OREANDA-NEWS. November 11, 2011. Sport team of the Minsk Automobile Plant “MAZ-SPORTauto” preparing to participate in the International Rally-raid “DAKAR — 2012” (the official website: www.dakar.com).

In 2012, the route of the world famous rally raid will pass through 3 countries of South America: Argentina (start+5 stages), Chile (5 stages), Peru (5 stages + finish).From 1 to 15 January participants will overcome more than 9000 kilometers in the difficult conditions of deserts and mountains.

In 2011, in Dakar teams were attended from 51 countries on 67 trucks,170 motorbikes, 30 quadrocyclesand 140 cars.According to published statistics, during the last competition in South America more than 15 million viewers daily watched in 190 countries.

For the plant sport team — this is the third rally-raid of international level: 2 years (2010 and 2011) our sportsmen successfully competed with the best riders(in the category “Trucks”)in the rally-raid “Silk Road. Dakar Series ”.

Team of “MAZ-SPORTauto” is pleased to offer the opportunity to become a partnerand to promote your company all over the world through participation with our sportsmen in the International rally-raid “DAKAR – 2012”.