Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Fancy a drive
The Murmansk-Vladivostok Expedition Trophy race, featuring 36 teams of two cars, broke the record for the longest winter rally in a single country.
The first prize, 10 kg (22lb) of gold, was won by the Moscow Sea Wolves team.
The race follows the opening last year of the 12,000-km (7,456-mile) trans-Siberian highway - the longest road in a single country.
The 36 teams - each consisting of two cars - set off from Russia's north-western port of Murmansk on 23 February, negotiating thousands of kilometres of little more than gravel and ice on their way to Vladivostok.
They competed over seven stages, with several losers eliminated at the end of each stage.
