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Pharaohs Rally - Raid on the Desert 1983

Name: Pharaohs Rally - Raid on the Desert 1983
Uploaded: Fri May 24 2019
Duration: 3567 s

Added on Oct 23, 1983

59:27

Description

This has to be one of the world’s most bizarre motorsport event! Firstly it’s set in the 120 degree heat of the Egyptian desert with the pyramids forming an impressive backdrop to some of the ‘special stages’. Secondly, the competitors use cars, bikes or microlight aircraft to complete the course. There’s even a class for 3-wheeled vehicles! Finally, the course itself is 3000 km long and covers some of the most daunting landscapes you can imagine. It’s a fascinating event beautifully and comprehensively filmed featuring superb action shots of competitors at speed (Jacky Ickx in a works Mercedes for example!) in the open desert on a tremendous range of machinery.

Info

Season	1980s
Episode title	Pharaohs Rally - Raid on the Desert 1983
Episode number	6
Date added	October 23, 1983
Run time	59:27
Category	Racing coverage
Production	Duke