Chris Blais the top American Rookie finishing in 9th place overall in the Dakar Rally January 1-16, 2005 The Dakar Rally is the world's toughest and longest off-road race, over a total 8956 km including 5431 km of special and 3525 km of liaison in a 16-day period (with only one day offInstead of using the traditional Paris starting point, the cars, trucks and motorcycles departed from Barcelona, Spain on New Year's Day and race into Africa. |