The Buggy Schlesser is an off-road competition car specially designed by the French racing driver
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser (born 12 September 1948) is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his wins of many different competitions. He is the nephew of Jo Schlesser, a former Formula On ...
to take part in the
rally raids
Rally or rallye may refer to:
Gatherings
* Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade
* Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event
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The word from the off-road racing community in the United States, is the car was designed and built by Race Car Dynamics located in San Diego California, before being shipped to France. Early versions of the car featured a Fortin Transaxle, that was popular with off-road race teams located on the West coast of the US at the time. The cast lettering 'Fortin' was "ground off" of the transmission casings, to hide the name of the transmission manufacturer.
Palmarès
*5 wins
FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup
The FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was a rally raid series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team; with additional trophies awarded to T2 and T3 drivers & teams.
Starting with the 2011 season, the p ...
(from 1998 to 2002)
*2 wins
Rally Dakar
The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, ...
(1999, 2000)
*6 wins
Africa Race
Africa Eco Race is an annual rally raid, organised in France and run in North and West Africa, launched after the cancellation of 2008 Dakar Rally, and the subsequent moving of the rally to South America.
The rally claims to have innovated to g ...
(from 2009 to 2014)
*6 wins
Rallye de Tunisie
The rally of Tunisia (''Rallye de Tunisie'') is a rally-raid which was disputed each year in Tunisia
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(from 1998 to 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010)
*2 wins
Rallye des Pharaons The Rallye des Pharaons (French for "Pharaohs Rally") was a rally-raid event that took place in Egypt between 1982 and 2015. Cairo was both the starting and finishing point at the foot of the pyramids of Giza, and the rally covered roughly around . ...
(2010, 2011)
*6 wins
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
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 Emirates Motorspo ...
(1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
*4 wins
Rallye du Maroc
The Rallye du Maroc (Morocco Rally) was a marathon rally, similar to the Safari Rally, but that should not be confused with the Rallye du Maroc (rally raid), Rallye du Maroc rally raid introduced in 2000.
History
It was first run in 1934, and hel ...
(2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)
*2 wins
Italian Baja (1998, 2002)
*2 wins
Baja Portugal 1000 (1992, 2000)
References
External links
site officiel de Schlesser-Aventures{{commonscat, Schlesser-Buggy
Rally cars
Rally raid cars
Dakar Rally winning cars