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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(5 Dec 1986) SP08128613 DUBAI MOTOR RALLY 7th international car rally. Mohammed Bin Sulayem wins in Toyota. The 7th Dubai International Car Rally ended in victory on Friday for local driver Mohammed Bin Sulayem in a Toyota Celica Turbo. Sulayem had already gained local fame by winning the 1986 Middle East Rally Championship in Oman in October. The 25-year-old proved this was no fluke by surviving a broken rear axle on Thursday, the first day of the rally, and then coming back on Friday to catch and overtake overnight leader Greek-born Tony Georgiou of Oman to win by over four minutes. Only 18 of the 40 starters finished. Second was Nabil Karam of Lebanon in a Porsche 911. He said he lost a lot of time with suspension problems and a broken rear arm. Third was Abbas Al-Mosawi of Qatar in a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus, who also endured a variety of mechanical problems. Prizes worth 50,000 dollars were offered by the sponsors, Emirates Airlines. The winner Sulayem's co-driver in the 706-kilometre rally across the desert was Soluf Andreasson of Sweden. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ed879ad772ec47aeb600f107586fe18a
