MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina - The 2012 Dakar Rally got off to a symbolic start on Saturday ahead of the 15-day race that will take competitors from Argentina through Chile to the finish in Lima, Peru.
Three decades ago, the Dakar Rally used to start from Paris, as it was dubbed Paris-Dakar Rally back then. The French capital was last used as a starting point for the Dakar two decades ago, the year ...