1989 Dakar Rally
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1989 Dakar Rally also known as the 1989 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 11th running of the Dakar Rally
event. The course went through Libya for the first time. A record 209 of the 473 competitors completed the rally. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen
. The motorcycle class was won by Gilles Lalay.
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally is an annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation...
event. The course went through Libya for the first time. A record 209 of the 473 competitors completed the rally. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen
Ari Vatanen
Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament 1999–2009. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times....
. The motorcycle class was won by Gilles Lalay.