Dakar

WRC and Dakar winner Kenjiro Shinozuka dies aged 75

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Shinozuka shot to fame by becoming the first Japanese driver to claim outright victories in both the WRC and the gruelling Dakar Rally. Born in Tokyo, Shinozuka’s greatest success came as a factory Mitsubishi driver. In 1988, he claimed the inaugural Asia-Pacific championship alongside co-driver Fred Gocentas. The pair took the title scoring a solitary … Read more

Brazilian duo survive pirate attack on cargo ship to take part in Dakar

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Everything seemed ready for Varela’s Dakar debut. A member of a traditional Brazilian motorsport family, the South American Rally Raid champion was preparing to compete for the first time in the biggest rally-raid in the world, alongside navigator Bozzano, when the project suffered a serious blow.  During Christmas time with his family in Brazil, Varela … Read more