After different exchanges with the French government - in particular the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - , and based on their firm recommendations, the organisers of the Dakar (A.S.O. - Amaury Sport Organisation) have taken the decision to cancel the 2008 edition of the rally, scheduled from the 5th to the 20th of January between Lisbon and Senegal's capital.
On Saturday, 12 May 2007, the Enduro working committee of the Windhoek Moto-cross club held the 2007 AMU Baja Enduro event. 68 Riders from Namibia, Zambia and South Africa entered and scrutineering was done on Friday evening. The race started at 08:30 with Darryl Curtis (SA) on his KTM. David Reeve from Zambia and Ingo Waldschmidt from Namibia, both on KTM’s followed in one minute intervals.
When Morocco announced that they would be unable to host this year’s AMU Baja Championship at the AMU Congress held in Marrakech in November 2006, Namibia Motor Sport Federation immediately came to the rescue by confirming that they would host the event.
450 cc sports enduro bike enters World Enduro Championship
The BMW works team will be on the starting line in Puerto Lumbrears (ESP) at the World Enduro Championship on April 28 and 29. The riders will be sitting on a new 450 single cylinder sports enduro.