The Dakar Rally ( formerly known as "The Paris-Dakar Rally ) is an annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. The event route mostly covers countries of Africa and Europe. This annual event had the city of Dakar, Senegal either as the starting point or ending point from 1978 till 2008 ( 2008 event was cancelled one day before the intended start date ) and from 2009 the event moved out of Africa to South America . From 2009 to the present ( 2012 ) this event is staged in South America. The 2009-2011 event was held in the 2 countries - Argentina & Chile and in the 2012 edition Peru joined the event.
In 2008 Portugal Post issued a miniature sheet to commemorate the 30th edition of the Dakar Rally. This miniature sheet features truck - Rainer Weigart, 4 × 4 - Carlos Sousa and 2 stamps portraying bikers Helder Rodrigues and Ruben Faria.
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