{"id":494923,"date":"2015-10-28T12:52:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T19:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=19733"},"modified":"2024-02-29T06:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T06:29:00","slug":"tight-finish-for-sahara-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/tight-finish-for-sahara-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahara Challenge (2015) &#8211; Tight Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sahara-Vintage-winner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-707512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sahara-Vintage-winner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sahara-Vintage-winner.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sahara-Vintage-winner-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sahara-Vintage-winner-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sahara-Vintage-winner-100x52.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sahara-Vintage-winner-770x404.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sahara-Vintage-winner-293x154.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>The Endurance Rally Association\u2019s 10-day Sahara Challenge event from Madrid to Marrakesh was decided by less than 20 seconds as the rally reached its end in the latter city\u2019s Jaama el-Fnaa Square. Some 40 entrants left Madrid and journeyed through the hills of Andaluc\u00eda before crossing to Tangier, passing through epic mountains and canyons such as the Todra Gorge and the Erg Chebbi dunes before heading on to Marrakesh.<\/p>\n<p>A hard-fought battle in the Classics category ended with less than 20 seconds separating the top three finishers, as Italy\u2019s Gianmaria Aghem and Rossella Conti (1971 Lancia Fulvia Coupe) took 1<sup>st<\/sup> place with a time of 0:36:21, closely followed by Mike Velasco and Peter St. George (1971 Mercedes 280S) at 0:36:25 and 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u2013placed Ludovic Bois and Julia Colman (1969 Volvo Amazon) clocking in at 0:36:39.<\/p>\n<p>It was less strenuous in the Vintageant category, where veteran entrant Bill Cleyndert and navigator Jacqui Norman took victory with their \u201cindestructible\u201d 1928 Ford Model A, giving Cleyndert his first experience of lifting the winner\u2019s trophy. Second place went to Jean Steinhauser and Anne Steinhauser-Collard in a 1937 Bentley Derby Open Tourer, while Keith and Nora Ashworth took 3<sup>rd<\/sup> with their 1927 Bentley 4.5L Le Mans.<\/p>\n<p>Rally Director Fred Gallagher said: \u201cComing at the end of the busiest year the ERA has ever had, this has been one of the toughest Rallies it has ever done, but it has been exceedingly well received by all of the competitors. Anyone using this as a shakedown for next year\u2019s Peking to Paris will have taken away some valuable lessons regarding car prep, navigation and the Rally way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Endurance Rally Association\u2019s 10-day Sahara Challenge event from Madrid to Marrakesh was decided by less than 20 seconds as the rally reached its end in the latter city\u2019s Jaama el-Fnaa Square. 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