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StreetSafari, organizers of the original European banger rallies, and 24 Hours of Lemons, organizers of the 24 hour $500 beater racing series, are bringing their teams together for a drag strip grudge match to decide who has the fastest road legal wreck.

(PRWEB) February 6, 2009 -- StreetSafari and 24 Hours of Lemons, leaders in $500 challenge driving, are organizing a drag race between their respective teams in New Orleans.

StreetSafari and 24 Hours of Lemons each organize events with a $500 vehicle value limit. The StreetSafari event, BABE Rally, is a road rally, while 24 Hours is a full on race. The question, however, has remained: Who has the fastest wrecks? This will be decided at a race track in New Orleans on Saturday, June 6.

StreetSafari, organisers of the original European banger rally Staples2Naples, announce their seventh event, End2End, the first ever British banger rally motoring adventure. Like all StreetSafari events, participating teams must get their £150 cars and caravans across the finish line after several days of amazing driving and quirky challenges for cash prizes.

(PRWEB) February 5, 2009 -- End2End, from the organisers of industry leading annual events Staples2Naples, Home2Rome and CzechWrecks, ascends through the UK in August 2009. End2End is the first StreetSafari event to be based in the UK, and is the first ever official banger rally held in the UK.

The event takes teams, in their £150 cars, from Land's End to John O'Groats, a famous British challenge.

Americas only Banger Rally is back for a fourth installment with BABE Rally 2008, that gets launched on Monday 20th October. Teams have to purchase a vehicle for less than $500 and drive it 1,500 miles from the Big Apple to the Big Easy.

(PRWEB) October 20, 2008 -- Due to the overwhelming success of the previous BABE Banger Rally(1), the organisers have already begun arrangements for BABE 2008 and places are open to anyone brave enough to drive from New York to New Orleans in a $500 car over 5 days.

The 2009 Banger Rally Season opens on Monday 20th October with the original European Banger Rally events run by StreetSafari. After a successful 2008, StreetSafari is looking to make 2009 even more success, with more money raised for charity, and a new UK event which aims to be the first real UK Banger Rally.

London, UK (PRWEB) October 20, 2008 -- After an incredibly successful 2008 season, the Banger Rally Season officially opens on Monday, 20th October with StreetSafari's premier events taking sign ups for the forthcoming 2009 season.

StreetSafari events include the original European Banger Rally Staples2Naples, Home2Rome, CzechWrecks and Calais2Casablanca, along with BigApple2BigEasy (BABE Rally) in the United States.

StreetSafari, the company behind the annual BABE American beater rally and numerous European banger rallies, offers the chance for Americans to ‘adopt’ or be adopted by European teams, making it easier for them to take part in rallies on the other side of the Atlantic by way of a new scheme called 'Adopt a Yank' or 'Adopt a Limey'.

(PRWEB) February 1, 2007 -- Street Safari(1), the company behind the annual BABE American beater rally(2) and numerous European banger rallies, offers the chance for Americans to ‘adopt’ or be adopted by European teams, making it easier for them to take part in rallies on the other side of the Atlantic by way of a new scheme called 'Adopt a Yank' or 'Adopt a Limey'.

Street Safari, organisers of the original European banger rally Staples2Naples, announce their fifth event, Calais2Casablanca, their first ever Euro-African motoring adventure. Like all StreetSafari events, participating teams must get their £100 cars across the finish line after several days of amazing driving and quirky challenges for cash prizes.

November 7, 2006 - Calais2Casablanca, from the organisers of industry leading annual events Staples2Naples, Home2Rome and CzechWrecks, descends through Europe in the late spring of 2007. Calais2Casablanca is the first StreetSafari event to entail two continents, breaking out of Europe to land in the culturally rich country of Morocco in Northern Africa.

Some of Britain's worst cars are preparing to leave our shores this week to take part in the annual Staples2Naples(1) banger rally. This year the rally has formed a special partnership with Craptrumps, the antidote card game to the 70s classic Top Trumps.

September 19, 2006 - Staples2Naples is organised by Streetsafari.com(2) and is now in its fourth year. Participants must buy a car for less than £100 and then get to Naples in just four days, covering over 1,500 difficult miles across the Alps and undertaking numerous challenges along the way, in an attempt to win £1,000 prize money.

The first ever CzechWrecks Banger Rally is a great success, arriving in Prague to much national media attention.

September 14, 2006 - The bonkers banger rally called CzechWrecks(1) finished on Monday in Prague, bringing with it 40 banged up old cars and over 120 enthusiastic participants, who were exhausted, but ready for the party of their lives.

StreetSafari, the organisers of the original European banger rallies Staples2Naples and Home2Rome, announce CzechWrecks, the third installment of motoring madness. CzechWrecks takes teams in £100 cars through the beautiful town of Annecy and across the Swiss Alps to northern Italy for a heroic crossing of legendary Stelvio Pass. The final leg of the adventure takes the event into the untested territory of the Czech Republic for a finish in historic Prague.

April 24, 2006 - CzechWrecks, from the organisers of industry leading events Staples2Naples and Home2Rome, is the next adventure in the hugely popular banger rally calendar. The event takes a new route through Switzerland and northern Italy and includes scaling the infamous Stelvio Pass, crossing into Austria and then the Czech Republic for the final descent upon Prague.

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CzechWrecks has discovered a rich seam of eccentricity in the Czech Republic as a number of Czech teams have taken up the challenge of the very British banger rally.

July 19, 2006 - It’s a slightly eccentric way of spending a weekend, but the very British concept of banger rallying seems to have ignited the Czech imagination. A new banger rally, called CzechWrecks (leaving Britain this September), has really taken off in the former Czechoslovakia, much to the organisers’ surprise.

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