Word: nullarbor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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West across lonely Nullarbor Plain, the cars slewed through mud flats and jounced across frame-cracking bogholes. Nine cars overturned in one nightmare, 557-mile stretch from Albany to Narrogin in Western Australia. Of the 90 cars from eight countries that left Melbourne, only 79 got as far as Perth, all but two losing points all the way. As in most rallies and reliability trials, cars were penalized for passing secret checkpoints too early or too late, for breaking traffic laws and for making any of a long list of repairs...