The folks from WESTx1000 are back at it, sending live daily reports from the Kalahari Rally 2021. 
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Stage 3: Another One Bites the Dust
Halfway Through the Race and Teams Continue to Drop Like Flies

Coming to Africa is a special affair for most Americans. Only a dream, nearly impossible if you ask the average Joe or Jane. But being in a site like the North West region for instance ? among the countrymen, eating local fare like Pap and Roostekoek, witnessing the spectacular wildlife ? incites wicked desires to drop everything and make a pilgrimage to the origin of man. So, what better way is there to immerse yourself in exotic indulgences than racing a rally raid through the widest stretch of bundu in the country" Offering a diverse spread of cultural experiences, voyages to the most isolated areas South Africa can provide. A true test of wit, wisdom, senses, psychology and skill. The whole package in one place. And that place, the Kalahari Desert, doesn’t disappoint. A masterpiece of color, texture and a stillness so vibrant it moves you. It’s obvious organizers did their best to include every quintessential facet the Savannah is willing to extend. Because of that, the racecourse generously gave attendees with new types of terrain and a fresh horizon each stage, all specials, every few bends.
It was a dusty sendoff across the salt flats, and against the first light, the soft curtain of sodium chloride glimmered as race vess...