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The Moto class is divided between three groups. Group 1 is Marathon, which are nearly unmodified production motorcycles, subdivided between engines of greater and less than | The Moto class is divided between three groups. Group 1 is Marathon, which are nearly unmodified production motorcycles, subdivided between engines of greater and less than 451ci.<ref name="DAK08 reglement moto">http://www.dakar.com/2008/DAK/presentation/docs/DAK08_reglement_moto_us.pdf</ref> Group 2 is Super-Production bikes, which are more substantially modified than Marathon bikes, subdivided between engines of greater and less than 451 cc.<ref name="DAK08 reglement moto"/> Group 3 for quads, subdivided between engines of greater and less than 500 cc.<ref name="DAK08 reglement moto"/> | ||
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Winning motorcycles include those made by [[KTM]], [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] and [[BMW Motorrad|BMW]]. | Winning motorcycles include those made by [[KTM]], [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] and [[BMW Motorrad|BMW]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:41, 18 July 2010
The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as "The Paris-Dakar" or "Paris to Dakar Rally") 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 — the terrain the competitors traverse is much tougher and the vehicles used are true off-road vehicles rather than the modified on-road vehicles 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 800–900 kilometres (500–560 mi) per day.
Moto class[edit | edit source]
The Moto class is divided between three groups. Group 1 is Marathon, which are nearly unmodified production motorcycles, subdivided between engines of greater and less than 451ci.[1] Group 2 is Super-Production bikes, which are more substantially modified than Marathon bikes, subdivided between engines of greater and less than 451 cc.[1] Group 3 for quads, subdivided between engines of greater and less than 500 cc.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
Winning motorcycles include those made by KTM, Yamaha and BMW.