A new book about The 1968 London to Sydney Marathon has just been published.
On November 24, 1968, more than 250 people from 19 nations set off on a 10,000-mile endurance rally from London to Sydney. Crossing 10 countries, competitors encountered officious border guards, gangs of rock-throwing children, treacherous driving conditions, collisions, breakdowns, injuries, wayward dogs, horses, cattle and kangaroos, millions of spectators crowding the roads and even bandits. Some were professional rally drivers but most were amateurs, many of whom had never rallied in their lives!
Drawing from personal recollections of more than 60 participants—many who made it to Sydney and many more who didn’t—and contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, this book tells the full story of the epic, 10,000 endurance rally, from an idea dreamed up over an alcohol-fuelled lunch in 1967, to the last car over the finish line.
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If it's enough reduction to enable some extra Rally1 cars with WRC Promotor help it's only a good thing if only for the next 18 months. WRC Promoter’s Senior Director of Sport, Peter Thul added:...
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