Tags: Motorsport Season.
1997 Dakar Rally also known as the 1997 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 19th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally started and finished in Dakar taking in a loop including Niger and the Ténéré desert. Jutta Kleinschmidt became the first woman to win a stage of the Dakar Rally. Japanese driver Kenjiro Shinozuka won the car class and Stephane Peterhansel won his fifth motorcycle title.