Tuareg rally
| Tuareg rally | |
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 Tuareg Rally 2019
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| Vehicle type | Prototypes |
| Country or region | International |
| Current name | Tuareg rally |
| Previous names | Tuareg Rally Morocco |
| First season | 1998 |
| Official website | www.tuareg-rallye.com |
The Tuareg Rally is a license-free rally raid competition that is considered the second largest long-distance and desert rally in the world after the Dakar rally . It has been held annually since 1998 in Tunisia , Morocco and for the first time in Algeria in 2019 .
history
Since the first start of the Tuareg Rally in 1998, at that time still designed as an enduro event, the event has had an average of around 200 participants from different nations. In 2019, for example, 250 participants from 25 nations will start. Until 2018, the rally took place alternately between Tunisia and Morocco, in 2019 for the first time in Algeria. Due to various demonstrations in Algeria, the rally was to be postponed on the instructions of the Algerian Ministry of the Interior. However, shortly before the start of the rally, it was possible to agree on the actually planned date for the implementation. The competition is driven in 4 vehicle classes: cars, trucks, motorcycles and quads/ Side-by-side vehicles. The organizer of the Tuareg rally is the German Rainer Autenrieth. The motorsport associations in the respective host countries are co-organizers.
Participation and costs
No license is required for the Tuareg Rally. The cost of the entry in 2019 is around 2500 euros.
Web links
- Official website (German, English)
- Diary Tuareg Rallye 2017 in ATV & Quad magazine on atv-quad-magazin.com
- Report on the Tuareg Rally: PS editor Robert Glück in der Sandhölle Report on the Tuareg Rally 2013 on motorradonline.de
- Tuareg Rallye Morocco , report on the Tuareg Rallye 2010 on rallyeadventure.de