot find a good place for news and rumours concerning rally raids. Africa is the birthplace of rally raids, so it seems the perfect place to me. Besides a south AFRICAN won the Dakar rally and two Nissans bilth in South Africa became 4tth and 5th :) . Also two American drivers were on the rostrum, so what better place to discuss rally raids ? :)
Juta Kleinschmidt, the 2001 Dakar winner, is of the opinion that Le Dakar only can take place in Africa. She is on the edge of building up a new team, driving a Ford or a Nissan, probably built in South Africa. Marcus Gronholm on the other side, is very interested in Le Dakar because it is in not in Africa, but in South America. So we can look forward to a test and a rally for the 2 times world rally champion?
FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies 2009
UAE Desert Challenge 23-27 march
Tunisie Rally 23 april – 2 may
Transiberico Rallye (Portugal) 15 – 21 june
FIA World Cup for Cross Country Baja’s 2009
Baja Northern Forrest 26 februari - 1 march
Baja Italia 19-22 march
Baja Espana Aragon 23-26 july
Hungarian Baja 20-23 august
Baja Portalegre 22-25 october
other important rally raids
ASO Dakar series:PAX Rally some were in april
Rally dos Sertoes 23 june – 3 july
Por las Pampas Rally 3-12 september
ASO: Central Europe Rally somewere in september
Silk Way Rally 25 september- 3 october
Rallye des Pharaons 3-11 october
Shamrock Rallye du Maroc 24-30 october