1998 Dakar Rally

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1998 Dakar Rally
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1998 Dakar Rally also known as the 1998 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 20th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally returned to a Paris to Dakar route.[1] A number of competitors were attacked near the end of the ninth stage, at Taoudenni in Mali.[2] Jean-Pierre Fontenay won the car class and Stephane Peterhansel won his sixth motorcycle title in ten years.[1]


References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 
  2. ^ "Paris-Dakar motor rally attacked in Sahara". BBC News. 11 January 1998. Retrieved 2009-02-28.