Karel Loprais
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Karel Loprais, born in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on March 4, 1949, is a Czech rally raid driver and multiple winner of the Rally Paris-Dakar in the truck category.
He started to work in Tatra Kopřivnice in 1967 as a factory worker, later became test driver. He competed with Tatra 815 truck on Dakar Rallye for first time in 1986. He competed 17 times and claimed six titles (1988,1994,1995,1998,1999,2001), five second places and one third place. After his second victory in 1994 some media started to call him Monsieur Dakar.
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- Tatra Team Web Site (Czech,English)
