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  2. 1993 Australian Touring Car season - Wikipedia

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    There were 15 touring car race meetings held during 1993; a nine-round series, the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a three-round series based at Amaroo Park; the Aurora AFX AMSCAR series (AMSCAR), a support programme event at the 1993 Australian Grand Prix, two stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'; the Winfield ...

  3. Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge - Wikipedia

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    The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge is an international rally raid race held in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates since 1991. The race is points scoring for the World Rally-Raid Championship and is organized by the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), [1] headed by the event founder Mohammed bin Sulayem.

  4. Pigeon racing - Wikipedia

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    Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.

  5. Desert Crown - Wikipedia

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    Desert Crown (2 March 2019 – 23 October 2023) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse.After winning his only race as a juvenile in 2021, he took the Dante Stakes on his three-year-old debut and then maintained his unbeaten record by winning the Epsom Derby.

  6. Patsy Quick - Wikipedia

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    She appeared in the documentary TV series Race to Dakar (Season 1, Episode 6), in which she suggested her success in 2006 had cost her more than £150,000. Other activities [ edit ]

  7. Dakar Rally - Wikipedia

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    The race originated in December 1977, a year after Thierry Sabine got lost in the Ténéré desert whilst competing in the 1975 "Rallye Côte-Côte" between Abidjan and Nice [5] and decided that the desert would be a good location for a regular rally, on the lines of the 1974 London–Sahara–Munich World Cup Rally, the first automobile race ...

  8. Le Moss - Wikipedia

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    After finishing unplaced on his only race as a two-year-old, Le Moss was a "very impressive" [3] winner of a maiden race at Newmarket Racecourse on his first appearance in 1978. He established himself as one of the leading stayers of his generation at Royal Ascot in June when he was ridden by Geoff Baxter to win the Queen's Vase over two miles ...

  9. Spinifex pigeon - Wikipedia

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    Spinifex pigeon inhabit harsh desert environments and must be able to cope with substantial water and heat stress. Their geographic range includes one of the hottest places on earth, Marble Bar, Western Australia, where air temperatures exceed 37.8 °C up to 160 days of the year.