The 1986 Paris-Dakar rally (2021)
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The Dakar Rally is such a crazy event, and that a support team can also win, even if the team they were supported didn't, or even had to retire before reaching the finish line.
What others sports could you even achieve something like that?
It's not possible to win a whole tour that way, but if you build up a lead over your captain in the first few stages, your director might decide to switch tactics and have the team support you after that.
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It's a road capable tractor (for generous definitions of road capable, nobody who actually gushes over them would consider them fit for road use) that has an internet following.
If the vehicle type were widely useful outside of very few very specific niches it would be prolific and more OEMs would make them.
People buy Humvees to drive around by the way.
These vehicles top out at about 55 after 1/4mi of flat road with your foot on the floor. This kind of performance is fine for a convoy but is a really un-fun time in modern traffic.
The torsional flexing that makes them want to keep tires planted for working on less than even terrain makes them handle like poo even compared to other vehicles on similar sized tires.
These things make humvees look good, not fast, but good.
Pretty much every off road race where the organizers choose the course so that most of of the finishers podium winds up with crazy upsets like that.
The Porsche 959 never participated in group B races, and it would have been really interesting to see it competing with Audi Quattro and Lancia Delta.
unfortunately in 1986 there were several tragic accidents, resulted in the end of group b.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_B
Here are some scenes from group B that give a feeling how intense and dangerous it was.
2400bhp in a truck… See this video of it overtaking one of the rally cars to get an idea how truly crazy that machine was: https://youtu.be/DDGbtUsTv24
Strictly speaking true; but in practice peak power didn't end up being that critical and rally cars soon became faster even with less power. Also the ultra-high power period only lasted few years, maybe 84-86 or so (modern WRC car produces 380 HP which afaik is more than any 1983 championship competitor)
( Finke, not the Paris-Dakar )
The Libyan desert is a very dangerous place. Cambyses son of Cyrus the Great ended up losing an entire army of tens of thousands of men in the Libyan desert. The army was never found. Later Alexander the Great also got lost in the Libyan desert and was only saved because he was able to see and follow some ravens.
Please give any sources you can
He died at 36 and still he was able to write so many memorable songs.
Lady Marlene is not the most popular but I have fond memories of it.
That’s a very loose definition of talent you have. There is a reason people think the 80s is a lost decade. We are talking about a terrible period in a country known for the general awfulness of its pop music.
Still a tragic and very unfortunate event.
What on earth? There are literally whole broadcast radio stations that play nothing but 80s pop music. If you don't like 80s music, you can get the fuck off my lawn.
I hadn't known that Baron was in a coma for 24 years after this.
As a funny anecdote a friend of mine managed to buy a Porsche Cayman GT4 RS (not just GT4 but GT4 RS) from an official Porsche dealership because he said he wanted one before Porsche even announced they would create that model. "I want to order a Porsche Cayman GT4 RS" / "But sir that car doesn't exist" / "I don't care, they'll certainly make one. If want to book it now".
And he got it a few months ago : )
Ah... I looked into that.
Good news: Ford sold the rights and the tooling for the GT40 (and hence lost the right to use the name "GT40", which is why their modern "GT40" is called simply "Ford GT") and a company called "Superformance" still creates new Fort GT40, which are nearly entirely compatible, parts for parts, with the original ones.
The Superformance cars are more than "replicas": they like to call their cars "continuation cars" (for they're made with the original tooling and they do own the rights to produce the GT40 and AC Cobras).
It's not the "real" thing in that they aren't from the 60s/70s, but then you can have one for 100 K (Superformance AC Cobra) or 200 K (Superformance GT40) instead of millions.
I've got a few cars and may buy a Superformance AC Cobra at some point. They even have the old Carroll Shelby chassis number starting with "CSX". The other AC Cobra replicas don't get to have a chassis starting with the elusive "CSX...".
He should have been able to import it and at least sit it in his driveway, or take it to the track, even if he can't drive it to work. There are plenty of purpose-built racecars that are street-illegal; they get towed to the track and have fun.
Now, if he'd filled out the paperwork stating it was a road car, then likely US DOT rules came into play, but still, seems not the place of customs to enforce since there are legal options.
This bike is a legend.
I used to ride one when I was younger.
Fond memories of that fat 500cc mono.